BSSM Grads Keep On Keeping On

There are five things I've learned in the ten years since Rick and I attended Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry (BSSM):

1: The older we get, the hungrier we get. The love of learning and the heart's desire to ever know more of the nature and love of God keep us studying, moving forward in life, and following what we sense God is wanting us to do.

2: There is fruit; and where there is fruit, there is good soil and quality seed. BSSM provided that foundation for us, and our life since then has been filled with awesome opportunities to not only adventure with Him - but see so many people enjoy His healing, peace, joy, and presence.

3: The message hasn't changed.  That message is: "God is good. He's better than we imagine. We are His beloved children. All He asks of us is to be His sons and daughters. It's from that precious identity we seek to want to do with Him what He asks us because we love Him and love His exploits.

4: We have the authority of Jesus to defeat the enemy of our souls. We can pray and declare truth and trust things are happening in the spirit. We can sing praises; laugh; and live in joy - and know that these are mighty weapons to defeat the plans of the enemy. We can know that Papa God delights in us and is with us in all things. We can know that even in bad times He will somehow and with great strength turn them around for good. We can trust that His promises will come to pass concerning us.

5: We continue to live in awe and thanks for all we learned while in school. So many helped us attend; and we pray many have benefitted from our time there. It has been such a joy to share what we learned and to pour into others what was poured into us.

We love you all and have so much hope and many plans for the coming years. It's going to be good!

Psalm 145:15 - You have captured our attention and the eyes of all look to you. You give what they hunger for at just the right time.

Kris' 7 Keys to Successful Living

I love these. What a great guide to live by!
This list is from Kris Vallotton, Senior Associate Pastor at Bethel Church - Our favorite teacher at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry!

1-Put God 1st in your life and have no 2nd, so that your entire life is walked out in a way that honors the King. 

2- Keep a list of the works of God in your life and meditate on what He has done...not what He has yet to do.

3- Don't take yourself too seriously. When you do something stupid laugh at yourself and tell others so they can laugh too...be human. If you sin, repent honestly and quickly then forgive yourself! Get over it!!! Don't live in regret...it sucks and it's an insult to the Cross.

4- Remember that there is always enough time in the day to do everything Jesus has called you to do. So remind yourself that you are not the Savior of the world. Living to meet the expectations of people instead of God will kill you. It is IMPOSSIBLE to please EVERYONE!

5- Keep short accounts with people...forgive them quickly. Unforgiveness invites every kind of evil into your life. People will fail you at times. Give up punishing them. It's not worth the grief!

6- Live with a servant's heart and a king's/queen's mind. Be humble...there is no job beneath you. Yet carry yourself as royalty...manage your inner world nobly. You are a son/daughter of the King! Think like it!!!

7- Be ridiculously generous...it always comes back to you. Your lineage gives you unlimited resources.

Miracles? Yes! And more! Check out Bethel School of Ministry

Students Rick (left), and Chris (right)
with Bethel 's senior pastor Bill Johnson.

We loved our two years at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California. It was life transforming, inspiring, encouraging, building, and there we were launched into the amazing last half of our life. Though in Colorado now, we still miss everything about Bethel and will visit our "second home" often.


Those of you considering going, sending your kids, or supporting a student can ask us anything about it. We are so thankful to God to have been summoned and sent. So thankful that nothing that was "spent" on us by teachers, mentors, and supporters has been lost in the transition from school to life and work in our beloved Colorado. God is keeping us busy!

When we graduated - the main message was "go" - you have what it takes. Students  are equipped for the life God has called them to - whether business, arts, medicine, technology, industry, or church work. It's about carrying the Presence of the Father - loving Creator; the Son - forever with us as we walk out His example on earth; and Holy Spirit - our wisdom, comfort, and guide. Not taught - but imparted...not learned intellectually as much as spiritually and through sheer experience.

If you are considering BSSM, be sure to click on the links at the left to find out more. Consider a weekend visit to Bethel - where you will encounter love so amazing from the Friday night service, to the Saturday healing rooms, to time in the prayer chapel, to three inspiring, healing, prayerful, encouraging, worshipful services on Sundays.

You can't go for a weekend and not have God touch you in some way. Ask my daughter, Bess, and granddaughter Sami - or any number of friends that paid us a visit while we were there.

Is God summoning you to a meeting with him? I one-hundred percent encourage you to "go!"

Here's a short, two-minute youtube video about the BSSM experience. Yes!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc4zvoOYOac&feature=player_embedded

A gift for you!

Below I have a gift link for you that is so beautiful. My friend, Gary Rowell, is a wonderful artist and shared his gift with a beautiful musical artist, C. Denise Young. This is the result. It is so anointed with worship for our Creator...so blessed with the love of God for His children.


