One Is Powerful

 Only one life will soon be past, only what is done for Christ will last...C T Studd

You would think that in such a big world with so many people; one person would have very little influence, wouldn't you? Well, you couldn't be more wrong.

Just one man voting the right way saved the United States from having Aaron Burr as President of the United States.

Just one United States Senator, voting according to his conscience, saved President Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln, from being cast out of office.

Just one man, John Wilkes Booth, changed the course of history when he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

Because we hear so much of brave, great, and brilliant people, we start thinking that such persons as ourselves don't count.

Nothing is further from the truth. God depends on us—on you and me—for some specific task. Nobody else can or will do this one job. Our nation needs many thousands of high-school teachers, especially men teachers. Boys are actually going to jail because of a lack of good, interesting men teachers who can inspire and lead them to good lives instead of bad.

God depends on us—each one of us, not all of us at once. When Jesus called his disciples, he made each one feel as if much depended on him. Of the twelve only Judas failed. The other eleven were faithful to death.

Today, nearly two thousand years later, Jesus depends on us as he did on his twelve. Never forget—you are important. Just one person, but still one. A very wise man said, "I am just one person, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And what I can do, I will do."

UncomMEN Influence

 

You maybe old enough to remember buying milk in a cardboard container. Often those containers would have a picture of a missing child. Today we see posters of missing children on telephone poles or see an Amber alert on the Interstate. You may see on the news that an Alzheimer senior is missing.

But the largest group of missing people is hardly mentioned: Our Dads! Our culture is feeling the tremendous weight of dad's presence. Today 24 million kids will grow up without the influence of their biological father. The result?

• Kids are five times more likely to live in poverty

• They represent 85% of children with behavioral problems

• They have a much higher chance of drug use, repeating grades, suicide and imprisonment

• They have a much higher chance of an addiction to pornography

God hard-wired us in our DNA with a craving for a dad. Solomon wrote, “the glory of children is their fathers.” Proverbs 17:6 The word 'glory' means weight or heaviness. Dads carry weight – influence. They shoulder influence of good or ill.

One day someone will ask your adult kids, “In a few words, describe your dad?” What words do you want them to say? Remember YOUR influence will carry on to your grandchildren!