A Simple Yes Can Change Your Life
Bishop Henry Fernandez Preached on 7/20/2026Isaiah 1:19
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Summary
Bishop Henry Fernandez explores how a simple, sincere 'Yes' to God acts as a catalyst for transformation, moving believers from mere religious attendance into a life of purpose, peace, and provision through total surrender.
Key points
- •A simple 'Yes' is a powerful act of surrender that can restore peace, heal relationships, and unlock divine purpose.
- •Godly prosperity is conditional; according to Isaiah 1:19, we must be both willing and obedient to eat the 'good of the land.'
- •Surrendering to God is not a one-time event but a daily decision to return to your 'first love' rather than just seeking the benefits of the relationship.
- •The enemy targets the mind to rob believers of their future; transformation requires an intentional renewal of thoughts according to Philippians 4:8.
- •Financial breakthrough is linked to stewardship and kingdom principles, including honoring God first and living with wisdom rather than following get-rich-quick schemes.
Scripture
Obedience
Purpose
Stewardship
Surrender
Spiritual Growth
Life application
Identify one area of your life-whether it is your thought life, a specific relationship, or your finances-where you have been resistant to God's lead. This week, consciously say 'Yes' to His way by applying a specific scripture to that situation and taking one step of obedience.
Reflection questions
- What are you currently pursuing that you have not yet surrendered to God's plan?
- Bishop Fernandez spoke about the 'first love' experience with God. How has your passion for His Word changed since you first believed?
- In what ways have you allowed toxic thoughts or negative voices to influence your decisions lately?
- Are you seeking the benefits of God (the 'things') more than you are seeking a personal relationship with the Person of God?
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Full transcript
0:00Thank you for all that you do.
0:02We appreciate you. Isaiah chapter 1
0:05verse 19.
0:08And I want you to listen to what you're
0:11reading.
0:12It says, "If you are willing and
0:16obedient,
0:18you will eat
0:20the good things of the land."
0:24Notice, God is saying to us,
0:29"Having good things is not a problem."
0:35We can have good things, but it's based
0:38on two conditions.
0:41You got to be willing,
0:43and you got to be obedient.
0:46So, it's a proposition. If you are
0:49willing and obedient,
0:52you will
0:54eat the good things of the land.
0:56Heavenly Father, thank you
0:59for your grace, your mercy, your
1:01patience towards us. Open our hearts
1:03today
1:05to receive your word.
1:07Give us the courage to surrender every
1:09area of our lives.
1:11Let this message inspire your people.
1:15And let them obey you completely and
1:17become everything you've created them to
1:20be in Jesus name. [music] Amen. Come on,
1:23let's give them a praise one more time
1:26while you take your seats.
1:29And may the Lord bless you. Quickly, I
1:31want to bring your attention to the
1:32topic this morning, a simple yes
1:37can change your life.
1:41A simple yes
1:45can change
1:47your life.
1:49One of the most powerful words in the
1:53Bible is the word yes.
1:56A simple yes can change your future. A
2:00simple yes can restore your peace.
2:04A simple yes can heal relationships.
2:08A simple yes can revive your faith and a
2:11simple yes can unlock God's purpose
2:16in your life.
2:19And so
2:20throughout scripture
2:22God used ordinary people who simply said
2:26yes to his will.
2:29People like Noah who said yes and saved
2:34his family. Abraham who said yes and
2:38became the father of many nations. Moses
2:42who said yes and delivered the children
2:45of Israel. Mary said yes and carried the
2:49savior of the world. The disciples who
2:52said yes. Their yes changed history.
2:57Their lives were transformed
3:00because they surrendered
3:02their plans to God's purpose. And may I
3:06just ask this question this morning.
3:10Have you surrendered your life to the
3:13Lord Jesus Christ?
3:15Have you given a yes? Because today I
3:18believe that God is asking every one of
3:22us
3:23the same question. Will you give me a
3:27yes?
3:29So much happens on the other side
3:33of our yes. I want to say it again. So
3:37much happens. I'm talking about good
3:40things on the other side of our yes.
3:44Many people believe that their future
3:46depends completely on their education,
3:51their connections,
3:53status, or opportunity, while those
3:56things may have value,
3:59the greatest factor in determining your
4:02future is your willingness to submit to
4:06God's kingdom principles.
