{"id":8917,"date":"2026-03-17T13:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/?p=8917"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:32:37","slug":"the-reason-for-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/the-reason-for-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reason for Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord.  Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have,  But do this with gentleness and respect.<\/p>\n<p>Observation: I never thought of being prepared to give an answer why Christ makes a difference in my life.  God works in us but He expects us to do some work also.  I should prepare for any situation that may come up for the reason of my faith and the change in my life And trust the Holy Spirit will speak through me.<\/p>\n<p>Application: I need to meditate on all Christ has done for me where I would be without Him and how He speaks to me.  Give a reason why I know He lives and be prepared with scriptures that will help others,<\/p>\n<p>Prayer: My Lord give me wisdom to prepare to do your will in spreading the gospel.  Open the door today that I may give a good testimony to someone of your love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have, But do this with gentleness and respect. Observation: I never thought of being prepared to give an answer why Christ &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-devotional"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8919,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8917\/revisions\/8919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingoverdepression.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}