Why God Sometimes Says No to Your Prayers | Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel

Why God Sometimes Says No to Your Prayers | Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Lord gave, the Lord took away. Blessed be his
name at all times. Why women, Because I originally, initially
from the start, I came naked from my mother's womb.
I came with nothing, and I will leave with nothing
to my mother nature the grave. So what am I

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to complain and winge about. I came with nothing. I
live with nothing. So let the name of the Lord
be blessed when he gives and when he takes. He
is the one who gave me the sons. He is
the one who gave me the wealth. He is the
one who gave me the health. And it is he
who is entitled to take in it once again, because

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I came with nothing. If it's given to me, I'm
grateful it came as a bonus. And if it gets
taken away from me, I have no right to complain,
because initially I came with nothing. Let the name of
the Lord be blessed in his giving and his taking away.

(01:06):
When we are thankful to the Lord when he gives
and when he takes away, then verse six will apply
to all of us. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life. When I am
thankful in good times and in bad times. When I'm

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thankful when God gives, and when God takes. When i
am thankful, always, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life. Saint Paul puts it
also so beautifully in Romans eight twenty eight. And we
know that all things work together for good to those

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who love God. We know all things work together for
good to who to those who love God. See when
you love God, all things work together for good all things.
When I am filled, it is good. And when I'm
hungry it is also good. And when I'm healthy it

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is good. When I'm sick it is also good. When
I'm rich it is good, And when I am poor
it is also good. Are you able to thank God always?
Or do you thank Him when he gives you and
you are unthankful person when He takes away from you?

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When you truly love God, then all things work together
for good to those who love God all things. Who
says success always is good? You may think that, but
that's not the truth. Success always can be extremely dangerous

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because says can bring something into your life which we
don't ever ever need, called pride. When success brings pride
you're gone. Success always is not healthy. Failure always is
not healthy either, But sometimes success and sometimes failure is good.

(03:25):
Are you thankful when you prayed to the Lord Jesus?
You have an exam coming up. You're in high school
or UNI and there is exam or an assignment. So
you went through your room and prayed and said, Lord,
please help me. I want to pass this exam. You
prayed fervently, you prayed from the heart, and you begged
the Lord to pass the exam. You went and you

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came out a failure. You failed miserably in the exam.
Are you going to come out having that failure and saying, Lord,
thank you for failing me in the exam. I love you,
Lord Jesus. Will you ever do that? No? We get upset, angry, offended,
you name it. We become rebellious. God. But I've asked you,

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I begged you. I prayed from the heart. You said,
pray and I will answer you. I did. You didn't
answer me. No, he did answer you. He said failure.
I was the only good thing for you now, my child.
I allowed you to fail because I know what is
good for you and what is not. Are you gonna

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trust the Lord Or are you gonna walk away from
the Lord. See when you entrust him with all of you.
Now you need to let him do the work, not you.
You pray and then move