In this month's Note from Nolen, he asks the question "are you engaged in doing good works?" Here's what he said.

"Are you engaged in doing the good works that God planned for you to do even before you were born? According to Ephesians 2:10, we learned we are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which he prepared for us beforehand or even before we were born. Good works have nothing to do with our going to heaven.

Ephesians 2:8-9 make it very clear that we receive the salvation of God by grace through faith, but immediately following the verse that says, good works will not get you to heaven, but if you're going to heaven. You were created in Christ Jesus to do good works. Not just any good works, but the good works that God specifically designed and created and gifted you to do according to his plan.

If you're not engaged in doing those good works, GPS journey helps you identify, this is how God has created. And uniquely shaped and gifted me, and this is the mission and vision that God has for the next stage of my life. And specifically, identifying those good works that you should be engaged in because God created you in Christ Jesus for good works.

If you need assistance, we stand ready to serve you. To help you discover God's plan. For the next stage of your life."  

In this month's note from Nolen, you'll hear about being part of the bride of Christ!

"Believe it or not, I am part of the bride of Christ. I could not pass up the opportunity to shoot this month's video dressed in my wedding best. I'm headed this weekend to do the wedding of a dear friend at the Famous Breakers Hotel in West Palm Beach, Florida, and every wedding where I officiate. I remind people that the marriage relationship is like that relationship that Jesus Christ has with us.

The bride of Christ, Christ loved us so much. He gave his life for us, and that's the kind of love we should have for our spouses, for our family. And certainly for the Lord Jesus Christ because of the supreme sacrifice he paid for us. May I encourage you, renew your love for your wife and your family, and renew your love for your Lord Jesus Christ."

In this month's Note from Nolen, we have a special prayer request from Nolen Rollins.  Here's what he says in the video.

"I have a special prayer request for you, my friends, for this month, April 14 to 21. I will be going again to Aya, Kenya to visit the Agunda Children's Home, which was founded by GPS Life Journey over 15 years ago. This Children's Home has an extremely successful ministry taking care of children all the way through childhood education, college trade school, and into life professions.

It'll be my pleasure to go visit with many of these children who have been in this program for a number of years. Please pray for a safe journey, successful ministry. And God's continued blessings on the Agunda Children's Home in Kenya. God bless you."

In this month's Note from Nolen - meet Grayson Mosley, a college senior with a new direction thanks to GPS Life Journey!
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Here's what he shared in the video: " Hey, my name is Grayson Mosley, and I wanted to talk about my GPS Life Journey. So, beforehand I was kind of lost. I didn't really know what I was gonna do. I was just going to college for computer science, cybersecurity, getting a degree. Didn't know what I was gonna do with it, didn't know what life had planned for me.

I definitely didn't have the relationship with God that I needed to beforehand. And, through going through the GPS Life Journey, it has revealed a lot to me. It has revealed purposes to me. It has revealed what fulfills me, what fulfills my soul, what fulfills who I am, and what God has for me to become.

As a man of God and to who I am supposed to be. One of the many ways in this is it has given me a purpose of what my job is supposed to be. I'm wanting to go into child trafficking, human trafficking, for my job after I graduate from Tennessee Tech. Then some of the smaller things. Is I kind of found myself again in that I am a servant and that I have a servant spirit.

And beforehand through middle school all the way up to high school, I was in community service organizations, but then Covid hit and then I wasn't. And this has helped reconnect with me with that. So I'm doing many things now and volunteer. I'm willing to potentially become a Christian lay counselor.

I have things in the work for that, and I want to just help people in any way, shape and form that I can. And GPS has helped me to provide that groundwork and showing me what my purposes truly are and the man God has for me to be."

If you're interested in experiencing GPS Life Journey, then check out our EVENTS page to find out what is happening in person and online.  There are many GPS Life Journey facilitators around the world and we'd love to connect you with them.

In this month's Note from Nolen, you'll learn about his new book called "Boy From Piney".
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"I just released a new book entitled "Boy from Piney". 

This is a collection of short stories about my childhood growing up in rural America in the 1950s and early 1960s.  We want to take all the proceeds from the sale of this book and donate them to mission partnerships around the world.  We have established a website, BoyFromPineyMissions.org, which will give you more information about the mission organizations that we will be supporting from the sale of this book. 

I want to encourage you to pick up a copy of the Boy From Piney book, hopefully enjoy reliving some of the good old days, and make a contribution through your purchase. toward world missions. You can get a copy of the book at the website, boy from BoyFromPineyMissions.org, or you can pick up a copy at First Baptist Church in Lenoir City, Tennessee,  or in Loudoun, Tennessee, at the Greer's Home Furnishings. 

