MONDAY MANNA 30 MARCH ‘26

Dr. Daniel O. C. | Mar 30, 2026

“MAINTAIN CHRISTLIKE INFLUENCE AT ALL TIMES”

Saints of God Most High, hear God’s word for you today:

“Do nothing out of rivalry or vanity; but, in humility, regard each other as better than yourselves — look out for each other’s interests and not just for your own…….” (Philippians 2:3-5).

Do nothing from factional motives, through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance.

Instead, in the true spirit of humility and lowliness of mind, let each regard the others as better than and superior to himself thinking more highly of one another than you do of yourselves.

Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not merely his own interests, but also each for the interests of others. Let this same attitude and purpose and humble mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: Let Him be your example in humility.

THE CODE FOR INFLUENCE CAN BE FOUND IN Daniel 5:5-7, 10-14.
Regardless of the fact that Daniel was a captive in a strange and foreign land, he had tremendous influence on the people.
When Daniel spoke, the people listened even though he had no position or title.

We can have influence over others because of the following factors:

Relationship: People can listen to you because of relationship and more so because of who you know and who you are.

Our relationship with God will influence people to listen to us. “Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits” (Daniel 11:32 / Philippians 3:10-11). Your contacts and network also helps to influence others.

Sacrifice: What we have sacrificed and are willing to sacrifice too will ultimately persuade people to listen to us and be influenced. There is no reward without a sacrifice and no benefit without a paid price. Nehemiah the builder sacrificed his legal rights (Nehemiah 5:14-19).

Character: We can influence others because of our integrity, blamelessness, trustworthiness, righteous behaviour and uprightness. Joseph and Noah were men of integrity in their respective generations. They possessed a strong sense of security, identity, empathy, purpose and perspective (Genesis 45:4-7).

Maintain Christlike influence in all your ventures in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!

Shalom and good morning.

Dr. Daniel O. C.