Mike and Kelsey talk about how God has made their "next best yes" clear, and what obedience to God has looked like. Send us a text Hear the Bible, love it, and live it. Check out the Outloud Bible Project Podcast, and learn more at outloudbible.com. Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

We want to say "yes" to God, right? But it's hard to determine sometimes if an idea is God's, or just our own, or... something more malicious? How do we discern God's thoughts and move forward? We'll turn to Proverbs 3 and James 4 today to figure it out. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

Mike and Kelsey reflect on some biblical lessons they picked up from a recent trip to the Rocky Mountains. Let's talk about faith and worry from Jesus' perspective. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

This mindset is perhaps the number one key to a faith-filled life. Without it, you'll be stuck in your old, dead life. Let's talk about it. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

When you encounter God, what's your response? Let's talk about some good and bad examples, and make sure our "yes" is on God's terms instead of ours. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

How do you know what God wants you to do? Are you sure He wants you to DO anything? Let's dig into these questions before we jump into our next "yes." Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

What can we learn from God's calling of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel to be his mouthpieces? They weren't superhuman. They had doubt, excuses, insecurities, and confusion. Sound familiar? Let's talk about what God's response is to each of their objections. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

So you're ready and willing to say "yes" when God wants you to start something... what about if he wants you to stop something? Something good? Something he gave you in the first place? What good thing might God want you to say "no" to, and how can we handle the insecurities that come along with it? Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone. ...

One more important takeaway from the story of Abraham's servant in Genesis 24. Let's talk about the power of sharing the story of what God did! Your testimony, today on Next Best Yes. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

When dealing with an overwhelming, stressful, or even a simply unknown event, we so easily run off a list of "what-if" scenarios. What if this happens? What if that doesn't happen? Let's study an example in the story of Abraham, and borrow some scientific studies about our minds, and put together a biblical, healthy approach to what-if scenarios. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and commun...

This episode is a message Mike and Kelsey co-taught at Journey Church in Barrington, NH. Genesis 24 is the longest chapter in Genesis, and there are more takeaways than could possibly fit in one message. This conversation will lay the groundwork for the next couple episodes, so we hope you are encouraged by God's word in this episode, and emboldened to pray your own specific prayers. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes....

How do we lean into the relationship God wants us to have, through this channel of prayer He provides? Some more biblical tips and examples to strengthen your prayer life. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

How can you be confident that your prayers will be answered, maybe even quickly? Pray what God wants you to pray. The Bible is full of times when Jesus or others tell us to pray for something or someone. If God tells us to pray it, we can know we're aligned with his heart. We're unpacking a list of 28 prayer prompts from the Bible, as provided in this list: https://newtestamentprayer.org/articles/28_things.pdf Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're che...

Elijah takes Elisha on a roadtrip that parallels our own walk with Jesus. Where are you tempted to veer off? What awaits you at the end? Let's dig into this Old Testament study with implications for today. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

Waiting on God is draining and exhausting, isn't it? Let's see what the Bible says about waiting, strength, weakness, and our role in waiting for God to do His thing. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

What does "seek the kingdom first" look like in your life? We asked our Christian comic book writer and illustrator friend, LM Sherman, this question and what followed was a fascinating conversation about the true nature of Kingdom work, being God's pen, and picking up the "baby" you dropped. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

What do we do when we reach the point in our faith where we find ourselves, like C.S. Lewis says, "going from being confident in our own efforts to the state in which we despair of doing anything for ourselves and leave it to God"? Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

There's something going on the background of God's Kingdom work that yields disproportionate results, and it's nothing the world's formulas and strategies can capture. Let's talk about it. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

Do you feel stuck in a painful season of being "under construction", with no way out or forward in the foreseeable future? God has some encouragement from you from a little tucked-away passage in Isaiah. Let's talk. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.

How can we "humble ourselves" like the Bible says? Does it have to be a painful process? Can we do it before God "has" to do it for us? Let's talk about humility. Send us a text Support the show Ready to do something about your “yes”? We're cheering you on! At nextbestyes.com, you can find resources and community so you don't have to take your steps alone.