secret prayer
Silent plea heavenward
Secret prayer is prayer offered privately rather than publicly or communally—spoken silently or in solitude, often with the understanding that only God hears it.
The term appears frequently in religious contexts emphasizing sincerity over performance: She retreated to her room for secret prayer.
Jesus's teaching to pray in one's closet rather than on street corners established the concept in Christian tradition.
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- still small voiceInner moral guidance
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- private devotionPersonal religious observance
- closetBuilt-in storage chamber
solitude · quiet time · meditation · silent · sacred · sacred space · petition · intercession · kneeling · bended knee · confession · supplication · murmur · hidden · intimate · vigil · pleading · reverence
- Hidden Faithunderground church, house church, priest hole, coded language
- Jesus' teachingsSermon on the Mount, beatitudes, Beatitudes, love your enemies, turn the other cheek
- liturgical propersintroit, gradual, alleluia, tract, offertory
- Crypto-Jews
secret prayerpublic prayer
Worship voiced in company
congregational prayer · public worship · communal prayer · corporate worship · church service
secret prayercongregational prayer
Group supplication in unison
communal worship · responsive reading · church service · collective worship · prayer meeting
secret prayerspoken prayer
Religious appeal said aloud
worship song · choral singing · responsive reading · call and response · preaching
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