{"id":644,"date":"2011-05-27T11:36:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-05-27T05:50:25","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T09:50:25","slug":"never-underestimate-your-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/05\/never-underestimate-your-influence.html","title":{"rendered":"Never underestimate your influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

We should never underestimate the influence we have for good and for bad.\u00a0 A scientist released two bugs that had been imported for research from the University of Florida.\u00a0 Now they have totally invaded Florida.\u00a0 They especially love highways because of the heat.\u00a0 They search out hot items.\u00a0 2011 was a record love bug season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Think how much God can use you for good, if we will only release his life-changing \u00a0love to the world.\u00a0 “This is how much God loved the world:\u00a0 He gave his Son, his one and only Son.\u00a0 And this is why:\u00a0 so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life”\u00a0 (John 3:16 The Message<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We should never underestimate the influence we have for good and for bad.\u00a0 A scientist released two bugs that had been imported for research from the University of Florida.\u00a0 Now they have totally invaded Florida.\u00a0 They especially love highways because of the heat.\u00a0 They search out hot items.\u00a0 2011 was a record love bug season.\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20,40,61,10,16,11,85,12,64],"tags":[21,696,699,691,126,57,692,6,125,96,700],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-church","category-faith","category-humor","category-inspirational","category-intellectual-disability","category-intellectually-disabled","category-prayer-2","category-religion","category-shuttle-endeavour","tag-christian","tag-church","tag-faith","tag-inspirational","tag-love-bugs","tag-prayer","tag-religion","tag-simple-scriptural-truths","tag-space-shuttle","tag-space-shuttle-endeavour","tag-spirituality"],"yoast_head":"\nNever underestimate your influence - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/05\/never-underestimate-your-influence.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Never underestimate your influence - A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We should never underestimate the influence we have for good and for bad.\u00a0 A scientist released two bugs that had been imported for research from the University of Florida.\u00a0 Now they have totally invaded Florida.\u00a0 They especially love highways because of the heat.\u00a0 They search out hot items.\u00a0 2011 was a record love bug season.\u00a0…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/05\/never-underestimate-your-influence.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life, a Childlike Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-05-27T15:36:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-05-27T09:50:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/05\/2281.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Linda G. 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