We each have creative gifts, because we are made in the image of the Creator of the Universe! What has He put into you? Are you a painter? An inventor? A writer? A photographer? A carpenter? A poet? A musician? What could happen if you gave your gift to God? Might you find another artist to collaborate with? How can you see God blessing it beyond your wildest expectations?


For me - I wrote a book. Gasp! And then took a risk and sent it off to a few publishing companies. One didn't answer. One rejected it. And one loved it and it will be released in 2013!!!! (My gift as a painting artist is evolving...see my handflower above left?)


Please dream with me as you watch this video. Wind down. Simply enjoy what these amazing artists have created. There is a message in it for you. At the end, turn up the volume so you can hear some amazing prophetic words for you. I hope you enjoy this. Please reply with your thoughts! There is a reason you came upon my blog today! Click on the link below and prepare to experience heaven!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCPJ7l7VIlw

2012 - The Best Year!

A view from our front porch in Parachute, Colorado.

New Year's greetings to all of our friends around the world!

Rick and I are excited about this new year. We are filled with hope. God is answering prayers and blessing in amazing ways. We are overflowing and we just extend those same blessings to our friends and family as they face all the adventures this year will bring.

Jobs

Rick is enjoying night shifts doing his natural gas flowback and frac operations with Encana. No kidding. He really likes this work. He's fascinated by the operations and enjoys long nights atop frigid mountains monitoring wells and servicing equipment. He gets home around 6:30 a.m., sleeps for 6 hours, spends a couple hours reading and taking care of business, and then it's back to work. When he does have time off, he gets a whole week and then we travel to visit family and friends and hang out together in our beloved Colorado.

I continue to help authors and do some writing, editing and photography, working from my pretty home in Parachute. My office has mountain views, and I take my lunch breaks out walking or swimming at the local rec center.  Check out my website! www.christinetracy.com. I also have the privilege of working on a 100 year history book and writing columns for Kremmling Community Church. This is our beloved church who blessed us to go to school for two years. Although we are not living close to them, it is wonderful to be able to continue to do what we can to try to bless them back.

Ministry

Rick and I are having many opportunities to share what we have brought back from our two years at school. I have been doing some life coaching, and teaching classes on the books: Cultivating Kingdom Creativity by Theresa Dedmon; Dream Culture by Andy and Janine Mason; and Prosperous Soul by Stephen DeSilva, using internet and conference calling. (These classes are open to anyone who can connect with me by phone and FaceBook. Let me know if you are interested.)

Rick and I are also taking the Global Legacy Leadership Development Training through Bethel Church - an amazing 12 month course where we join 1100 people from around the globe, thanks to the internet. We are doing the class with three Colorado friends and are so excited to have them on this journey with us. The course is conducted by Steve Backlund and Paul Manwaring of Bethel who have a mandate to take the kingdom culture and advance it internationally through this course.

Upcoming

Stay tuned for news of my book, messages on creativity, and some samples of my bulletin columns. I just want to share my thoughts with all of you. Our prayers are that our lives bless you, and that we may impart to you the abundance of blessing and love that have been poured out on us by our good and loving heavenly Father.

Thoughts on 2012
Thank you for sharing this upcoming year - 2012 - with us. We know about the scary predictions out there...but we also have faith in the Creator of the universe - God, His Son, Jesus, and His Holy Spirit. The words we are getting from many sources are that God is re-establishing His government and His order and it starts with the family. Homes and families will be mightily blessed this year. He has been answering our prayers. Let Him answer yours!

"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer." Jesus' words from Matthew 21:22.

Many blessings!
Chris

Would you like to support what we're doing?

The whole school is preparing to go on mission trips all over the world in the next two months. A few groups have already traveled and returned, bringing with them amazing stories of ministering to people so hungry to know the love of the One who gave His life so they would be truly free. We are hearing testimonies of healing and revival; of students praying over leaders of nations, and the presence of God bringing mighty transformation as His Kingdom advances.

These are exciting times as we are involved in what has been prophesied as the one billion soul harvest. It has already begun!

Rick and I are getting ready to go on three different trips. We will be traveling to Tecate, Mexico with a team under the leadership of Eric Johnson, ministering to a school, an orphanage, and a community. I will be going with a team to Orlando, Florida with Bill Johnson, ministering at a Global Awakening healing conference. And Rick will be heading to Castle Rock, Colorado, ministering with a team led by Bill Johnson at another Global Awakening healing conference with Randy Clark. We are anticipating being able to minister to hundreds of people in our own nation and in Mexico, and we can't wait. We are bursting to share what God has been pouring into us this past two years. And we are going to learn so much.

We thank you for all of your prayers, and we pray that you, too, will receive from all that we are learning as your spirit is open to be blessed by the God who loves you!!!!