4:11I just wish so many of you would stop
4:15wasting your time
4:18because you have not yet said yes to
4:21God.
4:24Why are you going to allow the enemy to
4:27rob you of your future, rob you of years
4:31of success, rob you of so many God
4:35opportunities
4:36because you won't give him a yes?
4:40Are you going to wait until you've lost
4:42everything like the prodigal son? Notice
4:46he could have still had his money, he
4:47could have still enjoyed those years
4:51that he wasted away from his parents'
4:53home. Yes, he got redeemed. Yes, he came
4:57back home. Yes, he was forgiven. Yes, he
5:01got back into his father's house and
5:03they had a party, but remember there
5:06were years and wealth that he lost,
5:11never regained it.
5:14And my question to you this morning,
5:17how many more losses it's going to take
5:21for you to just simply say yes to God?
5:25Jesus said in Matthew 6:33, watch this,
5:28but seek ye first the kingdom
5:32of God, the kingdom, seek first his
5:36kingdom and his righteousness,
5:39AND ALL THINGS WILL BE given to you as
5:43well.
5:45The problem is not that God doesn't to
5:47give you things.
5:49But he's saying it's based on condition
5:51here. If I am first in your life, if I
5:54become your heavenly father, then I'm
5:56responsible for you. But if I'm not your
6:00heavenly father,
6:01it's only through my grace and my mercy
6:04while you exist. I own the air you
6:07breathe.
6:08I control your life. But you choose not
6:11to give me a yes. Therefore, you're
6:14living beneath your privileges.
6:18You see, your future is not determined
6:20merely by what you achieve. Let me talk
6:23to those of you who are so hung up on
6:27your successes.
6:29I commend you.
6:31YOU'VE ACHIEVED A LOT OF STUFF.
6:34You see, your future is greatly
6:36influenced
6:38by what you surrender to God.
6:42Thank God you got the education. You got
6:45the degree. You've done well. You earned
6:47it. Thank God for that. You got the
6:50house. You got the car.
6:52Your closet is filled with clothes and
6:55you started the company and and and and
6:58it's going well and and you're patting
7:00yourself on the shoulder and so forth.
7:03But I'm telling you, you cannot depend
7:07on your human successes alone.
7:12Because here's THE QUESTION. WHAT ARE
7:14YOU GOING TO DO
7:16WHEN YOU START losing them?
7:18What are you going TO DO WHEN ALL OF THE
7:21GREATNESS THAT YOU'RE CELEBRATING NOW
7:25changes to another season?
7:27Let's not forget you're students of the
7:29word. The Bible in Ecclesiastes 3 says,
7:33"TO EVERYTHING
7:36THERE IS A SEASON."
7:38SO, for those of you who are smiling,
7:41laughing right now, in a good
7:43relationship, your marriage is well,
7:45you've got plenty money, ain't no
7:48problems on the job, your company is
7:50thriving everything
7:53is wonderful. Look at you. Man, you're
7:55just looking really good this morning,
7:58and you've GOT A BIG, BROAD SMILE ON
8:00YOUR FACE.
8:03Keep on living.
8:07Just keep on living.
8:09Because that season
8:12will change.
8:13Some of us have experienced
8:16disappointment failure heartbreak and
8:19setbacks.
8:21While others may have drifted into
8:24complacency,
8:27discouragement,
8:28or spiritual stagnation, yet God
8:32is reminding us today that he has not
8:36given up
8:38on us. It's amazing.
8:41It's amazing that in spite of all of our
8:44inconsistencies,
8:47God has not
8:50forgiven or or given up on us. In spite
8:54of how many times we promised him, come
8:57on now, we would do better.
9:02Yet,
9:03he still loves us.
9:06In spite of many times when our back was
9:08against the wall, come on, some some
9:10real can attest to this, when our back
9:13was against the wall and we we knew that
9:16if we didn't say yes to God then, that
9:19we weren't going to make it. And how
9:21MANY OF YOU PRAYED THESE PRAYER? GOD, IF
9:24YOU GET ME OUT OF THIS ONE,
9:27I'll serve you till I die.
