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 in finances, health, and really

every area of your life. So don't miss a day of this life-changing series. And now here's Pastor

Rick with part two of a message called When God Says No.

You know, St. Paul, Paul, who wrote much of the New Testament, his greatest desire,

his deepest prayer was he wanted to go to Rome and preach the good news.

Because Rome is the center of the Roman Empire.

At that time, it's the capital of the world.

I want to go to

Rome. Paul's idea of going to Rome would be, I'll go to Rome, take a Mediterranean cruise there,

then I'll rent the Coliseum for a week and have Paul's giant Harvest Crusade in the Coliseum.

Well, God actually said no to that, but God said yes to getting Paul to Rome.

Paul got to Rome, but he went in chains as a prisoner.

And while he's in jail, instead out preaching in the Coliseum, he decides to write a few things,

these letters, and those letters today are called the New Testament.

Which do you think would have had greater effect?

Paul preaching in the Coliseum or Paul writing the letters that we studied today.

He would have never written the letters if God hadn't put him in a prison where he couldn't do anything else but write the letters.

God had a bigger perspective.

God could see what Paul couldn't see.

Paul thought, you're keeping me, God, from doing what I'm good at.

I'm good at public speaking. I should be out there teaching the good news in the Coliseum.

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