'Upward' in the Bible

And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had an illness caused by a spirit (demon). She was bent double, and could not straighten up at all.

So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me.

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you --

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.