9:29I'll go to church, I'll read my Bible,
9:32I'll pray, I'LL EVEN GIVE TO THE POOR
9:35and give to your church.
9:38And he bailed you out.
9:41But you haven't kept
9:44your end of the bargain.
9:46Yet.
9:48He still loves us.
9:51YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THERE IS STILL
9:54purpose in you.
9:56There's still potential in you. There's
9:59still a future ahead of you. You see,
10:02the enemy wants you to believe that your
10:05best days are behind you.
10:08He wants you to believe that your best
10:10days are behind you. But God says that
10:13your best days
10:15can still be ahead of you if you are
10:18willing to give him a yes. Do not let
10:22your current or past circumstances
10:26prevent you from simply saying, "God, I
10:29cannot do this by myself.
10:33I need you into my life." So, it's time
10:37to say yes again to God. Some of you are
10:41streaming and sitting right looking
10:44right at me know what I'm talking about.
10:48Today is going to be your 99th time
10:51saying yes to God. Come on now. We've
10:55said yes to him over and over. And the
10:57minute we say yes to him, come on now,
11:00we turn our back on him saying something
11:04else. For some, saying yes means
11:08returning. Watch this, to our first
11:11love.
11:12Our first love. Our first love. I think
11:15most of you can relate to this.
11:17How many of you remember when you first
11:20fell in love?
11:23Nobody got Nobody got Everybody just
11:26went dead silent. I can't remember we
11:32Let me try this one more time. How many
11:35of you remembered when you first fell in
11:39love?
11:41I I see some of you don't want to
11:43remember
11:45cuz that person is your ex. I don't want
11:47to remember nothing.
11:49But work with me here for a bit. I know
11:52you're uncomfortable with this.
11:55But remember when you were first in
11:57love.
11:59First in love.
12:01First met the person.
12:03You went home and you couldn't get the
12:05person off your mind.
12:08You kept thinking about the person.
12:10You always had your phone next to you.
12:13Are they going to text you? And
12:15and 15 minutes would go by after you
12:18just saw them 15 minutes ago.
12:21You get discouraged. Half hour went by
12:24and so forth. And remember every night
12:26you had to call the person. How you
12:28doing? Have a good night. And you spend
12:31hours on the phone, right? Remember when
12:33you wake up, you would get a text or you
12:35would make a text to the person you fell
12:38in love. You couldn't wait after work or
12:41on the weekends to go meet with the
12:44person and and just sit in front of the
12:47person and and you get get your heart
12:50melt away because you're sitting in
12:53front of the person that you love. And
12:57as he opens up his mouth,
13:00"How was your day?"
13:04All of a sudden, ah.
13:09Hot flashes. Come on now, you know what
13:11I'm talking
13:13You know what I'm talking about.
13:21Calm down over here, somebody.
13:24Somebody over here is getting unruly.
13:31Remember how you were once in love.
13:36What happened?
13:38Oh life.
13:41I get it. Life.
13:45Now you're strangers.
13:47Now you don't care. Same thing with God.
13:50Remember when you first fell in love
13:52with God?
13:54You'd pick up your Bible every day.
13:57You would read it. It would consume you.
14:02Sadly,
14:04watch this.
14:07Like many couples,
14:11you want the benefits of the marriage,
14:15but not the person
14:17in the marriage.
14:21You want THE BENEFITS FROM GOD,
14:26but not God himself.
14:31RETURN TO YOUR FIRST LOVE.
14:34FOR OTHERS, THIS SIMPLY MEANS obeying
14:37the prompting of the Holy Spirit like in
14:40this moment. He's speaking to you.
14:43For some, it means letting go of habits,
14:47attitudes, and relationships
14:50that are hindering your spiritual
14:52growth.
14:53And so today, God is saying
14:56to all of us, it's time to get your
14:59passion back.
15:01It's time to rekindle
15:03the fire of God
15:05in your life.
15:07It's time to stop resisting the Holy
15:10Spirit as he's speaking to you even in
15:12this very hour. It's time to trust God's
15:16plan more than your own.
15:18Jeremiah 29, verse 11, it says, for I
15:22know the plans
15:24I have for you. THIS IS GOD SPEAKING.
