Tag: Divine Disappointments

Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” “Our greatest disappointments often lead to God’s divine appointments – Craig Groeschel.” Disappointment = Expectation/Reality. “Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality.” – John C Maxwell. Disappointment is unhappiness and sadness caused by shattered...

Deuteronomy 3:23 & 25-26 At that time I pleaded with the Lord. Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon. But the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he would not listen to me. ‘That’s enough!’ he declared. ‘Speak of it no more.”...

1 Chronicles 17:4 “Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.” “Disappointments are part of life; we can’t always have our own way. A hundred years from now it won’t make any difference!” – Billy Graham. Only heaven...

2 Corinthians 12:8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” God’s plans will always be more beautiful and greater than all your disappointments. Disappointment can bankrupt our soul and darken...

Exodus 4:1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discouragement – Joyce Meyer. Discouragement is the aftermath of disappointment. Those who are discouraged don’t lack capability, they lack courage. Discouragement is...

Jonah 1:5b But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. ‘We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope’ – Martin Luther King Jr. Disappointment and droopiness are closely linked. Disappointment is unmet expectations. One of the ways we combat disappointment is by hiding or sleeping to...

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Disappointments are just God’s way of saying, “I’ve got something better”. Be patient…live life…have faith”. Disappointment is a sadness or sorrow caused by a non-fulfillment of one’s hopes....