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 – Welcome2:18 – Optimism vs. Pessimism3:20 – The Right Kind of Optimist5:16 – Evangelical Eeyores7:52 – Every Believer Should Be an Optimist10:19 – Reasonably Happy12:53 – Eternally Optimistic16:27 – Joyfully Long-Suffering17:17 – More Than a Personality Trait19:17 – Optimism Is True and It Gets Results22:18 – Conclusion

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