Palm Sunday

Speaker: Pastor Patrick Kelley

Originally Recorded: Apr 14, 2019

Mark 11:1-10

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’ ” They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, some people standing there asked, “What are you doing, untying that colt?” They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna! ” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Our expectations shape our experience. (With God and People)

What you expect you’ll also train yourself to look for.

If the devil can control your expectation he’ll control your experience

Having the wrong expectations will rob your experience with God because you’ll miss the moment you’re in

Continual disappoint leads to discouragement and depression

Proverbs 13:12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

The correct expectation positions you to experience the abundant life of Jesus.

How do you get the right expectation?

You saturate yourself in His presence and His Word.

Big Idea:

The correct expectation will elevate your experience with Jesus.