When God Says No: How to Trust the Plan You Didn’t Pray For | Power of Prayer 2

Hello my sister and welcome! I'm Patricia Calixte (aka Patty Pat).

Sis, what do you do when you prayed… hoped… cried —and God still said “no”?

This video is for every woman who’s done all the right things — but still got the door slammed in her face.

In this follow-up to Part 1 on persistent prayer, we’re talking about what it means to trust God’s plan when it doesn’t match your own.

God’s silence isn’t punishment — and His “no” isn’t rejection.

Sometimes it’s redirection. Protection. Even promotion.

In this video, we’ll explore:

💥 3 powerful ways to respond when the answer is “no”

📖 The story of Paul and the thorn (2 Corinthians 12:7–10 NIV)

🕊️ Why unanswered prayers might just be the doorway to deeper purpose

If you’ve ever asked:

“Did God ignore my prayer?”

“Why would a loving God allow this?”…this message is for you.

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:53 – Scripture Reading 📖

03:20 – Christian Encouragement

05:30 – PART 1: What to Do While You Wait?

5:55 – 1.1 Stay Ready — So You Don’t Have to Get Ready

6:29 – 2.2 Watch With Expectation — Not Anxiety

7:26 – 3.3. Keep Serving — Even While You’re Waiting

8:10 – PART 2: What If the Answer Is No? — Trusting God When It Doesn’t Go Your Way

8:34 – 1st Truth: A “No” Doesn’t Mean Rejection — It Means Protection

9:38 – 2nd Truth: Let the “No” Grow You

10:43 – 3rd Truth: Worship Like It’s Already Worked Out!

12:12 – Declarations to God ✨

12:40 – Prayer Over You 🙏🏽

14:50 – Final Words + A Little Love 💬

📖 Scripture Reading : 2 Corinthians 12:6–10 (NIV)

6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.

7 Or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.For when I am weak, then I am strong.

🎥 Don’t forget to catch Part 1: When God Feels Silent if you missed it!

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