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What does the Bible say about optimism?



    
    

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Shea S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries
Optimism is "the tendency to expect the best possible outcome or to dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation." Optimists usually feel that "good things" will happen in the future or that wh...

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My picture Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College & Dallas Seminary graduate, Pentair
I’m so optimistic I’d go after Moby Dick in a rowboat and take the tartar sauce with me. -- Zig Ziglar

An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true.

The tire is only flat on the bottom.

But I could only find one actual reference to optimism directly (in answer to the question, What does the Bible say about optimism?):

Gal 1:11 MSG: "Know this--I am most emphatic here, friends--this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism."

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