The Names Of God - Introduction

Introduction
The names of God hold an important key to understanding the doctrine of God and the doctrine of revelation. The name of God is a personal disclosure and reveals relationship with His people. His name is known only because He chooses to make it known. To the Hebrew mind, God was both hidden and revealed, transcendent and immanent. Even though he was mysterious, lofty, and unapproachable, He bridged the gap with humankind by revealing His name.

The truth of God's character is focused in His name. The divine name reveals God's power, authority, and holiness. This accounts for Israel's great reverence for God's name. The Ten Commandments prohibited the violation of God's name (Ex. 20:7; Deut. 5:11). Prophets spoke with authority when they uttered God's name. Oaths taken God's name were considered binding, and battles fought in the name of God were victorious. Other nations would fear Israel, not because it was a mighty nation, but because it rallied under the Lord's name. In the New Testament, God's name is manifested most clearly in Jesus Christ. He is called "the Word" (John 1:1), and He makes the claim that He has revealed the name of God (John 17:6). God's name His promise to dwell with His people.

Knowing God leads to adoration, deep ardent, often excessive attachment, passion, love - Webster’s Dictionary definition of worship. Too often children do not understand what worship is. Most equate worship to singing or going to church. Some thought that reading the bible is worship or having a mountain top experience is. The word worship is overused, misused and sometimes abused. It needs a clear definition. An understanding that we may worship God in spirit and in truth. God demands and expects worship.1 Chronicles 16: 28 – 3128 Ascribe to the LORD , O families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength, 29 ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the LORD in the splendor of his] holiness. 30 Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. 31 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns!"

Parents Guide
Children are encouraged to memorise God’s Word, once inscribed in their tender hearts, the Word of God will remain throughtout their lifetime.

The devotion consists of a name of God, verse, description and a prayer. Set a routine each day and go through the devotion with your child. Explain to them the meaning of the name and ask the child to turn to the reference in the Bible and read out loud in unison. In closing, pray together.

We seek your help in the spiritual grounding of our children as we teaches children to
· Learn God’s nature and character
· Keep prayer & worship journal
· Experience personal worship

Partners in spiritual parenting.

Moriah Assembly of God
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Thank You Parents and Guardians

Thank You For Entrusting Your Children To Us
Thank you for sending your children to The Little Dragon Slayer Camp (TLDS). The Little Dragon Slayer is a Children’s Bible Camp. Children take a journey as a tribe, it is one for all and all for one. These Little Dragon Slayers compete in challenges for luxuries and immunity as they fight the battles of life. Set in un-spoilt nature reserve of Camp Christine, Little Dragon Slayers have to decide carefully and apply their knowledge to finish the quest. Children will learn, explore and have fun - picking up good values vital to their early childhood development. Children will learn classic Bible stories from the Old and New Testament.

Synopsis
The Little Dragon Slayer program is led by Ernest Tan, the Big Tribal Chief with his Counsels, Jana Lim and Jeslin Lee. Campers known as travelers come under a tribe with a Tribal Chief and his Tribal Head. The Little Dragon Slayers come together as a tribe leaving behind their homeland for a better place. In their journey, The Little Dragon Slayers learn about The Great Kingdom of Heaven and how to get there. The journey is not easy, along the way they faced filth, hardships testing. The activities full of games will help the child learn about the gospel and how to walk the adventure of a believer.

Down Memory Lane
What a journey! On the first day, children are organized into four tribes – TUKA, RARO, RAVU and TAJI. Each having ten travelers, tribes learnt to interact with each other to build teamwork as they pool their resources together to reach their goals. The theme for day one was Flood followed by Drought & Famine and Hurricane. Each day presents different challenges. Drought focused on our poor habits which we pick up as we grow. Drought & Famine is about losing our identity from poor habits as we grow older and finally Hurricane is about testing – how do we overcome poor habits.
In TLDS, children took baths in cold water, prepared a meal, walked alone in the dark (most of them took a solo night walk for 25 metres), cleaned up their tables after meals, finished whatever was laid before them in meal time, completed their tasks within a time frame, perform challenges beyond their comfort zone, four days of ‘computer and game consoles cold turkey’, no couch potatoes, organized their bags and made their beds.

Finding it hard to believe? Your kids actually did these chores. Yes! They did them willingly. And they performed extremely well. Some children aware of their teams losing direction and points stepped out of their comfort zone to lead their tribes in cheers and games. Some cared enough to take care of those who are unhurried.

It was an amazing journey as we see how children adapted to situations and learn quickly in these settings. We thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. We strongly encourage you to talk to your children about the TLDS and see how excited they are when recalling precious memories. Engage them today and bring out the best in them.

Cheers