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When we 45 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 6: turn the key, we expect the car to start. When 46 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 6: the clouds darken, we expect it to rain. When our 47 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 6: team's up forty points, we expect to win the game. 48 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 6: The question is not if we're expecting, but what are 49 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 6: we expecting? Are we expecting the right things? Are we 50 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:22,360 Speaker 6: expecting enough? The Bible shows us that God meets us 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,679 Speaker 6: at the level of our expectation. When we wake up 52 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 6: expecting to have a great day, God meets us right there. 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:33,480 Speaker 6: When we expect opportunity, he opens doors. When we expect 54 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 6: to meet the right people, he brings them across our 55 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 6: paths Wherever our level of expectation is. That's where we're 56 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 6: asking God to meet us. That's the extent we're allowing 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 6: him to move in our lives. He wants to do 58 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 6: something amazing, but we got to give him some room 59 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 6: to work. We got to expect the miracle, expect the breakthrough, 60 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 6: expect our dreams to come to pass. Sometimes we find 61 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 6: ourselves expecting the very things we don't want. We expect 62 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 6: the relationship not to last. We expect that we won't 63 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 6: get the job or the position. We expect to struggle 64 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 6: with addiction. When God's saying I want the best for you, 65 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 6: why are you expecting the worst? Maybe we think if 66 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 6: I don't expect much, then I won't be disappointed. The 67 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 6: truth is, if you don't expect much, you'll miss your destiny. 68 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 6: If we're going to become all that God's created us 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 6: to be, we have to learn to expect on his level. 70 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 6: We have to take a step beyond what's familiar, beyond 71 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 6: the ordinary, into what only He can do. This is 72 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 6: a time to redefine our expectations. If we don't set them, 73 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 6: then people and circumstances will set them for us. I've 74 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 6: heard it said things just keep getting worse. This is 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 6: just the way the world's headed. That kind of talk 76 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 6: has created such a negative outlook in our generation. We've 77 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 6: been told twenty seventeen was bad, twenty eighteen made it worse, 78 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 6: and now it's all downhill from here about you. But 79 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 6: I'm done letting anyone other than God tell me what's next. 80 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 6: Let's stir our expectation in twenty nineteen. Let's believe for 81 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 6: our best year yet. Let's believe this is the year 82 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 6: we see our family restored, this is the year we 83 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 6: are set free. This is the year we take new ground. 84 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 6: It's not just positive thinking. Expectation is our faith being released. 85 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,919 Speaker 6: It's a force that can move mountains. 86 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 4: Part sees bring the dead to life. 87 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 6: If our expectations don't seem impossible, if our dreams aren't intimidating, 88 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 6: if what we're believing for is anything less than extraordinary, 89 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 6: then it doesn't take faith. We're talking about God size expectation. 90 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 6: The kind of expectation that says, I'll pay this car 91 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 6: off in half the time and be able to give 92 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 6: it away. The kind of expectation that says, right now, 93 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 6: I'm working for this company, but one day I'm gonna 94 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 6: own it. The kind of expectation and that says I 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 6: will be healed, I will be set free despite what 96 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 6: the situation looks like. Maybe you're thinking that sounds awesome, 97 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 6: but you also sound crazy. Then we're off to a 98 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 6: good start. Let's get our hopes up. I imagine God 99 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 6: looks at that level of expectation with a smile and says, 100 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 6: I'll meet you there. Finally she's getting a glimpse of 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 6: who I am. Finally he's scratching the surface of what 102 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 6: I have in store. Isaiah thirty eighteen says God is 103 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 6: longing to be good to those who expect and look 104 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 6: for his goodness. My question is what are you looking for? 105 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 6: What are you expecting? Are you looking for what could 106 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,359 Speaker 6: go wrong? Are you expecting more of the same, or 107 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 6: are you looking for God's favor? Expecting him to show 108 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 6: up this year? He's longing to be good to people 109 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 6: like that. Let's raise our level of expectation. In twenty nineteen, 110 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 6: there are hundreds of people gathered around one man, A 111 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 6: man they said could make the blind see in the 112 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 6: lame walk, a man who could touch a leper and 113 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 6: cause him to be healed. The whole city had come 114 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 6: to get a glimpse of this man, Jesus. As he 115 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 6: made his waist through the streets, the people pushed and shouted, 116 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 6: trying to get as close as they could. In the 117 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 6: midst of all that chaos, a woman pressed through the 118 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 6: crowd with one thought in her mind. If I can 119 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 6: touch him, I'll be healed. This woman had suffered for 120 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 6: twelve years with chronic bleeding. It took all the strength 121 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,800 Speaker 6: she had just to be there that day. With every 122 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 6: step she took, she said it again, I will be healed. 