Day 308 Honoring My Husband With Expectations Part II

I started this message some time ago and since that time I have been challenged with the opportunity to complete it.  As I prayed about it, it was revealed to me that my assignment was to honor my husband for the entire year of 2011 and although I started in February I did spend 2011 honoring my husband.  I have since been pondering so what's next.  Do I continue to complete the 365 days, have I been procrastinating because I know it will be over in a blink, or is God telling me my assignment is complete.  Either way I am feeling a sense of completeness and incompleteness at the same time.  That being said, I have decided to complete the 365 days and to determine at that point, what's next.  I thank you for your patience as I worked through my dilemma.

On day 308 I honored my husband by continuing with the theme of expectations.  I have proclaimed 2012 to be my year of expectation and I am amazed at how the Lord has already begun to show up and show out.  I also recognize that I did not fully claim all of what I am expecting this year and so Part II of honoring my husband with expectations is making it plain about what we are expecting.

1.  First and foremost I am expecting God to continue blessing us with a peace beyond our own understanding through all situations. 
2.  We are expecting God to open doors in my business beyond my wildest expectations.
3.  We are expecting God to turn up the heat in Bryan's business allowing him to experience the growth he anticipate.
4.  We are expecting God to honor our love by blessing us with his bundle of joy.
5.  We are expecting God to be with us in all that we do and say so that our lights shine wherever we go.
5. We are expecting God to bless us financially so that our giving is matched or exceeds when I was employed.
6.  We are expecting God to surround us with the love of real and authentic friends.  Those that can and will share in our blessings and are a blessing to us as well.
7.  We are expecting God to use our church, New Psalmist Baptist Church to have a major impact on the city of Baltimore in a multicultural way.
8.  We are expecting to be used by God in a way that impacts and grows his kingdom.
9.  We are expecting God to increase our knowledge of him and his supernatural abilities beyond our current state.
10.  We are expecting God to increase our love, grow our marriage, improve our family relationships and continue to cover and protect our hearts and home.

The Lord says we do not have because we have not asked.  I have learned from experience that speaking things into existence is a sure way to know the Lord has heard our cry.  Please feel free to join me in experiencing a year of expectations from the Lord.  I am excited and on fire about what he is and will do throughout the year.  I have already seen several small examples so I cannot wait to see how he tackles the big things.  Please share your stories with us; we would love to hear from you.

Blessings,

Rochelle

"Yet you do not have because you do not ask." James 4:2