An interesting survey found that 57 percent of us have bought or read a book based solely on its cover. And a survey of 2,000 U.S. adults who bought a book based on the cover found that a whopping 96 percent of these people said the book met their expectations.
That is the power of expectation.
What Henry Ford said a hundred years ago is still true today. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are probably right.”
The power of expectation.
In Acts 3, we read about the lame man who was healed in the temple. The Bible tells us that the lame man brought high expectations to the table as he approached the apostles. The man “gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them” (Acts 3:5).
He was healed. Again, the power of expectation.
Recovery Step: Whether you expect to break free from your addiction or you expect to remain enslaved to it, you are probably right. It’s called the power of expectation.
