A couple celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an elaborate party.  When the festivities were over, the woman turned to her husband and said, "John, you know we've been miserable for fifty years.  We've fought every day, disagreed on nearly everything.  We can't go on like this, and I am praying God will put us out of our misery.  I've made a commitment to pray every day God will just take one of us on home.  And when God answers my prayer, I'm going to live with my sister in Grand Rapids!"

Often we think we know exactly what God ought to say to us.  But sometimes the answer is No.  In today's Scripture, David had three big No's from God.  He got a No about his plans, a No about his purpose in life, and even a No about the practice of his faith.

I.  David got a No about his …