by Steve Marshall

Created on: September 11, 2009   Last Updated: September 18, 2009

There is nothing that allows us to love God as much as praying to him does.

Prayer can help us in so many areas of our lives.

This is particularly so when it comes time for us to make a decision.

Decision making brings us right back into our own consciousness when it is a matter of trying to make the right choice. We become more aware of ourselves when we try to decide consciously like this.

Is this always enough though?

Could we contact a greater power to help us to make our decisions?

This is all a good start though, because no decision should ever be made unconsciously.

A decision should be considered carefully and then prayed about. A hasty decision is often one that we will later regret making, and it is usually very hard to revisit, or to correct the consequences of it being already made so quickly.

Prayer is never just on the surface of who you are. No prayer ever remains unanswered. Prayer always connects you more deeply to the ultimate decision maker, to God.

When a decision is referred back to our maker in this way, we can be assured that the answer that we receive back will be a wise one, but only if we follow the advice that we will now get within our own deepest consciousness. We need to listen to the voice of God, because it nearly always answers us from within our heart, and not nearly so often from within our mind.

When we take the time to pray, the correct decision is more likely to follow.

Martin Luther, the great fifteenth and sixteenth century German born theologian once said,

''Pray, and let God do the worrying.''

He was not telling us not to make decisions, but simply not to worry about the outcome of them once we had taken them to God in prayer in order to find the right answers, and the correct decisions to take.

Is this totally practical for us to do at all times in our more busy lives of today?

Let's think a bit more about our decision making methods.

How can we make the best decision?

I am talking here also about making our normal everyday decisions, but perhaps not about our duties or obligations.

Feeding my dog for example is not a decision for me to make each morning, but more a duty to fulfil, and so it is not necessary for me to have to decide about it again each morning.

What about deciding to clean the floor? Is this type of decision more subjective?

Whereas I might think that cleaning the floors once every couple of days is OK for myself, someone else might want it cleaned every single day, and to feel good about it for themselves.

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