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<div class="SSN_title">"THE LIVING HOPE."</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. THE IMPORTANCE OF HOPE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. People who lose hope, 30% greater chance of getting cancer.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Breast cancer grew more rapidly when certain chemical was in body.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. This chemical reduced when hope stimulated.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. Korean war examined the bodies of men who died fighting or running, and men who were just found dead in fox holes with no apparent reason.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Fighting or running.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Heart and blood vessels constricted.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Unknown.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Heart relaxed.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Voodoo deaths.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. They believed they were going to die.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. They gave up hope of living.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Blood pressure slowly dropped.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">b. Heart gradually slowed till it stopped.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Norwegian wharf rats.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Placed in glass chamber half filled with water and water sprayed in.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Died in 17 minutes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Others they rescued just before they drowned.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Later when placed in glass chamber, they survived for 36 hours.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. WORLD DOESN'T OFFER MUCH HOPE TODAY.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. We have no viable alternate energy source.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. We have no answers for our economic chaos.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Russia's military strength hopelessly overpowers us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. WE AS CHRISTIANS HAVE A LIVING HOPE.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. God is in control of all the circumstances of our lives.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. He can sustain us through anything.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. He will watch out for us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. "To die is to be with the Lord."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. I have His promise of eternal life.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. A quality of life as well as quantity.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">IV. THE BASIS OF OUR HOPE: "THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Jesus made great claims.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. If we would believe on Him we would become Sons of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. As Sons, our Heavenly Father would watch over us and keep us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. We wouldn't have to worry about food, clothing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. If we believed in Him, we would never die.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. In His Father's house were many mansions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. All of these would be empty promises had He not risen.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We would be like the rest of the world in a state of hopelessness.</div>
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