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OT Prayer Warriors
Gaining insight to the prayer lives of important OT figures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it mean when it is said that God resides in the beautiful? | Everything beautiful and good has its origins in God. When we allow ourselves to have an encounter with the beautiful, we can enter into communion with Him as we stand in awesome wonder. |
| Using an example either in nature or in art, explain how this may actually occur. | In nature, you may be a witness to a sunset over the ocean that just takes your breath away. The experience forces you into a profound spirit of comfort, joy, peace and faith as you acknowledge the source of the gift you witness with your senses. |
| How is it possible that the experience of something beautiful, such as a piece of music or a painting, can actually transcend time? | A 300 year old painting or piece of music can put human beings of the 21st century in touch with the divine in the same way these works of artistic expression have for preceding generations. |
| What power did the harp playing and singing of David have upon Saul? | Saul had submitted to the spirit of despair and was deeply troubled. The beauty and goodness of David's music drove out his despair, and even resulted in a new friendship with David. |
| What is Tehillim? | This is the Hebrew word for the Psalms and means "hymns of praise" |
| Who is believed to be the author of most of the Psalms? | David |
| Describe the basic structure that governs most of the psalms | Many of the Psalms include lines in which the author offers praise to God followed by petition |
| What can we learn from the way psalms are constructed? | Psalms are holy communications with the Lord. We want to make our prayers as noble and reverent as possible. We should remember to offer praise and thanksgiving to God in addition to petitions, just like the Psalm writers. |
| What does it mean to live a life of prayer | Just as a virtue can be defined as a particular habit of doing good, a person devoted to a life of prayer is in the habit of being in the presence of God. |
| Explain how it can be said that to pray is to be in communion with God | When we pray, we place ourselves in God's presence, communicating with Him and listening to Him. |
| Explain: The mission of Christ and of the Holy Spirit is made present and communicated in the heart that prays. | Without taking the time to pray we can lose touch with God and His mission in our lives. People that pray do so with faith and trust in His commands. |
| What does the Lord's Prayer do to reveal us to ourselves? | "Forgive us our trespasses" leads us to acknowledge our own sins. "As we forgive those who trespass against us" leads us to examine the degree to which we forgive others. |
| Under what kinds of circumstances do we see Moses offering prayers? | He prays for his enemies, the sick, those that have abandoned God, people affected by natural disaster, and for himself when he is troubled. |
| What does scripture say about the manner in which Moses prayed? | Moses saw God and spoke to Him “face to face, as a man speaks to a friend.” |
| What does Moses demonstrate by fasting as he waited for the tablet upon which the Ten Commandments would be written? | He shows profound reverence and faith while showing that man doesn't live on bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord (Deut 8:3) |
| How is the Israelites' tragic decision to cast and worship a Golden Calf reflected by misguided people of our time? | The Israelites constructed a more manageable god. People today reject God for a comprehensible "god" that corresponds to one's own plans and projects. |
| What do we learn from the circumstances that follow the discovery of the Israelites' transgression. | We find out the gravity of the sin they have committed when we read about the terrible punishment that is warranted. As we witness Moses as an intercessor, we also experience the generosity of God's mercy. |
| What was the two-fold anxiety Moses experienced? | He was anxious for the survival of his people and also worried about the honor due to God |
| What do we learn about God in the famous passage from Genesis: "Would you indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous in the city...shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" | We learn about God's mercy. He would never punish the innocent along with the guilty. We also see Abraham as an intercessor. |
| Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? | The cities were locked into a totalizing and paralyzing evil without even a few innocents from whom to start to turn evil into good. |
| Provide three examples detailing the kinds of people/circumstances for whom Elijah prayed. | He prayed for the deceased son of a widow that had shown him hospitality. He prayed for his enemy. He prayed for himself when he was troubled. He prayed for the conversion of his people. |
| What is 'syncretism' | Simultaneous belief in two incompatible faiths |
| How does the Israelites worship of Baal resemble their worship of the golden calf? | They wanted a more accessible god that related to their own plans and projects, in this case the need for rain |
| What challenge was placed before the worshippers of Baal? How did they call upon their god? | They were to call upon their god to light their offering. They believed that great effort (dancing. leaping, shouting) would get the attention of their god. It did nothing. |
| How was Elijah's response different? | Elijah peacefully called the citizens of Judah around the altar which he constructed using 12 stones, one for each of the tribes of Israel. He called upon God showing Him honor and recalling His covenant. |
| Why did Elijah ask the citizens to gather around the altar? | He wanted them to be united in their rejection of idolatry and in their witness of the one, true God. |
| What was the meaning behind the 12 stones? | The stones represented the people who were now symbolically placed before God. The 12 stones were meant to remind Israel of its truth and also remind the Lord of His fidelity for which the prophet appeared in prayer. |
| What was significant about Elijah's prayer? | He called upon God as "the God of Abraham, Isaac, and ISRAEL" -- emphasizing that He is the God of the PEOPLE of Israel. He is their God. |
| What are Protestants? Are Protestants Christians? Explain. | Protestants broke away from significant, fundamental teachings of the Catholic Church. Like Catholics, they still accept Christ as the Savior, and therefore are Christians, but differ from us to such a degree that they can no longer be considered Catholic |
| Provide three examples of Protestant faiths. | Anglican, Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Amish, Adventists, Hussites, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mennonites, Salvation Army... |
| Approximately how many Protestant denominations are there? | The Center for Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which is evangelical Protestant, estimates that there are currently 47,000 denominations. |
Created by:
Lady Elaine Fairchilde