followHIM - The Upside Down Prayer • followHIM Favorites • September 30 - October 6 • Come Follow Me

Episode Date: September 26, 2024

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to Follow Him Favorites. This is where John and I are sharing a single story to go with each week's lesson. John, we're in 3 Nephi 13, 14, 15, 16 this week, and you've told me you have a story. Tell me what it is. In 3 Nephi chapter 13, the Savior teaches the Lord's prayer, and he warns against vain repetition, says, shut your door, go in secret. Your father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. I just remembered, Hank, as I was reading this and we were talking about a funny poem I heard when I was a kid about prayer, because the Lord's concerned that people are thinking that there's this rigid way to pray when the Lord's saying, go in your closet.

This is a thing between you and your heavenly father. I remember, Hank, I must have been a deacon when I heard this. I looked it up and I found it this morning. The prayer of Cyrus Brown. You ready? The proper way for a man to pray, said Deacon Lemuel Keyes, and the only proper attitude is down upon his knees. No, I should say the way to pray, said Reverend Dr. Wise, is standing straight with outstretched arms and wrapped and upturned eyes. Oh, no, no, no, said Elder Slow. Such posture is too proud. A man should pray with eyes fast closed and head contritely bowed. It seems to me his hand should be austerely clasped in front with both thumbs pointing toward the ground, said Reverend Dr.

Blunt. And then here's Cyrus Brown. Last year, I fell in Hodgkin's well headfirst, said Cyrus Brown. With both my heels are sticking up, my head a-pointing down. And I made a prayer right then and there, best prayer I ever said. The prayingest prayer I ever prayed, a-standing on my head. I like that, though. I like it. That's the prayer, the one that you mean it. You can talk to the Lord in whatever situation while you're driving, keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes open. You can pray. The important thing is that you're sincere and that you're talking to heavenly fathers. I love this idea of all these guys, different ideas. Well, actually I prayed once upside down in a well, and that was the best

prayer I ever said. I love that. I think it's some of the most sincere prayers I've ever said. And it was probably not kneeling down. It's probably like sitting at a desk before, before a test or something. Something like that. Exactly. I love it. Hey, come join us on our full podcast. It's called Follow Him. You can get it wherever you get podcasts. We're in 35, 13 through 16 this week with Dr. Brad Wilcox. He's fantastic.

And then come back here next week. We'll do another Follow Him Favorites.