The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst

Week 12: Chapter 11 — Living the Best Yes Life

Read Chapter 11 of The Best Yes. Key Scripture: Ephesians 5:15–17.

This chapter is an invitation to imagine — and then actually begin — the life that a consistent Best Yes makes possible. Come ready to dream a little, and to commit.

Discussion Questions

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1.Lysa paints a picture of what the Best Yes life looks like — not a life with fewer problems or less demand, but a life with more clarity, intentionality, and peace. What elements of that picture do you most deeply want for your own life?

2.She is clear that the Best Yes life is not a perfectly ordered life — it is a practiced life, one that requires continual return to wisdom, prayer, and recalibration. What does "continual return" look like practically for you?

3.Ephesians 5:15–17 calls us to "make the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." Lysa uses this passage to call readers to a sober awareness of how quickly time passes. How does the brevity of life affect your motivation to protect your Best Yes decisions?

4.Lysa encourages readers to look at a typical week and identify where they are consistently saying yes out of habit, obligation, or avoidance — and to make intentional changes. What habit-driven yes in your week needs to be reconsidered?

5.She writes about the freedom and lightness that come when we learn to live from a Best Yes posture — less resentment, more presence, more joy. Where do you most want to experience that freedom in your specific circumstances?

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Closing Prayer

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Father, thank You that You did not leave me to manage my days without You. You have promised to lead me, to guide me, and to prepare good works for me to walk in. Help me live with open hands — releasing what is not mine and embracing what truly is. Let the days of my life, each small decision and each carefully protected yes, become an offering of worship to You. May my Best Yes always be, at its deepest root, a yes to You. Amen.

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