Recently I was reading an article again on “Becoming a Person of Positive Influence.” Influence in itself can be either negative or positive. Influence is defined as the power to produce an effect, the ability to affect a person’s character, beliefs or actions.
I was so encouraged to read about women like Abigail whose wise counsel stopped David from bloodshed. (1 Samuel 25:31 – 33). There was also Esther who delivered her people Israel, by taking her own life in her hands. Esther said, “If I perish, I perish.” (Esther 4:16) There are women like Deborah, a prophetess who also judged Israel many years? There is the young Jewish girl who staked everything, including her marriage and even her life, to become the mother of our Lord Jesus Christ. Mary said to the angel, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38) Proverbs speaks about the virtuous woman; “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her; many daughters have done well, but you excel them all.” (Proverbs 31:28 – 29)
How do we become women of positive influence? By being vitally connected to God, being a person of prayer, your lifestyle, your words and by your love.
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