We have to begin in prayer, continue in prayer and end in prayer. When I am before a situation: “Lord, what can I do with my son or my daughter?”  I have to give a response to my son, to my daughter…I don’t know how to educate my son, my daughter, In this point, I ask the Lord.

“What do I do, Lord?”

I begin doing this in prayer, asking the Lord, presenting myself to Him. I have to engage that question in prayer, and I being all prayer and asking the Lord with all humility:

-“I need, Lord, a response”.

And  this humility is a key to all. What traps us a lot is pride. We find that we already know all, that we are capable of resolving all…Then, we learn to begin with total humility, saying:

-“Lord, I do not know what to do, I do not know which is the better road.”

After asking in prayer and beginning to wait for an answer in prayer. I do not expect that God will answer me soon. Many times, He is going to delay to give me an answer and I,  patiently, continue praying, continue hearing God, until attaining the answer.

God Bless You,

Monsignor Jonas Abib
Founder of the Canção Nova Community.

Translated from Portuguese