Ch 1 and 2
Prayer is:
a. a learned skill
b. something we all know how to do
c. a skill we are born with
a. a learned skill
"Complaining can be a way of escaping personal ___________."
a. cleanliness
b. hygiene
c. responsibility
c. responsibility
a. approach
b. withdraw from
c. run from
a. approach
a. live
b. define
c. humiliate
b. define
a. Alexandria, Va
b. Alexandria, La
c. Alexandria, Egypt
a. Alexandria, Va
"We don't need to eliminate fear. We just need something __________ than fear."
a. stronger
b. faster
c. bigger
c. bigger
"God usually involves us in the __________ of the very thing we are praying for . . . if prayer rarely leads to action, you're doing it wrong."
a. problem
b. solution
b. solution
"The way we see ourselves will ____________ what we ask for and how we ask it."
a. influenceb. decide
c. cancela. influence
"_____________ never give the whole picture. They make a lot of noise and then fade away."
a. Songsb. Feelings
c. Interruptions
b. Feelings
What is Josh's favorite football team?
Dallas Cowboys
"We need true _______"
a. money
b. peace
c. wealth
b. peace
"If peace is the first benefit we receive from prayer, ___________ is a close second."
a. purpose
b. ducks
c. quarters
a. purpose
One example of changing how we approach God is by praying ________ God's blessing, not for His blessing."
a. from
b. against
a. from
Prayer gives _________."
a. perspective
b. problems
c. solutions
a. perspective
What is Josh's favorite fast food?
McDonald's
"Prayer reminds us that we don't have to rely on ourselves to make it through the messiness of life. We are never _________.
a. weak
b. strong
c. alone
According to Philippians 2:12-13, we can see that there is a kind of ________________ between God and us.
a. partnership
b. dictatorship
a. partnership
"Jesus is proof that God's attitude toward us is one of ___________, not judgment."
a. love
b. rules
c. pity
a. love
Pages 56 - 60 gives a list of seven areas where God _________ our perspective.
a. blesses
b. removesc. shifts
Where did Josh live before moving to Houston?
a. DFW
b. Lubbock
c. Amarillo
b. Lubbock
"Don't worry yourself to death. Pray yourself to __________"
a. peace
b. joy
c. love
"God will lead you if you take the time to _________."
a. read
b. sing
c. listen
c. listen
"Prayer reminds us of the sufficiency of Christ" and not "our _______________."
a. tendencies
b. insufficiency
c. insecurities
"Prayer reminds us that what lasts longer is worth the _______. And what lasts the longest is what is eternal."
a. time
b. most
c. least
b. most
How many years has Josh been here?
a. 1 year
b. 8 years
c. 10 years
b. 8 years