What is faith? "Faith is the evidence of things not seen and the assurance of things hoped for." Faith has three elements. Evidence from our past that God has assisted us in the past. Things we couldn't see at the time we were going through these events Assurance, because of our past experience, that God will help us in our future. We have hope in the future. Action in our presence because of the evidence from our past and the hope we have in the future.