Visalia First
By: Mike D. Robertson
Lead Pastors | Mike & Karen Robertson
“Your expectation more than anything else determines your REALITY.” - Forbes Magazine
Jeremiah 29:11-13 KJV
God said: “I have thoughts of an expected END.”
He did not say an expected MIDDLE.
Ruth 4:13-17 NASB1995
Ruth 1:19-21 NIV
The Slow Death of Wrongful Expectations
1. It is a painful thing to let go of an expectation, when your expectation has become an IDOL.
The Slow Death of Wrongful Expectations
4. The weirdest thing: It said NAOMI had the baby.
The moment you give up on what you had in mind, God will begin to do what is in His mind.
He did not promise what you had in mind, but what He had in mind.
The Slow Death of Wrongful Expectations
2. The UNEXPECTED middle made her change her name.
The devil may have taken the “what” but don’t let him have the “who.”
The Slow Death of Wrongful Expectations
3. Ruth said, “My faith has no REVERSE.”
Anytime your faith turns backwards, you are using it for something it was not designed to do.