The Prayer Closet - Lesson One Flashcards

Vocabulary and key concepts from Lesson One of Personal Prayer Coaching regarding the biblical and linguistic foundations of the prayer closet.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz

A plastic surgeon who theorized that $21\text{ days}$ was the threshold for change.

Phillippa Lally

A psychology researcher at University College London whose research indicates new behavior becomes automatic at the $66\text{-day mark}$ on average.

The Three Great Enemies

The three factors identified as worldliness, pragmatism, and narcissism.

Tameion

The Greek word for a storage chamber, safe inner room, or 'secret chamber' of the home, often used for food and supplies.

Chuppah

A Hebrew term for closet meaning a canopy, to cover, or to conceal, specifically referring to a bridal chamber or wedding tent.

Chaphah

The Hebrew root of chuppah, which means canopy or to cover or conceal.

Tallit

A prayer shawl supported by four poles that sometimes serves as a wedding canopy in Jewish tradition.

Cether

The Hebrew word for 'secret place' meaning to hide or be concealed.

Gan

The Hebrew term for garden, derived from 'ganan,' meaning an enclosure or a place that is covered, surrounded, or hidden.

Tree of Life

One of the two trees in the middle of the garden, promising eternal life and referred to as the 'sacrament of eternal life' in $Gen. 3:22-24$.

Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

A tree in the garden whose fruit corrupted moral discernment and planted doubt in God's word.

Shamar

The Hebrew word for 'guarding' or 'watching,' representing the duty and intercessory work of prayer.

Bdellium

A term for an aromatic resin, pearls, or a precious stone such as crystal.

Pishon

The river that compasses the whole land of Havilah; its name suggests spreading out or puddling.

Gihon

The river that encircles Ethiopia; its name suggests bursting forth or bubbling like an artesian spring.

Hiddekel

The river flowing to Assyria that courses like rapids.

Euphrates

The river associated with breaking forth and creating fruitfulness.

Wisdom

Described in $Prov. 3:18$ as a 'tree of life' that answers 'why' questions and goes to motive, often serving as a metaphor for God or the Holy Spirit.