the virtue of conviction

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, spoke at Princeton’s graduation last year. He asked some difficult questions:

• Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions? Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?
• Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure? Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?
• Will you bluff it out when you’re wrong, or will you apologize? Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?
• Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling? When it’s tough, will you give up or will you be relentless?
• Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder? Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?

Wow. This Sunday at NewPointe we’re talking about the virtue of CONVICTION. Here’s how we’re defining it: Standing for what’s right even when others don’t.

Are you willing to follow your convictions? Learn how you can this Sunday! See you at one of our three campuses. Services are at 9 and 11 a.m.!

want to hear from God?

If you’re like me, God can sometimes feel distant. I mean, intellectually, we know He’s there. It just seems that sometimes He’s hard to find. Don’t you just wish, sometimes, that you could hear Him audibly?

If you’re in a place in life right now where you’re not sure if He’s there or not, or you’re thinking that perhaps He’s forgotten about you, let me take this opportunity to assure you that He’s real, He’s there for you, and He has not forgotten about you.

In the Book of Hebrews God tells us that He will NEVER leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5-6). In Romans, the Apostle Paul teaches us that “neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” So hang in there. God has not left you. He’s FOR YOU!

So, back to hearing from Him. When is the last time you heard His voice in a way that you knew for sure He was speaking to you? Have you ever heard Him clearly? Want to?

Here’s a sure-fire way to hear from God, almost immediately. I know this to be true because I’m seeing it in my own life. If you’ll sincerely pray this prayer, you’ll hear from Him. Are you ready? Here it is:

“God, what can I do for you today?”

That’s it. If you pray that prayer and sincerely mean it, you’ll hear from Him—and in most cases immediately. He will show you someone you can help, encourage, love. He’ll reveal an opportunity that He has set aside specifically for you to make a difference in the world.

Will you dare to pray it?

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