In the penultimate chapter of the Bible, in the opening statement of the very last speech God makes in the whole of the Christian Scriptures, God says: "Behold I am making all things new" (Rev 21:5). The prophet sees the old heavens and the old earth the universe as it now is passing away, and new heavens and a new earth, God's new creation of all things, coming into being. It is not that God r...

background : hope is an important factor in the recovery of cancer patients. few iranian studies investigated the level of hope in cancer patients. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the level of hope in iranian cancer patients and the related factors. methods : in a descriptive correlational study, 150 cancer patients were selected by a consecutive sampling method. hope in patie...

conclusions performing htp can improve hopefulness and symptoms of patients, specially addicted ones. in addition, it can prevent substance abusers from returning to drugs and leaving the treatment period unfinished. results the results showed that f value of mean scores in depression and hope post-tests of the experimental and control groups are 24.94 and 25.73, respectively, which are signifi...

conclusions through effective interventions, health care providers are able to foster hope in adolescents and thus improve their spiritual heath. results analysis of the data led to the identification of three categories: “connection with the source of hope,” “belief in finding solutions through efforts,” and “having an optimistic view”; the categories together formed the common theme “hope, th...