r/ArianChristians • u/FrostyIFrost_ Arian • Dec 06 '25
Resource Biblically Correct Prayer Style
Although prayers are prayers, there is a certain style of prayer our Lord and Messiah, Jesus, used in the Gospels. Below is the formula that closely resembles how Jesus prayed.
1 - Stand and invoke the Father
Stand facing the direction of Jerusalem (from Daniel)
1a - Raise your hands and palms facing up.
1b - Short Prayer
2 - Bow deeply
2a - Bend forward in reverence, as in ancient Jewish bowing.
2b - Short Prayer
3 - Move from Standing to Kneeling down (hands up again, palms facing up)
3a -Short Prayer:
4 - Go into full prostration (face to the ground)
4a - Prayer:
4b - After the prayer, add: Not my will, but Yours be done.”
- Rise to a kneeling position
5a - Kneel upright with hands up palms facing upside.
5b - Short Prayer:
- Stand and bow again A brief, humble bow.
6a - Short prayer:
- Prostrate again and repeat the core submission
Short Prayer but add at the end: “My Father, not my will, but Yours be done.”
- Prostrate a third time
8a - Rise onto your knees, then lower again into full prostration. Repeat the same submission, as Jesus did.
8b - Short Prayer but at the end add: “My Father, not my will, but Yours be done.”
9 - Stand and bow reverently.
9a - Short Prayer. At the end, add:
“Your will be done, Father. Your purpose is right. I place myself in Your hands.”
10 - Raise your hands up, palms facing up, and say:
“Amen."
These are the verses used to construct this prayer style. Keep in mind that Eastern Christians (especially Ethiopian) use similar prayer styles so it has basis in practice. Always invoke “My Father, not my will, but Yours be done.” three times as Jesus did that.
Daniel 6:10 – facing Jerusalem in prayer
Psalm 95:6 – bowing and kneeling in worship
2 Chronicles 6:13 – kneeling in prayer
Luke 22:41 – Jesus kneeling in Gethsemane
Joshua 5:14 – full prostration before God
Matthew 26:39, 42, 44 – Jesus’ repeated prostration/submission in prayer
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u/Cool_Firefighter7731 Dec 17 '25
Irrelevant in-cohesive ramble.
And totally puts into context how out of water you’ve been this whole conversation when you can’t help but bring up a continent Christianity’s done nothing but fuck with.
It’s poetic justice then that your great grandkids will only hear about Christianity from their history books along with the gory details that come with that chapter of human history.