Joyful Anticipation: The Role of Faith and Hope

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Good morning. Welcome to Victorious Faith. I’m Cherri Campbell. This morning I’m going to continue and conclude a short teaching that I began sharing with you yesterday that I gave in one of our Victorious Faith services. So join me now in our live service for part two and the conclusion of this teaching, Faith, Hope, and Joy. And so that I can lay my hand on it and say, thank you, Lord. I believe I receive it. I claim it. I have it now in Jesus’ name. And the picture of it puts a picture, an image in my mind of what I’m laying hold of with my faith. And so you need a picture. So words are good, but if you can get a picture, it’ll even, well, they even say a picture’s worth a thousand words. So maybe you need a healing. Well, maybe get a picture of you. In perfect health. Maybe it was 10 years ago before, you know, when you were younger. It might have been 10 years ago. But sometime when you were in perfect health, put a picture of you in front of your eyes to see yourself that way again. That you don’t see yourself with the problem you have now. The weakness, the illness, the pain or the injury that you have now. No, you see yourself and you keep that picture of you in excellent condition in front of your eyes. Maybe you were even doing something physically active. And you were showing your strength. Maybe at a park playing or running a race or playing a sport or something. Get a picture of you. Being perfectly healthy and doing something active and then put it on your refrigerator, on your bathroom mirror where you will see it all the time and let that picture get burned into your mind so you don’t see what you are now. You see that and that is what your faith is building. I believe I received that. And, you know, faith says, I’m not looking at what I see now. That’s what Abraham did. Romans 4 says he considered not his body now dead or Sarah and her dead womb. But he expected and believed those promises that God had said to him that he would be the father of many nations. And he changed his name to the father of many nations. So if you have to change your name, I’ve heard of people doing that, too. I’ve heard of people changing their names. I mean, one man, he was called Jerry Newhart because he needed a new heart. And he called himself Jerry Newhart. The doctor said, your heart’s just worn out. It’s just worn out. You need a new heart. And guess what? He got it. He got it. It manifested. He got a new heart after he stood in faith and his family stood with him and they believed God. And some months later, he went back to the doctor and the doctor took the test and said, your heart is like it’s brand new. And the medical records showed that he had a new heart. So call yourself what you desire to be. Healed, prosperous, a successful business person, maybe a CEO or a manager or some promotion that you desire. Owning your own business, whatever you want to be or do or have. Call yourself that and call yourself having that. And that is the picture, the image of what your faith begins to work to build. So when you have hope, your faith has a project. See, faith is the force that builds what you are dreaming and visioning. Faith goes to work. But if there’s no dream, no vision, how can your faith build anything? You know, with no blueprint, a builder cannot build a building. Faith cannot build anything without a vision of what to build. So when you have hope, a vision, a picture, an image of what you want to be, do, and have, be hope. do and have, write them down, put a picture of them up on your refrigerator and let your faith go to work. I believe I received that. I claim that I have that it’s mine in Jesus name. And then pull out scriptures, go through the word of God, scriptures that promise you what you are believing for. There are many, many, many, many specific promises for healing finances, family, children, marriage, homes, jobs, vehicles everything and then there are many just general promises like whatever you ask for in prayer believe that you have received it and it shall be yours is whatever whatever yes and jesus said if you remain in me and my words remain in you you ask whatever does whatever mean whatever Whatever you wish and it will be done. Now that says it has to be started in the word. The word paints the picture. The word gives the promises. The word gives you the support for your faith. The word feeds your faith. The word of God is spirit food. It’s also faith food. The word feeds your faith. And without the word, your faith will start to get starving, hungry, and scrawny and won’t have any strength to build anything. You ever think of a skinny little starving child trying to lift a sledgehammer? Won’t work. That person needs to build up muscle. And the word feeds your faith and puts muscle to your faith. The word of God does that. It’s protein. It’s like a protein drink. Eating the word is like eating protein, drinking protein. And it’s a protein drink. It builds up your faith muscles so that your faith then can build the project you are believing for. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Now, Isaiah 49, 23. Now we’re talking about hope will not be disappointed. