Sticking to desire is about holding onto the promises of God. To create a new and impossible way in our minds, there has to be stickiness of what we expect and what we believe of God.
I say the stickiness is the revelation of who God is and believing He is who He says He is.
So if the fear of the Lord is the glue that binds hope and faith, how do we cultivate a fear of the Lord? How do we see Him as He is?
It is our vision of Him that increases the stickiness between hope and faith.