{"id":807,"date":"2011-11-11T10:44:48","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?p=807"},"modified":"2011-11-11T10:44:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T14:44:48","slug":"why-do-some-people-pray-to-jehovah","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/?page_id=807","title":{"rendered":"Why do some people pray to Jehovah?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why do some people\u00a0pray to JEHOVAH GOD?\u00a0 Are they praying for something specific?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The name Jehovah is used in scripture a limited number of times; four to be exact.\u00a0 God is commonly referred to by designations or titles.\u00a0 He is called the great I AM; Exo.3:13-14, \u201c\u2026..thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, <strong>I AM<\/strong> hath sent me unto you.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 He is called the Almighty God: Gen. 17:1, \u201c\u2026..I <em>am<\/em> the <strong>Almighty God<\/strong>\u2026..\u201d\u00a0 Although God has many names or many titles, Jehovah is actually the name of God; Exo.6:3, \u201c\u2026..I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by <em>the name of<\/em> God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Scripture confirms again, that God\u2019s name is Jehovah; Ps. 83:18, \u201cthat <em>men<\/em> may know that thou, whose name alone <em>is<\/em> JEHOVAH, <em>art<\/em> the most high over all the earth.\u201d\u00a0 According to Strong\u2019s Links #3068, Jehovah in Hebrew means: The Lord, Self-Existent or Eternal One, and Jehovah is the Jewish national name of God.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When people are praying to Jehovah, are they praying for something specific?\u00a0 No, that\u2019s not a special prayer; they opted to used God\u2019s name rather than one of his titles or designations.\u00a0 There are many phrases or titles that people use to address God.\u00a0 Some of the ways people call on God are: Heavenly Father, Father God, Lord God, Almighty God, Jehovah, etc.\u00a0 Whether one uses Jehovah or some other designation, none of them are incorrect; it\u2019s just a matter of preference.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why do some people\u00a0pray to JEHOVAH GOD?\u00a0 Are they praying for something specific? \u00a0 Answer:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The name Jehovah is used in scripture a limited number of times; four to be exact.\u00a0 God is commonly referred to by designations or titles.\u00a0 He is called the great I AM; Exo.3:13-14, \u201c\u2026..thus shalt thou say unto the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-807","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":808,"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/807\/revisions\/808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epistleofchrist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}