The importance of recognizing our needs is highlighted in the prayer that King Solomon offered when the temple was inaugurated: “In case a famine occurs in the land, in case a pestilence occurs, in case scorching and mildew, locusts and cockroaches occur; in case their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates ​ — any sort of plague and any sort of malady — ​ whatever prayer, whatever request for favor there may occur on the part of any man or of all your people Israel, because they know each one his own plague and his own pain...
Pentingnya mengenali kebutuhan kita ditandaskan dalam doa yang dipanjatkan Raja Salomo pada saat peresmian bait, ” Andaikata ada bala kelaparan di negeri ini, andaikata ada sampar, andaikata ada panas yang menghanguskan dan hama jamur, belalang dan lipas; andaikata musuh mengepung mereka di negeri gerbang - gerbang mereka — tulah apa pun dan penyakit menular apa pun — doa apa pun, permohonan apa pun untuk belas kasihan yang disampaikan oleh seseorang atau oleh segenap umatmu, Israel, karena mereka masing - masing mengetahui tulahnya sendiri dan rasa sakitnya sendiri...