#soap # 1 Timothy 04 ## Title: What Hope Have You Got? ## Scripture: (1 Timothy 4:10) “In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.” (NET) ## Observation: One of my favorite apologists is Dr. John Lennox. He has spent his life in the upper academic world teaching abstract mathematics at places like Cambridge in England. He has done many other things, but that makes him a little unique. This has not stopped him from having a passion to reach other people and share God’s Word. He talks about one of the greatest methods is to ask questions. He says to keep on asking until they ask you one. Then you can share your faith. He says that one time he was sitting on a train reading his Bible and a guy said, “You don’t really believe that, do you?” Dr. Lennox talked about them going back and forth a couple of times, then he said, “What hope have you got?” The man said, “I guess the best we can do is muddle through.” This gave Dr. Lennox the opportunity to talk about his hope in Jesus. This is a powerful question even for Christians. Where does your hope come from? We can get so distracted by the things going on around us that we forget about the hope that never fails. What hope have you got? ## Application: Find someone and ask this question today. Journal about what happens. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being our Living Hope.