15:28Plans to prosper you, not to harm you.
15:31Plans to give you hope and a future. THE
15:35PLANS THAT GOD HAS FOR YOU, THESE PLANS
15:38ARE NOT to harm you.
15:41GOD SAID THESE ARE GOOD PLANS.
15:44SO WHY DO YOU GO to the enemy? Why do
15:46you allow Satan to influence you? That
15:49you bought into the lie that he's going
15:52to offer you a better plan than God.
15:57Let me conclude this with three areas
16:00you must surrender to God. Three. Now I
16:03want you to pay attention to this.
16:05You may have to write down these notes.
16:07You may have to screenshot these notes.
16:09But this is very important. Three areas,
16:12if you're going to give God a yes,
16:15you got to have to surrender to him.
16:16Number one, you got to surrender your
16:19mind to God. Your mind, your thoughts
16:22shape your decisions and your decisions
16:25shape your future. So what are you
16:27thinking? What are you thinking? What
16:29are you thinking my brother? What are
16:30you thinking my sister?
16:33You got to surrender your mind to him.
16:35If the enemy can capture your mind, he
16:38will destroy you. He will prevent you
16:40from giving God a yes. That's why you'll
16:42come into a church service like this.
16:44That's why you'll stream the service and
16:47you'll enjoy every part of the service
16:49and at the end of the day you still
16:51won't surrender to God.
16:54You won't even give him a yes.
16:58Because the enemy will trick you. It's
17:00entertainment.
17:02Just feels good. Oh, God is pleased with
17:05you just showing up. You know, at least
17:07you're you're present.
17:10You see the enemy understands that if he
17:12can influence your thinking,
17:15he can influence your life.
17:18Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed
17:21Do not be conformed to the pattern of
17:23this world, but be it transformed by the
17:25renewing of your mind." So, pay
17:28attention here to what you allow
17:32into your mind. Pay attention to the
17:35conversations
17:37you entertain. Pay attention to the
17:39voices
17:41you continually listen to.
17:45Some people are
17:46feeding their minds with more negativity
17:49than faith.
17:52And you have to make an intentional
17:54decision
17:56to walk away from toxic people.
18:03You have to.
18:06Some are spending more time consuming
18:08fear than surrendering to God's word.
18:12Paul tells us in Philippians 4:8,
18:15"Whatever is true, whatever is noble,
18:17whatever is right, whatever is pure,
18:19whatever is lovely, whatever is
18:21admirable think
18:24in such things."
18:26This is [snorts] the attitude of every
18:27kingdom citizen. This is how we're
18:29supposed to be thinking. Look for the
18:31truth, not lies.
18:34Some people enjoy more lies than truth.
18:38Even if the truth is in their face,
18:41they'd rather believe a lie.
18:44Some people are so toxic, they never
18:46look for the truth.
18:48They always look for things that will
18:50fuel their toxicity.
18:52Always.
18:54So, if your life is going to change,
18:56your thinking must change.
18:58So, give God your mind and say yes to
19:01his will. Number two,
19:03you got to enter into a relationship
19:04with God, and this is a big one for me.
19:08This season,
19:10you got to know God for yourself.
19:14You have got to know God for yourself.
19:18Not through someone else's testimony.
19:21Not through religion, not through
19:23tradition, but through a personal
19:26relationship with God.
19:29Not through grandma, your parents. You
19:31got to learn to know God for yourself.
19:33Paul expressed
19:35himself in Philippians 3:10, THAT I MAY
19:38KNOW CHRIST.
19:41THAT I MAY KNOW CHRIST. NOT THROUGH THE
19:43PREACHER.
19:45NOT THROUGH A FRIEND. I WANT TO KNOW
19:47Christ personally. For there's a
19:50difference between knowing about God
19:53and truly knowing him for yourself.
19:56See, God wants more than church
19:58attendance.
20:00He wants a relationship.
20:03He wants intimacy. He wants fellowship.
20:07Wants fellowship.
20:10I hear the body of Christ today is
20:11talking about, you know, um
20:14I don't need all of this. I don't need
20:16to go to church. I don't need to follow
20:19all these things. And then what are you
20:21following?
20:23Don't be tricked.
