1. 2 Samuel 7
“When God Says NO”
Pg 279
In Church Bibles

3. How does prayer work? God’s Sovereignty Man’s Responsibility
Prayer controls everything
Prayer changes nothing

4. But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases.
Psalm 115:3

5. Whatever the Lord pleases He does, In heaven and in earth, In the seas and in all deep places.
Psalm 135:6

6. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us
Ephesians 3:20

7. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
James 4:2

8. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16

9. How does prayer work? God’s Sovereignty Man’s Responsibility
Prayer controls everything
Prayer changes nothing

10. Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
1 John 5:14-15

12. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord
Isaiah 40:13-14

13. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel
Isaiah 40:13-14

14. Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 40:13-14

16. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16-18

17. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours
James 5:16-18

18. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much
The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.
James 5:16-18

20. If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.
Psalm 66:18

21. The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Psalm 15:29

22. As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one
Romans 3:10

23. The Lord is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous.
Psalm 15:29

24. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes…. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:16-17

26. Please have this Slide up immediately before the service begins – and leave it up till the first song starts