In this Note from Nolen we hear from Glen Schaffer as he shares why GPS Life Journey?
"Glenn Schaeffer here. I want to tell you why GPS Life Journey? It's a great ministry. Everyone needs to know what their God-given purpose in life is. We all have a purpose. Without purpose. We're just floating out in the ocean, being blown by every little thing that comes along. But God has a purpose for each and every one of us.

He made each and every one of us. Different with talents and gifts and passions. And when we align those with what God wants us to be doing, great things happen. We have a great friend of ours who has a passion for helping others find Jesus. Through that passion, she created a line of clothing and accessories that help lead people to Jesus with passion for our God-given purpose.

Action happens to glorify God. GPS Life Journey, it's for you."

In this month's Note from Nolen, you'll hear from Nolen Rollins on why you might want to consider taking GPS Life Journey again in 2026!
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"Play it again, Sam in 2026. You've heard that old saying, when you want a song to be played again, you say, play it again, Sam. Well, in 2026, I want to encourage you to give serious consideration to going through the GPS Life Journey process once again. Over the 20 plus years of GP S's existence, about 10 to 15% of people repeat GPS and go through it a second time.

It will give you clarity. If for some reason you did not get engaged in your mission, it will help you redefine that and develop a strategy to get engaged. Consider going through GPS again in 2026. God bless you. I hope 2026 is your greatest year of serving God in His kingdom according to his purpose for your life."

Check out our EVENTS page to discover in person and online via Zoom opportunities to participate in taking GPS Life Journey in 2026.

In this month's Note from Nolen, Nolen Rollins shares how GPS Life Journey helps you bring great glory to God!  

"You bring great glory to God when you are engaged in fulfilling his purpose for you while you're here on earth. In John 17:4, God, the Son, Jesus, talking to God the Father said, "Father, I have glorified you by completing the work. You sent me here to do." God sent Jesus here primarily to die for the sins of the world, to pay the sin, debt to die on the cross, so that through grace and faith in Jesus Christ, we could all have salvation.

Now, he did a lot of other good works while he was here, but isn't it interesting that Jesus said to the Father, I have glorified you. By completing the work you put me here on Earth to do, does it not make sense that you too will glorify God? Bring great glory to him? If you discover what is God's purpose for your being here on earth and your engaged in faithfully fulfilling that purpose, live your life on purpose, bring great glory to God."

GPS Life Journey is a process that helps you identify God's purpose for significance in your life.  You can do it in person by participating in our live facilitated workshops or online via Zoom.  Check the Events page for more details.  Or contact us if you have any questions.

In this month's Note from Nolen, you'll discover how GPS Life Journey can help you to know yourself!

"Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates is famous for saying "know thyself". I think that is good advice. That's why in the GPS Life Journey process, we have the most comprehensive assessments. To help you know yourself, to know how God has uniquely created and shaped you for service in his kingdom, you'll go through a series of seven personal assessments to help you fully understand this is who I am.

This is how God has uniquely shaped me for service in his kingdom. I want to encourage you to know yourself and to take these assessments by participating in the GPS Life Journey. Even if you have participated before, consider going through the process again as 10 to 15% of all GPS graduates. Do know yourself."

You can find out when GPS Life Journey opportunities are happening in person or online via Zoom on our EVENTS page.  Or use the CONTACT page to get your questions answered!

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 - 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 - 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."

In this Note from Nolen, you will meet GPS Life Journey Partner, Barb Dunn.  Here is what she had to share in the video.

"Hi. My name is Barb Dunn, and I'm a GPS Life Journey Graduate and a GPS Life Journey Facilitator. My husband, who's also a graduate, and I have decided to become GPS Life Journey Partners. What is a GPS Partner, you might ask? Well, a GPS Partner is an individual or couples, like Dan and myself, who felt led of God to become a GPS Life Journey financial supporter.

The operating budget of the global GPS ministry is supported by a small number of people who believe in the mission of the ministry and donate at least a hundred dollars per month. Or $1,200 per year to help people discover and engage in their life purpose. Serving as a GPS Facilitator allows me to observe firsthand how excited individuals are when they discover God's purpose for the next stage of their lives.

GPS does not do fundraising activities or solicit donations as other organizations do. GPS Life Journey depends totally on people who believe in the ministry and feel led of God to become a partner. So would you pray and ask God if he wants you to become a GPS Partner like Dan and I have? It's a great way to leverage your giving as thousands of people in over 30 countries around the world are now engaged in kingdom service because of their participation in GPS.

