Lorraine Wright

Q1. (139:7) Why do people sometimes want to flee from God? Why do people imagine that God doesn't know what they do? Have you ever felt this way? People sometimes want to flee from God because they know that what they are doing would not be acceptable to God and they are returning to their sinful ways instead of submitting to God's commands. They think that God's doesn't know what they are doing because they can't see God or they think he's too busy. But no matter where we are or what we are doing we can never escap;e from his Spirit and his presence.

Q4. (20:3) What is the basis on which Hezekiah asks for healing? Why is personal righteousness and holiness important in getting your prayers answered? How can unrighteousness prevent answered prayer if all gifts from God are by grace anyway? God's promise of an heir and for a long life for those who live a righteous life. God tend to give more favor to those who are obedient and try to live a righteous life. The Christians most powerful resouce is communion with God through prayer. If we are rebellious and purposely continue to sin with no honest attempt to do otherwise we probably would not fall within God's grace and favor.

Q3. Why is Hezekiah's healing important for his nation? How did it relate to God's promises to David? Because if he would have died it would have left his country leaderless and without a successor as his son had not yet been born. Without an heir there was no one to carry on the line of Davidic kings promised that would culminate in a messiah. God promised an unbroken line of David's sons upon the throne.

Q2. (19:15) How do the first two sentences of Hezekiah's prayer (verse 15) correspond to the first sentence of the Lord's Prayer? How are they important to faith? How are they important to God answering the prayer? His prayer starts with praise and acknowledges that God is sovereign. We also have to believe in the one and only God, creator and savior. With God all thing are possible.

Q1. (19:14) What is the significance of Hezekiah spreading out the enemy's message before the Lord? What is the underlying principle illustrated here? How can we apply this principle to our own lives? What happens when we don't apply this principle? To show God that he could not handle this on his own and needed his intervention. That the letter was an insult to God himself and demanded God's response. We whould not tty to solve any prolems or issues on our own but to palce it before the Loar and let the Lord guide us. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding"

Q4. Why is a person's attitude with regard to giving related to that person's attitude towards praise? Why does an attitude of possessiveness with regards to giving get in the way of worship? In what sense do all your possessions belong to God? What then should be your relationship to your possessions? How will these truths re-energize your giving? Your praise? Giving does not necessarily reveal what is in our hearts - anyone can give - even those with a selfish, proud heart. Whatever is in your heart determines what you say. God knows what is in our hearts. We should trust in God that he will provide for us and give with a willing heart for "Whatever measure you use in giving - large or small - it will be used to measure what is given back to you" We are just stewarts of our earthly possessions.

Q4. Why is a person's attitude with regard to giving related to that person's attitude towards praise? Why does an attitude of possessiveness with regards to giving get in the way of worship? In what sense do all your possessions belong to God? What then should be your relationship to your possessions? How will these truths re-energize your giving? Your praise? Because everything we have is a gift from God. Giving does not necessarily reveal what is in our hearts. Anyone can give - even those with a selfish, proud heart. God knows what is in our hearts and we should trust in Him that he will provide for us. We should give with a willing heart . We are just stewards of our earthly possions.

Q3. Verses 11 and 12 both attribute various characteristics to God, such as glory, honor, and might. How might you begin to mention God's greatness in your own prayers? Where is this kind of praise found by example in the Lord's Prayer? What are your favorite songs that point to God's greatness? To acknowledge him as our creator - that He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and head over all. Then to lift Him up and exalt Him and humble ourselves before Him with our words from a sincere heart.

Q2. In what way does praise exalt God? Why should we exalt God? What does this exaltation do in us? What does it say about us? It exalts and worships God in his greatness, glory and splendor and when we pray with lifed hands we are blessing God himself with our hands, hearts and voices.

Q1. In what way do our prayers of praise "bless" God? What do we mere humans have that God desires in a blessing? What are prayers like, that don't include blessing God? It extols and worships God in his greadtenes, glory and splender and when we pray with filed hands we are blessing God himself with our hands heart and voices. He desires that we should give willing and reely of ourselves, humbling before Him our surrender to God.

Q4. What does it mean to have a broken heart and spirit? Why is this essential in the prayer for pardon? In what sense is this a "sacrifice"? Why do we tend to resist a "broken and contrite heart" in ourselves? To have a broken heart or spirit means that the burden and guilt of our sin is so intense that it literally feels as though your heart is crushed or broken. God wants us to be close to him but until our hearts are filled with the sorrow of our sin, we are not ready for forgiveness. We can never please God if our heart attitude is not right. The contrite heart is a sign of true repentance and that is a "sacrifice" acceptable to God.

