“Hope did not affect reports on how painful the experience was, but it did increase the ability to tolerate it.”
9 types of Hopelessness:
Alienation
Forsakenness
Uninspired
Powerlessness
Oppression
Limitedness
Doom
Captivity
Helplessness
1 - Christ is the image of the invisible God
2 - Christ is supreme over all creation
3 - Christ holds all things together
4 - Christ is the hope of the church
5 - The church is the hope of the world
Characteristics of Hope-Fueled churches: (Ray Johnston)
- Hope-Fueled churches believe God has better days ahead
- Hope-Fueled churches take God-honoring risks
- Hope-Fueled churches unleash compassion
- Hope-Fueled churches are known by what they’re for, not what they’re against