Praying in a Closet

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.

But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.

And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:

So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.