123 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 6: When she could finally see him, she reached out and 124 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 6: touched his robe, knowing full well what was about to happen. Suddenly, 125 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 6: Jesus stopped and asked, who touched my robe? The disciples 126 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 6: probably thought, here we go again. Why does he always 127 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 6: ask these kind of questions. Jesus, everyone's touching you. There's 128 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 6: hundreds of people here. He said, no, this was different. 129 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 2: Who was it? 130 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 6: When she realized she couldn't hide any longer, the woman 131 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 6: stepped forward, hung her head and said it was me. 132 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 6: Jesus looked at her with a smile, lifted her head 133 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 6: and said, you took a risk. 134 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,239 Speaker 4: Now you're healed and whole, Go and live well. 135 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 6: Dozens of people brushed up against Jesus that day. The 136 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:24,440 Speaker 6: woman who reached out in expectation received a miracle. 137 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 4: Where are we in that crowd. 138 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 6: Are we brushing up against him just hoping something happens, 139 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 6: or are we like the woman who reached out expecting. 140 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 4: To be healed. 141 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 6: There are a lot of people with needs that day. 142 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 6: The fact that they were even there shows us that 143 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 6: they believed what they had heard about Jesus. But there's 144 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 6: a difference between believing and expecting. The others said God, 145 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 6: I know you can. This woman said, God, I know 146 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 6: you will. If we want to see the power of 147 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:56,760 Speaker 6: God in our lives, we need to go from believing 148 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 6: to expecting. Many of us believe God can do great things. 149 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 6: We know it's possible with him, but we don't expect 150 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 6: that it will happen to us. We don't make room 151 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,000 Speaker 6: for him to work. When we live expectantly, it gets 152 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 6: God's attention when we wake up each day expecting to overcome, 153 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,720 Speaker 6: expecting to be debt free, expecting to be a greater blessing. 154 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 4: Heaven sees that, and the angels go to work. 155 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,239 Speaker 6: They get that miracle, that breakthrough down off the shelf 156 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 6: and put it in one of those brown Amazon boxes 157 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 6: with your name on it. They're like, finally someone is 158 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 6: expecting a delivery. We've got warehouses full of this stuff 159 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 6: up here. Why don't we throw in a few extra blessings. 160 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:45,040 Speaker 6: Send the joy, send the strength, send the opportunity. God 161 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 6: is longing to be good to us. Let's not keep 162 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 6: them waiting because we're not expecting. The Bible says she 163 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 6: kept saying to herself, I will be healed. She didn't 164 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 6: just say it once, she said it over and over. 165 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 6: I will be healed, will be restored, I will overcome. 166 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 6: She was releasing her face, and it started with what 167 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 6: she said to herself. It started with her thoughts in 168 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 6: the same way. We can't go around thinking I'll never 169 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 6: get any better. This is as good as I get. 170 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 6: There's nothing good in my future. Doubt and fear may come, 171 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 6: But like that woman, we have to speak up and 172 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,679 Speaker 6: keep saying to ourself. I will succeed, I will be free. 173 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 6: The best is yet to come. Don't just say it once, 174 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,440 Speaker 6: say it until you're convinced. This is our year to 175 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,840 Speaker 6: expect great things. This is our year to dream again, 176 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 6: to see God do something new. We can talk ourselves 177 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 6: out of the miracle, or like she did, we can 178 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 6: talk ourselves into it. Let's set our thoughts in the 179 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 6: right direction. In twenty nineteen, the difference between believing and 180 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 6: expecting is that two people can be in the same 181 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 6: place at the same time, doing the same thing and 182 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:57,679 Speaker 6: have entirely different experiences. 183 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 4: Some of the people there that day we're. 184 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 6: At the right place at the right time, and even 185 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 6: came into physical contact with Jesus, but miss the miracle. 