A Cellist in the Tuba Section

Today is the National Day of Prayer, so here's some ideas to help you pray throughout the day (and you can use these every day of the year). Make a list of people/companies/things that you want to pray about and check the list every so often during your day to remind yourself to pray. Set an alarm on your phone for every hour (or whatever fits into your schedule without disrupting classes, meetings, etc.) and when it goes off you'll be reminded to pray. Change your phone background to a bible verse, or a note reminding yourself to pray so that when you check your phone you are reminded to pray. As an announcement: I want to create content that applies to your specific lives so that I can better connect with you and provide you with the necessary (and free) resources to draw closer to Jesus. So, if you have a question or scenario regarding high school or college life that you'd like me to weigh in on, please send it to me at my email: acellistinthetubasection@...

Ever heard someone say "Don't pray for patience" or talk about how someone prayed for patience and then endured some terrible experience like cancer that won't go into remission for several months/years or a period of infertility that seemed to go on forever. Now, in a sense I understand why people say this: praying for patience means that sometimes God allows you to experience life circumstances that will frustrate you but ultimately build you into a more patient person. But I hate that people always say "don't pray for patience". First, it makes us seem like we can control the circumstances that God sends our way. That's in no way the case. In Isaiah 55:8-9 God says, For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (ESV). We cannot understand what circumstances we need to become the person ...