阅读经文 

你祷告的姿势是什么？你会闭上眼睛吗？你会双手合十吗？你会跪下吗？还是你会站着祷告？

实际上，祷告的姿势有许多种，无所谓对错。祈祷时，我们内心的态度才是最重要的。

圣经教导说，神阻挡骄傲和亵慢的人。但神会垂听那些相信祂，怀着谦卑痛悔的心来亲近祂的人。

然而，以谦卑痛悔的心靠近神，并不意味着卑躬屈膝。我们谦卑来到神的面前，承认我们犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀。我们是在谦卑恳求赦免。是在承认我们对神的逼切需要和全然仰赖。最终，这是一个呼求：我们需要祢，耶稣！

藉着耶稣在十字架上的死，我们得到了神的恩典。因此带着谦卑痛悔的心，我们可以放胆祷告，进入神的同在。忧伤痛悔的心，神必不轻看。

所以，不管你是站着祷告，跪着祷告，坐着祷告，双手合十或是以什么其他姿势亲近神，都要以谦卑痛悔的心去做。

Many years ago at a university in Beijing, I asked a classroom of about 100 Chinese students to raise their hand if they ever prayed. About 70 percent of them raised their hands.

Broadly defining prayer, many people around the world say that they pray. But we need to ask, "To whom or what do they pray?"

When Christians pray, they are not merely launching wishes out to an impersonal cosmos. Christian prayer speaks to the divine Creator of the universe, the one true God who is the Lord of heaven and earth.

And how do we know this God? Though God has revealed himself in his creation, we can know God personally only through his written Word and through prayer. Consequently, prayer and Bible reading cannot be separated. We can't know God as our Father in heaven, or how to live for him and serve him in his world, unless we are immersed in his Word, listening and meditating and communicating with him about the truth we find there.

So we would be wise to take to heart an old Sunday school song that reminds us, "Read your Bible; pray every day." Of course this isn't some magical formula; it's just sound advice for knowing to whom we pray, how God wants us to pray, and what we should pray for. Praying without God's Word in our hearts puts us at risk of merely "sending wishes."