186 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 4: Why there was no expectation. 187 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 6: How many times have we bumped up against Jesus thinking 188 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 6: he doesn't have anything for me. I don't want to 189 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 6: bother him. The good news is tonight. We're in the 190 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 6: right place at the right time, and God saying, will 191 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:26,080 Speaker 6: you just reach out? I want to be good to you. 192 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 6: Are we coming on Sunday night expecting to hear from God? 193 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 6: Or are we waiting for the songs or the speaker 194 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 6: to determine what kind of experience we have. We should 195 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 6: come expecting God to show up. We should come expecting 196 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 6: to make new friends. We should come expecting to be 197 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 6: refreshed and renewed. When we approach life like that, we'll 198 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 6: stop brushing up against Jesus and start reaching out for him. 199 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 6: He's not going to pass us by. We're not going 200 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 6: to miss what he has for us. We're determined to 201 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 6: become all that He's created us to be. When a 202 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 6: couple is believing for a baby, it's one thing they 203 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 6: may believe for a few months or a few years 204 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:09,600 Speaker 6: before anything happens. But when the woman becomes pregnant, everything changes. 205 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 6: And I'm not about to assume what that's like, but 206 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,840 Speaker 6: I do know it's a whole new attitude. It changes 207 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 6: the way they talk, the way they think. It's no 208 00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 6: longer if it's when they start getting ready for what's 209 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 6: about to happen. They buy toys and clothes, they read books, 210 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 6: they get a crib, they start making a list of names. 211 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 6: Now they're expecting when that baby finally arrives, they've prepared 212 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 6: for it. That's how we should expect, not if, but 213 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 6: when when I get promoted, when I get healed, when 214 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 6: my family is restored. Start getting ready for what God 215 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 6: is about to do. Let's get a vision for what 216 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 6: we're expecting. Take a tour of that campus, meet some 217 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,120 Speaker 6: people there, go to that open house. 218 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 4: They don't know. 219 00:11:55,559 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 6: You can't afford it right now. Maybe you're single, you 220 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 6: can plan your wedding annivers or if you're in the hospital, 221 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 6: have someone bring your running shoes and keep them by 222 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 6: your bed. 223 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,800 Speaker 4: That's what my grandfather did. 224 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 6: You might not be able to use them right now, 225 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 6: but every time you look at them, you can say, 226 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 6: I will run again. 227 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 4: You're expecting. 228 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 6: At first, when there's no sign of a baby, the 229 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 6: couple doesn't say, you know what, it's been a month 230 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 6: and I haven't seen anything. I don't think we're expecting anymore. No, 231 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 6: they don't need to see it, they don't even need 232 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,320 Speaker 6: to feel it. They got a report from the doctor 233 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 6: that says a baby is on the way. That's all 234 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 6: they need to start making preparations. 235 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 4: If we can. 236 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 6: Expect what a doctor says, surely we can expect what 237 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 6: God says. There was a couple that lived in a 238 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 6: tiny apartment and they were happy, but they knew God 239 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 6: had bigger plans. So they bought this couch that was 240 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 6: way too big for their living room. It was pushed 241 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 6: all the way up against the wall and they still 242 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 6: had to turn sideways just to get by. Whenever people 243 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,280 Speaker 6: came over, they would say, I'm sorry, you'll have to 244 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 6: excuse our couch. We bought it for our new house. 245 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 6: When asked where they were moving, the couple always replied, 246 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 6: we don't know yet. We just know we're not staying here. 247 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,320 Speaker 6: Some people thought that was crazy, but these people just 248 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 6: knew God had better things in store. They were getting 249 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 6: ready for it. Three years went by and those same 250 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 6: people would ask when are you moving? The couple would 251 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 6: always say soon. They didn't let it bother them. They 252 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 6: never thought, maybe we should have just bought a smaller couch. 253 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 4: This is ridiculous. 