Quotes about Expectation

We have free access to God. We can go before Him anytime we want to. We don't need a special invitation. The throne room is always open, God is always home, He is never napping or on the phone. We can go boldly, expecting Him to meet our need and do it willingly and joyfully.

And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! Isaiah 30:18

live. If you don't expect God to do anything great in your life, He won't.

I wake up expecting to enjoy my day.

Ivan and Willis, watching as Sadie panted, stood up, and then lay down again. "It won't be long now." Willis's eyes sparkled. He was no doubt excited, even though this was probably old hat for him.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

I always think, when there's stuff that people don't like, I always say that if I have another success, I'll enjoy it more, but you don't really.

The expectation that he will come again—in fulfillment of all human longing at the end of time. "Parousia" is the technical name for this expectation; "eschatology.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

Let's embrace the expectation that we will not be treated better than the early disciples when we share Christ the way they did.

It will come back to you," cried the Rector, feverishly. "It will come back. Half an hour with the handbells——

Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.