New Testament Prayers
The Disciples' Prayer for Guidance
Choosing Matthias
Description
After Judas's death, the apostles prayed for divine guidance in selecting his replacement, acknowledging that only God who knows all hearts could reveal His chosen one.
Key Verses
And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.