254 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 6: No, they kept expecting until one day they were offered 255 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 6: this huge promotion. It was an amazing opportunity. And do 256 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,560 Speaker 6: you know where that couch is now? It's not in 257 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 6: their new house. They bought other furniture. They gave that 258 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 6: couch to another couple that's expecting their dream home. We 259 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 6: can't overestimate God. He always meets us at the level 260 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 6: of our expectation. Take the limits off, don't let it 261 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Speaker 6: be so low he can't fit anything there. Start getting 262 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,400 Speaker 6: ready for what God's about to do. Make some room 263 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 6: for him to work. We don't have to buy a 264 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 6: really big couch, But what can we do to show 265 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 6: God that we're expecting. Let's say what that couple did soon? 266 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 6: When is that problem going to turn around soon? When 267 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 6: are you getting out of debt soon? When is that 268 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 6: door going to open soon? Say it by face, Say 269 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 6: it with expectancy, and watch how God meets us there. 270 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 6: Have you ever told a five year old something and 271 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 6: then almost wished you hadn't because they never ever forgot it. 272 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 6: I have some friends of mine have a little boy 273 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,200 Speaker 6: that's about five years old, and one day he was 274 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 6: playing with some legos that I have. He's flying this 275 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 6: ship around making the sound effects. It keeps falling apart. 276 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 6: I'm trying to put it back together. But he doesn't care. 277 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 6: He's loving life. You've never seen happiness like this. So 278 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 6: in the spur of the moment, I say, hey, I'll 279 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 6: get you some of these legos. I meant for his 280 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 6: birthday or for Christmas. I didn't mean I get them. 281 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 6: In like fifteen minutes, I said that. It was all 282 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 6: he could talk about. He kept asking, Jo, did you 283 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 6: get my legos yet? I said, it's been three minutes. 284 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 6: I've been right here the whole time. How would I 285 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 6: have gotten your legos? The next time I saw him, 286 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 6: he didn't say hi, He didn't give me a hug. 287 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 6: The first words out of his mouth were, did you 288 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 6: get my legos? I would get calls from his parents' 289 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 6: phone throughout the week, and when I answered, this little 290 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 6: voice on the other end. 291 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 4: Would ask me about legos. I could not escape it. 292 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 6: But he wasn't being rude, he wasn't being unfriendly, he 293 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 6: wasn't even demanding. He just knew if I told him 294 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 6: I'd get him legos, I would. He believed me enough 295 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 6: to expect it. The thought that he wasn't going to 296 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 6: get legos never crossed his mind. He might not have 297 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 6: known when, but he never doubted I even overheard him 298 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 6: telling other people I was going to get him legos. 299 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 6: It wasn't his birthday, it wasn't Christmas. But I finally 300 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,600 Speaker 6: got him those legos, and I think I was even 301 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 6: happier than he was now that he had stopped asking. 302 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,280 Speaker 6: Isn't that what we should expect from God, that if 303 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 6: he said he'd do something, he'd do it. That's childlike expectation. 304 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 6: When we take God at his word, we hold on 305 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 6: to the promise. We can't help but tell other people. 306 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 6: This little boy didn't ask if I could afford it. 307 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 6: He didn't try to give me directions to the store 308 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 6: or check if it was in stock. And the same way, 309 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,280 Speaker 6: we don't have to figure it out for God. We 310 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 6: don't have to tell him how to do it. We 311 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 6: don't have to have a step by step plan with 312 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:36,000 Speaker 6: our expectation. The Bible says, ask and keep asking, expect 313 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 6: and keep expecting. God knows what he's saying, He meant 314 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 6: what he said. If there's no way he can make one, 315 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 6: sometimes it feels like if we can't figure it out, 316 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 6: then God probably can't either. We think expectation sounds great, 317 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 6: but let's be realistic. There's not enough time. This stet 318 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 6: is too great. I've had this addiction too long. No, 319 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 6: God didn't say ask, but keep it real, realistic, expect, 320 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 6: but don't get carried away. 321 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 4: He created reality. 322 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,399 Speaker 6: He gets to decide what's realistic, and he says we 323 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 6: can do all things through his strengths. He says we 324 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,880 Speaker 6: are free, equip talented. He calls us his children. Why 325 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 6: don't we expect like kids? 326 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:20,879 Speaker 4: Again? God is a good father. 