This belief sounds a bit strange when you first hear it, but it actually is an important belief in bringing peace in our hearts. Instead of continuously praying the same prayer of request, waiting and wondering when God is going to move on your behalf, you pray one sincere Bible-based prayer stating to God what you want and why you feel He should grant it (based on His Word), and then leave the problem in God's hands to solve in His good time and in a way that is best for you. However, what you may want to do after you've prayed that initial prayer instead is this: Offer up prayers of thanksgiving to God, thanking Him for hearing your original prayer, and thanking Him for being a God who honors His Word and makes good His promises given to us in the Bible. And all the while remaining in a state of peace as you stay 'expectant'.

Speaking about 'staying expectant', people often comment that a mother-to-be has a glow about them. Perhaps it is this 'expectancy' that is producing the glow. She is expecting great things to happen as she aims herself at bringing a new life into the world. In the same way, we need to have a heart of expectancy as we expect to see God answer our prayer. We can use our imagination to picture ourselves having the thing we want from God. We can talk to our friends about what we are expecting to receive. There is power in seeing things through the eye of faith, and talking about what we are aiming to receive.