Help Newpointe Fulfill It's Mission

What is Newpointe mission ? Leading people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.

Christianity = relationships, Right ?

Want proof ?

One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matthew 22:35-40

This speaks directly to relationships.

Our relationship with God, and people.

If there is something that we who follow Christ , should be great at it is relationships. Yet many times, we don’t feel great about the relationships we have, let alone to lead other people in it.

Here at Newpointe , one of our core values is Cultivate community.

Why ? Because life change best happens in small groups.

God said “ that is not good for man to be alone.”

Everybody desires :

· To know and be known

· To love and be loved

· To serve and be served

· To celebrate and be celebrated

You see in Authentic Biblical Community...

Group leaders see hearts opened, lives transformed, relationships healed, sin patterns broken, and connections to God strengthened. Real change, real growth is possible!

Join us for a one-day training event that provides practical steps for fostering spiritual growth.

Saturday Oct 24 from 9:00 am to 4:30.

Where ? Dover Campus.

Cost : Free to all Newpointe people.

Rewards: Learn how to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Nothing is more important.

Go to www.newpointe.org for more information.

Highlights of Speakers @ Catalyst 09

Rob Bell

Exodus 20 lists the ten commandments. Unlike the first nine, the tenth is not outwardly observable--you can't visibly see someone coveting someone else's things. The rabbis say that the tenth is not just a command, it’s the reward for following the first nine. Yes, not coveting is a reward. By living for God, you won’t want anyone else’s life. You won’t want to have what others have. You’ll be comfortable being the YOU that God created you to be.

Rob’s applications:

Keep a Sabbath. What day of the week do you NOT answer email?

Does your spouse get your best, or just the scraps left over after you’ve given your best to others? Do your kids see you at your best? 

 

Dave Ramsey

Momentum Theorem
Focused intensity over time multiplied by God creates unstoppable momentum.

Focus is lost for two reasons:

1. Fear
   Fear can cause you to lose focus. Fear is not a fruit of the spirit.
2. Greed
   You can get greedy for money, stats, fame, and/or more. James 1:8 says, “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

With focus, you can’t see anything but what you are looking at. With focus, you have an unbelievable advantage. Rick Warren says, “Focus is intentional.” You have to be proactive. You have to happen to things.

 

Malcolm Gladwell

We think we need daring and bold decision making from our leaders in time of crisis. But we don’t. We need humility.

QUESTION: What are the warning signs for leaders being to overconfident?

When you stop listening to those around you. You cut yourself off from others.

QUESTION: What do you say to the church leader who has resisted accountability because of fear?

When a leader can no longer do everything all by himself, you have to change.  When your growth reaches a certain point, you have to change. Leadership has to become more collective.

Andy Stanley

Leadership is a gift. Every leader leaves a mark. But the challenge is… what type of mark will you leave?

If you are discontent with the status quo and you want to see change, it is because God has put that desire to lead inside of you.

You will never recognize your biggest opportunity until after you’ve taken advantage of it or missed it. You won’t know your mistakes until long after you’ve made them.

The challenge for those of us who are leaders that want to see change is you don’t know the thing that you will do that will make the biggest difference (for good or for evil).

When you finally settle why you do what you do, then you can live your life with a freedom that is unexplainable unless you experience it. God will take full responsibility for your life and leadership once you fully surrender your life to Him.

It is not about your mark. It is about His mark.
It is not about who is for or against you. It is about who you are for.
When God does His greatest work through you, you will have no idea what happened.

Our mark isn’t worth our life. Living to make my mark is too small a thing to give my life to, but to somehow be positioned in a place where God can work through me is something worth giving my life to.

Leaders are going to leave a mark. But the daily question for you is, “Whose mark are you going to leave?”

 

Chuck Swindoll

I remember sitting in chapel, and a minister told me, “When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible person and crushes him.” I am so proud of everything you are dreaming of and doing that I hope that you remember to leave room for the crushing.

