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This episode discusses how we all have a sphere of influence that God has given to us as a gift.
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Opening
On today’s episode, we’re going to talk about the sphere of influence that God has given to you.
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We all have a sphere of influence, an area of influence, whatever you want to call it, a domain where we can influence the things around us.
Assigned Influence by God
Now, Paul talks about this in 2 Corinthians chapter 10, starting in verse 13. He talks about how God has assigned each one of us an area of influence. Now this could be your work. It could include all of your coworkers, your management, the people that may work for you, alongside you. Could be customers, clients, everybody you work with and certainly everybody in your family, and all your friends.
But it also includes the atmosphere and the circumstances that you find yourself in. The environment that you’re working in or that you’re just living in. Now, Paul talks about how he wanted his sphere of influence to increase and he wanted to do that so that he could extend God’s Kingdom there to bring God’s view on what’s happening, to share the Gospel there as well.
Increase and Use Your Influence
Wherever we are, whatever aspect of our sphere of influence we’re thinking about, even including social media. Paul talks about how he wants to increase that. And so we want to do the same and we want to speak God’s truth into whatever we’re doing to bring God’s perspective. To share the Gospel. Could be an encouraging word that you’re speaking to someone. Could be an opportunity arises for you to share the truth of God’s Word, what it says about a particular situation or a particular aspect, something that’s going on.
I want to encourage you just to think about it. Do you think about how you have influence?
No matter what. We want to influence that sphere. We don’t want to be influenced by that sphere in any sort of negative way. We want to be able to respond to what’s going on around us, but we want any influence on us to be filtered through what the Holy Spirit wants to do, especially when it comes to anything in the way of an attitude or something like that.
We want to be in control of that and the Lord, the Holy Spirit to be in control of that.
Reflect on Your Gift
So take some time to think about the sphere of influence that God has given to you as a gift, and think about how you’re using that and whether you’re being influenced by the things around you or whether you are doing the influencing.
Closing
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