73. LITTLE PEOPLE & LITTLE THINGS        --page 615--

         He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: & he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much (Lk.16:10).

         1. If you pass God's test of little things, them He can trust you with big things.
         2. I've got a lot of faith in people who are not afraid to pitch in & work, even doing jobs that are not their own, but because they need to be done!
         3. I like to dig out the little people & put them in places of responsibility--I'm not a bigshot man.
         4. The Lord would sooner trust ten young trees to make it than one big huge rotten one.
         5. Little problems are very important & are usually only the tip of the iceberg which shows there is something much deeper & much greater that is wrong.
         6. A little thing is a little thing, but faithfulness in little things is a great thing.
         7. Be a lamp in the chamber if you cannot be a star in the sky.
         8. Men who lived and died without name,
         Are the chief heroes in the sacred list of fame.
         9. Henry Ford once said: Whenever you see a bushel of apples, remember, it takes a lot of little apples to hold up the big ones on top.
         10. Most of the greatest saints I know were little people who just did what they thought should be done--without you hearing about it or even knowing they were around! But they were always around when you needed them.
         11. Two of the most famous preachers in the Bible started out as waiters!--Stephen & Phillip!
         12. There are no such things as little dangers in God's work! Little problems usually are evidence of big problems.
         13. Never belittle the little things or the little ones.
         14. It takes the little people to make the others great.
         15. You have to be "little people" first before you can become great--`cause God only makes great people out of little people--to show His Greatness!
         16. God turns the wheels of His Universe on very small things!
         17. God turns the very great wheels of His omnipotence, His almighty power, on very very small pivots.
         18. It's the little people who keep the Kingdom going! It's the little people that keep it rolling.
         19. God runs the World on small things & He judges us by small things!
         20. You'll never make it through the big doors without the tiny keys!
         21. Many things that may seem little things to you are not so little in God's sight.
         22. If you're faithful in a few things then He can trust you with big things.
         23. A small leak will sink a great ship.
         24. Little strokes fell great oaks.
         25. No matter how young you are, no matter how little you know, no matter how few talents you have or how poorly you can speak--God can use you. In 1Cor.1:27 it says that God actually takes this kind of person to use.
         26. Just because you're a potty under the bed doesn't mean you're not a vessel of the house!
         27. We rarely stumble over the hills, but rather over the pebbles.
         28. Little problems usually lead to big problems.
         29. The greatest heroes of history were not the self-indulgent & self-satisfied, but the self-denying, self-effacing, self-erasing souls!
         30. The candle is made to feed the flame & keep it burning, therefore you should give due credit to the candle for making the flame possible.
         31. Little things are so important! Have you ever had a word, a smile or a thought stick with you, and the Lord use it to cheer your whole day, or help you get the victory over something or help you make a hard decision about something the Lord wanted you to do?
         32. It only takes one weak link to break a whole chain!--It only takes one rotten apple to rot the whole barrelful! It takes one little hole in the dike to start a whole flood! It only takes one tiny careless flame to start a whole holocaust! It only takes one tiny temptation to compromise just a little to bring about a total defeat!
         33. A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
         34. A saint is a person who lets the light of heaven shine through.
         35. A life need not be great to be beautiful. There may be as much beauty in a tiny flower as in a majestic tree, in a little gem as in a great jewel. A beautiful life is one that fulfills its mission in this World, that is what God made it to be, & does what God made it to do.
         36. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse the rider was lost; For want of the rider, the battle was lost; For want of the battle the Kingdom was lost; And all for the want of a nail!
         37. Even if you're just a frog, you can do your best for the Lord! Even if you're ugly & small & despised, you can still glorify God and sing for the Lord & make a joyful noise to Jesus!
         38. Are you only a tiny ugly little frog?--Just make a joyful noise for Jesus with other little frogs, & nothing can stop you!

         (See also No.1, 3, 18, 85, 186A, 237, 315, 974, 997, 1372, 1373, 1374, 1586.)


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