Dealing with Expectations in Ministry [EP:091]

<p>Trying to figure out how to manage all the expectations in ministry? </p> <p>In this episode, we go deeper into what lies beneath expectations and what to do with them if they are something we can't do. </p> <p><strong>Key Points Shared</strong></p> <p>What are expectations?</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Assumptions, presumptions</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Hopes</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What they think would happen in the future</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">State of Anticipating</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Feeling of what should happen</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where do they come from?</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Family, friends, neighbors, schools, people in the place of our ministry</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Formed and shaped by past experiences and personal definition of responsibilities.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things to consider. Are the expectations:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">conscious</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">realistic</span></li> <li><span style= "font-weight: 400;">spoken/written </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">agreed upon</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What do you do with them?</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ask God about the condition of your heart and for His guidance.</span></li> <li>If it was not agreed upon, acknowledge this in a kind way by saying, "I didn’t know that’s what you were expecting" or<br /> simply, "I’m sorry, I am not able to do that."</li> <li>If it was agreed upon, start a conversation. Talk about it. This is what I can do...this is what I can’t do right now. OR I am no