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b'When my friend invited me to her twelfth birthday party, I couldn\\u2019t contain\\nmy excitement! I anticipated the fun we\\u2019d have\\u2014playing games, eating cake,\\nand swimming in her backyard pool. There was just one problem. My\\nCampfire group planned to see a movie that same day, and I wanted to go. I\\ncouldn\\u2019t do both, so I had to choose. But how?\\n.\\nDecisions can be hard. It feels like the older we get, the more tough\\nchoices we have! My 12-year-old choices may seem easier than what we face\\nin high schooland beyond. But no matter how old we are, we can trust God to\\nlead us through every choice we face.\\n.\\nIn Psalm 32, King David writes about how God guides us. He begins by\\ndescribing his experience with forgiveness. David confessed his sin to God,\\nand God forgave him\\u2014so David wants to share the wisdom he learned and\\nencourage others to trust in the Lord to forgive and lead them. He says,\\n\\u201cTherefore let all the faithful pray to you\\u201d (verse 6). And God will\\nrespond, \\u201cI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I\\nwill counsel you with my loving eye on you\\u201d (verse 8).\\n.\\nChances are you\\u2019re facing a decision in your life right now. It may be\\nabout what to do this weekend, or whether or not to join a team, or what\\nsteps to take after high school. Maybe you\\u2019re deciding what to do about a\\nproblem you\\u2019re facing or a conflict with someone you care about. Whatever\\nthe decision, the wisdom of this psalm is still true today. God has His\\n\\u201cloving eye on you,\\u201d and He will be with you every step of the way.\\n.\\nWhen we turn to Jesus and confess our sin, we can rest assured that we\\nare forgiven because of Jesus\\u2019s sinless sacrifice on the cross and His\\nresurrection from the grave. By putting our trust in Jesus, we get to live\\nas children of God, which means we have His Holy Spirit in us, guiding us\\nin our daily lives and helping us rely on God\\u2019s love through all the tough\\nchoices we have to make. \\u2022 Kristine Brown\\n.\\n\\u2022 Read Matthew 22:36-40. Which two commandments do all the other\\ncommandments in the Bible depend on? How could these commandments help\\nguide the decisions we make? \\n\\u2022 Read Psalm 37. Verse 3 says, \\u201cTrust in the Lord and do good.\\u201d What\\nexamples does this psalm give of good choices? What about bad choices? \\nI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel\\nyou with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.32|Ps.37'