Temporal Trinity-Faith, Hope and Love

1 Cor.13:13

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three;

but the greatest of these is love.

This was first one four-stanza poem...

Before it caught fire, and became three poems in one

Just as the light of morning breaks the dark of night, so too

By faith and hope in Him, God wakes a love we never knew...

By Faith in God we are made whole and fitted for its test

By Hope, God anchors our souls where warring winds molest

By faith, the part we cannot see defends the part we do

By hope, secured at Calvary, we know love, kind and true

By faith we trust in Jesus' name; by faith our fear is awed

Because hope brings us, not to shame but to the love of God

...and as His love is shed abroad in our hearts, we find

The joy of faith and hope in God brings peace to soul and mind

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By faith our hope was justified the hour we believed

And rejoiced in Christ crucified for the grace we received 

...because the love of God did not reject atonement's price

He gave Himself; redemption wrought through I AM's sacrifice  

Just as the light of morning breaks the dark of night, so too

By faith and hope in Him, God wakes a love we never knew

His love empowers and sustains the faith and hope we boast

In Christ alone whose love remains true to the uttermost

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Faith is the substance of Hope's Roar; of Evidence unseen

Until Love swings ajar a Door with no dark glass between 

Then, face to face we will behold Him; glorious Three-in-One  

Faith and hope will melt like a mold of mist kissed by the Son 

The peace that guarded heart and minds with Love's surpassing pow'r

Will rend the mortal bud that binds the petals of the flow'r

Where love will forever endure, and praise will ever be

Worship's fragrance, perfect and pure throughout eternity

Janet Martin

Rom.5:1-5

Therefore, having been justified by faith,

 [a]we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand,

 and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, 

knowing that tribulation produces [b]perseverance; 

4 and perseverance, [c]character; and character, hope. 

5 Now hope does not disappoint, 

because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts

 by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

"By Faith" from Praise and Harmony's Resurrecting God