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\u201cShe does WHAT?\u201d As we walked out of class, a friend told me something\nsurprising. A boy at our school, who I\u2019ll call Henry, had persuaded his\ngirlfriend, Vanessa, to do his homework for him. When another student\nasked Henry about this, he admitted that every school night Vanessa\ncompleted not only her own homework but Henry\u2019s too.\n.\nI felt indignant on Vanessa\u2019s behalf. Why should she carry this extra load?\nWhy had she ever agreed to this? But then I wondered How would I respond\nif a person I cared aboutor a person I was in a long-term relationship\nwithpressured me to do something I wasn\u2019t comfortable with?\n.\nWhen we place our faith in Jesus and enter a loving relationship with God\nour Father, we receive His Spirit. In John 14, Jesus refers to the Holy\nSpirit as the Spirit of truth, promising He will be in us and guide us in\nGod\u2019s truth, no matter what situations, pressures, or temptations we face.\n.\nIn difficult situations like these, setting verbal boundaries can often\nhelp, giving us a way to sidestep pressure from others to do something we\ndon\u2019t believe God would want for us. We can say things like the following:\nNo, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a good idea. No, that\u2019s just not for me. No,\nI\u2019m not comfortable with that. Or you could make your parents the bad guys\nand say, No way! My parents would go crazy if they found out! Most\nparents and grandparents wouldn\u2019t mind if it helped protect you from sinful\nand/or dangerous choices and situations.\n.\nIn our broken world, we face struggles of all kindstemptation, pressures,\nand other challenging situations; even Jesus Himself faced these things\n(Hebrews 4:14-16). For this reason, we can know we\u2019re not alone, no matter\nwhat we face. Allison Wilson Lee\n.\n Read 1 Corinthians 10:13. As Christians, what hope do we have when we\nface temptation?\n.\n If you are being pressured to do something that is wrong or that you are\nnot comfortable with, who are trusted adults you can reach out tosuch as\nparents, counselors, pastors, or teachers? \n.\n[Jesus] has been tempted in every way, just as we areyet he did not sin.\nLet us then approach God\u2019s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may\nreceive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews\n4:15-16 (NIV)\n\xa0\nRead Verses:\nHebrews 4:15-Hebrews 4:16; John 14:15-John 14:18; 1 Corinthians 10:12-1 Corinthians 10:13