20:26When you know God for yourself and you
20:29read the Bible for yourself, not just
20:31when you come to church and it's read in
20:33the sanctuary, the pastor
20:35takes a text to read and and to present
20:38a sermon. When you develop a personal
20:40relationship with God by reading the
20:43word of God for yourself, that's where
20:45you start a relationship with God. And I
20:47have to tell you, there's a lot of
20:50people attending church who go to church
20:55but don't know God.
21:00You don't know God.
21:02That's why preachers can stand on the
21:04stage and tell you stuff that is not
21:07even scriptural and you clap.
21:11And you believe it and you go and repeat
21:13it. Why? Because we can lie to you
21:17knowing you ain't going go in the book
21:20to check us.
21:27Jesus said in John 17:3,
21:30"Now this is
21:32eternal life
21:34that they know you,
21:37the only true God
21:40and Jesus Christ whom
21:42you have sent." So when you know God
21:45personally, you discover peace
21:48that circumstances cannot steal.
21:51You discover joy
21:54that problems cannot destroy.
21:57You discover strength that adversity
21:59cannot break.
22:01So I encourage you to give God
22:04your relationship today. Say yes
22:07to knowing him
22:09deeply cuz when you know him, there's no
22:13problem that will develop in your life
22:15that can ever destroy you.
22:18None whatsoever.
22:20When you discover God and know him for
22:22yourself, you'll discover strength that
22:25no adversity can break.
22:28I'm telling you I've lived this thing. I
22:31know what it is to have your back
22:33against the wall.
22:35And when you look to the right nor the
22:37left like the children of Israel, you
22:39don't see a WAY OUT, BUT GOD WILL ALWAYS
22:42SPEAK TO YOU and say no MATTER WHAT
22:45PROBLEMS ARE BEFORE YOU, YOU CAN WALK
22:48THROUGH IT CUZ YOU'LL KNOW HIM for
22:50yourself.
22:54And finally, number three, surrender
22:56your finances to God.
22:59Many people think
23:01that they have an income problem
23:03when they actually have a stewardship
23:05problem.
23:08There's a difference.
23:09God cares about how we manage what he
23:13places in our hands. Yes, he does.
23:17Proverbs 3
23:19begin at verse 9
23:22in verse 10 it says, "Honor the Lord."
23:24Well, why don't you read it, everybody?
23:27Cuz again, just like what I said, I
23:30could read something and tell you and
23:32it's not true.
23:34They can put it on the screen. Y'all got
23:36these electronic Bibles now.
23:39When I was growing up, you had to carry
23:40them big print and the bigger the Bible
23:42is, the more holy you are.
23:46Y'all remember that?
23:48So, we used to carry these big Bibles.
23:50That mean you're closer to God
23:52than the little New Testament Bible that
23:54people walk around.
23:56But, you can fact-check this
23:58to see if this is what Proverbs 3:10
24:00says. Please read it, everybody. Read
24:02it.
24:08Okay. "Honor the Lord," it says, "with
24:11the what?"
24:13"First fruit of your crop." But, what's
24:14the next verse?
24:16"Then," come on, read it.
24:19"Then your"
24:20Some of you are not Is it up there? Let
24:22me see.
24:24Cuz
24:26that's all I'm hearing.
24:28Please read verse 10 again.
24:37That's what the word of God is saying.
24:39If you want God's blessings upon your
24:42finances,
24:44the Bible says you have to honor him
24:46first.
24:48And there are three simple principles
24:50that can transform your financial life.
24:55Cuz I'm telling you, one of the reasons
24:57why people cannot give God a yes
25:00is the enemy is very subtle.
25:04He says, "I know they have a
25:06relationship with him.
25:08They go to church. They're reading their
25:09Bible.
25:11I know they surrendered their minds to
25:13him.
25:16But if I if I can screw them up in their
25:19finances,
25:23if I can rob them of their wealth,
25:27they'll be in the church, but they'll be
25:30miserable and question
25:33the God who says he will provide for
25:35them."
25:39I'm going to talk it, sweetheart.
25:42I'm going to tell it.
25:46Three simple principles that can
25:48transform your life, and I'll let you
25:50go.
25:52You got to put God first.
25:55You have to.
