When Your Influence Grows

“But the report concerning him spread much more, and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. But he withdrew himself into the desert, and prayed.” (Luke‬ ‭5:15-16‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Adoring crowds can be a huge distraction. When you get giddy from excitement by the applause of man, you will be tempted to think that you are so great.

Jesus showed us the way to handle a growing influence. When the crowds that came to Him grew bigger, He did not entrust Himself to them and relish in the attention.

Instead, He withdrew to the desert to be alone with God the Father in prayer.

When your influence with men grows, go deeper in prayer and draw nearer to God (conscious of your need for Him). You absolutely need to stay humble, grounded, and remember that God is the source of all power, favor, and goodness in your life.

“Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name, observing his signs which he did. But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them, because he knew everyone, and because he didn’t need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.” (John‬ ‭2:23-25‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Jesus knew what was in man—sin in the flesh. Man is fickle and disloyal. One moment the crowd can be cheering, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” and the next they can be shouting “Crucify Him!”

As the Lord promotes you by His grace, entrust yourself to Him. Do everything for Him, and not for the applause of man—He is your Rewarder!

The four gospels are full of beautiful revelations that will benefit you in every sphere of life. Understand them through the lens of grace: https://bit.ly/understandeveryparable

先進地區瞄準新聞記者屬舉世震驚德行，香港此舉直比緬甸。

The law has paved the way for a crackdown on the city’s civic freedoms, with mass arrests of political activists and the targeting of anyone seen as disloyal to Beijing, such as schoolteachers and judges.

While Thursday’s arrests were not the first move against the media under the clampdown, it was the first time the authorities have cited the security law in an action against journalists.

A few years ago, when news broke about the Jussie Smollett assault case, I chose to err on the side of caution and believed what he was saying, until I saw proof that made it apparent he was lying. I am not ashamed that even though I was wrong, I chose to give him the benefit of the doubt, first. That's the kind of person I want to be. Because I don't think I could live with myself, if his claims turned out to be true, and all I had for him was doubt and ridicule.

NOT THAT I THINK JUSSIE SMOLLETS IS EVER GOING TO READ MY POSTS OR CARE ABOUT MY OPINIONS.

But I have a lot of friends here, many of whom have been victims of racially motivated attacks, hate crimes and even sexual assaults. And the first thing they see, when they gather the courage to speak out against their assailants should not be, "Nah that never happened," or worse, "You're just seeking attention."

I guess that's how I feel about Meghan Markle right now. She basically just told the world that she's harbored thoughts of ending her own life because of what she's been put through by her own family, and her husband's, especially. And the response from people is dubiousness. We've seen irrefutable evidence of how the British tabloids have been dreadful to her. And please don't insult my intelligence by telling me it had nothing to do with the fact that they are racist. Yet everybody feels so easy to dismiss her claims.

Slimy lowlife degenerate Piers Morgan stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain today because he couldn't stand to be confronted about his rampant sexism and racism. He found the experience to be so traumatic that he had to remove himself from the situation. But when Harry and Meghan, the very people he constantly attacks, remove themselves from a traumatic situation, they're being ungrateful and disloyal to the Royal family?

Whether you think she's a gold digger, an attention-seeker or a fake or whatever other ridiculous assumptions you wanna make about her, I think we can agree that she's going through a very rough time. Yet most people would rather believe the gaslighting words of the gossip-mongering rags. And yes, many of you who are making these unfounded, vilifying presumptions about her still insist it not because you are racist. I bet a bunch of you didn't even wait to watch the Oprah Winfrey special - you've probably drawn your negative conclusions about this Mulatto, the minute you heard that she had the audacity to marry a white prince.

Why wouldn't she want to go, UNPAID, on Oprah to tell her side of the story?

Also, stop treating The Daily Mail like it's the paragon of journalistic integrity.

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