AS YOU BELIEVE, SO SHALL IT BE DONE UNTO YOU

Jesus created a world ruled by positive expectations.  You don't get what you want.  You get what you expect.  It doesn't matter if your expectations are positive or negative, you will get what you expect. Jesus understood the laws of the moral universe because he created those laws.  He knew how things work.  When he tells us how to live, he isn't just giving good advice.  He is stating in absolute and unequivocal terms the way he made things work.  That's why he said, "As you believe, so shall it be done unto you.  Jesus created a universe in which expectations rule.  It doesn't matter that much what you want.  It's what you expect that counts. Follow Power of Positive Expectations on facebook.                                                                                                 WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS? Jesus came to planet earth to change our expectations about what is possible.  Until Jesus came, the blind, the poor, the prisoners, and the oppressed lived without hope.  Low expectations and negative expectations controlled their lives.  Blind beggars lived in the Land of No Hope. When Jesus walked on the road to Jericho, a sightless beggar shouted out, “Jesus, have mercy on me,” but the crowd surrounding Jesus rebuked him and told him to be quiet.   Everyone knew that blind beggars were beyond hope, everyone except Jesus and the blind beggar.  The crowd tried to extinguish the voice of hope, but the blind man would not be silent, and he cried out once again, “Have mercy on me.” It wasn’t the blind man who was blind; it was the crowd that could not see and could not sense hope.  They knew there was no hope, and they would silence anyone who disagreed.  Extinguishing hope was their specialty. Jesus had a sixth sense that the crowds didn’t have.  He could sense hope and positive expectations even in blind beggars.  The crowd could not shout Jesus down or keep him from his mission.  Jesus came to fan the flames of hope inside the human heart until it became a burning fire that could not be quenched. Jesus stopped in his tracks and ordered that the blind man be brought before him.  A gasp went up from the crowd.  What was Jesus doing?  Didn’t he know that there wasn’t any hope? Jesus probed the heart and mind of the blind beggar and discovered hope that no one else could see.  He asked a simple question.  “What do you want me to do for you?”   What are your expectations?  After all, it doesn’t matter what all these people think and expect.  It’s your expectations that count. The man said, “Lord, I want to see.” Jesus said, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you,” and instantly the man received his sight. Jesus didn’t say, “My faith has healed you.”  He made it clear that it was the beggar’s faith, his positive expectations that made the miracle come to pass. In the past two-thousand years some things remain unchanged.  The crowd still tries to shout us down and shut us up, telling us that there is no hope.  Jesus still asks the same question.  “What do you want me to do for you?  What are your expectations?” Jesus answer is still the same.  It’s your faith that will heal you.  It all comes down to your expectations.  Faith still works miracles in your heart and mind.  God makes miracles happen when positive expectations rule your heart and mind. Jesus came to light the fire of hope in your heart.  He came to fill your heart and mind with positive expectations.  When you get in agreement with God, positive things happen.  Your old life passes away, and all things become new. What do you want God to do for you?  What are your expectations

The wheel of change always turns in the direction of what you put into your mind.  It's time to develop a persistently positive focus so that you can have a persistently positive mind.

Positive expectations bring good things into my life.  They are like a giant magnet that attracts a positive future.  They help me live longer and better.  Medical research has shown that optimists with positive expectations live longer than pessimists.  They have less illness, and when they get sick, they recover faster.

Positive expectations are a self-fulfilling prophecy.  When I have positive expectations, I anticipate that good things will happen.  I start to think positive thoughts and take positive actions that lead to a positive life.

Negative expectations are also a self-fulfilling prophecy.  They are the script for a negative future.  When I have negative expectations, I anticipate that bad things will happen.  I start thinking negative thoughts and taking negative actions that result in a negative life.

I don't get what I want in life; I get what I expect.  Jesus said, "Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened."  I am to ask expectantly, seek expectantly, and knock expectantly.  When Jesus healed people he said, "As you have believed, so it shall be done unto you."  Jesus came to change our expectations.  He taught that positive expectations are the foundation for a positive life.

7.  Faith gives you courage when you place your trust in God.  God is your Defender, the Captain of your fate, and the Master of your soul.  He is your Guide and will show you where to take the next step.  He knows your life from start to finish, and it won't be over until He says it's over.  You have nothing to fear.

