2 Corinthians 12:7-10:
7To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9But 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. 10That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Matthew 7:7:
Ask, Seek, Knock
7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
Matthew 18:19:
19"Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.
Psalm 22:2:
2 O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,
by night, and am not silent.
Job 30:20:
20 "I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer;
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
Habakkuk 1:2:
2 How long, O LORD, must I call for help,
but you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, "Violence!"
but you do not save?
1st Sometimes God Says YES
2nd Sometimes God Says NO
----> Sometimes we're in the WAY
Psalm 66:18:
18 If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
ames 4:3:
3When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
UNCONFESSED SIN BLOCKS YOUR WAY
------> Sometimes they would cause more PROBLEMS than they would solve
------> Sometimes it wouldn't be God's BEST for us
Matthew 7:9-11:
9"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
3rd Sometimes He Says WAIT
Psalm 27:14:
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD.
4th Sometimes We're Just Not EVER Going To UNDERSTAND
*****Value the PROCESS more than the object of the REQUEST*****
