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    Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You
    Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You
    Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You
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    Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You

    By Eric Ronald Jackson

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    In the book, Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You, Eric Jackson presents some thought provoking information about expectations. Because our expectations are so routine, like breathing, thinking, or walking, he gives many examples to show the importance of expectations. This is an excellent book for families. It discusses different levels of expectations and different levels of faith, including discussions of our expectations of God and prayer. It discusses expectations of family members including expectations for teenagers who want to leave home. Also included are discussions on how decisions and prosperity affect expectations.

    Rev. Theodore Brown, DD, says The book is profound and consistent with different life experiences. The authors point of view adheres to Christian values in understanding scripture and applying it to everyday life. He gives his audiences insight with the support of his Christian beliefs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJun 20, 2016
    ISBN9781512745481
    Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You
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    Eric Ronald Jackson

    The teaching ministry of Eric Jackson spans more than forty-five years. Inspired by the Scripture, “My people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6), he has helped people of all ages gain knowledge and understanding of the Word of God. A native of Meherrin, Virginia, Eric is a graduate of Howard University and the University of Virginia and was a licensed mechanical engineer until his retirement. He resides in Newport News with his wife, Celestine. Eric is the father of Eric Jr. and his wife, Ellen, and Cheryl and her husband, Virgil Tyler. He is a grandfather of Selena Jackson, Karina Jackson, and Virgil Tyler, Jr. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (John 3:5-6 KJV)

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      Expectations - Eric Ronald Jackson

      Copyright © 2016 Eric Ronald Jackson.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1 (866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4549-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4550-4 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5127-4548-1 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016909518

      WestBow Press rev. date: 6/20/2016

      Contents

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1 Introduction

      Expectation Compared to Walking a Straight Line

      Best Source of Expectations

      Positive and Negative Expectations

      Chapter 2 Level of Expectation

      Expectations Change

      Impatience

      Experience with Truck

      Follow Me

      Seeing Is Believing?

      Jesus Raised Lazarus

      Centurion’s Servant

      New Neighbors

      Repair of Chair

      Bad Person

      The Unexpected and Levels of Faith

      Chapter 3 God

      What Do You Expect from God?

      What Do You Expect from the Holy Spirit?

      God Can Exceed Expectations When There Is a Need

      Fear Affects Expectations.

      Positive Expectations Can Overshadow Doubts.

      Visible and Invisible

      Examples of Expectations in the Bible

      Chapter 4 Prayer

      Expectation in Prayer

      Expectations from Prayer

      Solomon (Ask God for Something)

      Chapter 5 Family

      Husband and Wife Relationship

      Expectations from Parent and Child Relationships

      Expectations of a Father

      The Sweet Potato Lesson

      Racial Expectations

      Expectations for Teenagers Who Want to Leave Home.

      Chapter 6 Decisions

      Expectations of Decisions

      Expectations Affect Decisions

      Expectations from Sensitivity and Sensuality

      Chapter 7 Prosperity

      Wealth Affects Expectations

      Expectations and Needs

      Envy Affects Trust/Expectations

      Prosperity and Success

      Chapter 8 Expectations of Christians

      Conclusion

      About the Author

      Notes

      Foreword

      It is truly an honor to review the writing on expectations from the author Mr. Eric Jackson. I have known Mr. Jackson for over thirteen years. Mr. Jackson is one of several overachievers who came from this wonderful community. Springfield Baptist Church is where he received his training.

      Mr. Jackson is well versed in the scripture and has years of experience in dealing with the subject matter presented in his book. I had the opportunity to read the manuscript several times. Each time I read his manuscript I found something I can use to assist me in my Christian walk. The book is profound and consistent with different life experiences. The author’s point of view adheres to Christian values in understanding scripture and applying it to everyday life. He gives his audiences insight with the support of his Christian beliefs. Mr. Jackson’s work is for readers of all ages.

      I would have to say that the author put quality time in this work and it is a must-read. We all are expecting something from everything we do in life. This book reveals this in the author’s work.

