MY FATHER JUST LOVES TO SAY YES

--II Corinthians 1: 18-22

YES

2 Corinthians 1:18-22 (Message Bible)

Well, you're wrong. I try to be as true to my word as God is to his. Our word to you wasn't a careless yes canceled by an indifferent no. How could it be? [19] When Silas and Timothy and I proclaimed the Son of God among you, did you pick up on any yes-and-no, on-again, off-again waffling? Wasn't it a clean, strong Yes?

2 Corinthians 1:18-22 (Message Bible)

[20] Whatever God has promised gets stamped with the Yes of Jesus. In him, this is what we preach and pray, the great Amen, God's Yes and our Yes together, gloriously evident. [21] God affirms us, making us a sure thing in Christ, putting his Yes within us. [22] By his Spirit he has stamped us with his eternal pledge—a sure beginning of what he is destined to complete.

TAKE HOME

• I’m blessed, honored, lavished with God’s grace and care. It’s time to share the wealth.• I’m blessed, honored, lavished with God’s grace and care. It’s time to share the wealth.

• Loved, forgiven, Spirit-filled and Heaven bound. It can’t get much better than this, This is the life.

• Loved, forgiven, Spirit-filled and Heaven bound. It can’t get much better than this, This is the life.

• God’s ‘No’ is a back door ‘Yes.’ If I’ll just be patient enough to see it.• God’s ‘No’ is a back door ‘Yes.’ If I’ll just be patient enough to see it.

• I now have so much to share with others. After all, I’m a joint heir with Jesus, a child of the King. I can lead others to my Father’s deep pockets

• I now have so much to share with others. After all, I’m a joint heir with Jesus, a child of the King. I can lead others to my Father’s deep pockets

Lord, help me see Lord, help me see the immense wealth the immense wealth that comes with that comes with being a Christian. being a Christian. Love, forgiveness Love, forgiveness and Heaven too. and Heaven too. May I be a willing May I be a willing messenger of your messenger of your plans to share your plans to share your life with others life with others around me.around me.

Lord, help me see Lord, help me see the immense wealth the immense wealth that comes with that comes with being a Christian. being a Christian. Love, forgiveness Love, forgiveness and Heaven too. and Heaven too. May I be a willing May I be a willing messenger of your messenger of your plans to share your plans to share your life with others life with others around me.around me.

Commitment:

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"YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT" SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY LIKES TO DISH OUT FAVORS

James 4:2

YES

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• "Is anything too hard for God?" Genesis 18:14

• Fishermen become miracle-working evangelists.

• Illness looses its "no power" when Jesus says, "Yes!"

God is King "Deep Pockets"

YES● The Red Sea sees natural laws go

haywire when commanded by the Yes of Moses.

● And it happens today, whenever our Yes and God's Yes cross paths. Yes!

God is King "Deep Pockets"

YES● Job asked what we all wonder:

"If a man dies will he live again?" Job 14:14

● The empty tomb of Jesus became a megaphone with a startling answer from God: "Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"YES" AN UNLIKELY ANSWER TO A PRESSING QUESTION

YES● Saul mocked the grave," Oh

Grave, where is your victory?" I Cor. 15:55

● The Resurrection of Jesus is our guarantee that God is good for the other promises he makes, including our own resurrection. Romans 6:4

"YES" AN UNLIKELY ANSWER TO A PRESSING QUESTION

COMMUNION!THE ULTIMATE “YES” FROM

THE FATHER

Confession:I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus is my Lord Jesus is my Lord and Savoir.and Savoir.

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YES• For no matter how many

promises God has made, they are "yes" in Christ. II Cor. 1:20

1. BELIEVE!

• The sad stories of God's "Yes" being ignored, to the detriment of disbelievers:

HOW SHOULD WE LIVE, IN THE CARE OF A YES-YES HEAVENLY

FATHER?

YES● The Hebrew children

wandered in the Wilderness for 40 years, why?

● Disbelief! A promised land, there for the taking, but it required belief in God's promise of victory. Hebrews 3:16-19

1. BELIEVE!

YES● Psalm 78 is packed with

illustration after illustration of how disbelief and forgetting God's promises resulted in horrible suffering and despair.

● All of God's promises are of little blessing unless we have faith in his ability to keep them.

1. BELIEVE!

YES● God prohibits attitudes and

behavior that sabotage his plans to bless you.

● No adultery, No stealing, No lying, all are efforts to protect you and others from pain, defeat, loss of character and spoiled relationships.

2. VIEW GOD'S 'NO' AS A BACKDOOW 'YES'

YES● The Ten Commandments are all

about relationships. Four commands protect your connection with God, the other six shield your relationships with other people.

● God is no spoil sport, he doesn't rain on parades or turn smiles into frowns.

2. VIEW GOD'S 'NO' AS A BACKDOOW 'YES'

YES● Time is on our side. The grave eventually looses, Satan swims in hot lava and God sorts out the good and the bad.

3. THE 'NO' OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE WILL ONE DAY YIELD TO THE 'YES'OF GOD

YES● Don't insist on justice at every bend

in the road. "Vengeance is mine, says the Lord". Romans 12: 19

● "Don't grieve, as those who have no hope." I Thessalonians 4: 13,14

3. THE 'NO' OF NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCE WILL ONE DAY YIELD TO THE 'YES'OF GOD

YES● "Make all the money you can. Save

all the money you can. Give all the money you can." Charles Wesley.

● Now is a good time to be a giver: Time, empowerment, friendship, money, praise, encouragement, you can well afford to!

4. LAY UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, THERE'LL BE MORE TIME TO ENJOY THEM THERE.

YES● Develop timeless friendships. We aren't certain what they'll look like in heaven, but they won't end when the planet collapses.

4. LAY UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, THERE'LL BE MORE TIME TO ENJOY THEM THERE.

• LET LOVE BE YOUR LIFE.

• FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE!

YES

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PRAYER & PRAISE

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TAKE HOME

• I’m blessed, honored, lavished with God’s grace and care. It’s time to share the wealth.• I’m blessed, honored, lavished with God’s grace and care. It’s time to share the wealth.

• Loved, forgiven, Spirit-filled and Heaven bound. It can’t get much better than this, This is the life.

• Loved, forgiven, Spirit-filled and Heaven bound. It can’t get much better than this, This is the life.

• God’s ‘No’ is a back door ‘Yes.’ If I’ll just be patient enough to see it.• God’s ‘No’ is a back door ‘Yes.’ If I’ll just be patient enough to see it.

• I now have so much to share with others. After all, I’m a joint heir with Jesus, a child of the King. I can lead others to my Father’s deep pockets

• I now have so much to share with others. After all, I’m a joint heir with Jesus, a child of the King. I can lead others to my Father’s deep pockets

Lord, help me see Lord, help me see the immense wealth the immense wealth that comes with that comes with being a Christian. being a Christian. Love, forgiveness Love, forgiveness and Heaven too. and Heaven too. May I be a willing May I be a willing messenger of your messenger of your plans to share your plans to share your life with others life with others around me.around me.

Lord, help me see Lord, help me see the immense wealth the immense wealth that comes with that comes with being a Christian. being a Christian. Love, forgiveness Love, forgiveness and Heaven too. and Heaven too. May I be a willing May I be a willing messenger of your messenger of your plans to share your plans to share your life with others life with others around me.around me.

Commitment:

• LET LOVE BE YOUR LIFE.

• FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE!

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