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Trust and Obedience

  • Trust and Obedience
    • We had our fall retreat this past weekend, with about 280 students from Denton FOCUS who made it out. We had a lot of fun, and spent our session times and worship sets focusing on learning to trust God. This is so tied to obedience in my mind it's hard to imagine them separately. We had Ronnie, one of the pastors with our family of churches come and share from his 50+ years of ministry experience and walking with the Lord what this area has looked like for him. It was very meaningful and an impactful weekend! We always feel a sense of solidifying the community for the year when we take this time every fall. New people get more plugged in and it pays dividends for the time we invest in terms of growth for our community the rest of the year. Praise God for another successful retreat! 
  • Waiting for the New
    • I've been getting going on teaching the latest group of 8 apprentices one of their theology class on the Spirit. It's based on the book Paul, the Spirit and the People of God by Gordon Fee, and although it's an admittedly dense read, it is always encouraging to be a part of their theological training. It always reinvigorates my anticipation of the new creation, when God's presence will be "all in all" as it talks about in 1 Corinthians 15. 
  • Prayer
    • Join me in praying for the hundreds of 1-1 Bible studies that are going on right now in our ministry. Focus on Jesus, our 10 week study, is an opportunity for students to see Jesus, read scripture, and be transformed. Please pray for their hearts to be open and responsive. 

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