Four Little Things

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Four Little Things

• Proverbs
• 3024-28

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Proverbs 3024-28

• There are four things which are little on the
  earth, But they are exceedingly wise 25 The ants
  are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their
  food in the summer 26 The rock badgers are a
  feeble folk, Yet they make their homes in the
  crags 27 The locusts have no king, Yet they all
  advance in ranks 28 The spider skillfully grasps
  with its hands, And it is in kings' palaces.

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The ants are a people not strong, Yet they
prepare their food in the summer
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Like the ant,we must redeem our time

• Proverbs 66-8
• Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her
  ways and be wise, 7 Which, having no captain,
  Overseer or ruler, 8 Provides her supplies in the
  summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

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Like the ant,we must not grow weary

• Galatians 69
• And let us not grow weary while doing good,
  for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose
  heart.
• John 94 (Jesus as Example)
• I must work the works of Him who sent Me
  while it is day the night is coming when no one
  can work.

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The rock badgers are a feeble folk, Yet they
make their homes in the crags
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Like the rock badger, we must look to God for
protection

• Psalm 1830-31
• As for God, His way is perfect The word of
  the LORD is proven He is a shield to all who
  trust in Him. 31 For who is God, except the
  LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

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Like the rock badger, we must trust in God rather
than self

• 1 Corinthians 1012-13
• Therefore let him who thinks he stands take
  heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has
  overtaken you except such as is common to man
  but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
  tempted beyond what you are able, but with the
  temptation will also make the way of escape, that
  you may be able to bear it.

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The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in
ranks.
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Like the locusts, we must recognize the power of
unity

• Joel 27-8
• They run like mighty men, They climb the
  wall like men of war Every one marches in
  formation, And they do not break ranks. 8 They
  do not push one another Every one marches in his
  own column. Though they lunge between the
  weapons, They are not cut down.

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Like the locusts, we must recognize the power of
unity

• Romans 155-6
• Now may the God of patience and comfort
  grant you to be like-minded toward one another,
  according to Christ Jesus, 6 that you may with
  one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father
  of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Like the locusts, we must recognize the power of
unity

• John 1720-21
• I do not pray for these alone, but also for
  those who will believe in Me through their word
  21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are
  in Me, and I in You that they also may be one in
  Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, And
it is in kings' palaces.
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Like the spider, we must be bold to face lifes
challenges

• Hebrews 1019-22
• Therefore, brethren, having boldness to
  enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a
  new and living way which He consecrated for us,
  through the veil, that is, His flesh, 21 and
  having a High Priest over the house of God, 22
  let us draw near with a true heart in full
  assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled
  from an evil conscience and our bodies washed
  with pure water.

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Like the spider, we must be bold in preaching the
precious gospel

• Acts 413, 31
• (13), Now when they saw the boldness of
  Peter and John, and perceived that they were
  uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And
  they realized that they had been with Jesus.
• (31), And when they had prayed, the place
  where they were assembled together was shaken
  and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit,
  and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

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Conclusion

• These small animals show us the wise advantages
  of work, of divine protection, of unity and of
  boldness.
• Now it is up to us to put these qualities into
  our lives and live wisely.