Disciples Who Hear God's Voice

From the Pastor's Desk I hope everyone had a great Christmas! Thanks to Hunter for preaching on Anna and Simeon yesterday. As promised here is another set of testimonies from Stories & Songs, in case you missed them or want to celebrate them all over again. This video includes testimonies from Drew and Cat Scott, Roxanne Buklerewics, John Giddens, and Marty Griffith. Watch Stories & Songs - Testimonies Part 2 

From the Pastor's Desk Thanks to Nathan for preaching this Sunday. Excellent job! I loved the "Ted Talk" portion, where Nathan gave us some helpful background on December 25 as a Christian holiday. I'm not going to lie; I sort of wanted to see more of that. Maybe I can twist Nathan's arm into making a blog post about it.  If you missed it, check it out below.  Merry Christmas!

From the Pastor's Desk Here are a few links to some stories, articles, and announcements you need to see. Year-End-Giving First of all, on December 1, I made the church aware of some wish-list projects that we would love to do for the church but we can't afford at the moment. I gave an invitation for anyone who is looking for a worthwhile place to do some year-end-giving to give toward these projects:  New signage for the church property An updated lobby area  An upgrade to the sound system/acoustics of our current worship space.  All three projects are lumped together in a giving section on our give page called "Year End Giving" on the drop-down menu. Here's the Year-End-Giving Announcement I made to the church.  Articles about North Korea from Sunday's Sermon In the sermon yesterday, I included some descriptions of how the North Korean church operates. Here are the links to those articles. If you only read one, be sure to read "Don't Pity Us."...

From the Pastor's Desk   On November 10, we launched our Missions Ministry along with our first ever Missions Week. We got to learn about several local ministry partners and several ministry partners from around the country and the world. Now we’ve got all the info you need in one place! Visit the site here:  www.wellsprimgdfw.org/missions KNOW what is going on in each ministry.  PRAY for the ministries. GIVE as you feel led. GO serve alongside our ministry partners Notes from the Sermon Sermon Title: The Magnificat  Sermon Videos: The Magnificat Scriptures: | Luke 1:39-56 | Luke 6:24 | James 1:9-10 | What to Believe God is always worthy of praise.  The Magnificat: A Great Comfort and a Great Challenge.  The Comfort: God scatters the proud, brings down the mighty, exalts the humble, fills the hungry, and sends the rich away empty.  The Challenge: God sends those who idolize wealth and material possessions away empty because they have already received t...

From the Pastor's Desk A few weeks ago, I was asked to be on a testimony podcast called The Unseen Story where I told my story of being called into ministry, NOT obeying the call, and the wild ride we went on that led us to where we are now. It was surprisingly emotional to tell the whole story like this, so after the episode was released, I didn't promote it or share it much. I sent it to Miguel, who originally connected me with the podcast, and I sent it to my parents, who sent it to about 400 of their friends!  I haven't even shared it with the church yet, but we have Stories and Songs coming up NEXT Sunday (December 8), so I figured this was the perfect time to testify about what God has done.  The story is on YouTube on The Unseen Story page, but the podcast version is better because the hosts of the podcast actually talk about the story before and after.  Enjoy my story, Overcoming Idols , on The Unseen Story podcast.

 From the Pastor's Desk Every Monday, I get the chance to make this post, highlighting things from the previous Sunday that I want you to know more about. Here are two items from yesterday that you may be wanting to know more about. The Testimony I mentioned in the sermon During the sermon, I referenced a "powerful testimony" that I believe God had me listen to at precisely the right time to influence the WHOLE ending of the sermon. The guy in this testimony lives in the DFW area and references several places around here, which is kind of fun, and he is a pretty funny storyteller overall.  Enjoy! YouTube Link:  16-Year Meth Addiction Gone After THIS ONE MOMENT The Parking Lot Before the sermon, I gave an update on expanding our parking lot. If you missed it, you can listen here: Parking Lot Update .  As part of faithfully taking our next step of obedience, we will say "goodbye" to our big oak tree in front of the church and replace it with 13 young trees, all of...

From the Pastor's Desk If you haven't seen these videos from our ministry partners, hold on to your hats!  Thank you to David Hayes, Hunter Howe, and Scott Stephens for pulling the mission team together and launching it with such a well-done Missions Week. Hopefully, you were able to connect with one or more of these awesome ministry opportunities. Here are the videos from the Adopt-a-Mission night in case you missed them or want to see them again. Click here for our International Mission Partner Video Click here for our Local Mission Partner Video