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F3. Communion of the Blood

16a The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ?

I3. Communion of the Body

16b The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

2. Faith, Love, Hope

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

F4. Invitation to Confession

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

H1. Hope

3b According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

S1. Spirituality

4 As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, 5 you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

H2. My New Future

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

S3. Communion of the Spirit

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

H3. Communion of the Head

22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

1. Introduction

In Christ, my story is rewritten: my past is redeemed by faith, my present is transformed through love, and my future is secure in hope.

At the heart of Christian identity stand the three enduring gifts: faith, hope, and love. As Paul writes,
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
{1 Corinthians 13:13}

This collection of memory verses is structured to help you embody this biblical triad, using the ancient Christian fish symbol—Ichthys—divided into four interconnected parts, each expressing a dimension of your life in Christ and the journey of salvation:
• Caudal Fin (F – Faith):
Symbolizes your redeemed past—salvation accomplished through Christ’s sacrificial death and resurrection, received by faith. This is celebrated in the communion of the blood, as “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift…to be received by faith” (Romans 3:23-25a). Faith anchors you in what God has done.
• Ventral Fin (I – Incarnation):
Points to the present reality of Christ’s incarnation—God made flesh—and our participation in His body. Lived out in the communion of the body, this dimension is expressed through mutual love and fellowship among believers: “…so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” (Romans 12:5). Love for one another is the visible fruit of the Incarnation.
• Dorsal Fin (S – Spirituality):
Focuses on the present, ongoing transformation by the Holy Spirit. The communion of the Spirit signifies the living relationship between God and you, as “all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Romans 8:14-15). Here, love is experienced as the bond between God and the believer, empowering a life of worship and obedience.
• Head (H – Hope):
Directs your gaze to the future—the resurrection and eternal life with Christ, who is the head of the Church. Anticipated in the communion of the head, this hope is anchored in Christ’s victory and promise: “He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church” (Ephesians 1:22-23). Hope shapes your destiny and perseverance.

The fish’s direction embodies the Christian journey:
From a past redeemed by faith, through a present defined by love—expressed both in fellowship with others (incarnation) and in communion with God (spirituality)—toward a future secured by hope in Christ.

This structure not only reflects the earliest Christian confession—“Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior”—but also brings to life the biblical story of salvation as a journey through time:
• Faith roots you in Christ’s finished work (past),
• Love defines your present through the Incarnation (community) and Spirituality (relationship with God),
• Hope draws you forward to Christ’s return and the resurrection (future).

May these verses guide you ever deeper into your identity in Christ—so that, rooted in faith, transformed through love, and sustained by hope, you may walk each day in the fullness of your new life in Him.

{Adapted from the book “Tango mit Jesus” by Rev. R. Studer et al.}

H4. Invitation to Perseverance

12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

I4. Invitation to Mutual Love

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

S5. Affirmation of Spirituality

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

F5. Affirmation of Faith

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

H5. Affirmation of Hope

28 You are those who have stayed with me in my trials, 29 and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

I5. Affirmation of Incarnation

26 It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, 28 even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

S4. Invitation to Love of God

37 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment.

I1. Incarnation

5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

I2. My New Present (Body)

4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

F1. Faith

23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25a whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.

F2. My New Past

3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

S2. My New Present (Spirit)

14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”