What is Your Next Yes?

Sunday Service: June 29, 2025 • Missionary Lana Vasquez at HOPE Church in Clarksville, MD ---

In this powerful sermon, Lana Vasquez shares her journey of radical obedience to God’s call, recounting how her ministry has expanded from rescuing trafficked and orphaned children in Thailand and war-torn Burma to confronting overwhelming darkness in Brazil. Amid personal hardship and spiritual exhaustion, she nearly gave up, but through a renewed encounter with God in the Amazon, she was reminded of the "faces on the other side of her yes"—the lives forever changed because she obeyed, even when it was hard. Drawing from Peter’s story of walking on water, she emphasizes that faith often means stepping out when it’s uncomfortable, inconvenient, or even terrifying. The message is clear: following Jesus isn’t about a single moment of saying yes, but about continuously offering our next yes, no matter the cost. God doesn’t expect perfection—just obedience—and He promises to meet us in the storms, uphold us by His word, and empower us to walk in authority over what once tried to drown us. This is a call to every believer to step out of comfort, embrace divine discomfort, and walk with Jesus as wet-feet water walkers.