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		<title>SaviorandLord Podcast Episode #21: &#8220;When Influence Tests Your Character&#8221; feat. Emanuel</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Host Victor Nunez and guest Emmanuel continue their series from “Hidden Seasons” to “visibility” and now “influence,” focusing on how [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Host Victor Nunez and guest Emmanuel continue their series from “Hidden Seasons” to “visibility” and now “influence,” focusing on how character is tested when exposure and responsibility increase. They discuss why influence magnifies strengths and weaknesses, the dangers of pride, people-pleasing, and performance replacing obedience, and the need to avoid causing others to stumble (1 Corinthians 10). </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They emphasize accountability, humility, and guarding the heart, citing Luke <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSKod5r5qHE&amp;t=970s" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">16:10</a>, James 3:1, 1 Timothy 3:6, Galatians <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSKod5r5qHE&amp;t=70s" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">1:10</a>, Romans 12, and Proverbs <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSKod5r5qHE&amp;t=263s" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">4:23</a>. Examples include leadership pressures, criticism, parenting boundaries, and Emmanuel helping an elderly woman. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">They highlight personal time with God, silence, teachability, servant leadership, and relying on grace, including Paul’s “thorn” (2 Corinthians 12), concluding that influence is stewardship for God’s glory, not ego.</p>
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