10 Things Chuck Swindoll Learned in 50ish Years of Ministry:

1. It’s lonely to lead.
   Leadership involves tough decisions. The tougher the decisions, the lonelier it is.
2. It’s dangerous to succeed.
   It is dangerous to succeed while being young. rarely, does God give leadership that young because it takes crushing and failure first.
3. It’s hardest at home.
   Nobody at home is applauding you. They say, “Dad! You’re fly is open.”
4. It is essential to be real.
   If there is one realm where phoniness is personified it is leadership. What I care about is that you stay real.
5. It is painful to obey.
   There are rewards, yes, but it is painful nevertheless.
6. Brokenness and failure are necessary.
7. My attitude is more important than my actions.
   Some of you are getting hard to be around. And your attitude covers all those great actions you pull off.
8. Integrity eclipses image.
   What you are doing is not a show. And the best things you are doing is not up front but what you do behind the scenes.
9. God’s way is better than my way.
   God is going to have His way.
10. Christ-likeness begins and ends with humility.

Five statements worth remembering during your next 50 years of leadership

1) Whatever you do, do more with others and less alone

2) Whenever you do it, emphasize quality not quantity.

3) Wherever you go, do it the same as if you were among those who know you best.

4) Whoever may respond, keep a level head.

5) However long you lead, keep on dripping with gratitude and grace

Highlights of Catalyst 09

 

 

Bringing Clarity

What is the key to leadership?

What is the key to leading an organization? Church? Ministry? People?

I meet a lot of people who are excited about a lot of things.  They get an idea--a thought--and all of a sudden they are excited and want to get after it. The thought is, “I am really excited about this. I will lead it.”

The Medical dictionary defines the word excitement as an emotional state characterized by its potential for impulsive or poorly controlled activity.

Now let’s look at the word “passion”. The dictionary entry looks like this:

Origin:
1125–75; ME (< OF) < ML passiōn- (s. of passiō) Christ's sufferings on the cross, any of the Biblical accounts of these (> late OE passiōn), special use of LL passiō suffering, submission, deriv. of L passus, ptp. of patī to suffer, submit; see -ion

So, passion is the willingness to suffer for something.  Not suffering for a poor decision, for an unkind remark, or for forcing your way, etc…. but because you so believe in something that you are willing to suffer to see it through.

Are you passionate about anything?

Maybe you are excited and not passionate. Excitement isn’t enough to carry you over the long haul.

I shared this with a young leader this past week.  He said that he was passionate about a specific thing. I asked him if he knew what it truly meant to be passionate?  When he said he wasn’t sure, I told him it means that you are willing to suffer. His response was interesting. He said that suffering wasn’t  as pretty as the word passion.

What type of leader are you? An excited leader or a passionate leader.

It makes all the difference in the world. 

Culture is Everything

Mike Shanahan was known as a genius, a mastermind, a two time Super Bowl champion. 2008 was the third consecutive year in which Denver didn't make the playoffs .

His team had only one postseason victory since John Elway retired in 1999. He finished with a record of 146-91 over 14 seasons. Though Shanahan is a very good coach a changed was needed and made Dec. 30 2008.

Who was going to replace this HOF coach? Enter Josh McDaniel, a 32 year old who graduated from my old high school, Canton McKinley.

I have followed him since the day he was hired as the Denver coach on January 12, 2009 .

People questioned the move by Pat Bowlen, the Denver owner. Josh had no experience as a head coach.

From the get go, Josh came in to change the culture of the Denver Broncos. There would be no prema donas. Every one would be expected to carry their load. This did not set well with their QB Jay Cutler. Their all pro quarter back ended up getting traded.

The talk was on that McDaniels had lost control. To make matters worse, Brandon Marshall, their other all pro receiver, demanded a trade which was refused and then was disciplined for conduct that was detrimental to the team.

Pre-season football experts were predicting Denver to finish in bottom of their division.

Before a game was played, the thought was Josh McDaniel will either be remembered as a bold, brilliant leader who won because he had the courage to stick to his convictions or as an abject failure whose hiring set the franchise back by years because he had the courage to stick to his convictions.

Yesterday, the Broncos beat the Cowboys to go 4 –0.

The culture has changed in Denver.

That is what leadership is all about.

Don’t like what’s happening where you are leading? Change the culture .