We’re back to our regular schedule! No more holiday weekends! I love the holidays, but I also appreciate having “normal” weekends at the Coffee Church. Whatever normal is…

Mark preached a pretty earth-shattering message. You’ll have to catch it later this week online, but let me tell you…when God speaks to your heart that He wants you to walk on water, you’re going to feel like an idiot stepping out of the boat. The good news…you’ll be a part of a miracle that otherwise would have passed you by.

We had a camera crew from our Network Office at our service, as they are doing a little promo video about the Coffee Church. If you want to make a roomful of people extremely nervous, just bring a video camera with you!

We love being pastors and doing ministry! We truly can’t imagine doing anything else and are so grateful to be living our lives getting to tell people about Jesus. It’s a roller coaster ride for sure, but other than the gut-wrenching drops…it’s worth it!

We have an amazing team and board. We had two different meetings with them yesterday and we are abundantly blessed by GREAT people who just want to see people’s lives changed! We differ on so many aspects of our personalities, but our value to make a difference keeps us in focus.

I hope you believe in miracles…we have SO much in store for our church this year and they are the fulfillment of one miracle after another. Can’t wait to tell you the details!

We love celebrating big wins and small wins with people. On Sundays we hear everything from potty training success to healings! It’s real life!

Would you pray with us for a young man named Cody? He’s the boy in La Center who collapsed at practice last week. His second cousin attends our church and we’ve been praying for this family since then. Join us!

Let’s change the world with faith.

I recently came upon the website www.oneword365.com. Basically, the idea is that instead of a list of resolutions this year, just come up with ONE defining word that will be your focus for the year. AWESOME idea! So here’s mine:

MIRACLES.

I have believed for a long time that God was writing a story for Mark and I, but more appropriately for North Creek, that would be miraculous. In 2012, I am believing that God is DAILY orchestrating miracles on our behalf. I am asking Him to show us the little miracles that we are surely missing on a daily basis. I want to see His hand work out things in ways that are unexplainable. I believe God will make the desires of our hearts come to pass by using miracles that cannot be explained with reasonable measures.

I would love to hear your ONE WORD for 2012!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! It’s a fresh start with a clean slate! Make the most of that and live for Jesus in a new and exciting way!

It’s a good time to start a Bible Reading Plan. I highly suggest visiting www.youversion.com to get a plan that is right for you. My way of having a consistent Bible reading habit: I NEVER let myself miss a day, because I know that if I miss one, I’ll miss ten…or twenty. I haven’t missed a day of reading at least a chapter in my Bible in over 13 years…that included the day that I was in labor with my kids! That’s thousands of chapters of God’s Word poured into my life!

I was pleasantly surprised at church today! We thought that our attendance was going to take a major hit, especially at the 9:30 service, but we ended up just fine and even had lots of guests who visited us. It was a little low, but not the mass exodus I was expecting!

We also had an excellent worship set and an excellent message, so it goes to show you that you’ve got to do your best no matter who you think my show up! Mark spoke on renewing your mind and becoming like Jesus. Good stuff!

We have some great things coming up in 2012 to share with you soon. We are believing that God is going to use this year to give us a platform to see more lives changed for Jesus. We are praying for MIRACLES this year. I hope that word gets stuck in your spirit as you think of North Creek and that you are driven to pray for that with us. Our mission is to lead people into a growing relationship with Him and we’re not slowing down!

We got home from Montana on Saturday night. My parents live in Kalispell, which is where I lived until I was 18. They live in the same house that I came home to as a newborn! My mom is addicted to change (that’s where I got it), so it doesn’t look the same as when I was a kid, but it’s still home. My dad loves animals, so he has about 100 ducks to feed at their creek, three tame squirrels that come to the back door for peanuts from your hand, a new stray cat that fell in love with Delaney, and various other critters who visit to see what goodies they can snag! Needless to say, my kids are enamored with the chaos!

The teenagers had a blast at their New Year’s Eve Party at Big Al’s! We’ve got some great young men and women who are striving to be like Christ in a pretty crazy world. Would you pray for them this year? This generation is valuable. No other generation has had the opportunity to use technology to touch the whole world at one time. What would happen if we unleashed them with the power of the Holy Spirit on a world that is now within reach? Hmmmm….

On that note, don’t give up. Don’t stop. Don’t be discouraged. Don’t whine. Don’t let your heart grow bitter roots.

Instead…soar, speak life, accomplish the impossible, believe the unbelievable, and become fearless for the cause of Christ. Nothing else is OK.