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The LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DANDELION (7) [motive]

The LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DANDELION (7) [motive]. Yoshinobu Namihira, MD, FACG 3000 halls ferry road vicksburg MS 39180 phone 601 638 9800 , fax 601 638 9808 , e mail: namihira @ earthlink.net www.betterlivingclinic.com ; www.namihira.org. Sermon detail.

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The LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DANDELION (7) [motive]

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  1. The LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DANDELION (7)[motive] Yoshinobu Namihira, MD, FACG 3000 halls ferry road vicksburg MS 39180 phone 601 638 9800 , fax 601 638 9808 , e mail: namihira @ earthlink.net www.betterlivingclinic.com ; www.namihira.org

  2. Sermon detail • Opening hymn: 462 Blessed assurance • Scripture reading: 1 samuel 16:7 • Special music: the namihira’s • Sermon : the life lessons learned from a dandelion, part 7 [motive] • Closing hymn: 632 until then

  3. 1 Samuel 16:7 • The lord does not see as man. • For a man looks at the outward appearance , • but the Lord looks at the heart.

  4. The LIFE LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DANDELION (7)[motive] Yoshinobu Namihira, MD, FACG 3000 halls ferry road vicksburg MS 39180 phone 601 638 9800 , fax 601 638 9808 , e mail: namihira @ earthlink.net www.betterlivingclinic.com ; www.namihira.org

  5. 10 secrets of endurance • The leaf of dandelion • Daily schedule • Unity • Dandelion’s root system • The stem • Flexibility • Unrelenting effort • Spreading seeds • Hidden hooks • Service and ministry

  6. Spreading seeds (1) • Every part of the dandelion plant works toward one common goal, reproducing itself by way of seeds. • Wind is the basic means the dandelion uses to give its seeds away. ( spreading ) • The purpose of seed is to produce new plant. • The seed has a special parachute attached to the top of itself called the pappus .

  7. Spreading seeds (2) • Wind is the basic means of transportation to carry its seeds away. • The force of wind determines how far the seeds will go. • The humidity of the air : stay aloft (take off) if humidity less than 70 %; landing if humidity more than 70 % ( just before it rains).the silk parachute will fold up and the seed will drop to the ground. • If it rains, it gets pounded into the ground. • All this works together, not as an accident but as the planning of a Divine Mind ( creator , God ) !

  8. The designer/ engineer :the creator

  9. Spreading seeds (3) • The wind determines the distance the seed will go before the humidity causes it to drop. • Dandelion keeps telling the same story over and over again. • The dandelion starts sharing wherever its seed is put down . It never tires of telling the old story of what God’s creative power and wisdom has done for it.

  10. Spreading seeds (4) • “you shall be witness to me in Jerusalem, in Judea, and in Samaria ,and to the end of the earth. ‘ Acts 1:8 • Your witness tells what you have seen and experienced.

  11. Seed determines the harvest (1) • The seed: the size of a grain of rice • Sleeping life of another dandelion is locked inside of that little capsule ( seed). • Dandelion seed can lay dormant for 30 or 40 years before springing into life. • Dandelion seeds always produce dandelions. • “whatever a man sows , that he will also reap. for he who sows to his flesh will be of the flesh reap corruption , but he who sows to the spirit will of the spirit reap everlasting life. And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. “ Galatians 6:7-9

  12. Seed determines the harvest (2) • Seeds illustrate the power of His words planted in the soil of our human heart. • The bible is the divine seed catalog. • Each promise is precious and will produce the life of its author, Jesus. • Jesus said , He is coming again to harvest the good seed. Matthew 13:37-43 • Jesus will return to harvest His seed as surely as dandelion seeds continue to grow new dandelion plants.

  13. Seed catalog

  14. Seed catalog

  15. Seed catalog

  16. Seed catalog

  17. Take home point • The best seed catalog during life journey is • The Bible !!!.

  18. Hidden hooks (1) • Nature has many surprises . • Under the microscope, we can see the soft silk is more like barb wire !!! • The spear meters of pappus are covered with tiny barb like briars similar to briars on a blackberry bush. • These barb wires or hooks serve to attach the seed to animal or people.

