You can’t move forward if you stay focused on your past. Let go of past mistakes and regrets and press forward to the amazing future God has for you!

>> VICTORIA OSTEEN: THANK

YOU, LORD.

HALLELUJAH.

WE LOVE YOU, LORD, AND WE

COME INTO AGREEMENT WITH

JEREMIAH 29:11, AMEN?

AMEN.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

IT IS GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE,

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY

ONE OF US THIS MORNING THAT

WE HAVE TO RESOUND A GREAT,

BIG YES TO ALL OF GOD’S

PROMISES.

AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL

FOR 2016, IS TO SAY, “YES,

GOD, TO EVERY PROMISE YOU

HAVE IN MY LIFE.

YES, GOD, FOR EVERYTHING THAT

YOU WANT TO DO IN MY LIFE.”

SEE, OUR YES GIVES GOD

PERMISSION TO BRING FORTH HIS

PROMISES IN OUR LIFE.

OUR YES INVITES THE PROMISES

INTO OUR LIFE.

GOD WANTS US TO RESPOND WITH

A YES IN CHRIST.

IN 2 CORINTHIANS 1:20 IT SAYS

NO MATTER HOW MANY PROMISES

GOD HAS MADE, THEY ARE YES IN

CHRIST.

GOD’S PROMISES STAND FIRM.

THEY ARE YES AS FAR AS HE’S

CONCERNED, BUT LISTEN TO THE

REST OF THAT.

IT SAYS, “AND SO THROUGH

HIM,” THROUGH CHRIST, “THE

‘AMEN’ IS SPOKEN BY US.”

GOD HAS ALREADY SAID YES, BUT

GOD WANTS OUR RESPONSE, WHICH

IS AMEN.

NOW THE WORD “AMEN” IN THE

HEBREW AND THE GREEK BOTH

TRANSLATE INTO “SO BE IT.”

THE PROMISES OF GOD, OUR

RESPONSE SHOULD BE, “SO BE

IT.”

NOW IT’S 2016 AND USUALLY WE

SAY, “YES, GOD.

YES, GOD.”

SEE, THAT SHOULD BE OUR

RESPONSE.

EVERY GOOD THING, “YES, GOD.”

EVERY PROMISE YOU HAVE FOR

ME, “YES, GOD.”

HEALING IS MINE.

JOY IS MINE.

PROVISION IS MINE.

EVERYTHING I NEED IS IN YOU,

IN CHRIST, AND I AM GOING TO

RESOUND A GREAT, BIG YES.

YOU’VE RECEIVED AN INVITATION

BEFORE TO A WEDDING OR SOME

GREAT, GRAND CELEBRATION,

AND WHEN YOU GET THAT

INVITATION, YOU OPEN IT UP,

AND IT TELLS YOU WHO’S

INVITING YOU, AND WHERE IT’S

GOING TO BE, AND WHAT TIME

IT’S GOING TO OCCUR,

AND THEN THERE’S R.S.V.P.

AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR

INVITATION.

THAT R.S.V.P., AS YOU KNOW,

MEANS “PLEASE RESPOND.”

SEE, THE HOST HAS ALREADY

PREPARED A CELEBRATION.

THEY’VE COUNTED YOU IN.

THEY’VE ALREADY PREPARED FOR

YOU TO BE THERE, BUT THEY

WANT TO KNOW ARE YOU GOING TO

SHOW UP.

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE PART IN

WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY

PLANNED?

SO R.S.V.P., PLEASE RESPOND,

AND IN MUCH THE SAME WAY

THERE IS A “PLEASE RESPOND”

ATTACHED TO GOD’S PROMISES.

SEE, GOD HAS ALREADY PREPARED

SOME AMAZING THINGS FOR YOU,

BUT HE NEEDS YOUR RESPONSE.

SEE, THE AMEN IS SPOKEN BY

YOU.

WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO

GOD’S PROMISES?

ALL GOD’S PROMISES ARE YES,

BUT TO RECEIVE THOSE PROMISES

WE HAVE TO SAY, “AMEN.”

WE HAVE TO SAY, “YES, GOD.”

WE HAVE TO SHOW UP.

I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF

MINE THE OTHER DAY, AND HE

SAID, “I HAD THIS DESIRE IN

MY HEART TO DO SOMETHING, AND

I JUST FELT SO EXCITED ABOUT

IT.”

HE SAID, “I PRAYED ABOUT IT.

I WENT TO GOD ABOUT IT.

I TOLD SOME PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

I WAS JUST SO EXCITED.”

HE SAID, “AND YEARS WENT BY,

AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.”

HE SAID, “BUT IT WAS STILL

THERE.”

HE SAID, “BUT I’D SHOW UP TO

GOD EVERY DAY, AND I’D DO

WHAT I KNEW TO DO.

I’D COME TO CHURCH.

I’D PRAY.

I’D PRAISE.

I’D TELL GOD HOW AMAZING HE

IS, BUT THE YEARS WENT BY,

AND IT DIDN’T HAPPEN.”

HE SAID, “I SAW NOTHING

HAPPEN, BUT I JUST KEPT

SHOWING UP.”

YOU SEE, HE KEPT COMING WITH

HIS YES, “WHATEVER IT IS,

GOD.

WHENEVER, GOD.

I’M SHOWING UP.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN

MY LIFE?

I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT,

GOD.

I WANT TO JOIN IN.”

SEE, WHEN YOU SAY YES, YOU

KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING?

YOU’RE STRENGTHENING

YOURSELF.

YOU’RE SHOWING UP TO GOD, AND

YOU’RE STRENGTHENING

YOURSELF.

YOU’RE DEVELOPING YOURSELF.

YOU’RE GROWING.

HE TOLD ME LATER, HE SAID,

“VICTORIA,” SAID, “WHAT I WAS

PRAYING FOR, IT DID FINALLY

COME TO PASS.”

HE SAID, “WHEN IT CAME TO

PASS,” HE SAID, “I WAS

AMAZED.”

HE SAID, “I WAS ELATED.

I WAS SO EXCITED.”

HE SAID, “BUT I REALIZE NOW

IF THAT WOULD HAVE COME TO

PASS SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE, I

WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN READY.”

HE SAID, “I HAD SOME THINGS

THAT NEEDED TO BE WORKED OUT

OF ME.

I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

HANDLE, BUT NOW IT’S SO

SWEET, AND NOW I KNOW HOW TO

HANDLE IT.”

LISTEN, DON’T CHANGE YOUR YES

TO A NO BECAUSE IT’S TAKEN A

LONG TIME, BECAUSE YOU DON’T

SEE HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK

OUT.

GOD’S DELAY IS NOT HIS

DENIAL.

IT’S PREPARING YOU FOR WHAT’S

TO COME.

GOD IS WORKING IN YOU AND

WORKING SOME THINGS OUT OF

YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE HOLD

OF THE PROMISES.

IN GENESIS IT TALKS ABOUT

ABRAHAM, AND WE ALL KNOW

ABRAHAM.

HE’S THE FATHER OF OUR FAITH.

GOD USED ABRAHAM IN MIGHTY

WAYS.

BUT WHEN ABRAHAM WAS YOUNG,

HE WAS WITH HIS FAMILY, HIS

FATHER, HIS MOTHER, ALL OF

HIS RELATIVES, AND GOD CAME

TO HIM.

GOD SENT HIM AN INVITATION,

AND GOD SAID, “ABRAHAM,

HERE’S AN INVITATION, BUT YOU

GOT TO GO.

YOU GOT TO LEAVE YOUR FAMILY.

YOU’VE GOT TO LEAVE YOUR

SURROUNDINGS.

EVERYTHING THAT YOU KNOW

YOU’VE GOT TO LEAVE, AND I’M

GOING TO TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE.

IN THE MIDST OF ALL THAT, I’M

GOING TO MAKE A GREAT NATION

THROUGH YOU.”

SEE, HE GOT THIS INVITATION,

THIS PROMISE FROM GOD.

BUT BEFORE ABRAHAM COULD

RECEIVE THE PROMISE, HE HAD

TO SAY YES TO GOD.

EVEN WHEN HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT

IT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, HE

HAD TO SAY YES TO GOD.

HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THAT?

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, “I

DON’T KNOW HOW THIS THING IS

GOING TO WORK OUT.

I CAN EITHER STAND HERE, OR I

CAN SAY YES TO GOD.

I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH MY

YES”?

WELL, THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT

ABRAHAM HAD TO DO, AND I

BELIEVE THAT SHOWS US THAT’S

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.

HE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HE WAS

GOING.

GOD MADE SOME BIG

DECLARATIONS.

HE SAYS, “I’M GOING TO MAKE

YOU INTO A MIGHTY NATION.

THROUGH YOU YOU’RE GOING TO

SEE A NATION THAT’S MIGHTY.”

WELL, LISTEN, AS ABRAHAM WAS

WONDERING, TAKING SOME TWISTS

AND TURNS WITH GOD, THEN GOD

SPEAKING ABOUT THIS MIGHTY

NATION, HE’S SAYING, “I’M

GETTING OLD.

MY WIFE’S WOMB IS, LIKE,

REALLY OLD.

I MEAN, SHE CAN’T EVEN HAVE A

BABY.

GOD, I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’M

GOING TO SHOW UP EVERY DAY,

AND I’M GOING TO SAY YES.”

HE’D COME OUT OF HIS TENT,

AND HE’D LOOK AT THE STARS.

HE’D THINK, “MAN, I CAN LOOK

AT MYSELF, OR I CAN LOOK AT

MY GOD.

I CAN CONSIDER MY

CIRCUMSTANCES AND WHAT’S

CAPABLE IN MY OWN ABILITIES,

WHAT’S NATURAL, WHAT CAN I

DO, OR I CAN STEP OUTSIDE MY

TENT, AND I CAN LOOK UP AT

THE STARS, AND I CAN SAY,

‘GOD, IF YOU FLUNG THE STARS

INTO EXISTENCE, THEN YOU CAN

DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU CAN DO.

GOD, IF YOU’VE SAID IT, I’M

GOING TO BELIEVE IT.

SO I’M SHOWING UP, AND I’M

GOING TO GET INTO YOUR

PLAN,'” AND DO YOU KNOW

HE WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE

THE PROMISES OF GOD

IN HIS LIFE?

NOW ABRAHAM IS THE FATHER OF

OUR FAITH.

HE SHOWED GREAT FAITH.

HE SHOWED A GREAT, BIG YES,

AND THE SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT

THIS, AND THIS IS WHAT I

REALLY WANT YOU TO CATCH

TODAY.

THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT WHEN

ABRAHAM SAID YES, THAT

FAITH TO SAY YES.

SEE, FAITH IS JUST A SIMPLE

YES.

YES TO GOD.

WITH THAT YES, THE BIBLE SAYS

IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS

RIGHTEOUSNESS.

THAT MEANS HE WAS IN RIGHT

STANDING WITH GOD.

THAT MEANS WHEN HE CAME TO

GOD, HE COULD PARTAKE OF WHAT

GOD HAD FOR HIM.

HE DIDN’T HAVE TO COME GUILTY

AND CONDEMNED.

HE WAS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF

GOD, AND THROUGH THAT

RIGHTEOUSNESS, THROUGH THAT

YES, THAT GAVE HIM ACCESS.

IT GAINED HIM ACCESS TO THE

GRACE OF GOD.

NOW THE GRACE IS WHAT KEPT

ABRAHAM ON TRACK.

THE GRACE IS WHAT KEPT

ABRAHAM’S YES STRONG.

SEE, ABRAHAM COULDN’T HAVE

DONE IT IN HIS OWN WILLPOWER.

ONLY ABRAHAM COULD HAVE SAID

YES, THEN HE SHOWED UP, AND

IN HIS ACCOUNT WAS THE GRACE

TO BRING GOD’S PROMISES TO

PASS.

ABRAHAM COULDN’T HAVE BROUGHT

GOD’S PROMISES TO PASS IN HIS

OWN STRENGTH, AND THAT’S THE

THING.

IN HIS OWN BODY, HE WAS OLD.

HE DIDN’T KNOW WHERE HE WAS

GOING, BUT IN THE GRACE OF

GOD THE PROMISES CAME TO

PASS, AND THE BIBLE TALKS

ABOUT BECAUSE OF

ABRAHAM’S YES, IT CAME

DOWN THROUGH THE BLOODLINE

AND JESUS SHOWED UP ON THE

SCENE, WHICH CHANGED

EVERYTHING FOR YOU AND I.

SEE, IT SAYS IN ROMANS 4,

“THROUGH JESUS CHRIST WE HAD

GAINED ACCESS BY FAITH, BY

OUR YES, INTO THAT GRACE OF

GOD.”

HOW ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THIS

YES STRONG?

BY SHOWING UP.

BY SIMPLY COMING TO GOD EVEN

WHEN WE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT,

EVEN WHEN WE DON’T KNOW WHAT

IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE

BELIEVE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS

GRACE IN OUR ACCOUNT TO BRING

FORTH THE PROMISES OF GOD.

I HAVE A FRIEND, AND SHE HAS

AN AMAZING YOUNG SON.

HE’S IN COLLEGE, AND SHE

ADORES HIM, AND HE’S A GOOD

GUY, AND SHE’S SO FUNNY,

BECAUSE SHE HAS THE

FINANCIAL MEANS

TO HELP HIM.

SO SHE’LL GO CHECK HIS

ACCOUNT, AND WHEN SHE SEES

HIS BANK ACCOUNT GETTING A

LITTLE LOW, SHE’LL PUT MONEY

IN IT SO THAT HE’LL HAVE

PROVISION TO PAY HIS BILLS,

TO BUY GROCERIES, TO BUY HIS

BOOKS.

SO SHE’LL CHECK THAT ACCOUNT

OFTEN, AND SHE’LL SEE, YOU

KNOW, THE LEVEL OF HIS

FINANCES, AND SHE’LL ADD THAT

SO THAT HE’LL HAVE WHAT HE

NEEDS TO CARRY OUT HIS LIFE,

AND DO YOU KNOW IN MUCH

THE SAME WAY THAT IS WHAT

YOU HAVE?

YOU HAVE A HEAVENLY FATHER

WHO IS WATCHING THIS GRACE

ACCOUNT OF YOURS, AND HE IS

NOT GOING TO LET IT GET LOW.

HE’S NOT GOING TO LET IT RUN

DRY.

EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THAT

ACCOUNT, EVERY TIME YOU SHOW

UP AND SAY, “YES, GOD,” THERE

IS GRACE IN YOUR ACCOUNT TO

DRAW FROM.

THERE IS PROVISION.

THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO

UNDERSTAND.

IT IS GRACE THAT WE ARE

SAVED.

IT’S NOT OF OURSELVES.

IT IS A SIMPLE GIFT.

MY FRIEND GIVES HER SON A

GIFT.

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE GIFT OF

GRACE.

THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO CAUSE

YOU TO GO THROUGH.

THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO

STRENGTHEN YOUR YES.

THAT’S WHY YOU’RE GOING TO

BECOME EVERYTHING GOD’S

CALLED YOU TO BE, BECAUSE YOU

ARE SAYING, “I WANT TO GET IN

THE PLAN OF GOD.

MY R.S.V.P., GOD, IS YES,

YES.

MY RESPONSE IS YES.”

LISTEN, WHEN YOU GO TO THAT

PARTY, THAT HOST DOESN’T

EXPECT YOU TO FIND THE FOOD,

DOESN’T EXPECT YOU TO, YOU

KNOW, GET YOUR OWN

DECORATIONS.

NO, IT’S ALREADY PREPARED FOR

YOU.

YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP AND

BE A PART OF IT.

SEE, GOD IS SAYING, “SHOW UP

AND BE A PART OF WHAT I WANT

TO DO IN YOU AND WHAT I WANT

TO DO THROUGH YOU.

BUT IT’S ONLY GOING TO TAKE

PLACE, THOSE PROMISES ARE

ONLY GOING TO COME TO PASS,

BY MY GRACE.”

SOME OF YOU NEED TO JUST SAY,

“OKAY, I’M GOING TO MY GRACE

ACCOUNT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I’M GETTING UP.

I’M COMING RIGHT TO THAT

ACCOUNT.

MAN, I WOULDN’T EVEN THINK

ABOUT GOING OUT TO

GET–WITHOUT GETTING MY GRACE

FIRST.

GOD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT I AM

HERE.

I’M SHOWING UP.

YOU’VE GOT PROVISION.

YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING I NEED.

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS HONOR

YOU, PUT YOU FIRST PLACE,

GIVE YOU THE GLORY, GOD, AND

YOU’LL DO WHAT I CAN’T DO.

YOU’LL GIVE ME THE GRACE TO

SEE IT THROUGH.”

AMEN?

AMEN.

2016 IS YOUR YEAR OF

UNMERITED FAVOR, OF GOD’S

GRACE IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN?

GRACE IN YOUR LIFE, AMEN?