1 John 5:14-15 — Sometimes God's answer to your prayer is "no." That doesn't mean He didn't hear you. It means He heard you perfectly. This sermon on confidence in prayer walks verse by verse through 1 John 5:14-15 to answer one of the most searched questions among believers: why does God say no to sincere, faith-filled prayer? If you have struggled with unanswered prayer and wondered whether it was somehow your own fault, this expository message was preached for you. Maybe you've been on your knees for years over the same request — a wayward child, a marriage, a diagnosis, a thorn that will not leave. This message offers no easy formulas and no blank checks. Instead, it walks through what it actually means to pray "according to his will," and shows — from Paul's thorn in the flesh and Christ's own prayer in Gethsemane — that a "no" from God can be every bit as much an answered prayer as a "yes." Preached verse by verse from 1 John 5:14-15, this expository message cross- references Matthew 6-7, 1 John 3, Romans 8, Luke 22, Psalm 37, Isaiah 59, James 4, Philippians 4, Hebrews 5, 2 Corinthians 12, and Luke 18 to build a full biblical theology of confident, will-aligned prayer — without ever turning it into a moral checklist. This expository sermon walks through 1 John 5:14-15 and related scriptures, explaining: - True confidence in prayer rests in Christ, not in the length, volume, or sincerity of our words - "According to his will" means walking in obedience, not reciting a formula (1 John 3:22) - The Holy Spirit intercedes for us when we don't even know what to pray (Romans 8:26-27) - Verse 14 gives the process — verse 15 gives the possession