Raising your Level of Expectancy
Hebrews 11:1 – Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Note: We cannot have HOPE without having Faith. Hope is CONFIDENT EXPECTATION! At Hope Haven we should grab hold of a confident expectation concerning our future.
What you expect is more than likely what you will get If you dwell on positive thoughts your life will follow in that direction If you choose to dwell on negative thoughts, you will live a negative life. If you expect defeat, failure or mediocrity, your subconscious mind will make sure that you lose, fail or sabotage every attempt to push above the average, and you will think of ways to elevate yourself by hurting or hindering others.We must learn to change our thinking before we can ever change our living conditions. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Program your mind for success
Each day you must choose to live with an attitude that expects good things to happen to you. Proverbs 18: 21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. When you arise in the morning you should set your mind in the right direction and speak positive things, such as, this is going to be a great day. The Lord is guiding and directing my steps. His favor is surrounding me. I am excited about today. Start your day with faith and expectancy and then go out anticipating good things. Phil 4: 6 Fret not about anything, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. Refuse to allow negative words coming from the minds of negative people influence your day. Don’t allow vipers to Poison your positive mindset. Negative Words are Death to the Spirit---They don’t uplift, heal, help, nourish, inspire, cure, bring hope…they eat at the soul. If your expectations this year are the same as they were last year or ten years ago, then you may be trapped in a life rut – a life track or path of living with no positive expectations. IT IS TIME TO GO FORWARD ………….God usually meets us at our level of expectancy
o Some people tend to expect the worst, and they have what their faith expects. You don’t have to be a Pessimist – Worrywart with gloomy expectations….
o Other people feel so overwhelmed by their troubles that they have difficulty believing that anything good could happen to them.
§ I have so many problems
§ My marriage is in trouble
§ My children won’t do right
§ I’m out of here
§ I feel depressed
§ I think I need some meds
§ If it don’t work I will just go somewhere else
§ My business isn’t going well
§ My health is going downhill
§ How can I live with enthusiasm? How do you expect me to get up and say this is going to be a good day when my life is so messy?
o You have to start believing that good things are coming your way, and they will.
o What are you expecting in life? Are you anticipating good things or bad things? Significant or mediocrity? Are you expecting things to change in your favor? Are you expecting to experience the goodness of God? Or are you allowing your circumstances or feelings to dull your enthusiasm for life and imprison you in a negative frame of mind?
o Break out of your self-imposed Prison – One of the common slogans among men and women who are serving long sentences in federal prison is, you’ve got nothin’ comin’. It is a sad, hopeless statement, robbing the inmates of the little hope that they have left.
o Many people on the outside of prison are living behind self-imposed bars, in prisons of their own making, and have adapted to the same type of thinking.
o You can break out of that prison mentality. The door is unlocked. All you have to do is to start expecting good things in your life and start believing the Lord for a great future. Tell yourself that YOU DO HAVE GOOD THINGS COMING!
Eyes of Faith
o Start viewing life through your eyes of faith and start seeing yourself as happy, healthy and whole.
o Even when your situation looks bleak, and when you feel like being discouraged or depressed, our must encourage yourself by praying, Lord, I know that you are in control and even though this looks impossible, I know today could be the day that things turn around. Today could be the day –
o You must make a conscious decision, an act of your will to maintain an attitude of expectancy and keep your mind filled with thoughts of hope.
o Thought: What if I do all of that and it doesn’t work. What do you have to lose by keeping your hopes alive?
o Your difficult situation will never improve as long as you stay in a negative frame of mind.
o If you develop an attitude of faith and expect events to change positively, then at the right time, that situation will turn around.
o Good things don’t happen as quickly as we would like, but instead of slouching into negative expectations, we must keep our minds set on God with an attitude, Lord, I know that you are at work in my life. Although my miracle did not occur today, but I believe that you are working on it.
o Sometimes we need to stop focusing on all that we have lost-and be grateful for all that we have left!
Find somewhere where you can Pray and DREAM
o Perhaps you need to change your environment. Quit sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. Quit worrying about how nothing is ever going to get better in your life. Instead go find somewhere you can dream, it may be at church, it may be the park, or a walk by the lake. Find someplace where your faith will be elevated. Get into an atmosphere of victory, where people build you up rather than tear you down. Find a place where people will encourage you and challenge you to be the best you can be. Find a place where people inspire you to reach for new heights.
Raising your level of Expectancy
Work Sheet
Name: _______________________ Date: _____________
How do you normally start your day?
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What thoughts do you dwell on the most?
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Do the following statements sound like you?
o It just isn’t fair
o I’m not going to get anywhere
o I think I’ll just quit
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