A lighter Bible message making spiritual applications based on facts about sparrows

1. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
Some remarkable comparisons can be
made between House Sparrows and
Christians.

2. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
If God cares about them, He certainly
cares about us!
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of
them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear
ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many
sparrows. – Matt. 10:29-31

3. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
House Sparrows roost communally and
their nests are often grouped together in
clumps. They engage in social activities
such as feeding, dust and water bathing,
and group singing. (See Acts 2:41-47)

4. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
Native to the Middle East, these tiny birds
have spread throughout the world,
especially over the past 250 years. (greatly
through nesting in ships!)
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is
come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto
the uttermost part of the earth. – Acts 1:8

5. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
House Sparrows often convince different
species of birds to join their flock.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the
highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that
my house may be filled. – Luke 14:23

6. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
Just a minority reach maturity, with only
20% - 25% born surviving past their first
breeding season.
They on the rock are they, which, when they hear,
receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which
for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
– Luke 8:13

7. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
They can’t find their way nor function
correctly in constant darkness.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore
cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not
in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and
wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh,
to fulfil the lusts thereof. – Romans 13:12-14

8. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
Very resourceful, these sparrows adapt to
a wide variety of living conditions and
diets. They even nest in street lights.
(Fortunate ones nest in feed stores!)
Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in
whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content.
- Philippians 4:11

9. Learning
From
House
Sparrows
Not considered to be noble nor beautiful
birds, this weak and tiny creature can do
things which more esteemed birds can’t.
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many
wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things
of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen
the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty. – I Corinthians 1:26-27