SERIES: BELIEVING GOD FOR MIRACLES!
EXPECTATION-YOU HAVE TO WANT IT!
The power of eagerly anticipating God’s future.
EXPECTATION: A Strong belief that something will happen.
The Old Testament ends in the Book of Malachi with silence. 400 years of silence, 400 years with no prophet speaking. No “Word of The Lord.”
-When you experience quiet moments in your life, you must resist the temptation to forge ahead. Many people get ancy, and impatient and decide to jump the gun.
-Hearing God is vital to long-term success.
Text: Luke 3:15 (AMP)
(God’s Word Translation: “People’s hopes were rising.” And it says: “And the people were in expectation”.
William’s NT: translation: “Now while the people were on tiptoes in their expectations, and they were all arguing in their hearts about John whether he was himself the Christ…”
Isaiah 9:6
- It was TIPTOE TIME IN JERUSALEM. IT WAS TIPTOE TIME IN BETHLEHEM.
- I want to announce: It’s tip-toe time around RIVER OF LIFE.
We Praise in Expectation. We Sow in expectation. We Pray in expectation. We stand in expectation. We Expect miracles. We expect the outpouring of the Holy Spirit because in the atmosphere of expectation – the fire and the baptism of the Holy Spirit is poured out.
Hunger, desperation, and desire lead to faith & expectation.
LET ME REMIND ALL OF US WHAT JESUS HAS DONE! Colossians 2:14
Jesus blotted out the ordinance (the handwritten legal document). Against us, He took the felony charges out of the way and nailed them to the cross. I want to announce to you today that there is nothing between you and your miracle.
PROPHECY: God is ready to do something in your Life.
God has been moving by His Spirit.
Psalms 119:126; Romans 8:17
We have a double claim to everything in Heaven. We have a double claim to every promise in this book, just not heirs, but joint heirs. It’s mine because Jesus says I can have it.
The power of expectation is seen in Acts 5, when the Bible said that there were many mighty miracles:
Acts 5:12; 1 John 3:2
The Devil is not concerned with what used to be, and the Devil is not concerned with what you are. He is terrorized by what you can be. It does not yet appear what you can be.
I’m on my tip toes in expectation, and something is coming. Hallelujah.
IT DOESN’T YET APPEAR WHAT ROL SHALL BE.
- Your greatest miracles are not behind you.
- The church’s greatest victories are not in years past.
- The greatest blessings are in front of us.
- The church’s greatest days are in front of us.
- The devil would love you to help him in discouraging yourself.
- The devil would love you to help him spread doubt, fear, and unbelief.
DON’T LOOK BACK; LOOK AHEAD.
I hear the Lord saying your biggest miracles are not behind you, and that’s why you need to live IN TIP TOE TIME.
I hear the Lord saying: “Your eyes have not seen, and your ears have not heard, neither has it entered into your heart the hidden things that I have prepared for you.”
You serve a God that is greater than your faith. Maybe your faith has peaked. You serve a God that is greater than your prayer life. You serve a God greater than your discouragement. You serve a God greater than your hardships.
“For God”, the Bible said: “Is not unrighteous to forget your labor of love.”
For God to forget you, He would have to be unrighteous, which is impossible. It is impossible for God to forget what He’s promised you.
-Yes, I am. I expect to be filled, helped, blessed, saved, delivered, and freed. I expect a miracle.
-I’m expecting God to do exceedingly, abundantly above all I can ask or even dream.
FORWARD VISION: I will be unpacking some things over these next three weeks in my messages regarding CORPORATE DIRECTION for ROL.
ILLUS.: I have been earnestly seeking God for what He has for ROL.
I sought God hard for five weeks. I lay on my dining floor under my table at 10pm.
I was asking God to speak, show me, help me to navigate, and help me to understand. Give me a vision. Give me a dream.
I re-read I, II Samuel, I II Kings…about the building of the temple two times.
I wanted to get it right. I wanted to ensure that I heard from God very clearly about HIS WILL for ROL.
There is a closet at REGION’S BANK on the 2nd floor. I would go into the closet and speak in tongues for hours, asking God.
After five weeks……I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t hear a YES; I DIDN’T HEAR A NO. No mandate, no direction.
It’s like the Israelites in the OT; when the cloud moved, they moved. When the fire by night moved, they moved. If the cloud stopped, they stopped. It’s very important that we are under the cloud.
God’s word to me was: “STAND STILL AND SEE THE SALVATION OF THE LORD.”
-That’s what I have been doing for the last four weeks. When God speaks, it is often like this: Yes, no, no, wait, move, forward, stand, Change direction.
-When God says something, you can’t violate the peace in your heart.
-You hear that word…4 weeks I’ve been standing still.
Mark 10:46-52 -that there was a blind man named Bartimaeus, who had a beggar’s garment.
-The Bible said he did something amazing when he heard Jesus was passing by. He took his garment, blind, he took his garment and cast it away, the scripture said.
He was saying, “I know I can’t see yet, I know I’m not healed yet, but if Jesus is anywhere in my vicinity, I’m casting away what I have been, expecting fully that I will never go back to that life, of begging, again.”
