GOD HAS MADE ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

NKJ Genesis 1:21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.


God has created every living thing on the earth to praise him. Here are scrptures of what God has made.

Fish

NKJ Leviticus 11:9 ' These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers -- that you may eat.

NKJ Psalm 8:8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

NKJ Psalm 104:25 This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.

NKJ John 21:6 And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.




Creeping thing

NKJ Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

NKJ Leviticus 5:2 'Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether it is the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean livestock, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and he is unaware of it, he also shall be unclean and guilty.

NKJ Leviticus 11:20 ' All flying insects that creep on all fours shall be an abomination to you.

NKJ Leviticus 11:42 'Whatever crawls on its belly, whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth -- these you shall not eat, for they are an abomination.

NKJ Deuteronomy 14:19 "Also every creeping thing that flies is unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

NKJ Ezekiel 8:10 So I went in and saw, and there -- every sort of creeping thing, abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed all around on the walls.

NKJ Romans 1:23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man -- and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.


Birds

NKJ Genesis 1:20 Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens."

NKJ Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

NKJ Genesis 9:2 "And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

NKJ Leviticus 11:13 ' And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard,

NKJ Deuteronomy 14:11 " All clean birds you may eat.

NKJ Deuteronomy 22:6 " If a bird's nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

NKJ Psalm 8:8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

NKJ Daniel 2:38 "and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all -- you are this head of gold.


God's care for birds and all living things including us.


NKJ Deuteronomy 22:6 " If a bird's nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

NKJ Luke 12:6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God.

NKJ Matthew 6:26 "Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?


The righteous reguards the care for his animals.

NKJ Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

We should respect all of God's living creatures and take care of them as God has commanded Adam to take charge over them.

NKJ Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."



PRAYER

FATHER GOD, I PRAY THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE ALL YOU GIVE US INCLUDING THE ANIMALS AROUND US.

IN JESUS NAME

AMEN