Hey everyone! I wanted to make the announcement that I got out FIRST EVER MONTHLY GUEST SPEAKER!🎉 I will give the date and time as we solidify that but it will be sometime in January, so we start the year off right 🙌

My name is Joseph Wienen, and I'm from Georgetown Texas. I'm a college student at UNT so I'm either living in an apartment in Denton or in my hometown during breaks. One hobby I wish I was good at would be two-stepping. I love to do it with my friends up in Denton but I not too good at it beyond some basics. My icebreaker question is: What's the dumbest/funniest injury you've gotten?

"Sometimes the hardest step of faith is letting go of old versions of ourselves" really stuck out to me. It's something I've been struggling with recently. Because of what happened to me when I was a kid, I often wonder about who I would've grown up to be if I had a different upbringing. My entire personality changed after that and I haven't been completely the same since and it makes me upset sometimes. I'm working on letting that go though, because God has already renewed me! I'm exactly who He wants me to be because my identity is in Him and not the things I've been through, so there's nothing to wonder about anymore!

Hey everyone, this is HUGE news!! I will be getting our FIRST EVER MONTHLY GUEST soon! Before I reach out though, I need to figure out a day that works best with people's schedules. I was shooting to have this guest some time in January. Please select which days would work best with you!

Today’s teaching is a great reminder that we aren’t alone! He is always guiding us right here and right now! I sometimes forget to truly sit on each and every word of God and understand what true impact every word has! Jesus is a Good Shepherd right here with us all right now! Thank God for that amazing blessing! This topic reminds me of a podcast I listened to with Wendy Backlund where she compared God to a GPS! When you make a wrong turn GPS doesn’t just say oops can’t get you to your destination, it reroutes us! This makes me think God is constantly working through our mistakes and when we fall off the path He has for us, He doesn’t just leave us. He helps us reroute and get back on track! This reminder of Jesus being our shepherd gives me the faith of him being right here right now and helping me reroute every time I step off track! Do you feel like this connection of God being like a GPS resonates with you?