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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION. Hope for a Homeless Man. Who needs hope?. What is Hope? Hope Defined. First, What Hope Is Not -- The opposite of Hope is Hopeless. The dictionary says that hopeless refers to something impossible of being accomplished, solved, or resolved. What Hope Is?.

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INTRODUCTION

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  1. INTRODUCTION Hopefor a Homeless Man

  2. Who needs hope?

  3. What is Hope? Hope Defined First, What Hope Is Not -- The opposite of Hope is Hopeless. The dictionary says that hopeless refers to something impossible of being accomplished, solved, or resolved.

  4. What Hope Is? Hope is celebrating today the realities of a future dream.

  5. Hope is “the feeling that what is desired is also possible, or that events may turn out for the best.” Random House Dictionary

  6. Hope is awakening to the dawn of a new day with a smile and the determination and joy to live that day to the full.

  7. The Biology of Hope Hope for Mice and Men

  8. The Biology of Hope Story of Mixed X-Rays

  9. The Story of Norman Cousins

  10. Quotes from Norman Cousins Anatomy of an Illness Head First—The Biology of Hope

  11. Current Research in Psycho-neuro-immunology • Depressed Men prone • to fatal Heart Attacks

  12. Effects of Laughter on Immune System • Reduces blood pressure • Reduces stress hormones • Increases muscle flexion • Increases immune function

  13. ↑Endorphins • It’s FREE • No known negative side effects. Drs. Lee Berk & Stanley Tan, Loma Linda University

  14. Mayo Clinic Reports Optimists live longer and have higher quality of life --Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Aug. 2002

  15. Any Hope for a Marriage where there Is No Love, but Lots of Bitterness? Jack and Maggi lived up in northern Wisconsin

  16. Any Hope for a Baby Born without Arms?

  17. The Source of Hope • The Need of a Hope • The Need of a Philosophy of Hope and Meaning • Nihilism • Secular Existentialism • Post-Modernism

  18. Case Study of a Person who Applied the Hope Factor Viktor Frankl

  19. Earthly Hope vsTranscendent Hope Lot hoped for riches and comfort by moving to Sodom. Abraham hoped his family would inherit the eternal city of God.

  20. Bible Promises that give us Hope • “For I know the plans that I have for you . . plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 NIV • We “have been born again into a life FULL OF HOPE.” 1 Peter 1:3-4

  21. Our hope is a RESURRECTION hope It was a fear-frought Friday–dark, dark Friday. They nailed Him to the cross on Friday and put a crown of thorns on His head–on Friday.

  22. We all have our dark Fridays, days when nothing seems to go right. But for Jesus and for us, Resurrection morning of hope and joy is coming. – Adapted from Mark Finley

  23. Early Sunday morning the rocks are rent. The dark night of despair gives way to the sunshine of a new day.

  24. Integration and Summary The various WIN! Factors dovetail together and have a synergistic effect.

  25. RELATIONSHIPS “Where Lives Meet” Synergy Effect BODY Biological Support For Life SOCIAL SUPPORT APPRECIATION NUTRITION REST MIND/SPIRIT “Inner Strength” JOY OF SERVICE LOVE COMMAND CENTER CLOSE TIES/ COMMITMENT FAMILY TIME/ PRIORITIES AIR FORGIVE- NESS HOPE EXERCISE NEW YOU TRUST FREEDOM WATER RESOLVING CONFLICT SUNLIGHT COMMUNICATION FACING CRISIS Wellness Integrating Needs

  26. WHERE DO WE FIND HOPE IN A HOPELESS WORLD? The OUTLOOK is HOPELESS The UPLOOK is FULL OF HOPE

  27. Anna finds HOPE • On her 23rd birthday, Anna decided to take her own life. . . • As she wrote suicide notes, the telephone rang. Solid Ground, 330

  28. The Need for HOPE is written on every Nerve and Fiber The science of Psychoneuroimmunology presents striking evidence that – DESPAIR and you will die!

  29. HOPE and you will live! You will live longer. You will live more abundantly. Life with Christ is an endless hope, but without Christ it is a hopeless end.

  30. Arlene’s Hope

  31. “We have such a blessed hope.”

  32. A Prayer of Hope Lord, thank You that You have given us the gift of HOPE which takes away a lot of the stresses and worries in our daily lives.

  33. Thank you for never leaving or forsaking us for You have “a way when there seems to be no way”. Your Store House of Miracles is full, ready for us.

  34. Thank You that through Jesus’ death we have the Blessed hope of some day seeing our loved ones again who have gone to their graves.

  35. Thank You that You give our family the hope of a better and never-ending life together in heaven. And thank You for Hope in a World of Hopelessness. Amen.

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