Quotes about Expectation

Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.

Unlike many television evangelists, the apostle Paul seemed to expect from the Christian life not health and wealth, but a measure of suffering. He told Timothy, "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted" (2 Timothy 3:12).

Every institution, it seems, runs on ungrace and its insistence that we earn our way.

a hope for healing should be presented realistically. It is just that — a "hope," not a guarantee. If it comes, a joyous miracle has happened. If it doesn't come, God has not let you down.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

I'm sitting on the edge of my seat, chin nestled in my hands, to see what God is going to do. With my children. With my husband. With me—a regular, everyday woman choosing to surrender to a life interrupted.

A curse could also be likened to a long, evil arm stretched out from the past. It rests upon you with a dark, oppressive force that inhibits the full expression of your personality. You never feel completely free to be yourself. You sense that you have potential within you that is never fully developed. You always expect more of yourself than you are able to achieve.

The history of the kings is the story of how those who had been anointed failed to live up to that anointing. It is this fact alone that can explain the rise of messianism: belief in the anointed one who will fulfil his anointing.' 14

Faithfulness began even before you met your intended.

Success is not greedy, as people think, but insignificant. That is why it satisfies nobody.

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.

We want Jesus to come to our house, but we're going to question Him when He gets there.