When God answers prayer

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When God answers prayer
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Sometimes God says No.

• Our request is not in Gods will or plan for us
  or others.
• And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His
  face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is
  possible, let this cup pass from Me yet not as I
  will, but as Thou wilt. (Matthew 2639)

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• In the days of His flesh, He offered up both
  prayers and supplications with loud crying and
  tears to the One able to save Him from death, and
  He was heard because of His piety. (Hebrews 57)

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Sometimes God says, Slow

• Our request is not Gods will at this particular
  time.
• The sisters therefore sent to Him, saying, Lord,
  behold, he whom You love is sick. (John 113)
• Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she
  saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him,
  Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not
  have died. (John 1132)

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• Now He was telling them a parable to show that at
  all times they ought to pray and not to lose
  heart, (Luke 181)

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Sometimes God says, Grow

• Our motives are wrong.
• You ask and do not receive, because you ask with
  wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your
  pleasures. (James 43)

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Sometimes God says, Go

• Our request, timing, and spiritual condition are
  okayYes!
• So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went
  up to the top of Carmel and he crouched down on
  the earth, and put his face between his knees. (1
  Kings 1842)
• The effective fervent prayer of the righteous
  can accomplish much (Jas. 517).

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Almost every service we pray and I hope every day
you pray, asking God to bless you and to bless
others. I hope that His answers will not confuse
and confound us, but instead instruct and
encourage us to pray without ceasing. Even
when the answers to prayer disappoint, dont give
up on God!