Even If
Week 4 - The Answer is No
September 3rd, 2023
Pastor Kyle Johnson

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Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. —Mark 11:24 (NIV)

Even the important people get

for an

Reveal Answer

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” —Matthew 26:39 (NIV)

Jesus couldn’t get support from his

and seemingly not from

Reveal Answer

Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.” —Matthew 26:45 (NIV)

We have to

in order to

Reveal Answer

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” —Matthew 26:41 (NIV)

Let’s better align our

with God’s

Reveal Answer

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. —Proverbs 19:21 (NIV)

Let’s affirm that His

are beyond our

Reveal Answer

As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. —Isaiah 55:9 (NIV)

What would it take to walk

into the

Reveal Answer

?

“Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” —Matthew 26;46 (NIV)

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Notes:

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Discussion Questions:

1. Why is “no” such a hard word for us to hear?
   

2. Read 2 Corinthians 12:6-10. How many times did Paul ask for the “thorn” to be taken away? What was God’s answer?
   

3. Have you ever gotten a no from God? How did you deal with it?
   

4. Read Matthew 26:36-39. How important was this time for Jesus? How can you better handle the no’s you will get in life?