Prayer
Is it wrong to ask God for things in our life?
No! Ask and you shall receive!
I don't need a spiritual father of confession.
Is this statement true or false?
false!!!
What did God allow Satan to do to Job?
What was Zacharias' punishment for not believing the angel?
He become mute
- I have three heavenly crowns
- I use to be a solider
- I always am praying
Who am I?
St. Mina the wonderworker
When I ask God for something, why don't I always get it right away?
because God knows when it is the right time for you to get something and if it is good for you or not.
When Athletes want to get better a sport, they always have a mentor teaching and guiding on what to do, in order to become the best.
Who should be the mentor in our spiritual life?
Our father of Confession!
No! He trusted God
What was St. Mary's reaction to when the Archangel Gabriel, told her that Elizabeth was pregnant.
Right away she left to go serve Elizabeth even while she was pregnant with the Savior of the entire world
- I use to be a very bad Criminal
- I later became a monk
- I have a famous story about a sandbag
Who am I?
St. Moses the Strong
If someone disobeys God, or I fall into sin, then God is not going to listen or answer their prayers because they are a sinner!
- is this statement true or false?
- WHY?
We are all sinners who make mistakes, but no matter what we do, will ALWAYS listen to your prayers and God will ALWAYS accepts us when we turn back to His love.
When an athlete wants to get better at a sport, they practice a lot.
Name 3 things we can practice in our life to grow in our spiritual life
- Pray
- Read the Bible
- Fast
Name three things that Satan toke away from Job
- all his animals
- servants
- house
- his 7 sons and 3 daughters
- his health (he got a horrible disease)
He was beheaded by Herod the evil king
- I have three heavenly crowns
- I am the about the same age as you guys
- I was tortured on a boat and over a fire
Who am I?
St. Abanoub
If I listen to God, then God always give me whatever I ask for
Is this statement true or false?
WHY?
God knows when it is the best time to give us something and He knows if something is good to give us. So just because I listen to God doesn't mean that when I ask for something it will be given to me.
- We don't create a relationship with God just for Him to give us things.
When an athlete wants to become more stronger for a sport they cut out all unhealthy food like chips and ice cream.
What are 3 things we can cut out of our life to improve our spiritual life?
- Sin in general
- lying
- cursing
- bad friends
While Job trusted in God, his own wife told him to get angry at God and curse God.
What are two things that Job did that we should do in our own life?
- trust in God
- Repent
- Defended the faith
- live his life according to God's commandments
What did Christ do when Peter slashed off on eo the ears off the soldiers who arrested him?
He told Peter to stop and miraculously healed the solider's ear completely
- I use to be friends with St. Anthony
- I am the first desert hermit
- I have a very long beard
Who am I?
If every time I pray, I only ask God for new things in my life and nothing else, is that ok?
What is the main purpose for prayer?
When we pray it is ok to ask for things, but the main purpose is to grow our relationship with God.
- God is not a magical genie in a bottle!
- God wants us to talk to Him so we can grow closer to Him
Finish the verse:
"Did you not know, that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.... Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an ________ crown"
(1 Corinthians 9:24-25)
Imperishable
Because we do not have all the knowledge that God has, so when something bad happens in our life that is out of our control, we that God allowed this to happen because there is something He knows that we do not.
- God's plan, is the best plan for us!
During the transfiguration, who were the three disciples that Christ toke with him?
Peter, John, and James
- I use to live in a cave
- Jesus himself appeared to me
- and I sang psalms with David the psalmist
Who am I?