The Real Alex Compton
Every Sunday I go to Victory Christian Fellowship over at the Music Museum in Greenhills. This week, the speaker was former basketball MVP Alex Compton. Initially I was a bit worried since I didn’t have a clue as to what a basketball player had to say about spirituality. However, I was really floored after hearing him speak. His talk was one of the most powerful messages I’ve ever heard in my life and I can’t help but blog about the experience.
For the most part, he talked about how God changed him when he finally decided to become a Christian. Watching him speak and listening to him talk really shows the difference. You can literally feel his passion and conviction for God while he talked. Gone was the basketball player and celebrity. While he was standing on the stage - he was just a normal man proclaiming how much he loved God and how much life has been better when he surrendered his life to God.
If ever Alex finds his way to this blog, I just want to say thank you because you definitely touched a lot of lives through your talk. Cheers!
August 18th, 2008 at 11:15 am
He really illustrated the concept of going after a prize that lasts forever, and not just medals that rust and fade over time– and that’s the realization that we live to glorify God. He is our prize and we are His.
I’m still hung over from yesterday’s service haha.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:46 pm
Too bad those idiots in the PBA never let this guy play as a local.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I wish I was also there to listen to his inspiring talk!
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
I met him during Passion Manila. Super-nice guy.
August 26th, 2008 at 7:06 am
Alex is an athlete who definitely desires nothing but to honor our God. Such a ‘beautiful’ person inside and out.
August 26th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
I have high respects for this man. Once I saw him at a gas station. He went out of the convenience store with several platic bags of food, and surprise, surprise, he gave those food to the street kids who were waiting for him by his car.
I felt bad for breaking up with him to be with my husband now. JOKE! Heheheh. Wag mo ko sumbong kay Keith.
September 3rd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
it is always inspiring to read stories about celebrities who have chosen to follow Jesus, despite the temptations that popularity brings, alex compton knew that the real prize is at the end