Spiritual Work

Work’s Greatest Challenge

• The Power Twins:
– FAITH
– HOPE
– In general, in the NT where when
you find one of these words you find
them both.
– Col.1:23 “… if indeed you continue
in the faith, grounded and steadfast,
and are not moved away from the
hope of the gospel which you heard,
 e lp is - a fa v o ra b le a n d c onfident
• Hope:
expectation
s -f irm p e rs u a s io n , a c on viction
• Faith: pisti
• Romans 5:2 a c c es s b y
a ls o w e h a v e
through whom w e stand,
th is g ra c e in w h ic h
faith into ry o f G od.
h o p e o f th e g lo
and rejoice in
• Hebrews 11:1 o f things
it h is th e s ub s ta n c e
Now fa in g s n ot
e e v id e n c e o f th
hoped for, th
seen.
• You CANNOT have faith without
a vibrant hope. You cannot have
a vibrant hope without faith!
• Hope is the realization that
everything God has promised is
already in existence, faith is the
walking out of said realization
until each and every promise is
fulfilled in my life
 ho p e is fo r p e rs o n a l
This
a tio n , re la ti o n s h ip s ,
transform d
s p e r it y , h e a lin g , a n
ministry, pro
e r a ll w a lk w it h G o d .
my ov
IT H w a lk s o u t e v e ry
Then FA o n
in p ra c ti c a l a p p li c a ti
expectation
’s p ri nc ip le s u n ti l I s ee
of God
x p e c ta tio n fu lf ille d .
every e
• It stands to reason that if God is a God
of hope(Ro.15:13 “Now may the God of
hope fill you with all joy and peace in
believing, that you may abound in hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.”)

• Then satan is the god of ANTI-hope.

His program involves discouragement
to bring you to a place of passivity and
paralysis in your faith.
 -a p p o in tm e n t a n d D is-
• Dis
c ou ra g e m e n t a re y o u r
greatest enemies.
• Dis: to be removed
e h a v e a c q u ir e d ju s t
• Som
enough of life’s
p o in tm e n ts to k e e p from
disap
rea c h in g fo r to m o rro w .