This is “The Power of Expectation.” When people are in expectation, the Lord pours out His spirit. In this message, learn what happens when we approach God in expectation. There is nothing between you and your miracle! He has been faithful in the past; He will be faithful in the future. He is trustworthy.
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connection my name is Lydia and when I
graduated I packed all my things in my
little car that I have just got and took
off
I tried partying you know I tried to be
around the cool people and try to fit in
that way and that just led me to
drinking and doing drugs it went off the
edge from there I started trying
methamphetamines and that’s all it
really took when I first met him you
know he seemed really fun and outgoing
and you know he was all I mean he had
tattoos all over him and but I I looked
past all of that and I got very
manipulated and made me feel that I
couldn’t change the situation I was in I
just had to be what he told me to be in
spare time he just bring and busted into
these houses in housing car and said
let’s go I got charged with two felonies
the burglary so I went to court again
and then they said you have 30 days you
had to find every having children
advisors consequences we said finally
our family beginning out of 100 places
once I got here they were happening all
having an altar call and they were
active in all those days and you know I
didn’t know if I was saved or not but
something just led me to go up there
that day I gave my life to the warden
that day I’ve thought different and
activist ring and just been a different
person
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I want to talk to you about the power of
expectation there had been 400 years of
silence 400 years the Old Testament ends
in the book of Malachi with silence God
refuses to speak no prophets no words
from the Lord and we move 400 years
ahead and we pick the story up in the
Book of Luke where now the Bible gives
us a clue to how the the atmosphere that
the Holy Spirit was looking for to be
poured a lien and it says and the people
were in expectation one translation a
one Bible I think it’s the English Bible
said that the people were on tiptoes in
anticipation and expectation its tiptoe
time again we need to understand that if
God is going to do something he looks
for people who have expectation its
tiptoe time around free chapel its
tiptoe time in the body of Christ we
need to expect God to pour out his
spirit we need to start getting up on
our tiptoes and expect God to do the
impossible again with great anticipation
with great expectation we’re on our
tiptoes saying Lord what’s going to
happen in this service today praise and
expectation so in expectation pray in
expectation expect miracles expect the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit because
the atmosphere that the fire and the
baptism of the Holy Spirit is poured out
in is when people are in
expectation Colossians 2:14 said he
blotted out the ordinance against us he
took it out of the way and nailed it to
the cross
I want to announce to you today that
there is nothing between you and your
miracle he has removed it and nailed it
to the cross
and you need to be on your tiptoes with
expectation believing that God is ready
to do something in this service today
expect God to pour out his spirit today
on your family on you on the people all
around you expect pain to leave your
body expect to be healed expect to
receive a miracle expect to be delivered
from alcoholism drug addiction fear
depression defeat expected Psalms 119
and verse 126 said it is time for you to
work for they have made void your laws
in other words when when you see people
just disregarding God in His Word that’s
not a time to digress that’s not a time
to be depressed that’s a time to get up
on your tiptoes and expectation he said
when you see people making the Word of
God void and and marking it and laughing
it that’s time for God to work this is
the time many of you are facing Giants
in your life and you’ve defeated the
line and you’ve defeated the bear and
he’s going to give you this giant and
you need to get on your tiptoes with
expectation Romans 8:17 said that we are
the children of God and heirs and now
because of Christ were joint heirs which
means we are have a double claim we have
a double claim to everything in heaven
we have a double claim to every promise
in this book not just heirs but joint
heirs it’s mine because Jesus says I can
have it the power of expectation is seen
in Acts chapter 3 when the Bible said
that there was a lame man who
was brought to the temple and he was
laying there daily there’s this
remarkable scripture because I’ve heard
a lot of people preach that the miracle
was dependent upon Peter and James
saying silver and gold have I none but
such as I have give I unto you in the
name of Jesus and I know the powers in
the name of Jesus but notice that didn’t
activate itself
notice that the miracle of the lame man
