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December 21, 2025

 

God’s Greatest Works Begin on the Other Side of Our YES

 

Isaiah 26:8 Yes, as your judgments (truth or God’s Word) unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. New English Translation 

 

Giving God Our YES Sets Us Up to Say No 

 

Our YES won’t just change Our Lives; it will change and Impact Future Generations!

 

Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” New International Version 

 

We Can Give God Our Best

 

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ New Living Translation 

 

Matthew 2:11 Oncoming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. New International Version

 

Worship isn’t just what we bring in our hands, it’s first and foremost what we bring in our hearts.

 

What if 2026 was the year that we said YES to some Holy Habits?

 

We Can Give God Our Worst 

 

Hebrews 4:14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. New Living Translation

 

Hebrews 4:15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. New Living Translation  

 

We EXCHANGED Our Sin for HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS

 

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. NIV

 

We EXCHANGED Death for HIS LIFE 

 

Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV

 

We EXCHANGED Our Burdens for HIS REST 

 

Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you restNIV

We EXCHANGED Our Brokenness for HIS HEALING 

 

1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healedNIV

 

We EXCHANGED Our Curse for BLESSING

 

Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us…14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.” NIV

We EXCHANGED Our Dirt for HIS HOLINESS

 

Isaiah 1:18 Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snowNIV

 

So, what do you give to a God who has everything? 

 

You give Him everything you’re not.

And He gives you everything He is.