Quotes about Influence

It's almost impossible to live the right life when you have the wrong friends.

Words people say not only have a shelf life but have the ability to shape life.

Words lead to deeds, they prepare the soul, make it ready, and move it to tenderness.

God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.

Lady, I'm like, a kryptonite member.

Holiness begins in our minds and works out to our actions. This being true, what we allow to enter our minds is critically important. The television programs we watch, the movies we may attend, the books and magazines we read, the music we listen to, and the conversations we have all affect our minds.

It is clear from our Lord's prayer that He does not intend for us to withdraw from contact with the world of non-Christians (John 17:15). Instead, He said we are to be 'the salt of the earth' and 'the light of the world' (Matthew 5:13-14).

Every sin we commit reinforces the habit of sinning and makes it easier to sin. In the previous chapter we discussed the importance of guarding our minds and emotions, since these faculties are the channels through which the various compelling forces reach our wills. But it is also important that we understand how our habits influence our wills.

God is sovereign over the nations. He is sovereign over the officials of our own government in all their actions as they affect us, directly or indirectly.

In the West, especially, we don't often consciously feel the actions of government impacting our lives from day to day.

God can and does work in the hearts and minds of rulers and officials of government to accomplish His sovereign purpose.

Just as we saw in chapter 4 that God is sovereign in the hearts of individuals, whose decisions and actions affect us, so God is also sovereign in the decisions and actions of government as they affect