was dependent upon Acts chapter 3 and
verse 5 when the man looked on them the
Bible said expecting to receive
something from them you’re looking on me
but I wonder if you’re really expecting
this morning to receive anything this
man said I don’t hope I don’t think I
don’t believe I expect to receive
something from that man of God you see
there’s something that the enemy is
tormented by you make Satan take Rolaids
there’s one thing that will upset him
more than anything else first John three
and two said it does not yet appear the
devil is not concerned with what used to
be 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 mean this thought really hit me
this week that the devil isn’t afraid of
my past and he’s really not afraid of my
present but apparently by the way he’s
attacked me here lately I just think
there must be something that hasn’t
appeared yet that he’s going to use you
and me to do that’s going to shake the
earth come on
and I’ve on my tiptoes and expectation
something is coming
it does not yet appear what it shall be
your greatest miracles are not behind
you don’t look back look ahead I hear
the Lord saying your Bierut your biggest
miracles are not behind you and that’s
why you need to live with tiptoe time
and understand that something is going
to happen that you’ve not seen yet God’s
done great things for you but that’s not
all that he’s got as I’m happy about I
mean I’ve seen him do great things I
should retire now I should just say I’ve
had a full life I’ve been used of God
but 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 got to keep going you got to
get on your tiptoes with a spirit of
expectation that the best is still yet
to come
everybody take a praise break if you
feel your toes wiggling right now
hallelujah Hey
you serve a god that is greater than
your faith maybe your faith to speak you
serve a God that is greater than your
prayer life 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 and that is impossible
it is impossible for God to forget what
he’s promised you and so the only
question is are you expecting it look at
your neighbor and say are you expecting
are you expecting again when they set
that lame man down outside that gate and
he looked on Peter and John he saw them
and he looked on Peter and John
expecting to receive something from them
what he really was expecting was what he
got every time he went to the temple but
God saw that he came expecting to
receive and he thought he was going to
get a get by the lesson for the day just
enough to keep him going and God said
because you’re expecting to receive I’m
going to change your life in one service
I’m saying to somebody who’s addicted
this is the service that is going to
change your life I’m saying to somebody
whose marriage is in serious trouble
this is the service that is going to
change the rest of your life the Bible
said in mark 10 that there was a blind
man named Bartimaeus who had a beggar’s
garment and we read over that we don’t
think anything about it but the
government issued them an official
beggars garment it was a certain color
that anybody any citizen who saw a
beggar on the wayside on the side of the
road begging if they had that government
call are covering over them it said this
is a legitimate beggar and you can give
to him knowing he really is blind or ill
and the Bible said when he heard Jesus
was passing by he did something amazing
he took his garment blind he took his
garment and cast it away the scripture
said what he was saying was I know I
can’t see it I know I’m not healed yet
but if Jesus is anywhere in my vicinity
I’m casting away expecting fully that I
will never go back to that line of
begging again Jesus is going to give me
a miracle today and immediately he
received his healing the people were in
expectation 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’s 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 number one 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 to see there when the Holy
Spirit comes into you it’s an invasion
internally he comes in to feel every
inch of you he wants to invade your life
with his presence secondly not only will
he invade you but he wants to envelope
you the word envelop is found in
Ephesians 1:13 when it says the Bible
states we are filled with the Holy
Spirit of promise I have here a letter
and this letter I’m putting in an
envelope and that’s what it means to be
enveloped by the Holy Spirit this is you
this letter is you and I’m putting it in
the envelope I’m sealing the envelope
because the Ephesians one said you’re
sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise
that means dirt can’t get to it
that means uncleanness can’t touch it
because it’s been filled by the power of
the Holy Spirit not only does the Holy
Spirit when he envelops you see he comes
and he invades you internally but he
envelops you externally and he seals you
with the Holy Spirit of promise then he
delivers you because 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 or out of defeat and out
