INFLUENCE OTHERS WITH YOUR FAITH 3

16 AND IF THESE NATIONS TRULY LEARN THE WAYS OF MY PEOPLE, AND IF THEY LEARN TO SWEAR BY MY NAME, SAYING, ‘AS SURELY AS THE LORD LIVES’ (just as they taught my people to swear by the name of Baal), THEN THEY WILL BE GIVEN A PLACE AMONG MY PEOPLE.
17 But any nation who refuses to obey me will be uprooted and destroyed. I, the Lord, have spoken!”
Jeremiah 12:16,17 (NLT)

• Your life should testify God and His work. It should lead people to Christ. It should give meaning to other people's lives.

• You are living for others. You stop existing when your life added no value to other people's lives.
• You are saved for a purpose. Evangelism is the reason, the key or primary purpose, why God has spared your life:
  18 NOW ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD, WHO HAS RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, AND HAS GIVEN US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, 19 THAT IS, THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES TO THEM, AND HAS COMMITTED TO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION. 20 NOW THEN, WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD WERE PLEADING THROUGH US: WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF, BE RECONCILED TO GOD" (2 Corinthians 5:18-20 NKJV).

• Use your influence; position where you work, money or whatever, to draw others to God, through Christ Jesus.

• You are to make profit with whatever you are given (Matthew 25:27). Some professed believers cannot be boastful of a single soul which they have won for Christ Jesus, since their conversion.
• How many lives have you influenced for Christ Jesus positively, where you work, live, or school?

• Remember, If you are not bearing fruit, the devil's intrusion in your life might be allowed or permitted, because you would be considered a tree that is just taking up space, encumbering or depleting the land, for nothing:
6 HE ALSO SPOKE THIS PARABLE: “A CERTAIN MAN HAD A FIG TREE PLANTED IN HIS VINEYARD, AND HE CAME SEEKING FRUIT ON IT AND FOUND NONE. 7 THEN HE SAID TO THE KEEPER OF HIS VINEYARD, ‘LOOK, FOR THREE YEARS I HAVE COME SEEKING FRUIT ON THIS FIG TREE AND FIND NONE. CUT IT DOWN; WHY DOES IT USE UP THE GROUND?’ (Luke 13:6,7 NKJV).

• God wants you to be a fruit bearing believer. Start now, and begin to win souls!

• Another important thing is, If you are bearing fruit, you might need to be regularly pruned for you to bear more fruits (John 15:1,2).

• Thus, If you are currently being pruned, do not be despaired about it, It is to be rejoiced about.
• The pruning is made by God and It makes you more fruitful, thus, allow God's pruning to be thorough that you mat be more fruitful.
• The believer who is not bearing fruit would be cut down whilst the fruit bearing one would be pruned for more fruitfulness (Luke 13:6,7).

• You will not be cut down in Jesus' name.

• Whatever is contrary to your health is rebuked and uprooted in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
• You are completely delivered from every oppression of sicknesses and diseases, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
  Peace!

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

• If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever the