What has God done in your life this year? What are you hoping to carry into the new year? We hear from author Lysa TerKeurst about what happens when we say yes to God.

Lysa shares her past tendency to say yes to too many things and overcrowd her schedule.

“When I set my life to the rhythm of rush, I don’t like who I am… I build buffer time and have little gaps to really be able to pay attention to what God might have for me. It’s creating those little pockets of time to do for one what I wish I could do for all. It’s really establishing the patten in life to pay attention to God.”

Lysa shares some takeaways for us:

“Saying no is a necessary protection for my ‘best yes.'”

“Don’t mistake the command to love with the desire to please.”

Lysa’s new book is .

Key Scriptures: Psalm 34:18; Joshua 1:9

Featured Songs: My Grown-Up Christmas List by Amy Grant; Be Born in Me by Francesca Battistelli; Christmas Time is Here by Steven Curtis Chapman

Saying yes to God