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Week 4 (March 22nd 2026 ): UNDERSTANDING THE DEMANDS OF SUCCESS – Part 4The Diligence Factor – Eccl. 10:18 Eccl 10:1818 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Diligence is key to the restoration of our human dignity – Pro 6:6-9/Pro 24:30-33Prov 6:6-96 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Prov 24:30-3330 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: The sluggard is sure to end up a failure – Pro 13:4/Pro 20:4Prov 13:44 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.Prov 20:44 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. The only substitute for hard work is hard life – Pro 12:24/ 2Thes. 3:10Prov 12:2424 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.2 Thess 3:1010 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. Paul, a man of great revelation and endowed with the spirit of faith and grace said: “...but I laboured more abundantly than them all...” (1Cor. 15:10)1 Cor 15:1010 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Only hard workers become high flyers – Pro. 10:4/ Pro. 22:29Prov 10:44 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Prov 22:2929 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Abraham was a hard worker; Isaac, a tireless worker; and Jacob, a creative worker- Gen13:1-2 /26:1-12-14 /Gen 30:27-37Gen 13:1-2And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.Gen 26:1-14 [ABRIDGED]And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. 2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:Vs:12-1412 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: 14 For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.Gen 30:27-3727 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the Lord hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? 31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: 32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. 34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. One must do the works of Abraham to emerge as partaker of the Abrahamic order of breakthrough – Gen. 14:14-20/ Gen. 24:1/ Jhn. 8:39 Gen 14:14-2014 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 17 And the king of S***m went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: 20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.Gen 24:1And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.John 8:3939 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
