The company a man keep’s  life will either influence his failures in life or success in life. Therefore, it is of great importance to seek and follow the right company to fulfill your life’s mission.

The influence of your companions will guide your predominant thoughts, which in-turn positions your actions in the right paths of success or failures.

Our text (Matt 8:1) explains that great multitude followed JESUS, our lord and saviour. The question,we must ask ourselves today is “WHO AM I FOLLOWING?”, WHAT CROWD AM I IN?

Because no man’s life is an isolated blocj of influence, eve in the prison bias, influence is targeted towards the prisoners directly or indirectly.

Sociologists says 85% of what we think upon, act on, and become in life’s is a product of varied degree of influence by the environment we live in. It was discovered that children who grew up in broke homes, exopsed to voilence , child abuse, drug -addicted parents, and homes where parents were not responsible ended up to grow as threat to the peace of the society. Most-ended as terrorists, drug-addicted,gun-dealers,criminals and many behinde bars.

WHY?

INFLUENCE!

Influence steers us towards SUCCESS or FAILURES in every aspects of life, that’s why a coach is often hired for every professional football team, because no matter how good players are, coach’s influence on the team nutures them to become the best of their potentials.

The ‘multitude’ in our passage must be understood to signify influence:

Therefore ask yourself, am i UNDER ANY BAD INFLUENCE IN MY THOUGHTS, PATTERN OF DRESSING, SPEAKING,OR IS MY HABITS POSITIVELY INFLUENCED?. Do you listen to music, watch movies that transmit wrong thoughts to your heart.

Do you sit in the company of those who discourage you from fulfilling your life’s dreams.

Don’t allow the wrong company you keep to influence you negatively from achieving your vision, dreams, career, and fulfilling your purpose of being in life.

Determine today never to be comfortable with environments that steers you off the paths of success, off the paths of courage to surmount daunting challenges of life. Do whatever it takes to be in the right company of faith boosters, company of achievers; seek always to be right company.

I SEE YOU SUCCEEDING TODAY!