327 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 6: He's longing to be good to us. Let's not keep 328 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 6: him waiting because we're not expecting. We don't have to 329 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 6: beg We don't have to figure it out. We can 330 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 6: trust because he's faithful. And if he said he'd do it, 331 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 6: then we can praise him like it's already done. In 332 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 6: Psalm five, David writes, each morning, I bring my request 333 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 6: to you and wait expectantly. He didn't pray and then 334 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 6: get discouraged. He didn't ask God and then become complacent. 335 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 6: David waited expectantly, and the time before our prayers are answered, 336 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,639 Speaker 6: the moment's leading up to the promise. There's always a 337 00:17:56,680 --> 00:17:59,720 Speaker 6: period of waiting. The question is are we waiting the 338 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 6: right way? When we wait expectantly, we wake up saying, 339 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 6: this could be the day I get the call, This 340 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 6: could be the day the situation turns around. We have 341 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 6: anticipation in our spirit. We might not see it yet, 342 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,240 Speaker 6: but we talk like it's on the way. We act 343 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,440 Speaker 6: like it's going to happen. We're not just waiting, we're 344 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 6: releasing our faith. We see this all throughout David's life. 345 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 6: He said things like, surely goodness and mercy will follow 346 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 6: me on my days. 347 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 4: He wasn't just hoping that happened. David was convinced. 348 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,240 Speaker 6: He expected it, and this is one of the reasons 349 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 6: God called him a man after his own heart. He 350 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 6: had great expectation. When David wrote some of these things. 351 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,400 Speaker 6: He wasn't the king of Israel. He was a man 352 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 6: on the run. The current king wanted him dead. Yet 353 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 6: he still said, I am confident I will see God's 354 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 6: goodness in the land of the living. He knew it 355 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 6: was only a matter of time before God delivered him, 356 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 6: and until then he was going to wait expectantly. True 357 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 6: waiting is not past, it's actively expecting. We're not thinking 358 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,360 Speaker 6: this is never gonna work out. I should just learn 359 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 6: to live with this problem. Like David, we pray, believe 360 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 6: and then start looking for the answer. We can say 361 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,679 Speaker 6: things like, surely his blessings will chase me down. I 362 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,400 Speaker 6: am confident God is going to show up. It could 363 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,680 Speaker 6: be a work, it could be a school. I could 364 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 6: get a call whenever wherever I'm on the lookout for 365 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 6: God's goodness. The Bible in the Book of James encourages 366 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 6: us to wait for God's promises like a farmer waits 367 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 6: for the harvest. 368 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 4: Think about that. 369 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 6: A farmer doesn't plant his crops and spend the next 370 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 6: six months worried. He doesn't stress when he can't see 371 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 6: the seed. He doesn't kick back and do nothing until springtime. 372 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 6: He's actively expected. He waters the seed, takes care of 373 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:55,239 Speaker 6: the soil, pulls up the weeds. On top of that, 374 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 6: he's making preparations for the harvest to come. He's getting 375 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 6: ready for what it's about to happen. Like a farmer, 376 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 6: we don't have to live anxious and worried while we 377 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 6: wait for the promise. We know it's not if it's 378 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 6: when God has us in the palm of his hand, 379 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 6: He'll never leave us or forsake us. He promised to 380 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 6: keep us in perfect peace. We don't have to stress 381 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 6: when the seed's underground. When we don't see anything happening, 382 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,320 Speaker 6: we know God is at work behind the scenes. 383 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 4: He's still in control. He'll do what he said. 384 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 6: When doubt and fears come pull him up like their weeds, 385 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 6: Let's just let them know that the harvest is on 386 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 6: the way. We're not waiting anxiously, We're waiting expectantly. It's 387 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,959 Speaker 6: an active position of faith. A farmer isn't complacent. He 388 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 6: cultivates what he's expecting and God causes it to grow. 389 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 6: It's our job to do the same while we wait. 390 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,800 Speaker 6: Let's thank God for what he's done in the past. 391 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 6: Let's praise him for what he's going to do in 392 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 6: the future. Keep saying to yourself, the promise is coming. 393 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 6: Don't give into negative thoughts. Stand on God's word and 394 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 6: start getting ready for it, making room for what is 395 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 6: about to happen. Let's worship while we wait. When we 396 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:11,199 Speaker 6: do what we can, God does the things we can't. 397 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 6: He brings the healing, he brings the favor, he brings 398 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 6: the deliverance. He's faithful to his promise. The Bible says, 399 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 6: while we wait, God gives us strength. He causes us 400 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 6: to soar like eagles. We may still face challenges, but 401 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 6: we can expect to overcome. We'll rise up and soar 402 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 6: above the difficulty. Maybe you're thinking, what if I expect 403 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 6: and it doesn't happen. What if I say this could 404 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 6: be the day and it's not. Then you're one step 405 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 6: closer to the promise. It might not have happened today, 406 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 6: but God can still do it tomorrow. We're not talking 407 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 6: about one or two days of expectation. We're not talking 408 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 6: about expecting for a week and seeing if it works. 