“I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you” (Jn 14:18, NASB). We may not be orphans, but we can make orphaned decisions. We can step on, over or around the will of God, and go at it our own way. How do we avoid this? Start out by grace-coating everything in prayer.* Then apply a second coating of faith and step out into the world. Finally, apply a finish of thankfulness. (As for sheen, that will be the all-around praise from start to finish.) In all things, prayer. So, g race-coat everything and step into God’s will. “ … you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’” (Rom 8:15b, NASB). *Note: There is no such thing as praying too much. You cannot err by over-praying. The instances in Scriptures where God stops prayer are bare minimum rare (e.g. Jer. 14:11 & 11:14). However, there is such as erring by under-praying. We do it daily.