
The Hope Within Me
By Ben Smiley


Many experts have been saying for many years now that we are having a crisis of hope. In 2020 we saw almost everything taken from us, but the most precious thing we lost was Hope. Romans 15:13 refers to God as “the God of Hope.” If anyone is about hope it is God. The apostle Paul in I Corinthians 13:13 says that three things remain, faith hope and love.
Hope is as critical to our souls as air is to our lungs. Peter tells us to “always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.” 1 Peter 3:15. The question is what is the hope within you as a child of God? What was the hope that drove the apostles, like Peter and Paul to do such extraordinary things?
This book dives into hope, what it is, where it comes from, how to claim it and hold onto it and lastly how to live our lives in such a way that people ask in amazement for us to give an
answer for the reason for the hope within us.
