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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When God Is Silent: Why Prayer Still Works (Even When It Feels Pointless) | The Power Of Prayer Part 1

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

Sis… have you ever prayed your heart out — and it felt like God left you on read? No response. No sign. Just… silence.

You're not crazy and you're not alone!

And you're not faithless just because you're frustrated.

In this video, we dive deep into Luke 18:1–8 — the parable of the persistent widow — and what it really means to pray without giving up, even when Heaven seems quiet.

Whether you’re feeling discouraged, stuck in delay, or wondering if prayer still works… this is your reminder: faith isn’t about having the right words — it’s about refusing to walk away.

This is Part 1 of our 2-part series on powerful, persistent prayer.

➡️ In Part 2, we talk about what to do when the answer is “no” — and how to trust God anyway.

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:53 – Scripture Reading 📖

03:23 – Christian Encouragement

06:20 – PART 1: When God Seems Silent — Keep Showing Up Anyway

11:10 – PART 2: What Persistent Prayer Looks Like — In Real Life

13:40 – 1st Truth: It’s Consistent — Not Convenient

15:25 – 2nd Truth: It’s Honest — Not Polished

16:34 – 3rd Truth: It’s Rooted in Truth — Not Just Emotion

18:35 – Declarations to God ✨

19:05 – Prayer Over You 🙏🏽

21:36 – Final Words + A Little Love 💬

📖 Main Scripture: Luke 18:1–8 (NIV)

1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.

3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’

4 For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think,

5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

💬 Affirmations When You Need a Pep Talk

Feeling drained? Discouraged? Like your prayers hit a ceiling?
Speak these truths out loud — because God’s Word is still true, even when life gets loud:

✅ “The Lord hears the cries of His people. He is near to the brokenhearted.”
📖 Psalm 34:17–18

✅ “I am a new creation — the old has gone, the new is here!”
📖 2 Corinthians 5:17

✅ “The Lord goes before me and fights for me.”
📖 Deuteronomy 20:4

✅ “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.”
📖 Isaiah 54:17

✅ “Greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world.”
📖 1 John 4:4

✅ “His power is made perfect in my weakness.”
📖 2 Corinthians 12:9

✅ “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”
📖 Philippians 4:13

✅ “The Lord is my strength and my shield.”
📖 Psalm 28:7

✅ “Nothing can separate me from the love of God.”
📖 Romans 8:38–39

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👑 You’re not just a prayer warrior — you’re a daughter with divine access! Walk like it!

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Overwhelmed and Can’t Focus? What God Says About Your Time | For Women Ready for Change

Sis, you're not lazy — you're just distracted!

In this powerful teaching, Patricia Calixte (aka Patty Pat) breaks down the real reason you're stuck and how to reclaim your time, clarity, and purpose through a Jesus-centered lens.

If you've been praying for direction, overwhelmed by distractions, or feeling behind in life… this message is your wake-up call!

We’re diving deep into Christian encouragement for women, time management from a faith-based perspective, and how to say goodbye to time thieves once and for all.💡

This is Part 1 — and Part 2? It’s the real game changer.

Subscribe and turn on the bell so you don’t miss what’s next!

🕒 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

01:33 – Scripture Reading 📖

02:50 – Motivation for Women!

06:17 – Part 1: Your Time Is Not Unlimited — Stop Spending It like it’s Free

12:32 – Part 2: Time Thieves in Disguise — Don’t Let Distraction Rob Your Destiny!

17:08 – Declarations to God ✨

17:40 – Prayer Over You 🙏🏽

20:08 – Final Words + A Little Love 💬

📖 Scriptures referenced:

Luke 10:38–42

38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.

39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked,“Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things,

42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

James 4:14

14 “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”

Ecclesiastes 31

There is a time for everything,and a season for every activity under the heavens:

2 a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,

3 a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build,

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

6 a time to search and a time to give up,a time to keep and a time to throw away,

7 a time to tear and a time to mend,a time to be silent and a time to speak,

8 a time to love and a time to hate,a time for war and a time for peace.

Proverbs 24:30–34

30 I went past the field of a sluggard,past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;

31 thorns had come up everywhere,the ground was covered with weeds,and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observedand learned a lesson from what I saw:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to rest—

34 and poverty will come on you like a thiefand scarcity like an armed man.

🙏🏽 Prayer included at the end!

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