（轉貼：理念相同，代為傳布，千祈海涵）p
上帝能照著運行在我們心裡的大力，充充足足地成就一切，超過我們所求所想的。 —以弗所書3章20節
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. —Ephesians 3:20
我們租的房子在一個很好的地段，然而，在這裡住了十年之後，房東突然決定要賣房子。我祈求上帝改變房東的決定，讓我和太太可以繼續住在這棟房子裡，因為這裡有我們孩子成長的記憶。但是，上帝拒絕了我們的祈求。
每當我為自己的需要禱告時，我總是擔心自己作出錯誤，或是過分的要求。然而，當上帝拒絕我們的要求時，切勿信心動搖，因為祂的慈愛仍然環繞著我們。使徒保羅在以弗所書3章裡提到，那些曾經歷基督慈愛的人（16-17節）可以相信：當上帝拒絕我們的祈求時，祂是有著其他的美好原因。
就在上帝拒絕我的祈求後不久，教會裡有朋友問我們，願不願意租用他們的房子。我們的新家有新的設備、新的水管、新的電線，以及一間額外的臥室。這棟房子在海邊，帆船點點、海濤拍岸，每天都提醒我們，即使面對再大的難題，也不會大過我們的上帝。慈愛的天父透過親愛的朋友給了我們如此美麗的居所，超過我們所求所想。
無論上帝給我們的是超過我們所求，或遠少於我們所渴想，我們都可以深信祂的計劃絕對是最好。 RK
主啊！我知道檷全然美善，
無論檷是否應允禱告，無論檷的賜予
超過我所求所想，或是非我所渴想的，
求檷讓我能心存感恩，接受檷所賜予的一切。
當上帝拒絕我們所求時，我們相信必有祂的美意。
When God says no to our request, we can be sure it』s for the best.
Surprised By God
November 24, 2012 — by Randy Kilgore
After 10 years of renting in a charming location, we discovered that our landlord suddenly needed to sell the house. I asked God to change the circumstances and make it possible for my wife and me to stay in this place we』d made home, where we』d watched our children grow up. But God said no.
When it comes to my needs, I worry that I』m asking for the wrong thing or that I』m not worthy of the request I』m making. But God』s no doesn』t need to shake our faith when we』re grounded—surrounded I like to say—in His love. In Ephesians 3, Paul understood that those who know the love of Christ intimately (vv.16-17) can trust God to have a loving reason for saying no.
Shortly after hearing 「no」 from God about my request, friends from church offered to rent us a home they were vacating. Our new location—with new appliances, new plumbing, new electrical wiring, and an extra bedroom—sits on the ocean, an idyllic scene of ships, sails, and sounds that daily remind us that God is bigger than any issue we face. Our loving Father used loving friends to give more than we asked.
Whether God gives us more than we imagined or far less than we desired, we can trust that His plans are much better than ours.
Lord, we know that You are good whether Your answers to our prayers
are abundantly more than we asked or much less than we desire.
Help us to accept whatever comes to us from Your hand. Thank You.