25:58When it comes to your finances, now you
25:59can And again, I'm not I'm not
26:01collecting an offering after this. So,
26:03don't get nervous.
26:09But if you're a kingdom citizen,
26:12I'm not talking about an unbeliever. If
26:14you're not a Christian,
26:16God is not expecting you to support
26:19kingdom agenda.
26:22But if you're a born-again believer,
26:25honor God through your tithes and your
26:27offerings.
26:29Giving is not merely about money.
26:33Giving is a declaration
26:36that God is your source.
26:39So, you put God first.
26:42And when you have
26:44your resources, you come to God and you
26:46say "God
26:48like the prophets of old,
26:50this is what you gave me cuz your word
26:53says it is God who gives the power
26:56to get what?
26:57So I give it to you, God.
27:00It's not enough.
27:03My brain I'm not going to let my mind
27:06start confusing me. Well, I can't I
27:10can't give that to God because I got all
27:14of this.
27:16So the devil makes you use your mind.
27:19Pay your rent, pay your mortgage, pay
27:20your light bill, pay everything.
27:23And what he's not telling you is you're
27:26also paying for some other stuff you
27:28can't afford.
27:33Cuz you going to get that dress, you
27:35going to get that suit, you going to get
27:36those shoes, you going to
27:38He brainwashes you.
27:41You can't even give to God.
27:44But
27:45don't put him first, put yourself first.
27:50Spend it.
27:53And when your back is against the wall
27:56and you make bad financial decisions,
27:59who do you run to?
28:02I have yet to hear ever heard anybody
28:05pray.
28:08Well, they can't look up.
28:11My father, the devil
28:14I come to you today.
28:18My rent, my mortgage is due.
28:22I need you to help me today
28:25to pay those bills.
28:28In the devil's name, amen.
28:32Nobody's ever prayed that prayer.
28:35Nobody.
28:38Honor.
28:39So you got to put it God first.
28:41Number two.
28:43Living within your budget.
28:47Stop trying to impress people who are
28:48not responsible for your future.
28:55Learn to spend according to the season
28:58God has placed you in. Maybe now is not
29:01the time to do certain things.
29:04Not that you can't get it, but to
29:07everything there's a season.
29:10Cuz watch this, wisdom creates
29:13stability.
29:16Finally,
29:17avoid becoming a victim of the
29:20get-rich-quick
29:22schemes.
29:27YOU ARE A KINGDOM CITIZEN.
29:31AND THE DEVIL WILL SHUT YOU UP.
29:33He'll let you get a phone call. He'll
29:35get you let you get a letter in the
29:36mail. He'll send somebody in your space.
29:39I know a deal that will make you money
29:43in such and such time, but you got to
29:46put 2,000 down. You got to put 3,000 in
29:48down. You got to do this. And because
29:50you are desperate, listen, the devil
29:53knows when you are broke. Oh, yes, he
29:55knows. And he will come and give you all
29:58these
29:59get-rich-quick
30:00schemes.
30:03You're a kingdom citizen.
30:07You don't need the devil to bail YOU
30:08OUT.
30:10ONE YES FROM GOD.
30:14RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE THIS MORNING, IF YOU
30:16JUST simply say to God,
30:20"I messed up.
30:22I didn't always get it right.
30:24I'm not even at
30:26the right place
30:28with you right now.
30:31But I turn my life over to you.
30:34I turn my mind over to you. Let this
30:36mind be in you, which is also in Christ
30:38Jesus.
30:39I I turn my relationship over to you. I
30:43I want to know you. I don't understand
30:45everything. I'm kind of confused. Can I
30:48be honest? Sometimes God, I'm mad with
30:51you.
30:53I'm mad with you because
30:55I don't understand you.
30:57Why would you let that happen to me?
31:00Why would you let all these things
31:02happen to me?
31:03I can't connect the dots. Why why why
31:06are you doing certain things, God? I
31:08thought when I made this move that I was
31:11going to make three more successful
31:13moves.
31:14But instead of that, I made one MOVE
31:16WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR WILL AND ALL
31:19OF a sudden I have all these
31:20subtractions.
31:23Cuz you're mad at God. But I'm telling
31:25you this morning,
31:27if you simply say yes to him, say God, I
31:30don't know where you're taking me.
