SAYING YES TO GOD

SAYING YES TO GOD


When we read
The SCRIPTURES=every morning
They proclaim a lot


They ask us
To do MORE than
LISTEN to God


They ask us to
SAY YES=to respond
To God with our ACTIONS


They ask us to
SAY YES to God=with
Our thoughts=our words=
And our deeds


“He said this-
Signifying by what kind of death
He would GLORIFY GOD=


And when he had said this=
He said to him-
'FOLLOW ME'” John 21:19


Peter did indeed
FOLLOW JESUS=
He said YES to God


He said yes
By giving HIS LIFE
To the cause


We may NOT
Have to die
For the cause=
As Jesus did
And Peter did


But we can say YES
With our LIVES=
We can proclaim
The GOSPEL with our actions


We can say yes
We can follow Jesus=
We can LIVE
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE


“Surely your goodness
And love will FOLLOW ME


All the days
Of my life
And I will dwell


In the house
Of the Lord-FOREVER” Psalm 23:6


“Then Jesus said
To his disciples
'Whoever wants
To be my disciples


Must deny themselves
And take up their cross
AND FOLLOW ME'” Matthew 16:24


“FOLLOW the way of love
And eagerly desire gifts
Of the SPIRIT-
Especially prophecy” 1 Corinthians 14:1


YES=saying yes to
Christ and following him
And actively LIVING
A Christian life
Is NOT the easy way


Yes the WORD of God
Is PROCLAIMED in us
And we should
PRAISE GOD for it


Despite the setbacks
I have suffered=I THANK Jesus
For this life I have led=
And I thank Jesus=
And try to praise God
For EVERY DAY
Of my life


I will continue to follow him
And say YES TO GOD


“FOLLOW GOD'S EXAMPLE=therefore
As dearly loved children-
And walk in
The WAY of love........” Ephesians 5:1


As we PRAISE GOD
With our lives=
Let us live
With trust=with hope=
And WITH FAITH


Just as we continue to say
“YES” to God
Day after day


In Jesus' name=and in the name of our ALWAYS POSITIVE FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
5-28-20




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Amy Welborn