Everybody, what is going on?

You know what time it is.

You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.

Thanks for joining this Advent season.

We are finishing year of the word strong.

Today, we are reading the book of Titus.

And I am in the podcast studio with the faithful follower of Jesus, Noah Mills.

What's up, guys?

Noah, it is so good to have you in the studio. Former Watermark Institute student. Yes, I'm glad to be here. Welcome back. Noah, for those who don't know you, what has God done in your life? Yeah, I was born and raised in Kansas City. Went to a Christian school growing up. So I've known about Christ for my whole life, basically,

but I really wasn't faithfully following him until high school. Going through the Christian

school, I learned a lot about Christ, but it had become almost a Pharisee type of pride. And so

walking through college, I met Josiah Jones, actually. He used to be on staff with Watermark for the young adult

ministry. He met him when he was working at the young adult ministry back in Kansas City. He basically

called me out for a lot of my sin and called me to Moore and called me to be a member of my church.

And so back in 2019, I started serving, became a member of my church, and then fell in love with ministry.

And so a few years later, I applied with the Watermark Institute, got accepted. And I loved Watermark

so much that I stayed. And I get to be a member of Watermark and serve in a couple different capacities here.

I love it. Tell us a little bit about your experience in the Watermark Institute. You didn't know I was

going to ask you this, but I believe the applications are open. Yes. So what is the Institute and what was your favorite part of the institute? Oh, gosh. That's such a deep question for me. I think that I did fall in love with God more. And they advertise like, this is the place that you can fall more in love with Christ beyond knowing anything about ministry or being talented

or gifted. They wanted us to know more. I have a deeper relationship with Christ. And so going

through the entire word in a year, more in depth, was really sweet time. I think a pivotal moment

for me, we were reading through Ecclesiastes. And I asked a question about, what does the book book of ecclesiastes mean? And he said, the new thing under the sun is Christ. And so even just as I read the New Testament and Old Testament, just seeing that Christ is the center of it all. It all leads to Christ, and he still changes lives today, including mine. And so I'm really thankful for that time. I love it. The Institute, for those who aren't familiar with it, is a 10-month discipleship program, helping raise the next

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