Who Am I?
I had a Hebrew name and a Roman name, and chose to switch which one I went by due to my commission to declare the good news to non Jews
Paul/Saul
Found in Matthew 6:9-13, this passage was a basic pattern to be followed, and was not quoted word for word by Jesus or his disciples.
Model Prayer
John 14:6 says what about the connection between Jesus and our approaching Jehovah in prayer?
No one comes to the Father except through me.
Father, all things are possible for you; remove this cup from me. Yet, not what I want, but what you want.
Jesus - Mr 14:36
Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, coming down from the Father of the celestial lights, who does not vary or change like the shifting shadows.
James 1:17
I became high priest during the time of King Josiah. I found the very book of the Law while repairing the temple.
Hilkiah
What is found in Psalm 34 that is a takeaway for including in our own prayers?
Praise to Jehovah
Matthew 6:5 saw Jesus referring to the Pharisees when he said what about their prayers?
when you pray, do not act like the hypocrites, for they like to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the main streets to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full
So I said: “I am not going to make mention of him, And I will speak no more in his name.” But in my heart it became like a burning fire shut up in my bones, And I was tired of holding it in; I could no longer endure it.
Jeremiah (20:7-12)
About noon E·liʹjah began to mock them and say: “Call out at the top of your voice! After all, he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought or he has gone to relieve himself. Or maybe he is asleep and someone needs to wake him up!
1 Kings 18:27
I was not an Israelite, but in 1473 BCE, I demonstrated greater devotion to the God of Israel than to my own community, and was named in the genealogy of Jesus (Mt 1:5,6)
Rahab
What is found in Psalm 92 that is a takeaway for including in our own prayers?
Giving thanks
According to Jeremiah 7:16, Jehovah will not listen to us if we pray for what?
Ones whom God condemns
“And yet, who am I and who are my people that we should be in a position to make voluntary offerings like this? For everything is from you, and we have given to you what comes from your own hand. For we are foreign residents in your presence and settlers, just like all our forefathers. For our days on the earth are like a shadow—without hope.
David - 1 Chr 29:10-19
Just be careful and watch yourself closely, so that you may not forget the things that your eyes have seen and so that they may not depart from your heart all the days of your life. You must also make them known to your sons and to your grandsons
Deuteronomy 4:9
I was the son of a rebel, but I and my brothers Assir and Abiasaph did not stand with him nor did we share his fate.
Elkanah
What is found in Ecclesiastes 5 that is a takeaway for including in our own prayers?
Vows/Promises to Jehovah
1 John 2:15-17 highlights what that we would not ask Jehovah for and expect to receive?
materialistic desires/ambitions
O Jehovah, it does not matter to you whether those you help are many or have no power. Help us, O Jehovah our God, for we are relying on you, and in your name we have come against this crowd. O Jehovah, you are our God. Do not let mortal man prevail against you
A'sa - 2 Chr 14:11
But you abandoned me and served other gods. That is why I will not save you again
Judges (10:13)
My husband was Joseph. My sons were Manasseh and Ephraim.
Asenath
What is found in Hebrews 5 that is a takeaway for including in our own prayers?
supplications/petitions
Proverbs 15:29 says what about Jehovah and how He responds to various ones prayers?
Jehovah is far away from the wicked, But he hears the prayer of the righteous.
O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and that it is by your word that I have done all these things. Answer me, O Jehovah! Answer me so that this people may know that you, Jehovah, are the true God and that you are turning their hearts back to you.”
Elijah - 1 Ki 18:36,37
Woe because of the day! For the day of Jehovah is near, And it will come like a destruction from the Almighty!
Joel 1:15