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Those who hope in me will not be disappointed. See, if you don’t quit, the only thing that will cause you not to receive is you quitting your faith. Quitting your confession of faith. I believe I have it. It’s mine in Jesus’ name. Stopping your ruling. See, we do have to rule over the devil and we have to kick the devil out of our territory. He is a claim jumper. He tries to sneak onto the claim what you claimed for you, your health, your finances, your family, your children, your job, and he wants to come in and steal it away from you. You’ve got to kick the devil off. Say, no, that’s mine, claim jumper. Get out and bring the law of God’s word down on his head. So you’ve got to stand your ground. You’ve got to kick the devil out and resist the devil and he’ll flee from you. If you don’t, he’ll come and take over everything you have. You’ve got to do that part. That’s your part. And stand firm and don’t quit your faith and the confession of your faith. I believe I receive it. And don’t quit walking in love. Because getting out of love opens the door to the devil. So those are the primary things. You do your part and you stand and you don’t quit doing those things, then you will receive if you don’t quit. Those who hope in me will not be disappointed. Jeremiah 1.12, God says, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled. All the promises that God has made to you, he is watching to see that they are fulfilled in your life. Hallelujah. As you believe it and as you don’t let the devil in on your territory, you don’t go to sleep and let the devil claim your stake. First Thessalonians 524, the one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. He will do it. Nothing is too hard for God. Nothing is too hard for your faith. All things are possible to those who believe. If you eat enough protein, God’s word. If you eat enough of God’s word and strengthen your faith every day, give your faith good protein drinks with the word of God and keep your faith strong, then your faith will be able to build whatever you are believing. Hallelujah. And God will do it. Hebrews 10.35, so do not throw away your confidence. It will be richly rewarded. Do not throw away your confidence. It will be richly rewarded. Don’t give up. That just says don’t give up. Don’t give up. Don’t give up. It’s yours if you don’t give up. Your faith will be richly rewarded. Hebrews 10.23, let us hold unswervingly to the hope, the vision, the dream, the confident expectation, the happy, joyful anticipation. That means holding on to your joy. Let’s hold unswervingly to that hope we profess. For he who promised is faithful. Hallelujah. Glory to God. Glory to God. Don’t let go of your faith and your hope. They work together. Some call it faith and hope are the power partners. They work together. Faith and hope work together. Faith is the power and the muscle that builds what you are hoping for, the vision that you have, the hope in the promises of God. And yet faith is also the foundation of your hope because if you didn’t read God’s word and believe it, there would be no hope. That’s why people are hopeless. Hopelessness is caused by not knowing God’s word and or not believing. It causes hopelessness. But when you believe it, then it produces hope. So don’t let go of your faith and your hope. In the promises God has spoken to you for your life, expect his words to come to pass daily. Every day you get up and say, thank you, Lord. I’m expecting it. It could be today. And I believe I receive it in Jesus name. Stay in faith and stay joyful. And I’ve said before, joy and peace are the two major gauges of your faith and your hope. If your joy or your peace go down, it means you’re running low on faith and hope. And joy particularly is the sign of hope. Joy and peace are the signs and evidences of faith being in operation. When your faith is working, you have joy and peace. When your hope is working, you have joy and excitement. If you really believe it and expect it, you’re excited. So excitement is another evidence or sign or gauge of your hope. How much joy do you have and how much excitement do you have? about something happening that you don’t yet see, that actually measures how much hope you have, your joy and excitement. So stay in faith, stay joyful and expectant and say, thank you, Lord Jesus, I have it, it’s mine. And keep on, keep on on, keep on on saying it until you see it in manifestation and you have it. Amen, amen, amen. What you just heard was part two and the conclusion of a short teaching that I gave in one of our victorious faith services called Faith, Hope, and Joy. And I trust and believe you were blessed and encouraged by this message. And if you’d like to listen to this message again in its entirety, you can go to my YouTube channel, which is under my name, Cherri Campbell. C-H-E-R-R-I, Campbell, C-A-M-P-B-E-L-L. And there in the top category called radio broadcasts, you will see this message called faith, hope, and joy. Let it bless you and share it with your friends and family as well. Now join me again tomorrow for another inspiring message. And remember, God loves you. You are blessed and highly favored by the Lord.