Being INFLUENCIAL sometimes comes through GREAT ADVERSITY!

 

Acts 8:1-8 NKJV

 

Can’t BE an INFLUENCE unless you are BEING INFLUENCED.

”Let him that would move the world, first move himself.” – Socrates

In order to have influence, you have to be influenced. 

     – Stephen Covey  

INFLUENCE – The CAPACITY of persons to be a COMPELLING FORCE  on the ACTIONS OF OTHERS.

YOU are at the CENTER of GOD’S INFLUENCE in your FAMILIES, HOMES, COMMUNITIES, CHURCHES…

If you are looking for God how you saw Him in the past… you could miss Him!

The future CAN influence the present just as much as the past. 

Mark 5:25-34

 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,  26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,  27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.  28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.

  29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.   30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?  31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

  32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.  34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.   KJV

There is nothing we do in this life that we don’t SEE IT FIRST.       

Ephesians 3:20

  20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  KJV

NIV – 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 

We have TWO IMAGES on the INSIDE OF US:

IMAGINATION – forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.

CREATIVE IMAGINATION – recombining former experiences or knowledge in the creation of new images directed at a specific goal or aiding in the solution of problems.

Jeremiah 1:8-12

 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.  9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.  10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.  

   11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.  12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.   KJV

God’s WORD builds the IMAGINATION of FAITH!

Jeremiah 29:11-13

   11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.   12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.   13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.    KJV

Genesis 6:5-6

 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  KJV

Joshua 1:8

  8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.  KJV

God’s WORD builds the IMAGINATION of FAITH!

‘He who influences the thoughts of his times influences the times that follow.’    

                   Elbert Hubbard