Hearts on Fire - Youth DevotionalSample

Heart to Heart

Now that we know that God wants to be in a relationship with us, let’s talk about the most important part of any friendship: talking. God wants you to talk to Him! How? Through praying. It's as simple as that: prayer is talking. Sometimes we can think that prayer is intimidating or that there is a right or wrong way to pray. It's just talking to God.

Over to you: Before today, what did you think prayer was? Have you ever prayed before?

I want you to think of praying like hanging with your best friend. When you’re talking to a good friend, it’s easy and the pressure is off. You don’t have to practice what you want to say or worry about how you’ll sound; you keep it 100 and you just come as you are. You talk to them, knowing that they just get you.

It’s the same vibe with God.

It says in the Bible that God knows every thought on our mind before we even say it! This means that we can talk to God honestly! We can tell Him about what's stressing us, making us feel down, and what we need His help with. But God’s not just there for us on the bad days. He’s also there on the best days! We can talk to him about our passions, our dreams and thank Him for every good thing in our lives. He wants to talk with you, all day, every day!

Over to you: Start by just talking to God like a friend - tell him how your day was, what is on your mind at the moment, anything that is worrying you or that you are excited for. Say it out loud or write it down if that helps.