Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into an inner room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is there in secret. Your Father sees what is hidden, and he will repay you.
Treated in 30 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Lord, Teach Us To Pray ·
Alone with God cites Matthew 6: 6
…to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” Matthew 6: 6. After Jesus had called His first disciples, He gave them their first public teaching on…
- The Inner Chamber ·
The Door Shut — Alone with God cites Matthew 6: 6
…to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you...” Matthew 6: 6. Man was created for fellowship with God. God made him in His own image and likeness…
- Communion with God ·
Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father cites Matt. vi. 6
…a mother, a shepherd, a hen over chickens, and the like, Ps. ciii. 13; Isa. lxiii. 16; Matt. vi. 6; Isa. lxvi. 13; Ps. xxiii. 1; Isa. xl. 11; Matt. xxiii. 37. I shall not need to add any…
- How to Succeed in the Christian Life ·
Prayer cites Matt. 6: 6
…when we go alone with God, shut to the door and talk to our Father in the secret place (Matt. 6: 6). God is in the secret place and will meet with us there and listen to our petitions.…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites Matthew 6:6
…will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” Chapter 2 — Teresa of Ávila Matthew 6:6 — “But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
Letters on Prayer cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 Lewis prayed every day of his Christian life, and he wrote about prayer more often than…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Teresa of Ávila — The Mystic Who Built a School of Prayer cites Matthew 6:6
…who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you” (Matthew 6:6, NIV). The “room” Jesus described was, for Teresa, not merely a physical space but an…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix A: Twenty-Five Lessons from Hyde’s Prayer Life cites Matthew 6:6
…someone doing the hidden part. “Thy Father who seeth in secret shall recompense thee” (Matthew 6:6, ASV). 15. Enlarge Your Expectation Hyde prayed “Wide, Lord, wide” over one verse…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
September cites Matt. vi. 6
…thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father, which is in secret. Matt. vi. 6. This is faith's stronghold; here she weapons herself for the daily conflict. Silence in…
- The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey ·
How to Pray cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 Fighting battles before they come His counsel for the morning is one of the most useful…
- Men of Prayer ·
Timothy Keller (1950 – 2023) cites Matthew 6:6
…described as one of the most powerful testimonies they had ever witnessed. Key Scriptures Matthew 6:6 (ESV) — “When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who…
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 ·
Day 28 — Prayer When It’s Boring cites Matthew 6:6–8
…be heard. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” — Matthew 6:6–8 (BSB) Can we admit something? Sometimes prayer is boring. You close your eyes, start to…
- The Ten Commandments ·
2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Matt 6: 6
…our souls on a Sabbath-morning by prayer; ‘When thou prayest, enter into thy closet,’ &c. Matt 6: 6. Prayer sanctifies a Sabbath. (1) The things we should pray for in the morning of the…
- With Christ in the School of Prayer ·
Alone with God cites Matt. vi. 6
…Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall recompense thee’—Matt. vi. 6. AFTER Jesus had called His first disciples, He gave them their first public teaching in…
- The Imitation of Christ (For Teens) ·
Close the Door cites Matthew 6:6
…thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret.” — Matthew 6:6 (KJV) Each monk at Mount St Agnes had a cell: a small, plain room of his own. Thomas…
- The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer ·
The Day Alone cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 A book about Christian community might be expected to have little to say about solitude.…
- The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon ·
Blow the Fire Softly cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 Madame Guyon called her book a method, and then, in her preface, laughed at the word. She…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
With Christ in the School of Prayer cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 Christ had already taught at Samaria that true worship is not tied to places. And yet…
- The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer ·
The Still Hour cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 He knew the difficulty. We do not always want to pray. His counsel is blunt and kind…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
The Life of Prayer cites MATTHEW 6:6
…into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. MATTHEW 6:6 The instruction is about a Person and a door, not a list. Abiding prayer His governing…
- The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards ·
Christian Practice cites MATTHEW 6:6
…Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:6 The Lord’s instruction, Edwards noted, is not merely about avoiding hypocrisy. It is…
- The Life of Antony (For Teens) ·
Twenty Years Alone cites Matthew 6:6
…which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.” — Matthew 6:6 (KJV) Antony found an old abandoned fort across the River Nile and walled himself in.…
- Our Daily Walk ·
March cites Mat 6:6
…thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to Thy Father which is in secret.”— Mat 6:6. IN PRAYER there must be deliberateness, the secret place, the inner chamber, the fixed…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.6 Prayer cites Matt 6: 6
…Matt 18: 19. (7) Private prayer; when we pray by ourselves. ‘Enter into thy closet.’ Matt 6: 6. That prayer is most likely to prevail with God which is rightly qualified. That is a…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
X. Another thing wherein those affections that are truly gracious and holy, differ from those that are false, is beautiful symmetry and proportion cites Matt. 6:6
…of lookers on; in secret, as well, yea more, than in public:” alleging Phil. 2:12, and Matt. 6:6. A true Christian doubtless delights in religious fellowship, and Christian conversation…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
The Means of Grace cites Matt. 6:6
…which is in secret; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.” (Matt. 6:6.) 6. If it be possible for any direction to be more clear, it is that which God hath…
- Holiness ·
Wants of the Times cites Matt. vi. 6
…saying of our Master is sadly overlooked: “Enter into thy closet and shut the door.” (Matt. vi. 6.) Our Evangelical forefathers had far fewer means and opportunities than we have. Full…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Knowledge of God cites Matt 6:6
…workings of men’s spirits, as in a glass-hive we can see the bees working in their combs. Matt 6:6. He sees in secret. As a merchant enters debts in his book, so God has his day-book, in…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Matthew 6:1-6
…of letters guarded Lewis against the dangers of fame. Scriptures to revisit James 5:16; Matthew 6:1-6; 2 Corinthians 9:7. Reflection 1. Who knows the worst about you? 2. What is your rule of…
- With Christ in the School of Prayer ·
The Certainty of the Answer to Prayer cites Matt. vi. 5-15
…who is to be found in secret, and rewards openly, and had given us the pattern prayer (Matt. vi. 5-15). Here He wants to teach us what in all Scripture is considered the chief thing in…