What Are You Expecting?
//Kenneth W. Hagin
Campmeeting 2011 Overview
In the spirit of the old-time camp meetings, men and women from across the United States and around the globe hungry for a mighty move of God descended on Broken Arrow during the last week of July. They came to Campmeting 2011 expecting, and they weren’t disappointed. Rousing praise and glorious worship filled the RHEMA Bible Church auditorium before each minister stepped to the podium. As the Word was brought forth through sound teaching and fiery preaching, the Spirit of God invaded each sesion and made an indelible mark on each person’s life. From energetic kids and excited tens to enthusiastic adults , nobody went home unchanged.
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Where is your dream tonight? What is your expected end: victory or defeat? Little by little, the devil tries to pull the Word out of you. And as he steals the Word, he also steals your dream. But as you stand up and refuse to let the devil steal the Word, your dream will surely come to pass. — Darrell Huffman
It’s not what happens to you but how you handle what happens to you that matters. Keep a good attitude and remember that you have the World Overcomer on the inside of you. People who are determined to succeed rarely fail. But people who believe they will fail usually do, because they find reasons and excuses why they should not even start. Failure, then, is a neglect to even try. — Joseph Ripley
No one climbs a mountain alone, and all of us will one day get to a point where we can’t accomplish our goals alone. We are greater together than we are alone, and we won’t be able to stand if we don’t come together with those in a local body who will strengthen us. You were made for the church; you were not made to stand alone. —Lois Taucher, Shekinah Glory
God wants us to give Him our full attention. Yet we’ve been distracted by so many things. We have done what seems necessary and have neglected what is essential. We must set our eyes and mind on the goal God has for us and eliminate any distractions the devil may bring. Time is short, and it’s so important that we stay focused on the Father and accomplish what He has for our lives. —Lynette Hagin
There will be no faith until there is believing. And believing is more than just raising your hand and saying, “I’m a believer.” To truly believe means that you are truly convinced the Bible is the truth, that there is no error in it, and that it will indeed do what is written on its pages. The only way to get that conviction is to read the Word—over and over again—and meditate in it. —Charles Cowan
What we have isn’t this symptom or that symptom. What we have is the Name of Jesus! It’s the Name above cancer. It’s the Name above poverty. It’s the Name above every name that can be named. The Name of Jesus trumps them all! But we’ve got to know what we possess! We’ve got to know that we have something on the inside that’s greater than anything we’ll ever face. —Craig W. Hagin
The blood of Jesus has enough power to remove your sin and failure from God’s mind. If it has that power, then it can also remove sin consciousness from your memory. There ’s not any place in your
The things brought to us in the teaching revival were given that we might war a good warfare. God wants us to take the Word and use it to take control of our lives and circumstances. And we’re only going to do that when we stand up and preach it. There’s something about preaching that moves things in the spirit realm. Teaching educates us, but preaching will get things moving. —Scott Webb |
Our spirits cry out with a sincere desire to know God. And the level that we know, understand, and experience God comes from the level of expectation we have for Him. If we want to see blind eyes opened or cancer healed, we have to have an expectation for the miraculous to happen.
Philippians 1:20–21 says, “According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (NKJV).
Paul’s expectation and hope was in Jesus Christ. He said, “I may live or I may die, but when it’s all said and done, I find my hope in Him.” Paul told us that if we can see something, then we’re not hoping for it (Rom. 8:24–25). Hope sees things the way they should be and expects the power of God to intervene.
The story of blind Bartimaeus in the Book of Mark gives us a good example of this.
MARK 10:46–47 (NKJV)
46 Now [Jesus and His disciples] came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out. . . .
Evidently Bartimaeus had heard how Jesus went about healing the sick. And now Jesus was walking by. Bartimaeus clearly had high expectations that he, too, could be healed, because he immediately began calling out, “ ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ ” (v. 47).
When we begin to expect something from God, there will be people around us who will try to quench our expectations. They will be quick to tell us why something can’t happen. The people around Bartimaeus told him to be quiet, but Bartimaeus wouldn’t listen to them. He cried out all the more. He was not going to let anyone dampen his expectation. Bartimaeus was determined to receive his healing!
When we really expect to get something from God, nobody can keep us quiet. It doesn’t matter who is around us. Bartimaeus believed that this was his opportunity to get healed, and he wasn’t going to let it pass him by!
Bartimaeus’ expectation caused Jesus to stop and find out what he wanted. The same people who told him to be quiet then told the beggar that Jesus was calling for him. Notice what Bartimaeus did next: “And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus” (v. 50).
That garment identified Bartimaeus as a beggar—an outcast to society. But when he threw off his garment, Bartimaeus laid down his life of begging. He wouldn’t need that garment anymore because he wasn’t going to be a blind beggar anymore.
Like blind Bartimaeus, it’s time for all of us to get rid of the garments we’ve been hanging on to. It’s time to turn loose of the garment of depression, the garment of lack, and the garment that says, “I can’t.” Let’s turn our expecters on and realize that we can do all things through Christ Who strengthens us.
Some of us have been living at the same level of expectation for so long that we’ve gotten satisfied with living off yesterday’s meal. We’ve become satisfied with yesterday’s memories. But if we will get our expecters turned on, expecting God to do something for us, it will happen!