Q3. Is it possible to have a pure heart? How does God bring about a pure heart? What is our part in this? Yes - Christ's sacifice transforms our life and heart and makes us clean on the inside through God's forgiveness and mercy. He restores in us that which we have so foolishly destroyed - our intimate relationship with Him.

Q2. In his prayer does David seek to minimize his sins? To maximize them? Why does an authentic prayer for pardon require clear, unvarnished acknowledgement of sin to be effective? No - he fully admits to his wicked and ungodly behavior. He confessed honestly and fully before God without trying to make his actions appear less severe or make excuses. If we don't accept and confuss all of our sins to God and sincerely repent or our sinful behavior then we haven't confessed to God in the way that is necessary.

Q1. In what way does a prayer for pardon require faith? What is that faith based on? How does a person gain the faith to pray this prayer in confidence? You have to belive that God is our compassionate and gracious God. He is a merciful and loving God and he forgives those who repent and call on him for forgiveness. We gain our faith by reading and knowing His Word. By belieiveing and having a close relationship with him. Knowing that God's love is one promise we can always count on. We can rely on God's love, patience, forgiveness and mercy.

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Q4. In what way does Abraham show persistence? Why is persistence necessary in prayer? Have you ever experienced "praying through"? What was it like? Abraham showed persistence in his bargaining with God to save from 50 righteous people down to l0 . To practice persistence in prayer does more to change our hearts and minds then God's and it helps us to understand and express the intensity of our need and ehlps us recognize God's work.

Q3. Do you think Abraham's boldness pleased God? Why or why not? What might cause God to take delight in your prayers to him? Yes. Abraham demonstrated great faith by his requests. Prayer heps us better understand the mind of God. God showed Abraham that asking for anything is allowed with the understanding that God's answers comes from God's perspective.

Q2. How did Abraham demonstrate his humility before God? Why must boldness be tempered with humility? Abraham asks for the Lord's indulgence repeatedly acknowledging his own humble place before Almightly God. He already knows our hearts and thoughts. We can't place ourselves above God.

Q1. What is the basis of Abraham's argument that God should spare Sodom? How does it relate to God's character? That it would be worng to kill the righteous with the wicked and that God must treat the righteous justly. God knew that there were not many innocent people in the city but he was mercidful enough to let Abraham intercede for the sake of the few.

Q5. What does it tell us about the status of the Lamb that he is worshipped alongside "him who sits on the throne"? (5:13-14) Praise and worship is due the Father and the Son throughout all eternity. Both were involved in the redemption of all things and both should be praised.

Q4. How can prayer change God's mind without conflicting with the doctrine of the Immutability of God? Can God answer a prayer for something outside of the scope of his will? We are not trying to change God's character, desire and purpose, we are just praying for an anternative that is still withing God's will and we can do that by intercessory prayer. No I do not believe you can pray for something outside of God's will.

Q4. What's the significance of Christians "reigning on the earth"? Of being "priests"? Do you think we are to "reign" now or later (or both)? We to be adminstrators or subservants of the King of His reign here on Earth to carry out His commands as we are assigned. Christ's death made all believers priests of God - the channels of blessing between God and people and we are to help carry out his work here on Earth. We reign now and we will also reign in the future.

Q3. How can a wrong understanding of determinism and predestination keep us from the kind of gutsy prayer that Moses prayed? I believe that God ilikes it when we are "gutsy"in our prayerl It glorifies Him when we step out in faith. What do you call a belief that our prayers make no difference to God's response? Stupid

Q3. What has the Lamb done to "triumph" (5:5) and so become worthy to take the scroll and open its seals? (Hint: See the "for" or "because" clause in 5:9 for the answer.) By living a perfect life of obedience to God; dying on the cross for the sins of the world, and rising from the dead to show his power and authority over evil and death.

The lamb itself represents .... Christ Standing after being slain indicates ... his resurrection Horns represent .... strength and power Eyes represent ... the spritis of God The number seven carries the idea of ... being perfect To summarize, then, the Lamb has the qualities of being of ... Christ the Lamb was the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all. He defeated all the forces of evil by dying on the cross. He now lives in God's strength and power. Jesus has omnipotent power and He has the omnisecient vision of the Holy Spirit.