10/04/2017 — God's nature, His character, is not to say “No” to you. It is to say “Yes!” to you. But we are challenged to say “Yes” to Him in return. He is waiting on your “Yes,” so He can move in you and through you! When we tell God "No" (out of fear or pride,) He can't operate in us. Say “Yes” to God today for many reasons, but including the fact that someone else's “Yes” depends on your own.

EDUCATION

2 Corinthians 1:16–22
“I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to come back to you from Macedonia and have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I vacillating when I wanted to do this? Do I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time? As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we proclaimed among you, Silvanus and Timothy and I, was not Yes and No, but in him it is always Yes. For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee” (MEV).

APPLICATION

• God invites all people, from every generation and walk of life, to enter into a relationship with Him — to say “Yes!” to Him. Whatever your need is today, God is inviting You to join with Him to meet that need.
• It is a misreading of God's character to assume that He is a God of “No.” Even His commands not to enter into a specific type of behavior are really invitations to better outcomes. There is a “Yes” for you today, and it comes in the form of the Lord Jesus Christ, Jehovah Joshua Messiah.
• But God's invitation — His offer of “Yes” — requires an RSVP on our part. We must also say “Yes” to Him! This is a daily necessity — too often we say “No” to God not out of a rejection of Him, but because we've said “Yes” to so much in our lives that there's no room for “Yes” to God.
• Every time we say “No” to God, we close a door on something He wants to do in our lives. And what is cut off from God always dies. Our constant need in life is to say “Yes” to God so we don't miss out on any opportunity to have Him work in us, through us and to us.

ACTION STEPS

Pray for and ask at least ONE person this week to come to church with you this coming Sunday for the continuation of Pastor Parsley's dynamic sermon series, “Culture Shocked.”

Continue to join the WHC family in reading and praying through Psalm 100 twice each day.

And continue to pray about who to invite to the presentation of Master's Welcome at WHC Oct. 26–29.

IMPARTATION

Heavenly Father,

Thank You for Your continual invitation to grant me access to Your life and Your power. Thank You for Your “Yes!” to me. Order my steps, that I may always say “Yes!” to You in return so that You may work in me and through me to impact the Kingdom in my circles of influence.

I understand that someone else's divine destiny depends on my “Yes!” to You. Show me daily who I am to reach for You, and work through me to translate my “Yes!” into someone else's discovering of Your love and power.

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ — Jehovah Joshua Messiah — I pray. Amen!






WHC FAMILY PRAYER REQUESTS

In Matthew 18, Jesus said “Truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.” Let’s stand in agreement with the following members of our church family who have requested prayer:
We want to pray with YOU! Send in your prayer request on this online form so we can agree with you in prayer! Send in your testimony or praise report here when God moves in your life, so we can give Him glory with you!!