31:33I don't understand what tomorrow holds.
31:37But I
31:39will turn my life over to you.
31:43I'm willing.
31:46I'm obedient.
31:48I'm not going to run from you no more.
31:50I'm willing
31:52and obedient.
31:54The moment you do that,
31:57the good things that you're looking for,
32:00you're going to get them.
32:02You're going to get them. Oh, I'm not
32:04here to tell you you run to God today, I
32:06lay my hands on you and you fall out on
32:09the floor AND IN 24 HOURS EVERYTHING'S
32:12GOING TO BE right in your life.
32:14I don't preach stuff like that.
32:17What I tell you
32:19is if you give him a yes,
32:21he'll order your steps.
32:27Bow your heads with me.
32:30I don't know who this message was for
32:32this morning.
32:34I don't know.
32:36But one simple yes
32:39can change your life today.
32:44If that's you, sir. If that's you,
32:45ma'am.
32:48That you've been
32:49kind of running from God, you know it.
32:52You've been procrastinating.
32:54You've been putting God aside for a long
32:56period of time.
32:58But somehow this message connected with
33:00you. We're not talking about your
33:01neighbor now. We're talking about you
33:03now. Somehow you you know the Holy
33:07Spirit is tugging at your heart right
33:11now.
33:14And if you're not afraid to give God a
33:15yes, right where you are,
33:19I'm going to ask you to do me this big
33:20favor.
33:22I want you to grab your belongings and I
33:24want you to come right here
33:26because Henry wants to pray for you.
33:28Come on. Wherever you are.
33:31If you are determined If you're
33:33determined, nobody looking around.
33:34Nobody looking around. Nobody looking
33:36around.
33:37I want you to make your way here. I want
33:39to pray with you.
33:41Because you [music] know what? I had to
33:43give God a yes. Still giving God a yes
33:45every single day of my life.
33:47Every single day of my life.
33:50I don't want you to leave this
33:51auditorium today
33:54and Henry did not give you a chance
33:58to answer that question. That's it.
34:02I know I know it's hard because all
34:03these people looking at you. I I get it.
34:06I get it. But don't worry about these
34:09people.
34:10Let's hope those who are seated said
34:12yes.
34:14That's it.
34:16You just take care of your own life
34:19by surrendering it to God. Wherever you
34:22are, it doesn't matter. We'll wait on
34:25you from the back.
34:27Give God a yes. And I I you the good
34:31things that you're hoping for, he said,
34:33we just read it.
34:36WE WE JUST READ IT. He said, COULD YOU
34:39PUT IT BACK UP ON THE screen for me,
34:41please? He said, IF YOU'RE WILLING AND
34:43OBEDIENT you
34:47Not not not somebody else, you. Right
34:51there. If you are willing and obedient,
34:54so
34:55you were willing
34:56and God knows you were obedient this
34:58morning. Cuz you could have sat in your
35:00seat, I ain't going down there, I ain't
35:02got time for this.
35:04Uh he's well over 12:00, it's brunch
35:07time.
35:09We can come up with all these excuses.
35:12But you were obedient.
35:15And I commend you for that today.
35:17That you were obedient.
35:20And watch this, I promise you
35:23if you're serious about your yes this
35:25morning
35:26all that stuff you're asking God for
35:29Listen, don't don't be scared of this
35:31now.
35:32All that stuff you're mad at God because
35:34didn't come through
35:36stop.
35:38Stop.
35:40If God says he's going to do something
35:43he going to do it.
35:45He's not a man that he should lie.
35:49Whatever he promise
35:51he says he will do it.
35:55Such already done.
35:58All you have to do is give him a yes. I
36:01want the congregation, would you please
36:02stand?
36:04And do me a favor, those of you are
36:06streaming, you're online
36:08if that's you, put in the chat, I'm
36:11giving God a yes. Come on, just put it
36:13in the chat. Come on. I'm giving God a
36:15yes. I'm giving God a yes. That's all I
36:18need you to put in the chat, I'm giving
36:20God a yes. Those of you are standing
36:22here please, if you can, raise your
36:24hand.
36:26Congregation, stretch your hands towards
36:28them.
