First Baptist Church of New Holland PA

When God Says No
2 Samuel, Chapter 7

Pastor Deane Boyd

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Sometimes we learn more when God responds to our plan with a clear “no” than when He says “yes.” We should look for gracious blessings in the Lord’s refusals.

}  David’s Plan to Build   7:1-3

• Prompted by his love for the Lord  - Psalm 116:1-7
• Encouraged by his friend, the prophet Nathan 

}  God’s Different Plan   7:4-17

• God quickly instructed Nathan, “Tell David NO”
• God’s refusal came with gracious provisions and promises

}  David’s Response   7:18-29

• Wait quietly before the Lord  7:18; Psalm 46:10
• Submit to the will of the Lord  7:20-21; 1 Chron. 29:1-3
• Remember what the Lord has already done  7:21, 23-24
• Anticipate what the Lord will yet do  7:27;

1 Chronicles 22:6-11

• Worship the Lord  7:22, 28-29

“For I know the plans that I have for you,” declares
the Lord, “plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give
you a future and a hope.”  Jeremiah 29:11 NASB