When God Says NO!

Yesterday was a great start to what I believe will be a life-changing series for many people. When we pray God will always answer.....His answer will basically be three different answers....NO, SLOW and GO! We learned yesterday that there are reasons why God will say NO to our prayer request. He does this as a loving and all knowing God.

When does God say No to our prayers?

God will say NO when our actual request is wrong!
* When our request goes against God's Moral Will....he will always say no!

God will say NO when our motives are wrong...even though the request may be okay.
* When our Motives and heart are impure as it pertains to the request...God may say No.

God will say NO when the request goes against what He has set in motion as His Providential Will.
* We live in a "cause and affect world" and one that has things that are just going to happen and our prayers may not change those things.

If you have been praying and getting a NO answer....check it against the backdrop of these reasons. Then move forward trusting God.


Yesterday afternoon we had a HUGE group show up to do the Demolition at the Howell Center. We finished the whole demo project in 2 hours. Over the next few weeks crews from Team Church will be going in to do the electric, plumbing and new drywall. Then in May we will have another large group service project day there as we complete the task. I was so proud of the people of Team Church yesterday....that was hard and dirty work! Great Job!


My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts, says the Lord.
And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so my ways are higher than your ways
and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

Isaiah 55:8-9