Hope and Faith and Love

HOPE & FAITH & LOVE

by HELEN STEINER RICE



HOPE FOR A WORLD GROWN CYNICALLY COLD,
HUNGRY FOR POWER AND GREED FOR GOLD-
FAITH TO BELIEVE WHEN, WITHIN AND WITHOUT,
THERE'S NAMELESS FEAR IN A WORLD OF DOUBT-
LOVE THAT IS BIGGER THAN RACE OR CREED
TO COVER THE WORLD AND FULFILL EACH NEED...
GOD GRANT THESE GIFTS OF FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE-
THREE THINGS THIS WORLD HAS SO LITTLE OF-
FOR ONLY THESE GIFTS FROM OUR FATHER ABOVE
CAN TURN OUR HEARTS FROM HATRED TO LOVE.





"FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, SAYS THE LORD,
PLANS FOR WELFARE AND NOT FOR EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE
AND A HOPE. THEN YOU WILL CALL UPON ME AND COME AND PRAY
TO ME, AND I WILL HEAR YOU. YOU WILL SEEK ME AND FIND ME;
WHEN YOU WILL SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART."



JEREMIAH 29:11-13







IN YOUR UNFAILING LOVE,
SILENCE MY ENEMIES;
DESTROY ALL MY FOES,
FOR I AM YOUR SERVANT.



PSALM 143:12
NIV



POUR OUT YOUR UNFAILING LOVE ON THOSE
WHO KNOW YOU! NEVER STOP GIVING YOUR
SALVATION TO THOSE WHO LONG TO DO YOUR WILL.



PSALM 36:10
TLB



ALL THE PATHS OF THE LORD ARE
STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS,
FOR THOSE WHO KEEP HIS COVENANT
AND HIS DECREES.



PSALM 25:10
NRSV



GREAT TRIUMPHS HE GIVES TO HIS KING,
AND SHOWS STEADFAST LOVE TO HIS ANOINTED,
TO DAVID AND HIS DESCENDANTS FOREVER.



PSALM 18:50
NRSV



MY HEART IS STEADFAST,
O GOD, MY HEART IS STEADFAST;
I WILL SING, YES, I WILL SING PRAISES!



PSALM 57:7
NAS



SING TO THE LORD A NEW SONG,
BECAUSE HE HAS DONE MIRACLES.
BY HIS RIGHT HAND AND HOLY ARM
HE HAS WON THE VICTORY.



PSALM 98:1
NCV



SHOW ME YOUR UNFAILING LOVE IN WONDERFUL WAYS,
YOU SAVE WITH YOUR STRENGTH
THOSE WHO SEEK REFUGE FROM THEIR ENEMIES.



PSALM 17:7
NLT