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in God—and get your hopes up about what God is going to teach you and how He is going to provide for you through this situation. If someone says something bad about you, instead of getting bitter, ask God how to handle the situation. In the past, you might have lost your cool and told that person off, but that was the old you. God has brought you a long way since then. You have an inheritance in Him, and He can turn that situation into something good.

Newer and Even Bigger Expectations
    We began this book by talking about expectations. And as we end this chapter and this first section, I want to encourage you to actually begin raising those expectations. Have a hope to go higher!The more hope you have, the easier it will be to walk by faith. I pray that God has been building your faith throughout these first five chapters—that’s why I think it’s time to expect even more from God. He loves you so much and wants to bless your life beyond measure (see Ephesians 3:20).
    We say that a pregnant woman is “expecting.” That’s why she starts making plans. She is acting on her expectation—buying clothes, bottles, setting up the crib, and preparing the nursery. We need to act like people who are expecting. We should get up in the morning making plans for God to do something great. With God’s help, we can think
Today may be the day. This is the day the Lord has made, and something great is bound to happen to me
. Even if God doesn’t do exactly the thing you’re asking for, try to broaden your view. Maybe you’re asking for something and God’s got something better in mind. Don’t just ask for good; believe and hope for great.
    We should get up in the morning making plans for God to do something great
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    Wake up each day saying “I have a happy and confident expectation that something amazing is going to happen today. My spouse is going to bless me. My kids are going to behave. I’m going to get great news at work. God is going to give me an opportunity to bless someone. A blessing is going to come in the mail. I’m going to experience a breakthrough today.” Don’t be afraid to trust, believe, and speak blessings over your day from the moment you wake up. I have decided to refer to this book as “The Happy Book.” I believe anyone who reads it will become happier than ever before. Hope is a joyful and confident expectation that something good is about to happen!
    Hope removes the limits from our expectations. Are you expecting a little or a lot from the Lord? You may be halfway hoping God will do something. You may be halfway believing for something good, but I want to challenge you to completely and wholeheartedly believe for greater things than ever before. I want to challenge youto believe that God can use you in greater ways. If you write songs, why can’t God give you the greatest song that’s ever been written? If you preach the Word, why can’t God give you a message so powerful, so awesome, that every time it’s preached, it sets captives free? If you’re raising children, why can’t your children grow up to be world changers? Why can’t you be promoted at your job? Why can’t you meet the person you are to marry and have an amazingly great life? Why can’t you overcome that hurt? Why can’t you make a difference in the lives of those around you? It’s time to start living with a new level of hopeful expectation. Believe that if anything good can happen to anyone, then it can happen to you!
    If anything good can happen to anyone, then it can happen to you!

Get Your Hopes Up!
    When you look in the mirror today, I hope you’ll see yourself as God sees you. You aren’t a lost, broken, defeated, helpless person. You aren’t a person unable to control your mind or emotions, and you aren’t a person who can’t get past your past. You are so much more than those things! You are more than a conqueror (see Romans 8:37). You are a new creation in Christ, and God is working in your life. Little