13 And it came to pass that when they had all been brought, and Jesus stood in the midst, he commanded the multitude that they should akneel down upon the ground.
14 And it came to pass that when they had knelt upon the ground, Jesus groaned within himself, and said: Father, I am atroubled because of the wickedness of the people of the house of Israel.
15 And when he had said these words, he himself also aknelt upon the earth; and behold he bprayed unto the Father, and the things which he prayed cannot be written, and the multitude did bear record who heard him.
After Christ was resurrected and visited the Nephites in the Americas he blessed them and healed them. He told the people to bring their little ones to him so that he could bless them as well. After they did that he told everyone to kneel while he was in the middle of them, and then he knelt too. Then he started praying.
I was thinking about this, sometimes it is much easier to stand while we pray together as a family, sometimes it is ok. We don't kneel at the dinner table. But when we have morning family or companionship prayer we try to always kneel. I feel it shows our humility to our Heavenly Father shows him that we really need him that he is our king, that we put our respect and love for him above our own comfort and pleasure.
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