  19. Hidden hooks on the parachute

  20. Hidden hooks (2) • These hidden hooks are like our motives. • Motives are why I do what I do. • Motives can be of two kinds, selfish or unselfish. • Only Christ's pure motives can overpower my selfish one. • This secret motive will be made visible in the judgment .

  21. Hidden hooks on the parachute

  22. Hidden hooks (3) • The judgment microscope will be looking for our life’s record, examining every motive. • Our life will pass the scrutiny of the great white throne judgment . • “God will bring every work into judgment, whether it is good or whether it is evil. “ Ecclesiastes 12:14

  23. Hidden hooks (4) • As we look at each other, we can not discern the hidden motives of the heart. • We can not see the hidden hooks and we sometimes judge unwisely. • Our natural eyes can see only the silky exterior • God sees the hidden hooks of motive. • Motives reveal all hidden hooks under the heavenly judgment microscope.

  24. 1 Samuel 16:7 • The lord does not see as man. • For a man looks at the outward appearance , • but the Lord looks at the heart.

  25. The bottom line • God is in the heart transplant business (spiritual transformation )

  26. Let us stop and think of • motive

  27. Unflinching courage • While Jerusalem was filled with these strangers, the apostles preached Christ with unflinching courage, though they knew that in so doing they were placing their lives in constant jeopardy.The Spirit of God set its seal upon their labors; many converts to the faith were made; and these, returning to their homes in different parts of the world, scattered the seeds of truth through all nations and among all classes of society.AAch 16

  28. Christ’s presence • He [Christ] identified Himself with the lowly, the needy, and the afflicted. He took little children in His arms and descended to the level of the young. His large heart of love could comprehend their trials and necessities, and He enjoyed their happiness • His (Christ’s) presence never repulsed them. • Christ’s presence never drove people ,young and old, away !

  29. Questions • Who are you ? • What you are made up of ? • What motivates you ? • What is the driving force ? • Why do you do this or that ? • What character constitutes you ? • What kind of personality are you ? • What kind of person are you ?

  30. Two kinds of forces • Pull toward • Push away

  31. run toward you You People

  32. Run away from You people

  33. Bees collect honey . • Honey is sweet . • Sweetness attracts. • insects are attracted to flowers with sweet honey . • { insects, people } are attracted to sweetness.

  34. Sweetness vs. bitterness

  35. Sweetness attracts. • Bitterness / coldness drive away.

  36. The Majesty of heaven condescended to answer their questions and simplified His important lessons to meet their childish understanding • He planted in their young, expanding minds the seeds of truth that would spring up and produce a plentiful harvest in their riper years.AH Chap. 47

  37. Seeds of truth vs. tares • if you do not plant the precious seeds of truth, of love, of heavenly attributes, in the heart, Satan will sow the field of the heart with tares? AH p.320

  38. A question • What aretares ? • Tares - problematic weeds • In the bible , a weed found growing among crops, usually considered to be darnel.

  39. What are tares? • What is wheat ?

  40. Tares vs. wheat

  41. Tares vs. wheat

  42. Tares vs. wheat

  43. Success Demands Aim.--Success in any line demands a definite aim. He who would achieve true success in life must keep steadily in view the aim worthy of his endeavor. Such an aim is set before the youth of today.--Ed 262 (1903). • "Something Better"--The Law of True Living.-- "Something better" is the watchword of education, the law of all true living. Whatever Christ asks us to renounce, He offers in its stead something better.

  44. The life’s highest ambition • When once the gaze is fixed upon Him, the life finds its center. The enthusiasm, the generous devotion, the passionate ardor, of the youth find here their true object. Duty becomes a delight and sacrificea pleasure. To honor Christ, to become like Him, to work for Him, is the life's highest ambition and its greatest joy.--Ed 296, 297 (1903).

  45. An Aimless Life a Living Death.--An aimless life is a living death. The mind should dwell upon themes relating to our eternal interests. This will be conducive to health of body and mind.--RH, July 29, 1884. (CH 51.) {1MCP 343.4}

  46. Actions Reveal Motives.--Actions reveal principles and motives. The fruit borne by many who claim to be plants in the Lord's vineyard shows them to be but thorns and briers. A whole church may sanction the wrong course of some of its members, but that sanction does not prove the wrong to be right. It cannot make grapes of thorn berries.--5T 103 (1882).

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