Keep Your Hope Alive

Hope is a powerful force. It arouses your mind to explore every possible angle. It enables you to overcome the daunting obstacles. It's absolutely essential to the life God wants you to live. It's the fuel your heart runs on. It's the single biggest difference between those who persevere and those who give up. Hope is what makes couples say, 'I do,' without any guarantees, and later, after all the broken promises, pick up the pieces and try again knowing it can get better. It's why composers agonize over a score and artists over a canvas, believing some glimmer of beauty will emerge from the struggle. As an old man Henri Matisse was crippled with agonizing arthritis. When asked why he continued to wrap his swollen fingers around a brush every day he replied, 'The pain goes away; the beauty endures.' Laboring to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo grew so discouraged that he wanted to quit. But every morning hope pushed him up the ladder to fulfill his magnificent vision. Hope is what made Abraham leave home without knowing where God was taking him. It made Paul challenge the powers of Rome. It's what fueled the Old Testament prophets to keep taking on City Hall! This is not blind optimism, but faith focused, and hope-in God. '... You have been my hope... my confidence since my youth' (Psalm 71:5 NIV). You can survive the loss of many things, but not the loss of hope. Nobody experienced greater loss than Job, yet he wrote: 'Having hope will give you courage.' So keep your hope alive by trusting in God!

CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!

Our Christmas Party is
ON Thursday December 16th @9:15 AM
The Venue is,Room 550 Calvary Church Naperville, IL 60564
BE THERE!!!!!

WE CELEBRATE YOU LADIES!!!

MOMS CHRISTMAS PARTY

MOMS Christmas PartyDecember
Host:
Jie Liang
When:
Friday, December 03 at 07:00 PM
Where:
Rose Block's House
Contact Jie Liang for more information

LIFE FULL OF THANKSGIVING

Psalm 100:4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. (NIV)

Nothing in your life to give thanks for? You can find something.

We all have uncountable blessings if we are willing to look. However, we can get so buried in the darkness and buried in the dark times we forget to count, we forget to look, and we forget we must make an effort. What we often fail to do is appreciate what is right before us. Living a life full of thanksgiving should be one of the primary tasks of your heart and soul. Living a life full of thanksgiving must be done with intent and with purpose. Living a life full of thanksgiving is not something that just happens to you. To be proactive in all godly things means you meet the darkness before the darkness meets you by being thankful. In the heart of God from whom all blessings flow, you can always find uncountable and innumerable blessings for which you can give thanks. In the heart of God are all blessings. When you say, "Please Lord, let your blessings be in me" then He will answer you and He will pour out His blessings upon you