TEN GREAT LESSONS TO LEARN FROM THE HEN

                         

1. She first lays enough eggs before sitting on them.

- GOOD PLANNING.

Luke 14:28 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?”

2. When she starts sitting on her eggs, she minimizes movements.

- DISCIPLINE.

Job 36:10 “He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.”

3. She physically loses weight while sitting on her eggs due to decreased feeding. 

- SACRIFICE AND SELF DENIAL.

Matt 16:24 “Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”

4. She can sit on eggs for another hen - INDISCRIMINATION AND GENEROSITY.

Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”

5. She sits on her eggs for twenty one (21) days, patiently waiting, even if they do not hatch, she will lay eggs again. 

- FAITH, HOPE AND PERSEVERANCE.

 James 5:11 "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." 

6. She detects unfertilized eggs and rolls them out. 

- SENSITIVITY AND DISCERNMENT.

Heb 5:14 “But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”

7. She abandons the rotten eggs and starts caring for the hatched chicks even if it is only one. 

- WISDOM, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND REALISM.

Prov 4:7 “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”

8. No one touches her chicks. 

 PROTECTION AND LOVE.

Lev 19:18 “… but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”

9. She gathers all her chicks together. 

- UNITY OF PURPOSE.

Act 2:1 “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”

10. She cannot abandon her chicks before they mature’.

- MENTORSHIP.

John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”