What's it mean in your mind to make a sacrifice for the kingdom of God sitting in church on a beautiful fall day?

Writing a check out of your abundance, volunteering once in a while, what's it

mean for you?

The overwhelming majority of your life, your energy, your influence, your

ambition, your effort, and in what proportions do you direct that towards your

faith or through your faith? direct that

towards your faith or through your faith.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed. We've been walking through this topic of leading with our faith and the principles are pretty simple.

Your leaders, your people of influence, in your professions, in your communities communities and the hobbies that you've chosen in the schools and the college campuses you have influence on factory floors and job sites and when you gather with your friends

your opinion matters people want to know what you think

and you have expertise and you have confidence to wield it in those areas.

You may be a person of influence around the University of Tennessee football system,

and this is a good weekend for you.

You may have that same kind of experience with Vanderbilt Vanderbilt and it's another weekend for you.

But the reality is we all have influence.

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