I Love the Church!

Well, we are several weeks into 2010. I don't know about you but I am sensing such an excitement in the air for what God has in store for us. I believe with my whole heart that it is going to be a great year for the Kingdom of God. That more than ever we are going to find our strength and courage in Him to rise and build His Kingdom like never before. I believe in the local church. Local groups of people gathering together to worship, serve and love. I love watching people from such diverse backgrounds - each reaching out in their own unique way to serve, to love, to worship all the while demonstrating the power unity.

All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out one by one by the one Spirit of God. He decides who gets what, and when. ^12-13You can easily enough see how this kind of thing works by looking no further than your own body. Your body has many parts—limbs, organs, cells—but no matter how many parts you can name, you're still one body.
I Corinthians 12:11-13 (MSG)

Nothing excites me more than to see one of my sisters step forward and use her gifts to touch and change her world and the lives of others. She does her part, I do mine, others do theirs and before you know it the sum of the parts has brought lasting change and impact to a life, a family, a school, a neighborhood and even a city. What a beautiful picture of the church...each person, each local congregation doing and being who God has purposed them to be. Think about how significant that makes each of our roles. The same way each part is important to the human body each gift and call on our lives is important for the Church to function fully whole.

I pray as you move through this new year that your passion to serve, to love and to live out your gift will be stirred anew in you. Let the whole Church arise!


A special invitation...

Our ImpactWoman Conference is just a couple weeks away - come be refreshed by moments with God, inspired to dream again and enjoy fun & giggles with God's beautiful girls! All the lovely details can be found at

www.impactwoman.us