Jeremiah 33:3 – “Call to me and I will answer you.”

Sometimes God says ‘No’ because…

1.… He has a bigger ______________________.

Hebrews 4:13 – Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

2.… He has a better ________.

Isaiah 55:8-9 – “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Hebrews 11:39-40 – These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better.

3.… He has a greater ______________.

Proverbs 16:4 – The Lord works out everything for his own ends.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

So what do I do when God says ‘no’?

1.Trust that everything God does is motivated by _____.

Romans 8:28-29 – And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

2.Expect God to give me the __________ to handle it.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 – Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Job 13:15 – Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him.

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