New Year message

What is faith? It is the confident assurance that

what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things

we cannot yet see

Heb 11:1 NLT

Living by Faith

The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave himself for me

Gal 2:20b

Living by Faith

Our faith pleases God

… without faith it is impossible to please God

Heb 11:6

Living by Faith

Our faith will be tested

though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so

that the proven genuineness of your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though

refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed

1 Peter 1:6-7

Living by Faith

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Living by Faith

To live without hope is to cease to live

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Living in Hope

God is the source of real hope

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him,

so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit

Rom 15:13

Living in Hope

Hope for the weary

but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint

Isaiah 40:31

Living in Hope

Hope for the disappointed

Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in me

will not be disappointed

Isaiah 49:23

Living in Hope

Hope for the future

while we wait for the blessed hope – the glorious appearing of our great God

and Saviour, Jesus Christ

Titus 2: 13

Living in Hope

Love must be the priority

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a

clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have

not love, I am nothing.

Living with Love

Love must be the priority

If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,

but have not love, I gain nothing

1 Cor 13:1-3

Living with Love

Love must be practical

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue

but with actions and in truth

1 John 3:18

Living with Love

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it

keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It

always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres – 1 Cor 13:4-7

Living with Love

Love must be practical

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one

another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

John 13:34-35

Living with Love

Love is permanent

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is

knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when

perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

Living with Love

Love is permanent

When I was a child … When I became a man … Now we see but a poor reflection as in a

mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully,

even as I am fully known

1 Cor 13:8-12

Living with Love

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.

But the greatest of these is love

1 Cor 13:13

Living with Love

We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith,

your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope

in our Lord Jesus Christ

1 Thess 1:3

Living with Love

• FAITH makes all things possible • HOPE makes all things bright • LOVE makes all things easy