Lead the Way
“Influence First”
Joshua 9

“Follower-Leader”

Go • Make • Stay • Believe • Be

Influence
	The ability to produce an effect on people without apparent force or direct authority

Spiritual Influence
	Negative
	Neutral
	Positive
	Life-changing

Influence starts with a willingness to lead yourself well.

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” – Jesus, John 15:16

Joshua 9:10-15

Lead Yourself Well
	Make good decisions with God’s wisdom (Numbers 14:8-9a)
	Maintain integrity – it’s costly but worth it (Matthew 5:37)
	Move away from spiritual passivity (Joshua 24:23)

Influence starts with a willingness to lead yourself well.