Even Jesus was familiar with the idea of asking our father in heaven. When he was in the garden the night before he died on the cross the Jesus cried out “Abba, Father, everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” This can be Found in Mark He was asking God to take away the sin and suffering of the world some other way. But then he ends with “your will be done, not mine.” He submits to our father despite the hardship he knows he is about to endure. In this moment I believe God reminds Jesus what is going to happen and why it is so important. The pain of betrayal, and the physical pain Jesus was enduring was so great on the cross he cried out “my god my god why have you forsaken me?” From verse Matthew In this moment I believe God answered him with something like: “remember the promises in my word, that I will never leave you or forsake you. I never have and I never will. I am here with you now as I have always been. My son it’s only a short time now until you will be clothed in majesty once again and rightfully seated on the throne. Not by your will but by mine.” The significance of Jesus calling out and asking our father if he had forsaken him is because even if he believed our father was near, maybe he just didn’t feel it. And sometimes as believers we KNOW God is there but we just don’t feel it. If even Jesus had this struggle it’s no wonder some people feel abandoned and alone despite their deep rooted faith. Sometimes we wonder, why me, why now God? Maybe what you are going through isn’t just about you. Jesus’ death was about every person on earth that is here now and even every single person who died before him. Jesus went to the cross to die not to gain anything of his own but to lose it all for us in the name of LOVE.Have you struggled with who or what to believe in? Believing in people and the lies of this world is not ultimately what’s going to grant you the gift of eternal life — believing in Jesus is the one and only thing that will lead you to heaven.John “for God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not Parrish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn it but to save the world through him. whoever believes in him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of gods one and only son.”If you are going to believe in anyone today let it be our Savior Jesus Christ! he will never let you down. If you are struggling with what to believe here is this song that you can put on to remind yourself: “We Believe” by the Newsboys.All that matters is what God says about you. He says: “you are loved; you are a child of God. You belong to the kingdom of heaven and I Have set a place at my table for you.”Friends today and EVERY DAY, I invite you to take a seat at God’s table and experience the true love of our Heavenly Father.Believe: that God is in heaven on the throneBelieve: Jesus Christ is the son of God who lived on earth and he’s in heaven now, seated at the right hand of our father awaiting his return.Believe: our God is the God who is faithful and he keeps his promisesBelieve: when you seek him first, everything else will be addedBelieve: when you pray God hears you and he is working it all out for your goodBelieve: he is the one and only, true living GodBelieve: not In the people in the lies of this world, but in our Savior Jesus.Believe: There is power in his name!