If you would like to sow into these trips and our ministry, we still need to raise about $1,000. We would be ever so grateful for your prayers and financial support. You can make a tax deductible donation to:

Kremmling Community Church
P. O. Box 1330
Kremmling, Colorado 80459

Please make your check out to Kremmling Community Church, and attach a note to your check, stating it is for Rick and Chris Tracy.

Thank you for supporting us and our mission to carry the love of Jesus to the nations!

We love you all so much!

A week in the life...

Picture at left depicts a walk we took last Sunday on a rare, sunny day of 60 degrees. It was beautiful. Here we are (see our shadow?) standing on a bridge over the creek that feeds Whiskeytown Lake, about 30 minutes from where we live. Ahhhh...sunshine.

Here is what our week looks like...

Monday - A day off. We usually do homework, laundry, clean the house, go grocery shopping, and do more homework. Sometimes we catch a movie if there's one that looks good. We recently saw Blindside with Sandra Bullock. We highly recommend it! It's been years since we lived in a city, so we are enjoying movie theaters that are five minutes away. Lately, Rick has been doing carpentry work on Mondays, and I usually finish an article for the local daily newspaper - The Record Searchlight.

Tuesday - I work in the Bethel Pastor on Call office from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; then we join the student crowd waiting to get into the 1,000 seat sanctuary where we have our lecture classes. We start with worship - and there are dozens of great worship teams that get lots of good practice with us. We have to admit, our 58-year-old ears need ear plugs most days! Next is a lecture by one of the senior leaders - Bill Johnson or Kris Vallotton or a guest speaker. This week we heard Sergio Scataglini - who has been involved with the great revival going on in Argentina and presently co-pastors a church in Las Vegas. After the lecture, we break into our AMT (Advanced Ministry Training) or Ministry Tracks. I am taking a Prophetic Arts track where I am developing a line of greeting cards with a group of about 10 people. It's creative, fun, and I am going to be able to use some of my photography and others are contributing sketches, paintings, and other forms of art to a line designed to bring encouragement and hope to recipients. Cards will be sold in book stores and at conferences. Rick is taking a Church / School Planting and Leadership Track. He is learning about how you start a school of ministry that equips others to carry the kingdom culture and message. It's about not being a Bible study school, but a school that teaches how we can do what the Bible says as we walk the earth. After that class, we go to our training for our Tijuana mission trip we'll be going on in March. Rick will be doing kids' ministry, and I'll be doing photography, recording testimonies, and even trying my hand at prophetic art. On that trip we'll be praying for healing for people all over Tijuana, conducting services in six locations, and sharing the love of Christ. After that meeting, we go to Healing Rooms training and I also have a book writing class. That takes us to 9 p.m. and by then we are quite wiped out!

Wednesday - Wednesday mornings we study. School starts at 12:45 p.m. and we have a class called Kingdom Foundations; then Grasping God's Word; then a lecture by a senior leader or guest speaker. Then we split into small men's and women's groups. We love our small groups, where we get to know other students more closely as we share our lives, dreams and prayers with them. We have people from all over the world in our groups.

Thursday - Thursday morning starts early for me with more work on my creative greeting cards with members of the art group; then we have worship with the big class, followed by lectures, and then our outreach ministry groups. Rick and I are on a healing outreach. Our group of 7 people goes to hospitals, nursing homes, and individual homes who have called for our team to come pray with critically ill people.

Friday - We have worship, then more lectures, and then we break into what they call revival groups - our group of 45 that meets with a revival pastor for testimony and group discussion.

Saturday - We attend the healing rooms in the morning as observers. We have just been trained, and applied to be placed on a team that can actually minister healing prayer. Every Saturday sees 150 to 300 people coming from all over the world to the healing rooms at Bethel. Every week there are miraculous testimonies of healing from cancer, tumors falling off, bones being healed, vision and deafness being healed, pain completely going away, and more. I have worked several Saturdays in the healing room taking testimonies from people who have had healing. It is the most humbling and exciting experience to witness these people being so touched by God. I have to testify myself that, after going to the healing rooms a few times, and having healing prayer in class, that my back - which has hurt badly for many years - is totally without pain...and my migraines which I used to have once a week, are about 90 percent gone. Thank you God!!!!

If any of you would like to come to the healing rooms here, you can stay with us!!!!

Sunday - As students and prayer servants, we are supposed to go to morning and evening services at Bethel. I also take a Spanish class on Sunday afternoons in preparation for my Mexico mission trip!!!! Hola!!!  Rick works all morning cooking and cleaning in the dining room, where the church feeds up to 200 homeless or needy people bussed in from the city.

Most mornings and on the weekend, you will also find us studying, reading, and doing our carpentry and writing jobs.

In spite of this crazy schedule, we have loads of energy and are able to keep up with all the young people!

Again - we thank all of you for all of your love and support and partnership on this grand adventure.