SCRIPTURE
Acts 3:5 So the man watched them closely. He expected to receive something from them.
KEY STATEMENT
A pregnant woman never lives anyhow, never eats anything, never goes anywhere, never reacts anyhow. She lives so expectant that her expectation affects her lifestyle.
As sons of the Most High, we should not only pray but also pray expecting an encounter with the Lord and a supernatural touch from the Lord.
The reason why most of the prayers are not answered is not because God is deficient but because expectation is deficient.
4 REASONS WE NEED EXPECTATION TO PREVAIL IN PRAYER
I. Expectation has the power to preserve and prolong life
Expectation keeps young. Expectation has the power to stop the ageing process. There are many people who have died before their time because they simply have nothing to live for.
In Joshua 14:10-11, Caleb confirms how through expectation he was kept 40 years until at 85 years he was still strong,
”Now then, just as the Lord promised, he has kept me alive for forty-five years since the time he said this to Moses, while Israel moved about in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old! I AM STILL AS STRONG today as the day Moses sent me out; I’M JUST AS VIGOROUS to go out to battle now as I was then“.
II. The higher the expectation, the higher the attention …
Expectation creates the atmosphere for faith to work by increasing our attention and focus
The Bible speaks about the paralytic who got his miracle just because he was expecting to receive something from the hand of the apostles,
"When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, Look at us! So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them. Then Peter said, Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk. Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man's feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God" (Acts 3:5-8)
III. The higher the expectation, the higher the determination …
It is not opposition, obstacles, complications or impediments that make someone give up. It is lack of expectation
In the Gospel of Mark, the Bible tels a story of four men who came with a paralytic for his healing. But as soon as they reached the gate, there was an obstacle that could not allow them to reach out to Jesus. Instead of being discouraged, the expectation in them was so high that they let the paralytic to get to Jesus through the roof
"Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying." (Mark 2:1-4)
MY PRAYER TODAY
Father, revive my expectation today in the Name of Jesus Christ!
SO SHALL IT BE!
JESUS IS LORD!
NAIROBI/KENYA
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