RPS #59 — Why You Should Be an Optimist

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Your outlook on life is one of the biggest factors in deciding the quality and success of your work. But should Christians be optimists? And what does biblically-based optimism even look like?

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Show Notes:

  • 0:00 – Welcome
  • 2:18 – Optimism vs. Pessimism
  • 3:20 – The Right Kind of Optimist
  • 5:16 – Evangelical Eeyores
  • 7:52 – Every Believer Should Be an Optimist
  • 10:19 – Reasonably Happy
  • 12:53 – Eternally Optimistic
  • 16:27 – Joyfully Long-Suffering
  • 17:17 – More Than a Personality Trait
  • 19:17 – Optimism Is True and It Gets Results
  • 22:18 – Conclusion

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