Christian parenting.

Hello and welcome to a special summer series of the Truth Seekers podcast.

I am so glad you have joined me.

For the next eight days we are going to be talking about what it means to be an influencer for Jesus.

Do you know what an influencer is? There are a lot of influencers in the world right now.

Chances are if you've been on YouTube, you know what an influencer is.

An influencer is someone who tries to influence others.

Now you may be thinking, okay, so what does it mean to influence someone?

To influence someone means to have an effect on someone's character, on their behavior,

on their attitudes.

Have you ever been influenced by someone?

Has someone ever had an effect on you?

So much that it caused you to do or say or feel a certain way that you might not have if they had not influenced you?

Did you know that you can be influenced in a positive or a negative way?

Let me give you an example of how I have been influenced

in a positive way.

When I was younger, I would go to church

during the days when I was on summer break with my grandparents.

I love to help my grandmother during the week prepare for Sunday school.

She would prepare the songs and puppets and the object lessons. I loved it so much that

it influenced me to want to be just like her when I grew up. Now I love to share the message of Jesus to children just like she did. She

influenced me big time. Can you think of someone who has influenced you in a

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