{"id":942,"date":"2016-07-11T02:47:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T02:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=942"},"modified":"2016-08-08T04:39:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T04:39:37","slug":"sermon-july-10-2016-dealing-with-pessimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-july-10-2016-dealing-with-pessimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; July 10, 2016: &#8220;Dealing With Pessimism&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-942-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul10-16.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul10-16.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul10-16.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Dealing with Pessimism<\/p>\n<p>Genesis 42<\/p>\n<p>Pessimistic people&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only see the negative in other people.<\/li>\n<li>Focus on the darkest parts of life.<\/li>\n<li>Assume the worst in any given circumstance.<\/li>\n<li>Behave as if the entire world is against them.<\/li>\n<li>Negatively influence the attitudes of those around them.<\/li>\n<li>May believe God is the author of &#8220;evil.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How do you avoid and\/or overcome a pessimistic state?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forget about yourself and remember God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paul&#8217;s encouragement: Rom 8:31-39<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God is for us.<\/li>\n<li>God will give us all we need.<\/li>\n<li>We are not condemned but justified through Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>We cannot be separated from the love of Jesus.<\/li>\n<li>God enables us to resist temptation that leads to pessimism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing with Pessimism Genesis 42 Pessimistic people&#8230; Only see the negative in other people. Focus on the darkest parts of life. Assume the worst in any given circumstance. Behave as if the entire world is against them. Negatively influence the<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-july-10-2016-dealing-with-pessimism\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[57,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-study","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/genesisbanner.jpg?fit=1150%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/942\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}