I hope you'll get a copy and enjoy the book. God bless."

In this month's Note from Nolen - find out how God has shaped you?!  Read on to discover how GPS Life Journey helps you in more ways than you might ever expected.

"Who are you?  How did God uniquely design and shape you?  I know I sound a little hoarse. I'm recovering from a chest cold. It sounds much worse than it really is.  God uniquely designed and shaped you.  There is a misconception that the GPS Life Journey study  is primarily about your spiritual gifts. Not true. 

Spiritual gifts is only one of seven assessments that you will participate in to discover how did God uniquely design and shape you for service in his kingdom.  He has a purpose for you.  We will look at your personality, your passions, your abilities, your life experiences, yes, your spiritual gifts, your strengths, your core values, and seven total different assessments to help you have a very clear understanding.

This is who I am, and God made me this way. For a purpose in his kingdom.  I hope you have a clear understanding of who you are, how God has shaped you to serve him and bring him glory."

This month's story is by Marianne Bailey.

​I have been praying for God to show me what is next. He used GPS Life Journey to clarify that for me!

I was a pharmacist for 25 years when God led me in another direction. For the last five years I have been in children’s ministry full time at my church, First Baptist Church, Concord, Tennessee.

This past year, God again led me to pursue a Biblical Counseling degree online. With this new direction, I have been praying for God to show me what is next. That is when several of the staff of our church were invited to participate in the GPS Life Journey process.

God used my participation in this course to clarify my mission statement and the direction I need to be moving forward for the next stage of my life. It was also neat to see how God is working in the lives of my co-workers that I don’t always have a lot of interaction with.

GPS Life Journey is not simply a class to take. It is a resource and effective tool I can continue to use for the rest of my life really. In fact, there are many others whom I know who would benefit greatly from participating in a GPS course as well. I plan to encourage them to discover God’s purposes for the next stages of their lives. I want my husband and kids to do this too!

GPS Life Journey is such a blessing! 
 
Marianne D. Bailey
Kindergarten – 3rd  Grade Director
First Baptist Concord
Knoxville, Tennessee

In this month's Note from Nolen, we wish you a happy new year and introduce you to GPS Life Journey 2.0! Below is what Nolen had to say...

"Happy New Year.  It is my prayer that 2025 will be a great year for you as you live on mission with God, fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life. 

Some good news about something new coming soon.  We will be offering GPS Life Journey 2. 0 for those who have previously participated in a GPS class. 

This particular class and process will be only four hours, two sessions of two hours each.  You will use the same workbook, there will be no additional cost, and it will help you to evaluate where are you on your GPS Life Journey. 

Some of you may be faithful in fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life.

Some of you may have hit a roadblock.

You may need encouragement and re evaluation of where you are, and more importantly, how to develop a strategy. for moving forward in fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life. 

Look forward soon to an announcement concerning when GPS Life Journey 2. 0 classes will be offered, and I hope many of you who are graduates of GPS will consider participating in this re evaluation in the new course.

God bless you. I hope 2025.  It's a great year for your glorifying God by fulfilling his purpose for your life."

 In this video you will hear Jackie Da Hora's testimony as a GPS Life Journey Graduate.

"Hi, my name is Jackie Da Hora, and I'm a licensed mental health therapist. My husband and I are the owners and counselors at Therapies Counseling. We are passionate about helping equip others with tools to improve their mental health, either through individual sessions, marital sessions, or group presentations. 

Through GPS Life Journey, I learned more about God, my spiritual gifts, and formulated a mission statement to help me stay focused. I can now say that I exist to testify how Jesus freed me, healed me emotionally, and gave me a new identity in Him.  God has increased my boldness in order to evangelize to others, including sharing my testimony, sharing His word, or offering to pray for them.

And if they accept Jesus, I then give them a study Bible, connect them to a local church, and continue discipling them if they're already attending one on one sessions.  I also share with others the book that my husband and I wrote that are filled with practical mental health tools and biblical principles to help them embrace their God given identity as either a woman of God or a man of God. 

And they can be found on our website at https://www.therapeacecounseling.org/jacquelin-da-hora-christian-therapist.  I am thankful for GPS Life Journey that helped me understand how God created me, how he speaks to me, and helped challenge fear that was preventing me from fully living out my purpose here on earth. To be able to bring emotional healing and point people back to Jesus, who is our wonderful counselor."