Years ago, Jerry was working on building a Christian retreat center near my cousin, Linda. Linda recently informed me that during the retreat center’s planning stage, she rallied people against this project.
Eventually, Jerry presented his case to the community, but the community was skeptical. During that meeting, however, Jerry referenced a passage from my book.
When my cousin heard that Jerry embraced my teaching, she decided to become an advocate for the project, helping it to pass.
2 Corinthians 10 teaches, “But our hope is that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be greatly enlarged, so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you.”
One can never know our indirect influence by simply being obedient to God’s call on our life.
