1 / 14

The Benefits of Being Pessimistic

The Benefits of Being Pessimistic. Two Ways of Looking at Life. Pessimistically. Half Empty. Optimistically. Half Full. Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Pessimism — A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.

huey
Download Presentation

The Benefits of Being Pessimistic

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Benefits of Being Pessimistic

  2. Two Ways of Looking at Life Pessimistically Half Empty Optimistically Half Full

  3. Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Pessimism—Adisposition to take the least hopeful view of things. • Word Net ® 2.0Pessimism—(a) the feeling that things will turn out badly (ant: optimism) (b) a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst of all things (ant: optimism)

  4. (1)Kills joy (Philippians 4:4) • Produces fear and anxiety(Hebrews 13:6; Matthew 6:25-33; Matthew 25:25)

  5. (2) Weakens faith(Matthew 8:25-27) • Pessimism results from lack of faith. • Pessimism is born of doubt; optimism is born of faith. • Pessimism produces more doubts and results in disobedience.

  6. (3) Yields constant discouragement (Hebrews 12:3,5) • The pessimist feels helpless (Numbers 13:28-33).“We are not able”

  7. (4) Stops progress (Matthew 13:21) • Prevents one from achieving (Matthew 25:25; Numbers 13:31; Numbers 14:23,24).

  8. The Benefits of Optimism • Strengthens faith (Matthew 7:7). • Optimism is a result of faith (Romans 4:19,20). • It produces more faith and results in obedience (James 2:21-24).

  9. The Benefits of Optimism • Yields encouragement (Romans 8:31-39) • The Optimist feels unstoppable (Numbers 13:30; 1 Samuel 17:26, 32-37).

  10. The Benefits of Optimism • Quickens joy (Romans 5:2) • Producing comfort and contentment (Matthew 5:12; Acts 5:41)

  11. The Benefits of Optimism • Enables progress (Philippians 4:13) • We can grow (2 Peter 1:5-10). • We can overcome (Romans 8:31, 37-39; 1 Corinthians 10:13). • We can do God’s work (Psalm 27:1-3; 118:6; Colossians 1:23).

  12. CONCLUSION We must be realists! • (John 8:32) • What is real?(John 17:17) • How do I relate to that which is real?(Romans 2:5-11) • Adversity –(2 Timothy 3:12) • Faith –(Hebrews 13:5) • Consequences – (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

  13. Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. “ Isaiah 41:10 “Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Do We Truly Believe It?

More Related