There are traps all over the place.
“A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are punished.”
Proverbs 27:12 NKJV
Deliberating
Bird
Little Ones
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.”
John 17:15 NIV
The Lowly
“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.“
John 16:1-3 NIV
Waiting On God
“But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:31 NKJV
Pine Porcupine
It’s amazing how birds, cats & dogs get special treatment from people.
“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.”
Proverbs 14:31 NIV
Mental Chains
“Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
and despised the plans of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,
and broke away their chains.”
Psalm 107:10-14 NIV
Facing The Fact
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
2 Timothy 3:12 NKJV
Sunset Birdie
No one forces people to believe.
“If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.”
Mark 4:23 NIV
Broken Wing
Sometimes, a bird gets caught in a trap.
“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.”
Hebrews 12:11 NIV
Northern Shoveler
Apostasy doesn’t just happen overnight, but is a gradual drift.
“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.”
Hebrews 3:12 NIV