Quotes about Expectation

The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution—for it is Christ's body on earth.

Patience is not simply "teeth-clenched" endurance. It is an attitude of expectation. The farmer patiently watches his barren ground because he knows there will be results. He has patience in his labors because there will be products of his labor. So it is in the spiritual realm. God knows the final product of what is happening to us, and He would have us link patience to our faith. Ask God for the gift of patience—and then use it.

Every divorce represents a broken dream, a shattered hope, a ruined expectation.

Jesus expects one hundred percent surrender, and when that is accomplished He rewards a thousandfold.

Though I have seldom done anything to my own satisfaction, I am better satisfied with the translation of the New Testament than I ever expected to be. The language is, I believe, simple, plain, intelligible; and I have endeavored, I hope successfully, to make every sentence a faithful representation of the original.

For by hope we are saved; but hope that is seen, is not hope.

Truth can be really powerful stuff if you're not expecting it.

The mystery of the Christian life is that Christ expects us to flee sin and the devil, but does not expect us to rid ourselves of either on this side of glory. Repentance is a way of life, and so is the pursuit of godliness. I wish every Christian could be reminded of these two things.

Three years? That's a thousand tomorrows, ma'am.

When you love someone, you expect them to love you back the same way - with a singleness of heart.

If a shameless woman expects to be defiled and then dies of her fierce love because you do not consent, will chastity also be homicide?

If you look to anyone to satisfy your longing, you will think you need something more than him and what he has made you to be complete and at peace. The expectation of fulfillment in relationships will always fail you, and you will hold grievances that darken your world. You will become blind to the light that guides to the narrow path. You were taught this on the mountain alone, and yet among others you forget.