When God Says “No” Have you ever wondered if God was hearing your prayers? Maybe at the bedside of a loved one who is extremely sick. Maybe even when you are praying for your own health. Maybe when you are facing financial ruin. When God does not seem to be listening and answering our prayers, what should we do? If we go to the Garden of Gethsemane, we see Jesus fervently praying to His Father to “let this cup pass from Me” (Matthew 26.39). Jesus, praying with great drops of sweat as blood dripping from His face and head, asked the Father to not make Him face the horror that awaited in His arrest, crucifixion, and burial. However, Jesus’ prayer was not met nor answered the way He desired. God said, “No.” First, we can learn that our prayers will not be answered the way we always want them to be. If Jesus, who was perfect in every aspect of living in the flesh, prayed prayers that were not answered the way He desired, then shouldn’t we also expect the same?
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