God created into woman a particular power to influence. This thought is backed up in Genesis with Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden. Satan went straight to Eve, and the entire basic problem of human nature--the right to one’s self--sprang into being through a woman! It was through her influence that Adam did eat.
It is important to see that this God-given influence of woman is no virtue at all. In itself it is neutral, neither good nor bad. It is what we do with it that matters. I am convinced that most of us are not aware of the power of this inherent ability to mark the lives of those we touch. The lives of others can be directly twisted or blessed by the influence of a woman. Each woman holds within their nature a potentially dangerous power depending how it mark lives. Being a sincere Christian is not enough. We need the very sensitivity of God, Himself in order to live a life which marks with beauty and godliness the other lives we influence.
Most of us know—“all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” And as a Christian we have found out we are not able to cope without Christ. So we know that all the destructive power within us can be controlled by the very life of Christ.
Woman’s influence remains exactly the same in strength and power. If you are a Christian, your influence is no stronger than if you are not. But it can be under the personal control of Jesus Christ. The areas of your personality which are under His control are going to have a creative, positive influence toward godliness. They have to, not because of what you are like, but because of what He is like. The areas not under His control will be the trouble areas where negative influences is destructive on the lives of others.
As a woman we must yield our power of influence to God. So that it may be a good thing as it touches the lives of others.
--by Eugenia Price
It is important to see that this God-given influence of woman is no virtue at all. In itself it is neutral, neither good nor bad. It is what we do with it that matters. I am convinced that most of us are not aware of the power of this inherent ability to mark the lives of those we touch. The lives of others can be directly twisted or blessed by the influence of a woman. Each woman holds within their nature a potentially dangerous power depending how it mark lives. Being a sincere Christian is not enough. We need the very sensitivity of God, Himself in order to live a life which marks with beauty and godliness the other lives we influence.
Most of us know—“all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” And as a Christian we have found out we are not able to cope without Christ. So we know that all the destructive power within us can be controlled by the very life of Christ.
Woman’s influence remains exactly the same in strength and power. If you are a Christian, your influence is no stronger than if you are not. But it can be under the personal control of Jesus Christ. The areas of your personality which are under His control are going to have a creative, positive influence toward godliness. They have to, not because of what you are like, but because of what He is like. The areas not under His control will be the trouble areas where negative influences is destructive on the lives of others.
As a woman we must yield our power of influence to God. So that it may be a good thing as it touches the lives of others.
--by Eugenia Price
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