Blind Bartimaeus: “Jesus is going to give me a miracle today. And immediately, he received his healing.” The people were in expectation”.
LAME MAN: When they set that lame man down outside that gate, and he looked at Peter and John, he saw them, and he looked at Peter and John, expecting to receive something from them. Luke 3:16
The next verse: “I indeed baptize you in water”. But the one that’s coming after me… see, listen to this, folks. Jesus is God, the Father’s gift to you of eternal life. But the Holy Spirit is Jesus’ gift to you to empower you in this life.
“And He,” speaking of Jesus, “Shall baptize you”, John the Baptist said, “In the Holy Ghost and fire.” What does that mean? The Holy Spirit desires you. He wants to do five things.
1. HE WANTS TO INVADE YOU.
An invasion is a military term of warfare. When one army invades the territory of another army, they conquer it. It’s an invasion. They’re all over the place. They’re coming in from the land, the sea, the air. When the Holy Spirit comes into you, it’s an invasion internally.
Acts 2:4-“They were filled with the Holy Spirit.” PLETHO
Filled to the brim. Filled to individual capacity. John 14:16
2. HE WANTS TO ENVELOPE YOU.
The word envelope is found in Ephesians 1:13 SEALED=The same word as one would affix a special seal with a signet ring.A. THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO DELIVER YOU.
An envelope delivers the contents wherever it’s supposed to go, so He wants to deliver you out of one place and take you to another place, out of defeat and out of addiction and bondage, and into victory and joy.
B. HE PROTECTS YOU ALL ALONG THE JOURNEY ‘TIL YOU GET TO THE FINAL DESTINATION.
That is what the Holy Spirit wants to do to you. The Holy Spirit says, “I will invade you and envelop you.
3. HE WANTS TO INSTRUCT YOU. John 14:26
ILLUS.: This is what God taught me recently. I told you that God – said, “Stand Still.”
-I started praying that “STAND STILL” revelation out. Didn’t have a Yes/Didn’t have a NO.
It is a big deal to get it right. So, I gave it a rest. Then I started back at it again, and the same thing happened. It was quiet.
I have learned over time, when the Lord is quiet; there are usually 1 of 3 options.
- The answer is YES, but wait……
- The answer is NO, and NO means NO.
- The answer is, “It’s up to you.” When there isn’t a check no, or a check Yes, God often places the task into your hands.
ILLUS.: Then the Lord said: I am putting this in your hands.
Usually, when God says it’s in your hands. He is letting you make a choice.
- We all know that we need a New Home. We need a new place. 220 Beaver Rd. Is a temporary location. We need to process that.
- We dream for children’s future. We dream for our ministries and missions.
- It is a tall order, big prayer piece. God took me back to August 2019, when I had my dream two times in 1 night.
-THIS IS WHAT GOD SAID, “I WANT YOU TO DREAM…..”
Church, I need you to dream with me. I need you to raise your expectation.
I need you to get on your TIPTOES! Acts 2:17-18
ILLUS.: We believe that God will lead us. I want us to be very thankful for what we have and grateful for the process. PROCESS.
-We must acknowledge God in the process. It will take a lot of prayers, sacrifice, and commitment.
4. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL IMPRESS YOU.
“What do you mean by that”? One of the frequent operations of the Holy Spirit is to bring impressions upon us, of what we are to do. He’ll impress you.
“Pray for that person“. He’ll impress you. “Witness to that person”.
He’ll impress you. They’ll stand out to you. I’ve had it, “Give to that person. Reach in your pocket and give some money to that person”.
5. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL INDWELL YOU.
He is an indwelling presence. John 4:14
You’ll never be alone again, and all I need from you for you to receive this baptism of fire from Heaven, the promise of the Father,
God says, “All I need from you is for you to get your tip toes with expectation.”
God can give YOU a prayer language.
God took me to the story of Ananias and Paul and how that Paul had an encounter on the road to Damascus with Jesus.
He became blind for three days because Jesus was shining such a bright light. And after he encountered Jesus and said, “Lord, what would You have me do”? He’s been saved; he’s been washed. Jesus was resurrected from the dead, so the blood covenant was in effect. He changed his name from Saul, the Tormentor, to Paul the Apostle. He has been blind for three days. He’s saved, but he has not been filled with the Holy Spirit.
You’re saved, but something is missing. You need to be healed and filled with the Holy Spirit”. And the Apostle Paul, the Bible said, received Ananias, and I love this, and when Ananias laid his hands on Paul, listen carefully.
- The scales, the religious scales, fell off of his eyes because Paul had been controlled by religion. He was killing people in the name of religion. He was tormenting and torturing people, but when Ananias laid hands on him, the Bible said the scales fell off of his eyes, he was healed, and he was filled with the Holy Spirit.
If you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, if you want the scales of religion to fall off.
- If you will join me on your TIPTOES.
- If you need help, if you need deliverance from an addiction, this is your service.
- It’s tip-toe time for you. Get on your tip toes with expectation, and say, “Today is as good a day as any. I believe I can be saved, filled, healed, blessed, anointed, and I’m not leaving here as I came”.
- If you want Him, If you want to be invaded, if you want to DREAM WITH ME……
IF YOU WANT IT -COME AND GET IT!