Who do you influence?

This everyday life can get us down. We go to work, eat, work some more, go home, deal with kids and go to bed. We forget that everyone we come in contact with we affect. Just one little thing you say can make a huge impact on someone's day!! We all have influence the question is whether yours is bad or good. Do you try and focus on the positive or the negative? We are all taken down with so much negative nowadays so how do you lift someone up? Remember it only takes one thing, one statement, one action to change someone's day. You never know you might just change your outlook on that day also if we all started taking the time to look at the positive instead of the negative all of the time. Oh you don't think you influence anyone... so how about that cashier at Wal-Mart? Looks like she is having a bad day and when you go through the line you say just thank you, or have a blessed day. How about opening or holding the door for someone, it doesn't have to be give someone money. I mean think about it, we all have been there. Having that awful day and someone make the most simple statement and it just lifts us up and what makes it even better is that person doesn't probably even know. So I ask, who are you going to influence today?

Are you prepared?

So many times in our daily lives we get so wrapped up in the daily burn. Picking the kids up from school, getting food on the table and getting that grass cut around the rain!! We go to church thinking that... that's all I need... one day is good enough. I have to tell you that God wants so much more for your life that what you are doing at this very minuet!!! It doesn't matter if you are a pastor, Sunday school teacher, cashier or anything. He has a plan for you and something specific for you to do!! So are you ready? I mean really are you ready? If God needed someone to talk to the person in front of you right now could you do it? Would you know what so say? Do? How to help? A daily walk with him is the only way to fix that. One day a week, not reading your Bible and not praying will not get you where you want to be. We all have been there, really down just needing someone to say the right thing, help in the right way, could you be that person? Right now, could you be that person? If so that is awesome but don't stop but so many people wouldn't be. They remember when they were that low and someone helped them but now they aren't there anymore. God gives us all experiences that can help people and lead people to Christ but not being on a daily walk with him won't let you get that out. We all have good intentions but are we really doing what we need to? Are we on that daily walk so when he needs us we are ready? Are you ready right now? If the next time you are in Wal-Mart and someone asks you to pray can you?