Title: It sprouts in spring.
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Bible Text: Mark 4:26-29
It sprouts in spring.
Next Monday is the vernal equinox. Spring has already come. Like a woman who is still jealous, the cold wind attacks spring, but it cannot stop it from coming. Spring is warm. There is a western proverb that says, “Spring is a virgin, summer is a mother”. Spring is soft and beautiful like a virgin. A person must be as warm and gentle as spring to be attracted to him.
There is no greater virtue than being meek in the world. Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek. They will possess the land” (Matthew 5:5). A gentle face and a gentle voice are attractive attitudes of saints.
In spring, shoots appear. Trees also produce their own shoots, and each seed produces its own shoots.
A sprout has a germination period.
The time when grass or trees open their eyes is called germination. Spring is a time of budding and budding. Seeds have germination power. budding power. They germinate on their own without anyone helping. It is a sprout that bursts out of the shell. Not only seeds sprout, but live tree branches also sprout. It is not only the branches that sprout, but also the thoughts.
The shoot is the root. It is a seed that sprouts from a tree branch from a seed. The Old Testament prophesied the birth of the Messiah and described it as “a sprout from the stem of Jesse” (Isaiah 11:1). Jesse was a simple farmer living in Bethlehem, David's father. The coming Messiah is said to be the seed of Jesse.
“In that day shall the bud of the LORD be beautiful and glorious...” (Isaiah 4:22) “In that day and in those days I will bring forth a righteous branch from David, and he will execute justice and justice in the land” (Jeremiah 4:22). 33:15) The beautiful sprout of Jehovah or the righteous branch here refers to the Messiah. The Messiah is Jesus Christ. Just as a bud grows from Jesse, like a righteous branch from David, I hope that Jesus will be the season of budding for us. God bless the sprout. Blessings for the sprout are the rain (Psalm 65:10).
Jeong Yak-yong spent 18 years in exile and wrote many books because he had Christian faith and studied Western studies. One of the letters he wrote to his family from exile after being expelled from a high office is this request.
“Our house is a wasteland. You can't hold a position, but can't you be an adult? If a delinquent family does not read a book and do not behave properly, how can they serve as a human being?” He also admonished his children to grow upright and not listen to slurs even in exile.
It is books that increase knowledge, and the Word of the Bible increases faith. The Bible gives us eternal life and wisdom.
In the past, ‘there is a sprout. There is no sprout,' he said. To have ssacsu means to have possibility, and to not have ssaksu means to have no possibility. It means that you don't want to become 'the buds are yellow!'
In order to hear the sound of sprouting, you must come to church, listen to the word, and receive grace. When I was young, I dishonored my father. He called my father's name and said that he abandoned his children's farming. After I went to church, I was told that there is a saksu.
From the seed comes a bud. The seed has turned into a sprout. Fear of change and trying to stay the same are the most dangerous internal enemies. The shoot has already come from the seed.
“The earth bears its own fruit, but at first it is a bud...” The bud has already left the place to leave and has revealed its face to the new world. It is a step towards a new world.
The bud is the spirit of challenge. It started to stretch out into the world of dreams. I am anxious and also afraid. But it was a departure for an unknown world. When you break an egg, you become a chick, and an egg that is broken outside becomes a fried egg. I want you to become a sprout that breaks through the soil and a chick that comes out of its shell.
A sprout has a growing season.
Growth refers to the growth of a plant. A bud does not just stay as a bud, it grows. Growing up is the nature of living things. Even if the buds are pretty and cute, they should not stay as buds.
The shoots are renewed every day. The first is the bud, the next is the flower. The prophecy of Isaiah said that when Jesus was growing up, he “growth like a tender shoot, like a bud out of dry ground” (Isaiah 53:2). Jesus was a small sprout and grew like a tender shoot. It's not about blaming the environment.
So is John the Baptist. It is born from the body of an older person. The place where they grew up is empty.
“The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until he appeared in Israel” (Luke 2:80). The land where God's people are raised is barren and barren.
Born in a slum where black people live, and raised by a single mother, Bencarson, the director of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Surgery Department at a world-class hospital, is a topical figure who succeeded in separating Siamese twins for the first time in the world.
And the teacher awakened the potential within me. He said he told me I could do better. I recall that he was the first to recognize my intellectual abilities. He saw a potential he was unaware of, and he stimulated it. He spoke passionately and in a loud voice, and he said he had no idea how much he had affected me.
“I planted and Apollos watered. But God made it grow. Neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything; it is God who makes it grow. The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive his own wages according to their labor” (1 Corinthians 3:6-8) Grow up to Jesus Christ! This is God's command to us.
There is a period of fruiting (結實期).
The buds grow, flower and bear fruit. First the sprout, then the growth, then the fruit. A tree without fruit is a useless tree. It's just wasting land.
The fruits are results and achievements. To live is to achieve and achieve purpose. If it doesn't accomplish anything, it's a shame. God has given us health and has given us opportunities. You gave me dreams and gave me ambition. God puts a wish on us and lets us do it.
Seedlings have achievement motives. You must be a person with a strong sense of achievement. There is a Roman proverb that it is wise to think well, wiser to plan well, and wisest to execute well. Where there is a will, there is a way, and where there is a goal there is achievement. A sprout has a meaning and an action.
Cha Sa-soon, a 69-year-old woman living in Jeolla-do, started taking the driver's license test in May 2005, but failed the written test 959 times. I finally passed the 960th.
I failed the driving test 4 times and passed the 5th time. I got my license in May 2010, so it took me 5 years. In the meantime, I spent over 5 million won in stamp duty alone for taking the test. A car company gave me a small car as a gift.
He appeared as a commercial model and became a world-famous celebrity through The New York Times and Reuters. Despite repeated failures from 1,000 to 41, he did not give up, and it is wonderful that he finally got his driver's license.
“Your passion is you.” This phrase fits him well. The sprout is a symbol of passion. Achievers have strong achievement goals. The idea of Sak is that there is a clear goal and plan to achieve this this year and to realize that next year, and to achieve that plan.
There is a saying called 不狂不及. If you don't reach it, it means you can't reach it. I hope you become a passionate enough to be called crazy. God is looking for a wick to burn.
There is an ABC for success. A is the ‘Action’ action. B is ‘Believe’ faith. C is ‘Create’ creation. Going one step further, D is ‘Discipline’ moderation.
Jesus also said, “The Father works, and I work.” On the last cross, He said, “It is finished.”
A small “bud” that sprouts from a small seed. But within it there is a dream, a goal, and a plan. He puts all his effort into his work and puts all his effort into it. It draws nutrients from the earth below, and draws in the energy of the sun above to achieve its intended purpose. To be happy while working and to find meaning in work is the philosophy and spirit of the sprout. After growth, there are fruits. I hope that you will bet on fruit.
“When the fruit is ripe, the sickle is put, for the harvest has come” (verse 29). The chaff is thrown into the fire. We are all sprouts. It is our mission to grow and bear fruit. Let us all become fruit-bearing buds that please God with our fruits.
The church is a breeding ground for faith. God is preparing dew. You are looking for a bud to bring down the dew. May the Holy Spirit and power come upon your seed.
Gideon prayed with a bale of wool on the threshing floor. I asked for dew to fall only on the fleece... God sent dew all night long. When the wool was woven, the bowl was full of dew (Judges 6:37). “Ask for rain in the spring rain!” (Zechariah 10:1) It is given to those who ask.
“I will be like dew to Israel; he will bloom like the lily, and he will take root like the poplar of Lebanon… … .You will bear fruit through me” (Hosea 14:5,8).