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Give God Your Yes

DAY 2 OF 6

When I was six years old, our small church had a revival. On a warm March Sunday night, I acted by faith in what I heard, and I became God’s child forever.

Although I don’t remember much about starting my new life in Christ, I know I was grateful for His dying for me. I also thought it was now up to me to pay Him back by being the best Christian I could be. Every time we had a revival, I rededicated my life to Christ. My purpose was to please God and to “be good.”

Through heartache and disappointment, I came to the end of myself and my effort to live the Christian life. I was twenty years old when I understood I could not be what I wanted to be. I found my heart attitudes were still a problem, and I was helpless to do anything about them. I told the Lord in disappointment and frustration that I could not live the Christian life and that if this was the abundant life, I didn’t want it. The Lord began to teach me that He never said I could live the Christian life. By studying His Word, I began to understand that He is the only one who can live the Christian life, and He will live it through me if I only yield to His control.

That was the best news I had ever heard. I did yield! My life has never been the same. He has done more than I could ever have dreamed of or hoped. His love is from everlasting to everlasting—what a Savior! Not only did He live a perfect life for me and then die on the cross for me, but He also continues to live His life through me. In return, I get to experience truly abundant life, as John 10:10 (AMPC) says: “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).”  

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Give God Your Yes

Have you decided to walk in obedience to God, or do you think you debate His every command? You will often face a crisis of belief as you choose to obey, and each time you will change and be more conformed to God’s image. If you give God your YES, God will lead you into His plan for your life and give you the power to do it.

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