What Happens When Women Say Yes to God

The same thing that happens when men say yes to God! There is no predicting the outcome.

Small beginnings produce colossal effects through the growth potential of living things. Or even through the reproductive process of nonliving viruses. The COVID-19 virus infected more than 768 million people and killed more than 6.9 million as of July 26, 2023.¹

In the spiritual realm, small beginnings can mushroom into world-changing ministry. The Holy Spirit’s power came upon 120 of Jesus’ followers in the Upper Room in Jerusalem (Acts 1:8).

They were the initial fruit of Jesus’s 3.5 years of supernatural ministry. They were the first people to say yes to His will for their lives. It was a small beginning. But it was exactly the right number to accomplish God’s purposes.

After Peter preached on the day of Pentecost, the number who said yes to Jesus instantly grew to 3,000 (Acts 2:41). Soon, it increased to about 5,000 (Acts 4:4). By the middle of 2023, it was over 2.6 billion professing Christians worldwide.²

That growth is the result of people who tell others what Jesus has done for them. It has continued for 2,000 years through an unbroken chain of people who have said yes to Jesus, extending from the 120 to you.

The “good infection” of Jesus’ life passes from person to person like COVID-19. We cooperate with God in that venture.

We cannot plant Jesus’ life in others, but God usually does not do it without human witnesses. Our witness makes a difference. Instead of many dying from the “bad infection,” God saves, transforms, and fills with faith, hope, and love many through the “good infection.”

So, how is the Holy Spirit of Jesus moving you to contribute to this worldwide extension of His kingdom? The answer is related to what you are enthusiastic about and good at.

How can you use what you are good at and enthusiastic about to further God’s kingdom on earth? Small beginnings, perseverance, and God’s enabling grace (2 Corinthians 9:8) can bear more spiritual fruit than you can imagine. That is what matters, not fulfilling your dreams.

I have experienced it. You can too.

My small beginning was saying yes to God’s call into vocational Christianity after resisting it for about five years. After that, I gathered more than forty years of life and ministry experience.

All that prepared me to write more than six hundred blogs after retiring from pastoral ministry. Unexpectedly, God has used some of those blogs to touch more than fifty million people through boosted Facebook posts in the Philippines, India, and nine African countries.

Two hundred sixty of those blogs formed “His Power for Your Weakness,” a book African pastors have used to teach Christian faith basics to more than 15,000 people in the last three years, with 6,090 saved as of September 2025. We have provided Chichewa Bibles to 10,600 people who attended the classes.

It began with a simple yet difficult yes to God’s calling away from a secular job I enjoyed to a far more fulfilling life of bringing joy to others.

Small spiritual beginnings can eventually yield colossal spiritual effects. It begins by saying and continuing to say yes to God! What is your takeaway? See additional free spiritual growth resources for Christians. #freediscipleshipresources #freeevangelismresources #freechristianleadershipresources

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God has empowered me to write His Power for Your Weakness—260 Steps Toward Spiritual Strength. It’s a free, evangelistic, devotional, and discipleship e-book. Pastors have used it in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia to lead 6,090 people to Christ and teach the basics of Christianity to 15,150 people. I invite you to explore and use it in your setting.   https://www.christiangrowthresources.com/his-power-for-your-weakness

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