Strategies for Christian Influence

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Strategies for Christian Influence

• How to increase flavor and shine brighter 2
  PERSONAL EXAMPLE

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There is a Real and Effective Difference between.

• Telling people how to live
• (The O.T. Law)
• Showing people how to live
• (Jesus Christ)

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1 John 49-11

• In this the love of God was made manifest among
  us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so
  that we might live through him. 10 In this is
  love, not that we have loved God but that he
  loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation
  for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we
  also ought to love one another.

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How Can I Wield My Personal Example Effectively?

1. Right Speech

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Matthew 1234

• You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when
  you are evil? For out of the abundance of the
  heart the mouth speaks.

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What is Right Speech?

1. Authentic, Eph. 425

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Ephesians 425

• Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each
  one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for
  we are members one of another.

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What is Right Speech?

1. Authentic, Eph. 425
2. Sincere, Matthew 1236

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Matthew 1236

• I tell you, on the day of judgment people will
  give account for every careless word they speak,

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What is Right Speech?

1. Authentic, Eph. 425
2. Sincere, Matthew 1236
3. Thoughtful, Colossians 45

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Colossians 45

• Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best
  use of the time.

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What is Right Speech?

1. Authentic, Eph. 425
2. Sincere, Matthew 1236
3. Thoughtful, Colossians 45
4. Flavorful, Colossians 46

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Colossians 46

• Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with
  salt, so that you may know how you ought to
  answer each person.

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How Can I Wield My Personal Example Effectively?

1. Right Speech
2. Stick your message

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Luke 957-58

• As they were going along the road, someone said
  to him, I will follow you wherever you go.
  58 And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and
  birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man
  has nowhere to lay his head.

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Luke 819-21

• Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but
  they could not reach him because of the crowd.
  20 And he was told, Your mother and your
  brothers are standing outside, desiring to see
  you. 21 But he answered them, My mother and my
  brothers are those who hear the word of God and
  do it.

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Sticking a Message???

1. Make ceremonies
2. Mark events
3. Public acknowledgements
4. Ground breaking
5. Ribbon cutting
6. Cards
7. Special notes
8. Thank yous
9. Share stories, etc., etc.

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How Can I Wield My Personal Example Effectively?

1. Right Speech
2. Stick your message
3. Step up and be visible

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• Quietly Competent has its place but influence
  requires you to be visible.

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Acts 541-42

• Then they left the presence of the council,
  rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer
  dishonor for the name. 42 And every day, in the
  temple and from house to house, they did not
  cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.

Confident rejoicing continued teaching
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Acts 1637

• But Paul said to them, They have beaten us
  publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman
  citizens, and have thrown us into prison and do
  they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come
  themselves and take us out.

Making waves drove the message home
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1 Peter 212

• Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable,
  so that when they speak against you as evildoers,
  they may see your good deeds and glorify God on
  the day of visitation.

What they see changes them
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• Our influence is directly related to our
  visibility

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Hows Your Flavor?

• How bright is your light with
• Right speech?
• Sticking your message?
• Being visible?

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Matthew 516

• In the same way, let your light shine before
  others, so that they may see your good works and
  give glory to your Father who is in heaven.