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Secondly, God’s Word never teaches us about just one place of prayer – because we are to pray everywhere. In the Bible, people prayed in all different places:
o David testifies that he prayed while he was in bed Psalm 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.
o Solomon notes that God hears those who pray around His dwelling place in 1 Kings 8:27-30 “But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built! 28 Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: 29 that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. 30 And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive.
o Elijah had some powerful prayers while waiting in a cave in 1 Kings 19:9-10 And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 So he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”
o The Israelites prayed while in battle in 2 Chronicles 13:14-15 And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
o Jonah found he could get a hold of God through prayer while in a fish in Jonah 2:1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.
o Jesus says to be humble about our praying we can go in a closet in Matthew 6:6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
o Of course how well we know that Jesus prayed for us in a garden in Matthew 26:36 Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.”
o Jesus found it good to pray in solitude as Mark notes in Mark 1:35 Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
o Jesus also prayed often outdoors in the wilderness in Luke 5:16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
o Jesus often prayed on a mountain in Luke 6:12 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
o Jesus was praying on a cross in Luke 23:33-34 And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. 34 Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.
o Peter knelt to pray in someone else’s home in Acts 9:39-40
o Peter found a spot to pray on a housetop in Acts 10:9
o Paul joined a ladies group who prayed by a river in Acts 16:13
o Paul practiced prayer even in prison in Acts 16:23-25
o Paul knelt to pray on the shore of the sea in Acts 21:5-6
o Jesus prays for us in heaven in Romans 8:34 o Paul said to pray everywhere in 1 Timothy 2:8