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So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13, ESV
We have faith, because God is faithful.
We have hope, because God has promised.
We love, because God is love and has loved us.
Loving is sharing Christ.
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
Philippians 2:3 ESV
Just as Christ did not rely on His divinity while on earth, but denied Himself to the point of dying to redeem us, we should love others enough to take care of their needs before our own.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
1 John 3:18, ESV
Some may say “share the Gospel, and if necessary use words.”
That is not the point here. Rather, it is better said “put your money where your mouth is.”
Do not merely teach it: Do it.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10, ESV
Just as God created a good world and loves His Creation, we were created to love this world and draw it back to Him out of the sin and rebellion we brought in, to be like the Son through His power.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.
Ephesians 6:11, ESV
The Deceiver wants us to fail, turn from God, and lead others astray.
But God is our defender, equipping us with all we need through His Word, Holy Spirit, and each other as the saints of God.
nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:39, ESV
God’s love is unconditional. Only those who put their faith in Christ are saved, but He loves each one of His creations.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12, ESV
God’s Word reveals our every and deepest sins and intentions, but it also reveals God’s endless love and grace for those who call on Christ’s name.
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
Psalm 143:10, ESV
The Holy Spirit regenerates our hearts and minds, and purifies our souls, that we may be saved from our sin and become more like the Son.
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26, ESV
It is the power of God that saves us, by grace through faith. Nothing we can do, have, or give can get us closer to God. It is His gift.
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 43:19, ESV
In Christ, we all have access to the Father through the Holy Spirit, who flows through us into the wilderness of this fallen, sinful world with Christ’s refreshing righteousness.
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