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Hang in There

July 6, 2026

Ray Comfort
Founder & CEO, Living Waters
From The Evidence Study Bible

There was once a daring escape from a Nazi war prison. The inmates had dug a tunnel, but it surfaced twenty feet short of the cover of a wooded area. So, they waited until a moonless night and sent one man into the woods to watch for the time when the guard turned his back. The prisoner was to pull on a piece of string that ran from the woods down into the tunnel, letting the next prisoner know it was safe for him to emerge. One by one, the men felt the tug of the string and surfaced, running into the safety of the dark woods.

Unfortunately, the guard heard a sound and walked over to near where the hole was located. He didn’t see the opening but stood by it for some time, looking suspiciously around the area. Time seemed to stand still for the next prisoner who was waiting underground for the tug on the string.

“The Bible tells us that we inherit the promises of God through “faith and patience” (Heb. 6:12). There are times when a Christian asks God for something, and there is a delay. But he doesn’t lose patience. He hangs in there.”

Suddenly, the man lost his patience. He could stand it no longer. He moved forward, then up and out of the hole in the dark. It was the last thing he did. The guard swung around and fired on him with his machine gun, filling him full of lead.

We can learn from that man’s fatal mistake. His error was threefold. He lacked patience, faith, and obedience. If only he had trusted the one on the other end. If only he had obeyed the instructions given to him, he would have found his freedom. Instead, he lost his very life.

The Bible tells us that we inherit the promises of God through “faith and patience” (Heb. 6:12). There are times when a Christian asks God for something, and there is a delay. But he doesn’t lose patience. He hangs in there. The One holding onto the string can see things he can’t, and He knows what is best for him. The Bible says, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding” (Prov. 3:5).

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Ray Comfort

Founder & CEO, Living Waters

Ray Comfort is the Founder and CEO of Living Waters, a bestselling author, and has written more than 100 books, including, The Evidence Study Bible. He cohosts the award-winning television program Way of the Master, which airs in 190 countries.
The Evidence Study Bible
1. Why Even Top Scientists Are Doubting Evolution
2. What Does It Really Mean to Know the Lord?
3. It Is Biblical to Call Sinners to Repent
4. Answering Common Questions About Creation
5. The Difference Between Biblical and False Prophecy
6. Questions to Make the Evolutionist Think
7. Powerful Gospel Parallels Found in the Book of Esther
8. The Simple Reason Evolution Can’t Be Proved
9. Know Your Rights in Public Speaking
10. God Is Good, and That’s Scary News for Sinful Man
11. A Brush With Death Awakens Ray Comfort to the Plight of the Lost
12. Biblical Promises About Heaven
13. Who Can Tell Me: A Search for Meaning
14. What Our Shared Genetic Make-up with Chimps Actually Tells Us
15. Using What God Gave Us to Reach the Lost
16. Calvary’s Cross
17. Giving Thanks in Any Circumstance
18. Judgement Day and the Existence of Hell
19. The Sobering Task of Evangelism
20. Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
21. Answering Objections to Prayer
22. How to Witness to Mormons
23. The Sermon on the Mount
24. The Incredible Design of the Human Eye
25. Was Albert Einstein an Atheist?
26. Understanding the Gospel Through Legal Terms
27. The Complexity of DNA
28. God’s Love: The Biblical Presentation
29. The Rush of Sin
30. Resurrection Proofs: How Do We Know Jesus Rose from the Dead?
31. The Origin of the Universe
32. Transitional Forms
33. Worldly Guests
34. A Tale of Fiction Echoing the Gospel
35. Charles Spurgeon and the “Sinner’s Prayer”
36. Answering Those with a Flippant Attitude Toward Hell
37. Answering Objections to God’s Judgment in the Old Testament
38. Can a Christian Believe in Evolution?
39. How to Witness to Those in Cults and Other Religions
40. Answering the Objection: Conscience is Given to Us by Society
41. Contradictions in the Bible—Why Are They There?
42. Open-Air Preaching: Contending or Contentious?
43. Do Atheists Believe the Universe Came from Nothing?
44. Answering the Objection: “Hitler was a Christian!”
45. Good Questions for Evolutionists
46. Hang in There

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