Per icope: Gen. 1:2 8; 8:2 2
Ser mon Tex t: Gen. 8:2 2
"As long as th eear th endur es,
se ed time
an d har vest ,
cold an d heat ,
summer
an d wi nte r , da y
an d ni ght
wi ller
cease ."
Sermon
Title: Life + Passion =
Success Pt 6: The Power of the Seed
Point
1: [Plant] The first thing you do with a seed is plant
it.
Phil.
1:6 KJV 6Being con fide nt of th is
ver y
th ing, th at he which hat h begun a good wor k in you wi ller for m
it until th eda y of Jesus Chr ist :
1 Cor . 3:7 KJV So th eth e r is he th at pla nte th an y th ing, neith e r he th at wa te r eth ; bu t God th at giveth
th ecr ease .
Point
2: [Protect] A seed must protect itself at all times.
1. Guar d your Hear t
a. Pr over bs 4:2 3 Above all
else , guar d your
hear t,
for it is th ewe llspr ing of
life.
2. Disco nnect an d Connect
a. 1 Thess aloni an s 5:2 2 Abst ain fr om all
appear an ce of evil.
b. Amos
3:3 Can two wa lk
to ge th e r ,
ex cept th egr e ed ?
3. It’s
What’s Inside that Counts.
a. 1 Samuel 16:7 But th eto Samuel, "Do not
con side r
his appear an ce or
his height, for I have r ejte d him.
The LORD does not look at th eth ings man
looks at .
Man looks
at th ewa r d
appear an ce, bu t
th eks at
th eear t."
b. 2 Cor inth ian s
4:18 So we fix
our eyes not
on what is se en,
bu t on what
is unse en. For
what is se en
is te mpor a r y, bu t
what is unse en
is ete r na l.
c.
1 John
4:4 Ye ar e
of God, little childr en, an d
have over come
th ese gr e at er is he th at is in you, th an he th at is in th er l
4. Resist Negat ivity
a. Pr over bs 2 0:19 A gos sip betr acon fide nce;
so avoid a man who ta lks to o much.
5. Bounce
Back from Bruises
a. 2 Timothy 4:5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship
Point
3: [Produce]
Seed Rese ar ch - SEEDS ar e th er ot ecto r we ll as th er opagat or sth er kinds. Thousan ds
of kinds of pla nts have evolved
in such wa ys th at th ean not
sur vive, even in th er egions wher eth ear e
best ada pte d, if th er oduce no se ed s.
Seed s of mos t pla nts
ar e
th eer y
mean s of sur vival
of th ecar r y th ear ent
ge r la sm,
var iously
pr ot ecte d against
heat , cold, dr ought,
an d wa te r
fr om one gr owi ng se ason
th at
is suita bl e for
gr owth
of th eto th ex t.
Mos t kinds
of se ed s
wi llcon side r abl y
longe r th an th er om one gr owi ng se ason to
th ex t if th er
sur r oundings
ar e
not to o
ex tr eme for
th er r espective
char acte r ist ics.
Some se ed s
nor mal ly ke ep
alive unde r na tu r acon ditions above gr ound only a year
or two. Oth e r san ke ep
alive for a sco r e of year s
or mor e.
A few, such as th ese ed s
of silv er maple ,
r emain viabl e only a few da ys if th ear e not
ke pt moist
an d coo l.
Some
kinds can sur vive
de ep bu r ial in th er y
or moist ,
for 10 to
2 0 year s
or longe r x per iment,
st ar t ed
in 1902 , J. W. T. Duvel, of th ear t r icultu r e, pla ced
some se ed s
in soil in flowe r pot s,
so he cou ld find th ela te r . He th ebu r ied th eot s an d all .
At inte r vals he dug up th eot s, r ecover e th ese ed s, an d th ela nte d th ede r favor abl e con ditions
for ge r min at ion.
Mor e th an 50 of 107 species te st ed we r e viabl e afte r
2 0 year s.
Man y we ed se ed s r emain
viabl e
for a ver y long time if th ear e bu r ied de eply.
Seed s of common eveni ng-pr imr os ean d mulle in
have been known to r emain viabl e afte r
70 year s in soil.
Archeologist found musta rd seeds in
a pyramid that wer ers old when they plan ted
them they grew.
Some
seeds lie dormant, although they are in moist soil, until they are expose d to light. Certain weed seeds never ger mina te deep below the soil surface, but grow quickly after they are brought to the surface when the soil is
worked .
Some
se ed s
in a non-dor man t
st at e afte r har vest can be
push ed
into a dor man t st at e. Upon ex pos ur e to unfavor abl y
wa r m an d
moist con ditions,
some var ieties
of le ttu ce
se ed
become dor man t,
alth ough th ear e capabl e of ge r min at ing
unde r favor abl e con ditions.
It is as th ough th er gr owth pr ocess es r ecoile d, or
we nt into
r ever se ,
in th etu at ion
th at
would be unfavor abl e for th ela nts de veloped fr om th os e
se ed s.
2 Cor. 9:6-8 6 The point is this: whoever
sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully[a] will
also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 8 And God is
able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all
things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
2 Chronicles 31:10 - 10 Azariah the chief
priest, who was of the house of Zadok, answered him, “Since they began to bring
the contributions into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough and
have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed his people, so that we have this
large amount left.”
