This book began as messages preached to inmates of the Central State Prison of Georgia but soon became the catalyst for biblical messages of hope and encouragement to all people in bondage. One will be encouraged to learn how many people in the Bible found themselves in bondage, even in prison, and were able to overcome by God's grace and help. Whether you are in what you consider an inescapable and stinking mess, as Noah must have felt after a year on the ark, or in trouble through no misdeed of your own, as was Joseph in the book of Genesis, bondage is truly a prison. Since we all are sinners, we can admit to being in the bondage of sin, our own Incarceration Nation. The message is, Jesus came to set us free, and if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed. The hope offered in the scriptures is that even in the shackles of some binding illness, addiction, life-trap, failing marriage, emotional pit, or meaningless life, there is hope for you and great encouragement along the way, if you are a prisoner of hope.