{"id":938,"date":"2015-09-30T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T14:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=938"},"modified":"2015-11-06T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T19:19:57","slug":"good-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/good-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD EXPECTATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-938-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/083015GoodExpectations.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/083015GoodExpectations.mp3\">https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/083015GoodExpectations.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/083015GoodExpectations.mp3\" target=\"_self\" class=\"emd_dl_blue_four\" download>Download<\/a>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four {\r\n        -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #3d94f6), color-stop(1, #1e62d0) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #3d94f6 5%, #1e62d0 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#3d94f6', endColorstr='#1e62d0');\r\n        background-color:#3d94f6;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topleft:0px;\r\n        border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topright:0px;\r\n        border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        text-indent:0;\r\n        border:1px solid #337fed;\r\n        display:inline-block;\r\n        color:#ffffff !important;\r\n        font-family:Georgia;\r\n        font-size:15px;\r\n        font-weight:bold;\r\n        font-style:normal;\r\n        height:25px;\r\n        line-height:25px;\r\n        width:90px;\r\n        text-decoration:none;\r\n        text-align:center;\r\n        text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #1570cd;\r\n    }\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four:hover {\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #1e62d0), color-stop(1, #3d94f6) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #1e62d0 5%, #3d94f6 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#1e62d0', endColorstr='#3d94f6');\r\n        background-color:#1e62d0;\r\n    }.emd_dl_blue_four:active {\r\n        position:relative;\r\n        top:1px;\r\n    }\r\n    <\/style><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">EXPECTATIONS MUST BE : <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">BASED ON GOD&#8217;S WORD<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">NOT ON WISHFUL THINKING<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">NOT ON PREDICTING RESULTS OF YOUR EFFORTS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">NOT ON HEARTFELT DESIRES FOR THE OTHER PERSON<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0&#8230;.OTHERWISE, OUR LIFE WILL BE FILLED WITH HUGE DISAPPOINTMENTS, ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.\u00a0\u00a0 BUT, IF OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE BIBLICAL, WE CAN APPROACH EACH DAY WITH JOY, PEACE, AND THE EXPECTATION THAT GOD WILL BRING US THROUGH VICTORIOUSLY.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">1. EXPECTATIONS OF OURSELVES.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> A. DON&#8217;T HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF OURSELVES THAT MAKE US GREATER THAN OTHERS.\u00a0ANY GOOD THING IN US COMES FROM GOD ANYWAY.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Romans 12:3<\/strong> <em>For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> &#8211;BE REALISTIC, HONEST. GOD GAVE YOU GIFTS. ACKNOWLEDGE THEM TO BE FROM HIM. YOU CAN&#8217;T BE PROUD ABOUT WHAT SOMEONE ELSE DID. SO, GIVE GLORY AND THANKS TO GOD. The Holy Spirit ties together what a person thinks of themselves with their faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. HAVE EXPECTATIONS THAT YOU WILL BE GETTING BETTER AND WILL BE GROWING IN THE LORD. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">ARE YOU RIGHTEOUS ? THEN, YOU KNOW THAT WHAT IS UP AHEAD IS GOOD. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Proverbs 11:23<\/strong> <em>The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">YOU HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON WHAT IS AHEAD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> &#8211;MUST HAVE FAITH IN YOUR EXPECTATIONS. BUT, WHAT IS FAITH ? IS IT SOMETHING YOU MAKE UP, OR IS IT BASED UPON THE FACTS THAT GOD SETS BEFOPRE YOU AND SAYS, &#8220;TAKE, EAT.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">C. HAVING AN EXPECTATION ABOUT YOUR HEALTH. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">PAUL ALREADY HAD SEVERAL PHYSICAL PROBLEMS. YET, HE HAD EXPECTATION THAT ALL WOULD WORK FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Philippians 1:20<\/strong> <em>According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">2. EXPECTATIONS OF THE LOST AND THE WILLINGLY BACKSLIDDEN.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> WHY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF THE LOST ? DID JESUS COME HERE EXPECTING THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD FOLLOW HIM ? NO. DID THE APOSTLES TRAVEL THE WORLD EXPECTING THAT ALL PEOPLE WOULD FOLLOW JESUS ? NO. YOU PRESENT THE GOSPEL, PRAY FOR PEOPLE, AND WAIT ON THEM TO RESPOND. YOU DON&#8217;T KNOW THEIR ACTIONS, IF THEY WILL OR NOT. Don&#8217;t anticipate that they will respond in the way you want them to.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> &#8211;MANY TIMES PEOPLE EXPECT SMART PEOPLE TO GET SAVED WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE FACTS. SOME SMART PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT THEIR HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IS ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND AND KNOW GOD SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO TRUST GOD. THEY FIRST HAVE TO COME TO REALITY. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Proverbs 26:12<\/strong><em> Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">3. EXPECTATION OF GOD.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN STUDY THE BIBLE AS AN ORDINARY BOOK, AND UNDERSTAND GOD AND ALL HIS PLANS. THIS IS NOT TRUE. GOD IS GREATER THAN OUR ABILITY TO COMPREHEND ALL OF GOD. SO, WE TAKE WHAT HE GIVES US, AND COMPREHEND HIS WORD THROUGH THE TEACHING OF HIS SPIRIT. IF WE COULD STUDY GREEK AND HEBREW AND KNOW ALL ABOUT THE BIBLE AND WHAT IT TEACHES, THEN SMART PEOPLE WOULD ALL BE CHRISTIANS. BUT, THEY AREN&#8217;T. Dr. Mortimer Adler, (a student of Dr. Sigmund Freud) after he came to Christ at the age of 82 said, &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of revelation if we could figure it out ourselves? If it were wholly comprehensible, then it would just be another philosophy.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. WE MUST DEPEND UPON GOD, NOT INTELLECT, TO BRING US TO HIM. <\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Psalms 62:5<\/strong> <em>My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">IT IS HARD FOR SOME PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY EXPECTATIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE, AND PLACE ALL EXPECTATION UPON GOD. IT IS A PROCESS THAT FOR SOME TAKES A VERY LONG TIME. BUT, WE MUST TRY !<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. GOD HAS A SPECIFIC END GOAL IN MIND FOR YOU. <\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Jeremiah 29:11<\/strong> <em>For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> &#8211;GOD&#8217;S PLAN IS FOR YOU TO BE HOLY AND RIGHTEOUS AND AN EXAMPLE TO\u00a0OTHERS. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Ephesians 5:27<\/strong> <em>That He might present it to Himself a glorious\u00a0Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8211;GOD MADE PLANS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED. BUT, HE KNEW THAT SOME WOULD NOT, AND THAT IS WHY HE MADE HELL. AND HE KNEW THAT SOME WOULD, AND THAT IS WHY HE CREATED A PLACE IN HEAVEN SO THEY COULD BE WITH HIM IN JOY FOR ETERNITY. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>2 Peter 3:9<\/strong> <em>The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">C. EXPECT GOD TO DO SOMETHING FOR US. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">IT IS HIS DESIRE TO HELP US, TO MAKE US CLEAN, GIVING US VICTORIES. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Acts 3:5<\/strong> <em>And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">D. EXPECTING YOUR ENEMIES TO BE DEFEATED. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">JESUS SET THE EXAMPLE FOR OUR OWN ATTITUDES TOWARD LIFE. 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