• The Best Yes

  • Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands
  • By: Lysa TerKeurst
  • Narrated by: Amber Quick
  • Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,752 ratings)

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The Best Yes

By: Lysa TerKeurst
Narrated by: Amber Quick
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Learn to find and play the role God wants most for you to play, not the ones you feel pressured into playing for the sake of others or even our sense of accomplishment and worth. Most of us spend a lot of our lives figuring out when to say yes and when to say no. How to manage our time, reduce stress, do our best for our families, find a little space for "me". But we don't find space for our souls until we learn to step past the yes and no of daily decisions and seek a third option: the best yes. The best yes is the choice that shapes all our other choices. It's what allows us to play our necessary parts in God's plan, to spend our energy and focus our passion on the assignments that really are ours.

How do we learn to say that best yes? It requires honesty. Imagination. Attention. Trust. Humility. Practice - lots of practice. And wisdom. The best yes is really all about wisdom - learning to make truly wise decisions. And that's the heart of this book. "I want us to become powerfully effective decision makers," writes Lysa Terkeurst. "Because then we will live powerfully effective lives. And spend our souls doing powerfully effective work to the glory of God." With her signature mix of transparency, Scripture-laced insight, and "been there" humor, she suggests usable strategies for choosing wisely and encourages us all to shout and whisper our own best yes to life, day by decision-making day.

©2014 Thomas Nelson (P)2014 Thomas Nelson

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This book was an answer to prayer. Saying no when I know that I should has always been hard. I don’t like to see people suffer. But we sometimes get in their way of growing spiritually, naturally or both. I will need to refer to it again because the author had several examples to apply to my life. I would definitely recommend this book to others

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  • 01-26-22

Wow, so relevant & relatable

The performance was smooth & Familiar (like a friend's voice).

Loved the message, easy to absorb & implement.

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This book is a best yes!

This book gave me so much truth and peace that I needed in a busy & chaotic world.

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So needed when overwhelmed

What an amazing book. Inspiring and just plain real talk. A book that clarifies you don't a have to do it all to be the best. If you think that you NEED to say yes to every thing because you are Christian and it would be as if you are not enough, this is for you.

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awesome! the power of yes and no

loved to this book! I say yes to too many things and then my family and myself suffers! Thanks for showing me it's okay to say no. I so desperately want joy in my everyday life! This is a step in the right direction!

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Awesome!

This book got to the heart of issues that women face. We have a heart to help every person that we can and we don't know when to say no. With this book you will learn how to talk through decisions before saying yes or no. Great listen!

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Wow- absolutely life changing!!!

This book is incredible and it is filled with wisdom and truth! A must read!!

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  • 05-29-17

Amazing

Incredibly helpful and powerful!! Tangible and life changing! Lysa is a great at connecting with her audience and I feel empowered to make the best decisions yet

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My Best Yeses

I am so inspired to be more intentional with my best yeses. The point that hit home with me is that instead of beating myself up and wondering where I failed when my kids mess up, I need to remember that God knew my kids would need what I can give them as their mother.

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The Best Yes

Valuable insight that I wished I’d had years ago….but God’s timing is perfect so I’m grateful to have been able to experience this wisdom now. Thank you Lysa for sharing your wisdom & insight.

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