Sermons

The Optimism Factor Message #2

Dec 2-3, 2006 Dr Larry Osborne

Why I'm An Optimist

^{Mark 4:26-34 & Matthew 16:13-18}

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THE ULTIMATE OXYMORON:
    ^{Matthew 6:27-34    Ecclesiastes 7:10}

A Christian pessimist!

Beware of. . .

The crisis du jour

20/200 hindsight

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TWO PARABLES & A PROMISE:
    ^{Mark 4:26-34  &  Matthew 16:13-18}

God’s kingdom will grow on its own.

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Don’t judge the end of God’s work by the beginning.

Satan is the one under attack!

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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN OPTIMIST & AN OSTRICH:

An ostrich lives in denial.
      ^{Isaiah 5:20}

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An optimist lives by faith!
      ^{Hebrews 11:6  Revelation 21:1-5  Habakkuk 3:16-19  Romans 8:31-39}

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HOT TIPS & PRACTICAL ADVICE:
    ^{2 Timothy 4:1-20    Luke 10:17-20}

Don’t be afraid to call bad things bad.

Be careful not to catastrophize.

Never forget life’s biggest problem.