Sermon Notes 5/26/2024

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Street Smarts
Pastor Terry Lewis
The Harvest of Hard Work
Proverbs 12:24

 

“Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.” Proverbs 12:24

“The Hard Way” by Colonel Sanders

“It is comparatively easy to prosper by trickery, the violation of confidence, oppression of the weak, sharp practices, cutting corners, all those methods we are so prone to condone as business shrewdness. It is difficult to prosper by the keeping of promises, the delivery of value and goods and services with sound merit and good ethics. The easy way is efficient and speedy, the hard way arduous and long. But as the clock ticks away, the easy way becomes harder, and the hard way becomes easier. As the calendar records the years, it becomes increasingly evident that the easy way rests upon a hazardous foundation of shifting sands, whereas the hard way builds a solid foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away. Thus, we build it.”

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Prov. 10:4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Genesis 2:15 The LORD God took Adam and put him in the garden of Eden to work and keep it.

Prov 6:6-11 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Prov. 14:23 All hard work brings profit.

Prov. 13:11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.

Prov. 16:26 It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on.

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Prov 21:25 The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

1 Tim 5:8 If anyone does not provide for their relatives, and especially their own household, they have denied the faith, and are worse than an unbeliever.

Neh. 4:6 So we built the wall. And all the wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Prov 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Prov. 10:5 He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

Prov. 18:9 Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

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Prov. 13:4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Gal. 6:9 Let’s not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.