John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave

 his one and only Son, that whoever believes

in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIV

 

 

 

 

 

A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same.  Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions.  If you know nothing of the Bible, start here.  If you know everything in the Bible, return here.  We all need the reminder.  The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human.  And God's treatment is prescribed in John 3:16.

 

 

                            He loves.

                                  He gave.

                                                 We believe.

                                                                    We live.

 

 

 

 

Taken from Max Lucado's 3:16 New Testament (2008)

 

 

 

 

 

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The Son will always shine through the sin of the world.

 

                                                 



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Taken from, Walking by Faith by Jennifer Rothschild

(Jennifer is blind) 

 

 

 

"Walking by faith is living in a reality not yet seen.  Relying on sight--as

 

paradoxical as it sounds--blinds us to God's best.  By sight, we step over God's

 

hidden treasures that only the eyes of faith can see.  Most of us never learn to

 

walk by faith until we learn to walk in the dark.  We don't lean on God until fear

 

 makes us feel shaky and weak."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Love, Forgiveness and Power

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God is love

love is in me

God in me


Jesus is forgiveness

forgiveness in me

Jesus in me


The Holy Spirit is power

His power in me

The Holy Spirit in me


He is the Vine, I am the branch

If I am in Him and He is in me

I can have love, forgiveness and power

in everything I do





John 15:5  "I am the vine; you are the branches.  The one who remains in Me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without Me."   Holman Christian Standard Bible


"I am the Vine; you are the branches.  Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit.  However, apart from Me (cut off from vital union with Me) you can do nothing."    Amplified Bible

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Fight with Faith, Hope and Love

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When in the heat of a battle use faith, hope and love.

      Faith that the promises are true.

      Hope that faithfulness to prayer will bring answers.

      Love that gives perseverance to win.

When tempted to quit because it is not fair use...

      Faith to not give up.

      Hope to stay in the Spirit.

      Love to be selfless.

When doubting God's plan because of the pain...

      Faith goes to His word.
     
      Hope strengthens the heart.

      Love acts to forgive.

Without these three fighting as one, failure would reign and sin could win.

Stand strong, continue to fight and always rest in His love.







I Corinthians 13:13  "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  The greatest of these is love."              NIV

"In this life we have three lasting qualities: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love."                 J.B. Phillips New Testament

¹³But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
                              The Message

¹³ Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

                              New Living Translation

¹³ And so faith, hope, love abide [faith—conviction and belief respecting man’s relation to God and divine things; hope—joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love—true affection for God and man, growing out of God’s love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love.

                             Amplified Bible

¹³ And now dwelleth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the most of these is charity.

                             Wycliffe Bible