      Rev. Theodore T. Brown, DD

      Pastor of Springfield Baptist Church

      Meherrin, Virginia

      Preface

      Shortly after the Lord helped me publish my first book, A New Life: The Only Way to Win,¹ in 1996, something caused me to start thinking about another book. Every now and then when a thought came to me concerning expectations, I would jot down the thought and include a brief explanation of that thought. I don’t know why I delayed writing this book. Maybe it was because I expected better results from the distribution of the first book and got discouraged. Also, the book required a lot of work and cost a lot to publish and distribute.

      I must say there was one young man who inspired me, Rev. Dana Farmer Sr., Co-Pastor of Hills Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and a member of The Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City, where he resides. I had not met him in person, but he purchased over one hundred copies of my first book and we have developed a good friendship over the years. I did not expect his actions beforehand.

      After I was a trustee at my church for over twenty years, my resignation gave me more available time to do other things. My resignation took away some of the excuses I had been giving myself for not spending more time in writing this book. Note, I do not consider myself a writer of books. After expanding the thoughts I had jotted down about expectations and arranging them in somewhat of a logical order, my interest in publishing another book increased.

      Expectations: They Can Make You or Break You is a book based on my experiences and my teaching of the Holy Bible over many years. Therefore, the book has many references to verses in the Bible. However, Christians, or others of any religious or nonreligious groups, are not the only ones who have expectations—we all have them.

      Rev. Dan Reiland says, We are all managing unmet expectations. How you deal with that fact can make you or break you. He also says the following:

      • "Unmet expectations in your marriage can be very frustrating.

      • Unmet expectations with your friends can be disappointing.

      • Unmet expectations financially can be a real source of conflict."²

      By reading this book, hopefully you will become more aware of—and get a better understanding of—expectations, especially the importance of positive expectations and what you may experience from negative expectations. Of course this book does not include all expectations. By discussing expectations in a few topics, you may be able to expand this knowledge to topics of interest to you; for example, what you expect from your family, your spouse, your children, your boss, your doctor, your car, your lawyer, your government, your political party representative, your president, your leader, etc.

      Acknowledgments

      This book would not have been possible without the inspiration, guidance, patience, wisdom, and other wonderful qualities of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Therefore, I thank them for all they did to make this book possible.

      Thanks to Rev. Theodore Brown, DD, pastor of the Springfield Baptist Church, Meherrin, Virginia, for being willing to review the manuscript and provide helpful comments. He did this for me even though he had a large workload.

      Thanks to my wife, Celestine, who has been my helpmate for over fifty-four years.

      Thanks to Virgil Tyler, the husband of my daughter, Cheryl, for volunteering to review the manuscript. He also had many other things he could have chosen to do instead.

      Also thanks to the following people for giving me permission to use some of their information in this book:

      Livia Bardin, MSW, and the International Cultic Studies Association for their comments and use of quotes from Ms. Bardin’s book Starting Out in Mainstream America.

      Mr. Dave Fleet Sr., vice president in Edelman’s Toronto office.

      Rev. Dan Reiland, executive pastor, 12 Stone Church, Lawrenceville, Georgia.

      Ms. Sheri Stritof, writer for About Relationships, and widow and widower support expert.

      Thanks to the Westbow Press staff for assistance and guidance in completing the publishing process of this book.

      Thanks to all of you who purchased this book. May you find something in it that will help you understand expectations better and inspire you to help others with their expectations.

      CHAPTER 1

      Introduction

      As we go through life each day, we do something so routine that we don’t even think about it. It is almost like breathing, thinking, or walking—we expect. We expect the sun to rise each morning. We expect to wake up the next morning, especially if we are healthy. We expect our prayers to be answered. We expect God to do what He promised. We expect particular results from our decisions. We have expectations for our families. However, all of us may have different levels of expectations, because different people may expect different things from the same source.

      Our expectations can range from high to low (or seemingly no expectations), important to meaningless, substantial to trivial, conscious to unconscious, etc. Mr. Dave Fleet said in his article Expectations Can Make or Break You that expectations are critical.³

      If you were to ask a group of people the following questions, each question could have as many answers as there were people in the group. Also, if the circumstances, experiences, and knowledge of a person change over time, his or her answers may change.

      - What do you expect from life?

      - What do you expect when you sit in a chair?

      - What do you expect from your wife or husband, children, grandchildren, boyfriend or girlfriend, mother, father, or friend?

      - What

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