This is Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope. If you're new, we're so glad you found us. And if you're a daily, daily hoper, welcome back. Today we're going to continue with our series called 40 Days of Prayer.

Such a great series because Rick is going to help you cultivate a powerful prayer life so you can experience

breakthroughs. Breakthroughs in your relationships, breakthroughs and finances, health, and really

every area of your life. So don't miss a day of this life-changing series. Okay, let's get right

to Pastor Rick with part one of a message called When God Says No.

You know, many times in the Bible, God promises to answer your prayers.

One of the shortest examples of that is right there at the top of your outline,

Jeremiah chapter 33, verse 3 that says this, call to me and I might answer you.

Well, that's not what it says, is it?

Call to me and I what?

Will.

You might circle that.

Not might, not maybe, not if I'm in a good mood,

not having a bad hair day.

He says, call to me and I will answer you. That's a promise from God.

God answers every single prayer. Now, he doesn't answer him the way you like it every time,

but it's an answer. No is an answer. Wait is an answer. Grow up is an answer. In a little while is an answer. In my way is an answer. God never leaves a prayer unanswered. Every prayer is answered.

Not every prayer God says yes to. And there are many, many reasons for that.

There are a lot of examples in the Bible where God says no to great men and women of faith.

Prayers that were prayed by Abraham. God says no. Moses, no. Daniel, no. Job, Jonah, no. Elijah, no. Peter, Paul. God said no to that. Jesus.

Yes, even God's son, there are prayers that were, quote, unanswered, meaning they weren't

answered the way Jesus asked. Even his own son.

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