Expectation

Expectation is an interesting concept. One year my mom told me her New Year’s resolution was going to be “expecting less of others”. At first I thought that was pretty cynical, like she thought people were bound to disappoint so it’d be easier to just expect that from them. That wasn’t the point at all though. She wanted to grow in contentment, to not be emotionally dependent, on others meeting her needs or expectations.

With God, expectation can and should look very different. He is perfect, he is good, he loves and his plan for each of us is always to give us hope and a future. His promises are true, and we need to believe that. When we pray for healing, provision, wisdom, understanding, or direction, what do we expect? God won’t always give us what we think we need, but we can expect that he will give us what he already knows we need. In the same way, he wants to use us to give others what they need. Having the expectation for God to do exceedingly and abundantly more than we could ever ask or imagine will build our trust in him and it will move him.

Watch this short message from Dr. Randy Clark about the Power of Expectation

Now take some of these truths and declare them. If you take half a dozen verses and commit to declaring them, let’s say 5 times a day, it will start to change your expectation about God, what he can and will do through you and for you.

1. My prayers are powerful and effective (2 Cor 5:21; James 5:16b)
2. God richly supplies all my financial needs (Phil 4:19)
3. I am dead to sin and alive to obeying God (Romans 6:11)
4. I walk in ever-increasing health (Isaiah 53:3-5)
5. I live under a supernatural protection (Ps 91)
6. I prosper in all my relationships (Luke 2:52)
7. I consistently bring God encounters to other people (Mark 16:17,18)
8. Through Jesus I am 100% loved and worthy to receive all of God’s blessings (Gal 3:1-5)
9. Each of my family members is wonderfully blessed and radically loves Jesus (Acts 16:30.31)
10.I uproariously laugh when I hear a lie from the devil (Psalms 2:2-4)

11. I set the course of my life today with my words (James 3:2-5).
12. I declare today that I cannot be defeated, discouraged, depressed or disappointed. (Phil 4:13)
13. I am the head. I have insight. I have wisdom. I have ideas. I have authority. (Deut 28:13; Deut 8:18; James 1:5-8; Luke 10:19)
14. As I speak God’s promises, they come to pass. They stop all attacks, assaults, oppression, and fear from my life. (2 Peter 1:2-4; Mark 11:23-24).
15. God is on my side today and therefore I cannot be defeated. (Romans 8:37; Psalms 91)
16. I have the wisdom of God today. I will think the right thoughts, say the right words, and make the right decisions in every situation I face. (1 Corinthians 2:16)
17. I choose life today. I choose health. I will not be depressed today. I will not be in lack today. I will not be confused today. (Deut 30:19; Neh 8:10; Ps 103:1-3; 2 Tim 1:6,7)
18. I expect the best day of my life spiritually, emotionally, relationally, and financially in Jesus’ name. (Romans 15:13)

You are not a muffin… YOU are a cupcake!

Have a great day cupcakes!

~Sally