36:29Cuz I need your support in this.
36:32I need you to help me pray.
36:35So, when I start praying, I want those
36:37of you in the auditorium, I want you to
36:38pray also with pastor.
36:41Pray for these people. And those of you
36:43are standing, I'm going to be praying
36:45for you, but I need you to come in
36:46agreement with what I'm saying.
36:50Stop running from God. Get involved in
36:52ministry. Start doing what God has
36:54called you to do.
36:56Get a hold of your finances.
36:58I'm telling you, the enemy is very
37:00strategic.
37:02And many of you, you don't have a a
37:04personality or
37:07character issue or your biggest problem
37:10you're struggling financially. I'm
37:11telling you, you give God a yes, he'll
37:14change your finances.
37:16And stop spending foolishly.
37:19I'm telling you, anybody tell you
37:21anything otherwise,
37:23it I'm telling you, they're not telling
37:25you the truth.
37:26Right? God don't want you to live every
37:29day begging him for money.
37:32It's like you have to
37:34any person who have to beg your natural
37:36father every day for money, he's not a
37:39good father.
37:42Because naturally, he should know that
37:44you're going to have needs.
37:47Your heavenly father know you have
37:49needs, but the problem is you haven't
37:51given my yes.
37:54Cuz that area of your life is not turned
37:55over to him.
37:57But if you're giving that area of your
37:58life,
37:59watch how he'll supernaturally bless
38:01you. Come on. Lift those hands one more
38:03time. Father,
38:05we bring these your people before you
38:07this morning.
38:08They're giving you a yes. That woman is
38:11saying yes to your will, yes to your
38:14way.
38:16That man is surrendering everything to
38:18you. Why? Because he has run out of
38:22options.
38:24You are the only way for him today.
38:28So, today I thank you
38:31that their yes will transform their
38:33lives.
38:35May your Holy Spirit
38:37strengthen and encourage them
38:39that as they leave this place today
38:42that they'll see the goodness of God
38:45in every area of their lives. I pray
38:48today and I stand WITH THIS CONGREGATION
38:52PRAYING OVER THEM that your will will be
38:54done.
38:56The anointing will rest upon them.
38:58That God, the goodness that they've been
39:00seeking you for will begin to manifest
39:04because they fell in love with you. They
39:06now have a relationship with you.
39:08They've turned their minds over to you.
39:11In the name of Jesus, they've been
39:13renewed in their minds in the mighty
39:16name of Jesus and what used to stress
39:18them will no longer have control over
39:21them. We break that spirit of
39:24depression, that spirit of wanting to
39:26turn their backs on you in the name of
39:29Jesus. They're going to declare from
39:31this DAY FORWARD THAT JESUS IS THEIR
39:34only source.
39:36And I thank you
39:38for doing it for them today. Bless them,
39:41I pray. I pray for a covering over their
39:44lives, a covering over the cars they
39:46drive in, a covering over their homes, a
39:49covering over their workplace, their
39:51place of business, a covering over their
39:54children, a covering over their
39:56relationships.
39:58Father, I thank you
40:00that this entire congregation is
40:03blessed. That all of us here at the
40:05Faith Center will adopt a kingdom
40:08culture and give you a yes. Those who
40:10are streaming will give you a yes. We
40:13have a work to do. We We a mandate to do
40:16and that is to take kingdom culture to
40:18the street. We give you a yes today that
40:21we will go into the world and preach the
40:23gospel and share the good news of the
40:25gospel of Jesus Christ and give people
40:28hope that we here at the Faith Center,
40:31when we leave these doors each and every
40:33week, we will not become a part of the
40:36dysfunction in the world, but God will
40:38become the salt and light of the world.
40:41We'll become world changers.
40:45We'll make a difference in the lives of
40:47your people.
40:48And we thank you for doing it now.
40:51And we give you all the praise, the
40:53honor, and the glory in Jesus' name.
40:56Amen. Come on, let's give them a praise.
40:59>> [music]
41:00>> Let's give them a praise.
41:02Amen. Come on, lift your hands and let's
41:05shout it out loud. Faith in God will
41:09move mountains out of our lives. God
41:11bless you. We'll see you Wednesday.
41:14Continue to say yes to [music] God.