Wisdom for Financial Mastery

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Wisdom from Ants – 10 mins

• Matthew 25: 1‐4• Proverbs 6:6, • Proverbs 30:24,25• Prov 21:20, Prov 27:12• Gen 11:1‐7

Key Lessons – 5 Mins• Ants are determined• Ants look for opportunities no consideration for 

defeat• Ants cooperate: Community trumps individualism. 

Single ants are not bright.• Ants Communicate Effectively• Ants Plan for the future• Ants are Single Minded as a team. Mission trumps 

personal agenda. Distinct function, single goal. Members of one body. (Romans 12:4‐5; I Corinthians 10:17, 12:12‐27; Ephesians 1:22‐23, 3:6, 4:4‐16, 5:30)

Diligence & Determination of Ants• Ants are exhorted for their diligence, their 

initiative without supervision, and their foresight

• The address “O sluggard” in Proverbs 6:6 (NASB) indicates that the wisdom gleaned from the ant also relates to work ethic 

• When they see a roadblock they go over it.• When they have a challenge, they over 

come it!• Ants work hard throughout Summer• Ants are always busy, never lazy, and they 

never have to make excuses.• Do you work as hard as you should? 

Ants and Opportunities

• Put Something sweet or sticky anywhere and trust ants to find it in a matter of minutes.

• They leave opportunity trails: If a worker ant has found a good source for food, it leaves a trail of scent so that the other ants in the colony can find the food 

• They don’t give up! When their homes and possessions are completely destroyed, the ants begin to rebuild immediately. They persevere.

Ants and Cooperation

• Colonies operate through organised co‐operation and task‐sharing 

• Ants work together to capture prey that is bigger than they are 

• they can call up extra workers when an abundant food source is discovered 

• Weaver ants use silk squeezed from ant larvae to “glue” leaves together for nest building 

• Nursemaid ants look after eggs, larvae and pupae, moving them from place to place each day depending on the temperature 

Ants and Cooperation

• They can defend a colony by repelling invaders 

• Ants of Switzerland's Jura region search out antibacterial spruce resin and distribute it within their nests to reduce the number of pathogens 

• Unilever, for instance, has used a computer program based on swarm intelligence to organisemovements between storage tanks, mixers and packing lines in one of its factories 

• Ants have 2 Stomachs one for themselves, another for others.

Ants Communicate 

• Each colony of ants has its own smell. In this way, intruders can be recognized immediately’

• The secret behind such organised societies is communication through the use of around 20 pheromones, emitted by ants' secretory organs 

• These chemical signals are used, among other things, by queens to attract males; for marking territory; to alert nest‐mates to danger; to lead other ants to a source of food; and to tell them which ants are dying and need removing from the colony.

• Technically have 20 smell substances they can use to communicate. Chemical words, Simple code!

Ants and the Future• Proverbs 30:25 tells us that “Ants are creatures 

of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer.”

• Ants are thrifty creatures.• They don’t fritter and waste their summer days 

in some off hand way, instead, they work diligently, storing food for the rainy and wintery days ahead.

• Matt 6:19‐21 If you want to exist in a future, put your resources towards that future.

• Ants are wise. You think they are one of the weakest creatures, but they have wisdom that many men do not have. They save part of all income to use later in life. 

• They work hard when the getting is good, and with an eye to the future, they save for harder times 

Single‐minded Ant

• Collective will of the Ant colony. A super Organism. One Mind!

• All ants participate, no space for arm chair analysts• 40,000 ants make up the composition of the human brain, 

their lives depend on working as a unit.• Ant colonies are founded on two main “castes” of ant: 

queens, whose sole function is reproduction, and their industrious, sterile, worker daughters. (The only use for males is to inseminate the queen; afterwards they are either driven out of the nest or killed.)

• Ants work in teams to move extremely heavy things, capture prey, and they can summon extra workers when an abundant food source is discovered or the colony is in need of defense. Ants can also adapt their duties to overcome an unforeseen problem 

Action Steps• Determination and Diligence –

Daily• Cooperation – Sunday Morning 

Reviews• Communication – SMS, Emails, 

Website, One to One, Look after each other

• Plan for Future: Freedom• Singularity of Mission: Everybody 

Successful, nobody left behind –Treasure on earth and in Eternity

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A small group, maximum 21Meet to support each otherElevator Pitch each otherHelp others get referralsLearn about Each Other’s BizLook out for each other.Recognize brother’s keeperMeet midweekly and Sunday’sGrow to become ConglomerateSupport a CharityServe God together

+MyBrothersKeeper Rules

1. Everybody must have something to do. If you don’t have anything to do, this is your perfect opportunity.

2. No competition within groups, if two of you do the same thing, then recommend another group.

3. Each group becomes a registered group when they become 21 – 1/4/16. Before then you will be a Pre-Core Group.

4. The driving force for each group is LOVE! The willingness to out give to others!

5. Meetings will happen on Sundays and Thursdays at 7am at different locations for different groups.

6. The Brother’s Keeper groups will break off from the SGM –Small Group Meetings.

+MyBrothersKeeper Rules

7. Every Team will have it’s executives once set up to numbers

8. Every Team will have it’s kick off outreach meeting with 40 confirmed Guests

+Scriptures

It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Acts 20:35)

1 Thes 5:12-18

12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, warn those who are idle and disruptive, encourage the disheartened, help the weak, be patient with everyone. 15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

+The Way He Wants You to Live!

12-13 And now, friends, we ask you to honor those leaders who work so hard for you, who have been given the responsibility of urging and guiding you along in your obedience. Overwhelm them with appreciation and love!

13-15 Get along among yourselves, each of you doing your part. Our counsel is that you warn the freeloaders to get a move on. Gently encourage the stragglers, and reach out for the exhausted, pulling them to their feet. Be patient with each person, attentive to individual needs. And be careful that when you get on each other’s nerves you don’t snap at each other. Look for the best in each other, and always do your best to bring it out.

16-18 Be cheerful no matter what; pray all the time; thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.

+Things to Know1. You have one minute to Share what you do! Learn how to

give an elevator pitch. Who is your ideal customer, what do you sell.

2. What One Thing is my Brother/Sister looking forward to this week? One Thing – Focused and Achievable. Note it down.

3. Who can I refer them to this week! Or do I need their SERVICE? Who do I know that needs their Service?

4. Since most of us are involved in one network marketing company or the other, we cannot share network marketing opportunities, we must share an opportunity that does not compete with what anyone in the group does. As we get into groups where we are the only networkers, this rule can change.

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