How Can I Get Help?

I used to write for a newspaper in high school. Here's a sample article from way back then.

We've all heard the saying, "Prayer changes things," but how many of us really take it to heart? God expects all of us not only to read His Word and believe it, but also to use it. He tells us that if we pray we should expect an answer.

John 15 verse 7 says,

"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."

Most Christians go through their entire life without using five percent of what we could. God wants to help you. He wants to guide your life and work out your problems for you. All you have to do is pray in His will and expect and answer and you will get it. Use the power He gave us! He will help you with any problem. If you need help on a test and have studied, pray and He will help you remember.

Also, remember that your prayers can help others with problems and in making decisions. We will always get an answer if we pray in His will.

John 5 verses 14 and 15 tell us:

"Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole."

We often go to friends and others in whom we have confidence for advice, but yet we sometimes never go to God. He should be the first one we go to. Who knows all the answers, God or friends? God, of course! Why don't you go to Him; He gives everything we need!
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Back then, one of the hardest things a teen might face is a test. But today, we all have tests of some sort. We might call them trials or tribulations, hard times or circumstances, but God is still the all-powerful-one, the all-knowing-one, but best of all, He is OUR Father.

Romans 8 verses 14 and 15

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father."

Do you understand the full meaning of these verses? Many have said that the word, "Abba" from Aramaic can be translated, "daddy", and while that is true in its simplest form it goes much deeper.

Abba is a term of extreme endearment expressed by a young child to his beloved father, his hero, the one who kisses his scraped knee and dries his fresh tears. Abba would be the word used only for a parent who was familiar, available, trustworthy, and comforting. Think of the ultimate father figure - maybe it is your earthly father that comes to mind, but maybe it's someone else's from your childhood. Maybe you were always secretly jealous of the close relationship other children had with their father. That "best" relationship is what is connoted by the term "Abba" from the Bible.

Think of that type of relationship. What would that father not do to protect and care for his child? Think of it! That's a finite example of how your infinite Heavenly Father desires to care for you, His child! As if you were His ONLY child!

Ask Him. He wants to care for you. Let Him.

Mark Tabor