8.  Asking connects me directly with God.  It’s the way God designed things to work in his Kingdom of love.  Without asking, the connection cannot happen.  That’s why the Bible says, “You have not, because you ask not.”

9.  Asking makes spiritual growth possible.  God wants me to grow up spiritually.  Although I am one of his children, He doesn’t want me to remain as a child.  He isn’t looking for an extended spiritual adolescence; He wants me to grow up and become mature with a heart full of excellence and love.

10.  When I ask expectantly, I start moving in a positive direction.  I act as if God has already given me what I need.  Asking starts me moving and doing my part so that God can do his part.  After I do my part, God does his.
 

Fifth, get in agreement with God and let him work things out.  God loves to work miracles in the lives of his children.  Ask for a miracle every minute of every day.  Jesus said, “Ask, and you will receive.  Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

Jesus said, “Ask and you will receive.”  Asking simply recognizes that God is the source of all good things, and that He can be trusted to provide.  Outsourcing doesn’t exist in God’s kingdom of love.   All of us need to be reminded that God is our source.  God will give you what you need unless you block him.  There are no shortages in God’s kingdom.  If  you aren't getting what you need, it's because of lack of faith, lack of trust, and lack of positive expectations.  God is a God of abundance, and when you get in agreement with him, when you trust him to supply your needs, when you have positive expectations, then the windows of heaven open, and blessings fall all around.

LIVING WITH POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS

You can tell when people have positive expectations.  They live as if their dreams are possible and work each day to make them happen.

Until recently, I never understood what it meant to have positive expectations.  For much of my life, I regarded positive expectations as a form of internal hype where I psyched myself up into believing that my dreams were possible. Using this approach, I got on A for effort, and it did work to a certain degree.  Nevertheless, I have to confess that much of the time, my positive expectations had a hollow sound as they echoed in the corridors of my mind.

Eventually, I figured out that positive expectations are much more than a belief that my dreams are possible.  Positive expectations are a way of life.

Maybe it sounds like I am splitting hairs over the meaning of positive expectations, but I don't think so.  Here's why.  Here's what positive expectations mean to me.

When I have positive expectations, I live as if my dreams are possible and work each day to make them happen.  I am totally engaged in making my dreams come true. 

I spent thousands of hours working on Exit Only as we sailed around the world because I had positive expectations.  I believed that if I kept her in good condition, we would have a safe and enjoyable trip.

I spent hundreds of hours getting my Extra Class ham radio license because I had positive expectations.  I believed that if I had my amateur radio license, I would be able to maintain communications with family and friends while I sailed offshore.

I purchased a satellite telephone because I had positive expectations.  I believed that in an emergency at sea, I could substantially push the odds of survival in my favor by having satellite communications ready for action.

I spent hundreds of hours practicing celestial navigation while living ashore in the Middle East because I had positive expectations.  I believed that if I learned how to navigate in the desert, then navigation on the ocean would be a breeze.

I spent ten years writing five books on positive thinking and positive spirituality because I had positive expectations.  I believed that my books would make a difference in people's lives.

I created more than sixty podcasts and put them on my websites because I had positive expectations.  I believed that what I had to say would help other people live their dreams.

I created a positive web ring with 32 domains because I had positive expectations.  I believed that I could create a series of websites that would help people push their minds in a positive direction.

I outfitted two Land Rover Defenders for expeditionary travel , and I have them in storage in Australia and New Zealand because I have positive expectations.  I believe that someday I'm going to drive them in a convoy around the world.

I have Exit Only hauled out of the water and stored on dry land because I have positive expectations.  I believe that before long, I will sail once again on the ocean of my dreams.

I am working as a flying doctor because I have positive expectations.  I know that my growing stash of freedom chips will finance my next adventure.

This list has grown very long, but I made it long on purpose.  I wanted to show you that when you have positive expectations, you live as if your dreams are possible and work each day to make them happen.

Positive expectations aren't daydreaming or wishful thinking.  They are all the things you do each day to make your dreams come true.  They are a way of life.

People who have positive expectations are Unstoppable, Consistently Positive, Endlessly Persistent, Doers of Dreams.

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