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Jentezen Franklin at Free Chapel

Jentezen Franklin

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Our expectations control our conduct. The wise men in Matthew 2 followed the bright star in expectation of finding something glorious, but they ended up in a stable. They were expecting a king in a palace, but they found a baby in a stable. What do you do when you start with so much hope and end up at a stable?

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Jensen Franklin, and thank you so much for joining us for this week's
0:05.0	podcast. Our goal is to provide you with biblically-based teachings that will
0:10.8	challenge, inspire, and equip you to live for Jesus.
0:13.8	If you haven't already, I'd love for you to go ahead and
0:17.2	subscribe today to this podcast so you can get the latest updates from us and you don't ever have to miss a new message.
0:25.0	Let's go right into the service, recorded at Freechapel. I believe it's going to bless you
0:30.8	today.
0:38.0	But I want to go today for a few moments to the book of Matthew, and I want to talk about an aspect of the Christmas story
0:42.0	that maybe you haven't thought about and I won't preach long, but you need a word today and I've got one for you.
0:51.5	Sometimes when we have high expectations it changes our emotions and even can change our conduct.
1:01.0	When you understand that your conduct is changed by your expectations,
1:07.6	that makes a difference. If you don't believe me, watch your children if you've got little ones get up in the morning.
1:16.0	Because they have high expectations in the morning for what's going to be under that tree.
1:22.0	And you don't have to get them and beg them,
1:26.0	and some of you are going to be wishing and longing, just sleep in,
1:29.0	just sleep in.
1:30.0	They're not going to sleep in.
1:31.0	I don't care how long you stayed up putting stuff
1:34.1	together and wrapping it. They are not going to sleep in. They're going to get up
1:38.4	early because of their ex- Those same children when the Christmas holiday is over and they got to get
1:44.9	up and go to school you're going to have to pull them out of the coma because they're not going
1:49.8	to be excited.
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