Welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Our Reading titled Our Impact on Others was written by Karen Huang.

When Dr. Lee, my seminary professor, noticed that Benji, our school custodian, would be late in joining our lunch gathering, he quietly set aside a plate of food for him.

As my classmates and I talked, Dr. Lee also quietly placed the last slice of rice cake on a dish for him,

adding some grated coconut as a delicious topping.

This kind act of an eminent theologian was one of many,

and what I consider an overflow of Dr. Lee's faithfulness to God.

Twenty years later, the deep impression he made on me remains.

The Apostle John had a dear friend who also left a deep impression on many believers. They talked

about Gaeus as one who was faithful to God and the scriptures, continually walking in the truth. Gaeus showed

hospitality to traveling preachers of the gospel, even though they were strangers. As a result,

John said to him, they have told the church about your love.

Gaeus' faithfulness to God and to other believers in Jesus helped further the gospel.

The impact my teacher had on me and the impact Gaeus had in his day are powerful reminders

that we can leave an impact on others, one that God can use

in drawing them to Christ. As we walk faithfully with God, let's live and act in a way that helps

other believers walk faithfully with him too.

Today's Our Daily Bread Devotional Scripture reading is from 3 John, Chapter 1,

verses 1 through 8.

The Elder To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you,

even as your soul is getting along well. It gave me great joy when some believers came and

testified about your faithfulness to the truth,

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