409 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 6: We're talking about a lifestyle of expectation. Let's not miss 410 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 6: what God has for us because we weren't willing to 411 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 6: see step out in faith. It might seem impossible. God's 412 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,919 Speaker 6: not asking us to deny the facts. He's looking to 413 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 6: see if we'll put more weight in his promise or 414 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 6: our problem. The impossible hasn't stopped him yet. He flung 415 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 6: stars into space, He created the universe. He breathed life 416 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 6: into every soul. We can expect great things from our God. 417 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,159 Speaker 6: Romans eight says creation weights an eager expectation for what 418 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 6: God will reveal. One translation says, on its tiptoes, what 419 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 6: if that's how we approach this year on our tiptoes 420 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 6: and expectation, knowing that at any moment God could show up. 421 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 6: We can be on our tiptoes at work, at school, 422 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 6: at the grocery store. We're so looking forward to what 423 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 6: God is going to do that we can't keep our 424 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 6: feet on the ground. When people ask why we're so excited, 425 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 6: we'll tell them we're expecting the best. Twenty nineteen is 426 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 6: going to be a great year. That old cynical attitude 427 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 6: never got anyone anywhere. Let's leave that in the past 428 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 6: and be a generation on our tiptoes and expectation for 429 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 6: what God will do. What are you expecting this year? 430 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,120 Speaker 6: Is it enough? Let me say it this way. If 431 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 6: God gave us what we were expecting in twenty nineteen, 432 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 6: would we be pleased or would we look back and 433 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 6: wonder why we didn't expect his best. Don't be just 434 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 6: another person in the crowd. Reach out like that woman 435 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 6: and receive the miracle. The Bible says God has blessings 436 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,160 Speaker 6: stored up for the righteous. Twenty nineteen is a time 437 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 6: to bring some of those blessings. 438 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 4: Out of storage. 439 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,919 Speaker 6: For as much as I didn't want to let that 440 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 6: little boy down when I said I'd get him legos. 441 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 6: How much more will your heavenly father not let you down? 442 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 6: There are scholarships and management positions waiting for you. There 443 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 6: is freedom and healing and breakthrough in your future. God 444 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 6: is longing to be good to you. Don't let a 445 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 6: lack of expectation keep you from your legos. This is 446 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 6: your year to see the miraculous. This is your year 447 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 6: to experience God's goodness. He's going to show up. 448 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 4: He's going to. 449 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 6: Open doors and break chains. He'll take you to a 450 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 6: new level. You will be healed, you will be free, 451 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 6: you will fulfill your destiny. Let's do our part and 452 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 6: expect it. Let's get on our tiptoes. Let's wake up 453 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 6: like David and start looking for God's promise. It might 454 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 6: not happen our way or on our timetable, but God 455 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 6: always has our best interest at heart. He always meets 456 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 6: us at the level of our expectation. Take the limits off, 457 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 6: dare to expect great things. Dare to dream again. Dare 458 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 6: to believe God for the impossible. Release your faith and 459 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 6: watch how he responds. 460 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 4: Let's pray. 461 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 6: God, We're on our tiptoes and expectation this year. We 462 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 6: don't just believe you can. 463 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 4: God. We know you will. 464 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 6: You will heal, you will respect, or you will break chains. 465 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 4: Lord. 466 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 6: We know it's only a matter of time, and until then, 467 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 6: we're going to wait expectantly. 468 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 4: Lord. 469 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,520 Speaker 6: We're looking for your goodness this year. We're not expecting 470 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 6: just to maintain, just to barely get by. 471 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 4: God. 472 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 6: We're expecting your best in our lives. We're expecting your 473 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 6: best in your church. We're expecting the best in this city, 474 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 6: and we're expecting the best in this world. 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