One time I prayed for a retired missionary who was in the hospital. It was a pretty safe prayer because the guy was getting better and things looked good. A few days later I heard that the missionary had suddenly gotten a lot worse and then died. That really rocked me - he was doing better and then I prayed and then he died.
What happened? Why didn't God answer my prayers for that man? Maybe when I get to heaven I will know why God allowed that man to die. But for now, I know that that incident had a big impact on me. It really humbled me in my prayers and changed the way I pray. I am not afraid to ask God to do big things, but I definitely don't feel like God has to do what I ask Him to do. I don't think that missionary died just so I could learn that lesson, but I do think that was part of God's plan in that situation.
- Think about something you prayed for that God said "no" to. What can you learn from that?
- As you pray about stuff, how can you show the attitude that Paul had - being content when God doesn't do what you want?
Pastor Dave
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