He didn’t want this cup, but he drank it in submission to his Father so that we could live. Think about this: The figurative cup Jesus drank contained our sins. Take this cup away from Me nevertheless, not what I will, but what you will” (Mark 14:36). Jesus made the hardest decision when he prayed in the garden: “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. He loves us so much that he sent his only Son to die on a cross to save us from our sins.” “God loves us, and he is willing to do anything for his children. “When you ask God for help, he helps you with your tough times, and he helps your conscience tell you what’s right or wrong,” says Taylor, 11. Friendship with God depends on our obedience to him (John 15:14-15). Toward the end of his ministry, Jesus told his disciples he would no longer call them servants, but friends. “When we do something, even if we know it won’t get us into any trouble, we should always ask God about it,” says Jessica, 10.ĭo you talk to a friend only when you’re in trouble? God wants to be your friend. As I hear, I judge and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me” (John 5:30). Many times, he retired from the demands of ministry to pray in remote places. Jesus always knew what to do and say because he stayed in constant conversation with his Father. The deepest level of prayer is communion with God. God usually speaks through a quiet mind informed by the Word of God filled with the Holy Spirit. The Bible contains many examples of God’s audible voice breaking into conversations, but this is the exception rather than the rule. We should pray that our eyes will be open to what he is doing. Sensitive Christians look for clues along life’s journey. Sarah shows us that God leads in a variety of ways. I know I can go to him whenever I need help.” He helps me every day in hard and easy decisions.

He helps me through my parents, my friends and my teachers. “He talks to me through actions and consequences. “God helps me make hard decisions by talking to me through prayer,” says Sarah, 11. Amazingly, I found that the answers to those prayers were closely associated with the amount of study I had done. Some of my most fervent praying occurred before big tests in two graduate programs. “God lets the answer come to me, and I got something for it like an A+,” says Lauren, 7. If all of life were filled with these kinds of decisions, we would all be happy. I really don’t know how God showed me the sign, but I picked strawberry.”Ĭhristen, are you writing from Earth? This sounds like a decision from heaven. “One of the decisions was what kind of ice cream I wanted, strawberry or vanilla,” says Christen, 11.

Prayer for hard decisions