{"id":47465,"date":"2022-10-01T02:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/needed-in-prayer-a-humble-posture-of-the-heart-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:54:17","slug":"needed-in-prayer-a-humble-posture-of-the-heart-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/needed-in-prayer-a-humble-posture-of-the-heart-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Needed In Prayer &#8211; A Humble Posture Of The Heart &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient Greeks and Romans rejected kneeling as a part of their worship. They said that kneeling was unworthy of a free man, unsuitable for the culture of Greece, and appropriate only for barbarians. Aristotle called it a barbaric form of behavior.  The scholars Plutarch and Theophrastus regarded kneeling as an expression of superstition.<\/p>\n<p>In Psalm 95:6, the text reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this passage, the Psalmist indicates that kneeling expresses a deep reverence for God. In this one verse he uses three different Hebrew words to express what the attitude and position of the worshiper should be.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, he uses the word &#8220;worship&#8221; which means to fall prostrate as a sign of honor to the Lord, with an associated meaning of allegiance to Him.<\/li>\n<li>The second word he uses is &#8220;bow&#8221;. This means to sink down to one&#8217;s knees, giving respect and worship to the Lord.<\/li>\n<li>The third word he uses is &#8220;kneel&#8221; which means to be on one&#8217;s knees giving praise to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the Psalmist, kneeling in God&#8217;s presence is a sign of reverence (cf. Philippians 2:8-10). As we pray, let&#8217;s remember that a humble posture of the heart is far more important than merely our physical position (cf. Luke 18:13-14).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient Greeks and Romans rejected kneeling as a part of their worship. They said that kneeling was unworthy of a free man, unsuitable for the culture of Greece, and appropriate only for barbarians. Aristotle called it a barbaric form of behavior. The scholars Plutarch and Theophrastus regarded kneeling as an expression of superstition. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/needed-in-prayer-a-humble-posture-of-the-heart-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Needed In Prayer &#8211; A Humble Posture Of The Heart &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}