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- So, to answer the question of "do I have to close my eyes when I pray" — the answer is no. You can pray any way you want — so just pray!
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Feb 25, 2022 · Zac Hicks (the author of the book The Worship Pastor) said that there is historical evidence that the early Christians often did not close their eyes when they prayed (no doubt following in the same pattern set by Jesus's prayer life).
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May 2, 2021 · No one is obliged to close their eyes during prayer. It is not so much a tradition as much as it is a religious custom. In the Bible, there are descriptions of prayers made standing, sitting, kneeling or with arms raised, yet there aren't any verses that insist the eyelids shut during prayer.
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly ... Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
Oct 17, 2021 · What Does the Bible Say? Scripture never tells us to do any of these three physical acts before we pray. When Jesus’s disciples asked them to teach them how the pray, he didn’t begin by saying to first fold your hands, close your eyes, and bow your heads ( Luke 11:1-4 ).
- Psalm 119:37 ESV / 46 helpful votes. Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
- Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 42 helpful votes. Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 42 helpful votes. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- Philippians 4:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but ...
Aug 19, 2023 · But the question is, “As children of God, should we necessarily close our eyes when praying?” You may say “yes,” and another person reading this now may say “no.” None of them is wrong because there’s no particular Bible verse that condemns closing or opening the eyes during prayer.