Thank you and God bless and I really hope if you haven't done it yet, you go through the GPS Life Journey program and you live on purpose as well."

The mission of GPS Life Journey is to help individuals discover and fulfill their God-given purposes for the next stages of their lives.

GPS Life Journey answers three important life questions…

• How has God uniquely designed and shaped me for service in His Kingdom?
• How can I get direction from God concerning His purpose for my life?
• What is God’s purpose for the next stage of my life and how can I accomplish that purpose?

Over 21,000 people in over 30 countries of the world have successfully discovered and are engaged in fulfilling their God-given purposes through participating in the GPS Life Journey Process. GPS Graduates are engaged in sharing the Gospel, planting churches, training church leaders, providing humanitarian services including food, clean water, clothing, personal hygiene and shelter, rescuing human trafficking victims, building orphanages, churches and schools, providing free medical clinics, helping widows, training leaders in Christian businesses, and numerous other ministries.

People put their money where their missions are… 
Once people discover their God-given passions and purposes, they eagerly invest their financial resources in Christian ministries around the world. Research has proven that every dollar donated to GPS Life Journey results in fourteen dollars being invested in a Christian ministry or cause by GPS Life Journey Graduates. That is financial leverage and wise investing.

GPS Life Journey is a faith-based ministry. 
GPS Life Journey trusts God for the provision of funds for the operating budget. GPS does not do fund raising activities or events or charge for the services of helping others. We rely totally on God leading individuals/couples/churches to support the global ministry of GPS Life Journey. The total operating budget for the ministry world-wide is less than $100,000. The ministry is led by volunteers around the world.

GPS Life Journey Partners
Those individuals/couples/churches who feel led to support GPS Life Journey with tax-deductible donations of at least $100 per month or $1,200 per year are GPS Life Journey Partners. They make possible this ministry of helping individuals discover and fulfill their God-given purposes. GPS Life Journey has always, in its 20 plus years of ministry, relied on less that 25 partners to support its operating budget.

GPS Life Journey does not ask people to give. We ask people to pray to see if God is leading them to become a partner. God has always provided the operational funding needs through this small number of people.

If you feel that God is leading you to become a GPS Life Journey Partner, please contact us at [email protected] or 239-860-0096.

May God richly bless you as you continue to bless others,
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In this Note from Nolen, you'll meet the youngest GPS Life Journey graduate!  Below is the video transcript.

Nolen - "I'm here with Alex Purdue. He is one of the youngest persons ever to go through the GPS Life Journey here at First Baptist Center City with his brother and his mom.  Alex, tell us how did you feel about the GPS Life Journey? Did you like it? And if so, why did you like it?"

Alex - "Yes, I liked it because it taught me, um, like how I can inspire other people and help them when they're feeling let down or something."

Nolen - "Okay. What did you learn about yourself? You know, we do personal assessments that kind of tell us this is who we are. What did you learn about yourself?"  

Alex - "I learned that, I need to like let stuff, other stuff that's keeping me away from God to cut those things down. Focus on God more in the Bible and listening to God."

Nolen - "Good. And do you remember what your personality type was? Are you an influencer, I think? 

Alex - "Yes."

Nolen - "An I - Personality?"

Alex - "Yes."

Nolen - "All right. Well, may God bless you as you influence and encourage others to follow Jesus Christ.

And we encourage you too, don't we, Alex, to participate in a GPS Life Journey."

Visit our EVENTS page to find out what classes are happening or us the CONTACT page to start a conversation.

In this month's Note from Nolen, we are sharing about our new classes starting soon!  Visit our EVENTS page for more details.

"Who do you know that you can recommend to participate in the GPS Life Journey process?  This fall, we begin a new series of live classes, and of course, GPS Life Journey is always available by Zoom format to anyone, anywhere in the world.  Participating in this process will help an individual better understand how God uniquely created and shaped them for service in His kingdom and to discover the truth.

His special purpose for the next stage of their lives and develop a strategy for fulfilling that purpose.  Why don't you think about who you might recommend participate in one of the upcoming GPS courses or to participate in the online GPS format. By doing so, you will help them discover God's purpose and help them make a difference in the kingdom of God and bring him glory in doing so. 

Contact us and we'll tell you when the new classes are coming up or where you can participate.  We hope that you'll recommend someone to be a part of the GPS Life Journey process."