A hard life…Why are people

more likely to pray to God and follow Him when life is hard, but not so

much when everything is going

well ?

How the Bible was Written

• To describe how the Old was written

• To explain why the Bible is written by many people

• To reflect on why people wrote down their experience of God

How do you think the Bible was written?

Explain your theory to your partner!

How was the OT was written?Match the pictures to the explanations ?

Then explain in order how the Old Testament was written, using details from each of the boxes. First, the Jews experience

suffering such as…This made them….

We are Jews and woe to us ! We are exiled! Or we are defeated in battle!Or we are poor and overworked !

Oh God, come to our help! We are sorry for having forgotten you !

God has sent us a prophet. The Holy Spirit inspires him to tell us: Do not fear! God is still with you! Turn away from your sins, and all will be well!

Let us write down what has happened to us, so our children may know, that they too should trust in God and follow His ways.

Explain in order how the OT was written

Forgetting GodDISOBEYING GOD

Sin and unhappiness

Remembering GodOBEYING GOD

Living well

Draw the graph. Add the titles. Then add labels to each face showing what you could be doing at that point to make that face happen.

I started going to mass again. I do things that

are wrong more often, without feeling sorry for it.

What is the OT about ?Did one person write it, or several ?