Friday, March 25, 2016

GPS Life Journey Story: Risa Baker (Business Owner/Operator)
My husband and I were already seeking to discover what God might have for the next stage of our when providentially we met Nolen Rollins author of the GPS Life Journey.  We started our GPS Life Journey soon thereafter.  That was nearly 2 years ago.
Since then my passion has been to share my GPS Life Journey experience with others.  My mission, to influence and lead others to discover and engage in their life’s purposes, has been evolving ever since. 
God has given me amazing opportunities.  First, I trained and became a GPS Life Journey Facilitator.  Next came the opportunity to teach the first GPS Life Journey Small Group in Atlanta, GA.  It is exciting to help others discover who they are and how God has made them and witness how God is giving abundant opportunities to engage in their passions. 
Just a few weeks ago I traveled to Nigeria and had the opportunity to train students, ministry leaders, and small business owners.  Using The GPS Life Journey as their textbook, they learned how God has uniquely made them and they discovered the individual and unique missions God has for them.  One Nigerian Business owner said to me, “I’m still so amazed at your total commitment to us and the great passion and love with which you taught us during the International Summit which has greatly impacted my life and purpose.”
I feel so privileged to be able to share the GPS Life Journey with others in the US and around the world.  I love the success stories people are sharing.  It’s easy to be passionate about the mission God has given and equipped me to do.  It is such a great blessing to make a difference in other’s lives. 
  

Friday, March 18, 2016

GPS Life Journey Story: Dr. Joel Miller (Chiropractor)
I wake up every morning thinking about God’s Plan for my Success. It’s what excites me; it’s what motivates me. Prior to attending the GPS Life Journey, my dreams or what I thought I should be doing, were just evasive dreams and desires. Now with His very specific guidance to discover and fulfill His plan for my life, I’m finally equipped with the tools and strategy to do just that.
I always felt a calling to do more for the community I live in, the church and the Kingdom and my profession, but I always felt half empty.  I knew that there was more that I could or should be doing.
The GPS Life Journey showed me specific ways to best use my talents in the way that God designed for me personally. My personality type, strengths, abilities, spiritual gifts, and passions and what I’ve accomplished or experienced so far in my life can now be put to use in His Kingdom.  With the help of my facilitator / coach, I learned how to develop a mission statement and a vision for the next season of my life.
I especially appreciate having a game plan to fulfill God’s purpose for my success.  It makes me feel as though I’m following God more closely and have a deeper relationship with Him.
I’m now creating margin, developing goals and building a plan to reach these goals – God’s way, not mine.
I am indebted to the GPS Life Journey and my GPS coach for leading me to a position of success and significance in my life.

Friday, March 11, 2016

God has a general purpose for everyone.
There are some things according to scripture that are God’s plan for everyone. For example, God desires that everyone should repent and follow Jesus, obey the commands of His Word, and serve others.
     II Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count
     slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should
     perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
     Deuteronomy 4:2, “You shall not add to the word that I command
     you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the
     Lord your God that I command you.”
     I Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,
     as good stewards of God’s varied grace.”
 
God has a specific purpose for every Christian.
God has a plan for each of us to bring Him glory while we are here on earth. Certainly fulfilling this purpose includes His general purposes for everyone. But God does not desire that we should do everything. Jesus Christ while here on earth did not attempt to do everything. He did not go around performing every good work that could be done or that might needed to be done.
“The Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.” (John 5:19) God had specific good works for the Son to do while He was here on earth. Jesus knew and fulfilled God the Father’s purpose for His life.

Friday, March 4, 2016

GPS Life Journey Story: Doug Hodge (Retired CFO of Global Corporation)

Life has a way of happening without you ever realizing what’s going on around you until you stop and listen. In 1977 I graduated from the University of Kentucky with an MBA and headed off to work in the financial field for an automotive parts manufacturer. I had conducted business in over 20 countries and managed billions of dollars in revenue.  I was also a mentor to many young people in the corporate financial world.

Thirty-three years later God helped me to reevaluate my life. It is good to stop and listen. It started with hearing Nolen Rollins speak on God’s Plan for Success (GPS) the weekend of July 4, 2010. From there I accepted God’s invitation to pursue a second half to my life and then I spent the next couple months really understanding who Doug Hodge really was.  In the fall of 2010 my wife and I joined a GPS Life Journey Small Group with four other couples and worked through the GPS roadmap together. My current mission statement is to provide training and mentoring for global business owners to enhance their Kingdom building abilities.
 
I was able to come to this statement by understanding my strengths and weaknesses, my personality, my gifts, my experiences and my abilities (all sessions of the GPS Life Journey). Then it was time to let go and let God help me understand what he desired me to do with the personal profile he had given me. For me this was the time I started to understand that my failures along with my successes, along with countless other experiences, were gifts from God to help me move to his plan for my life.

Working with Kingdom Mobilization I have been able to:

  • Train students and begin working with business owners in Russia.
  • Train teachers, business owners, and ministry participants in India.
  • Train and mentor business owners and ministry participants in Nigeria.
Now, as I get ready to expand efforts whether missions work, education, or work endeavors, I bounce it against my mission statement and if it moves it forward I proceed and if not I stop.  Living life on mission with God is a blast!