of
addiction in bondage and into victory
and joy so he not only steals you and
not only delivers you but notice that he
protects you all along the journey – 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 I
will envelop you
I want thirdly to instruct you jesus
said the Holy Spirit John 14:26 but the
helper which is the Holy Spirit whom the
father will send in my name he will
teach you all things listen to that the
Holy Spirit will teach you all things
and bring all things to your remembrance
that I have said to you that scripture
moves me because when I first started
preaching I said lord I don’t know how
to preach I can’t do that I preached my
first sermon and I preached from
Philippians chapter 3 this one thing I
do forgetting things are behind reach
above and it was pitiful I got up and I
had all kinds of notes and it lasted
maybe seven or eight minutes everything
that I knew it was the most awkward
fearful terrifying moments of my life up
to that point it was unbelievable
somehow God got in it and people were
saved and the Spirit of God moved but it
couldn’t have been my preaching and I
remember thinking I can’t do this but
the Holy Spirit began to instruct me he
began to teach me all things he began to
say say it like this and do it like this
and lift your voice like this and get
out there and obey me I’m feeling when I
was preaching so now say this get off
the notes and say this and what you
don’t understand what a preacher is up
here preaching if he’s a Holy Ghost
preacher you don’t understand the stuff
going through his mind and sometimes I
see some of you and I could tell you
things that you don’t want me to tell
you I’m just telling you he will
instruct you
he will in he’s my schoolmaster when I
went to school I didn’t know anything
about algebra but I got a teacher and
suddenly they opened up a whole new
aspect that I didn’t even know existed
that’s how the Holy Spirit would do with
the Bible he’ll begin if you’ll let him
invade you and let him envelop you he’ll
begin to instruct you and he’ll begin to
talk to you and he’ll bring all things
to your remembrance you get up and I get
the preaching sometimes and I don’t know
where it’s coming from I just put it in
maybe 10 years ago and the Holy Spirit
say you need this right now
number four 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 the Holy Spirit knows
house one of his chief functions is to
bring impressions you don’t need to be
there get out of here you don’t belong
here and he’s impressing you or join
yourself to that that’s where you belong
listen to this this is a God moment he’s
giving you impressions and lastly the
Holy Spirit will end well
you he is an indwelling presence John
4:14 whosoever drinks of the water that
I shall give him shall become a fountain
of water springing up into everlasting
life he wants to end well your body as
his temple and so the Holy Spirit says
today I’ll invade you I’ll envelop you
I’ll instruct you I’ll impress you and I
will end well inside of you 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
all I need from you is for you to get on
your tiptoes with expectation that today
God can give me a prayer language today
God can speak through me today I might
have came to get a get through the day
kind of blessings but I’m going to leave
with my whole life changed this is that
kind of service for those who will
expect to receive from him do you
believe that so I close with this
I said now Lord how you going to do this
today and what do you want me to do
today for the people and the Lord said
I’m going to use laying on his hands and
he 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 to do he’s
been saved
he’s been washed Jesus was resurrected
from the dead so the blood covered he
changed his name from Saul the Tormentor
to Paul the Apostle and he’s blind he
has been blind for three days he saved
but he has not been filled with the Holy
Spirit and God spoke to Ananias and said
I have a chosen vessel called Paul and I
want you to go lay your hands on him
that he might receive His sight and be
filled with the Holy Spirit
and Ananias went and said brother Paul
the reason he called him brother is he
was saying I know you’re part of the
family of God 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 Paul when Ananias laid hands on
the Bible said the scales fell off of
his eyes and he was healed and he was
filled with the Holy Spirit and today
what I sense in my heart without a lot
of fanfare but if you want to be filled
with the Holy Spirit if you want the
scales of religion to fall off if you
have come into this house today and you
need a miracle of healing if you need
help if you need deliverance from an
addiction this is your service is it toe
time for you get on your tiptoes with
expectation and say today is as good a
day as any I believe I can be healed
filled blessed anointed and I’m not
leaving here like I James in Jesus name
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