Latest / Adventist Podcast Network / The SeedPod for Kids by Starting With Jesus - Stories about Seeds, Thursday

Transcript

The SeedPod for Kids by Starting With Jesus - Stories about Seeds, Thursday · Adventist Podcast Network

• 0:06
  Speaker 1: Hello, friends. Welcome to the Seed Pod for Kids. Thank
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: you for joining me today as we spend time with
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: our friend Jesus. Spending time with Jesus is the best
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: way to start your day. Let's begin our time together
• 0:21
  Speaker 1: praising Him.
• 0:26
  Speaker 2: Have you ever grown a garden or maybe even just
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: a pot on your porch for a tomato plant or
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: some peppers? It's fun to grow a garden, plant the seeds,
• 0:35
  Speaker 2: Watch the little seedlings pop up out of the ground,
• 0:38
  Speaker 2: grow bigger and bigger until a flower appears, and then
• 0:42
  Speaker 2: the fruit, and then soon it's time for harvest. But
• 0:46
  Speaker 2: does this process happen overnight? Do you plant the seed
• 0:50
  Speaker 2: one day, and then the next day you pick the
• 0:52
  Speaker 2: fruit or vegetables from that plant? No! It takes time
• 0:57
  Speaker 2: for the seed to germinate, the plant to grow, to
• 1:00
  Speaker 2: produce the fruit, and finally for the harvest. That's how
• 1:05
  Speaker 2: it is with people when you share Jesus with them.
• 1:08
  Speaker 2: It usually takes time, lots of kindness, being patient, and
• 1:13
  Speaker 2: sometimes even weeping because sharing Jesus with others can be hard.
• 1:18
  Speaker 2: But there is a wonderful promise to each one of
• 1:21
  Speaker 2: us who shares Jesus with others. That promise is that
• 1:25
  Speaker 2: we shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
• 1:28
  Speaker 2: with him.
• 1:34
  Speaker 3: Sowing in the morning, sowing seeds of kindness, sowing in
• 1:40
  Speaker 3: the noontide and the dewy eve. Waiting for the harvest
• 1:46
  Speaker 3: and the time of reaping, we shall come rejoicing, bringing
• 1:51
  Speaker 3: in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves.
• 1:57
  Speaker 3: We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves Bringing in
• 2:03
  Speaker 3: the sheaves, bringing in the sheaves We shall come rejoicing,
• 2:08
  Speaker 3: bringing in the sheaves Sowing in the sunshine, sowing in
• 2:14
  Speaker 3: the shadows Fearing neither clouds nor winter's chilly breeze By
• 2:20
  Speaker 3: and by the harvest and the labor ended. We shall
• 2:25
  Speaker 3: come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in the sheaves.
• 2:34
  Speaker 3: We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves. Bringing in
• 2:41
  Speaker 3: the sheaves. We shall come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: Let's see. I have some dirt and I have a
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: pot and I'm going to put some seeds in it. Poke, poke, poke.
• 3:10
  Speaker 1: Cover it up. Add a little bit of water. Sit back.
• 3:16
  Speaker 4: Hmm.
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: It's not growing.
• 3:18
  Speaker 2: Hmm.
• 3:19
  Speaker 1: When's it going to grow? I mean, I just put
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: the seed in, but why won't it grow?
• 3:26
  Speaker 4: Huh.
• 3:26
  Speaker 1: Do you know what the problem is? What do I need?
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: I have the dirt. I have the water. I even
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: have sunshine out. And I put the seed in, covered
• 3:38
  Speaker 1: it up. Why won't it grow? Do you know why,
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: boys and girls? Because it needs time. We're going to
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: talk about that in just a minute. But first, let's
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: pray that God will be with us as we talk
• 3:55
  Speaker 1: about our lessons that we're learning today. Dear Lord, come
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: into our hearts. Help us as we are talking about
• 4:05
  Speaker 1: growing things. and about plants and flowers and fruits and vegetables.
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: Help us to learn the lessons that you want us
• 4:14
  Speaker 1: to learn today. In Jesus' name, amen. Food and flowers,
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: plants and trees, they all come from what? A seed.
• 4:26
  Speaker 1: How can tiny little seeds do such wonderful big things?
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: We can't understand how they can grow into plants or trees.
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: But it's easy to see that God has put a
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: powerful spark of life into the seed. Let's turn in
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: our Bibles to Mark chapter 4, verse 26 and 27.
• 4:45
  Speaker 1: Mark chapter 4, verses 26 and 27. God puts a
• 4:46
  Speaker 1: little spark of life into these seeds. Mark chapter 4,
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: verse 26 and 27.
• 4:50
  Speaker 4: And he says, The kingdom of God is as if
• 5:08
  Speaker 4: a man should scatter seed on the ground and should
• 5:14
  Speaker 4: sleep by night and rise by day. And the seed
• 5:20
  Speaker 4: should sprout and grow. He himself does not know how.
• 5:26
  Speaker 1: Does the man, does he make the seed grow? No,
• 5:30
  Speaker 1: in fact, he scatters the seed and then he goes
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: to sleep. gets up the next day. And guess what?
• 5:36
  Speaker 1: The seed will sprout, but does he know how? No,
• 5:39
  Speaker 1: he doesn't. God has put a powerful little spark of
• 5:43
  Speaker 1: life into each seed. Good seeds and different kinds of
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: ground are what we've been learning about this week. If
• 5:51
  Speaker 1: we plant a seed one day, will it be all
• 5:54
  Speaker 1: grown up the next? Plant the seed, there's a tree.
• 5:58
  Speaker 1: Plant a seed, there's a flower. Plant a seed, there's grapes. No,
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: that's not how it works. If we plant a seed
• 6:07
  Speaker 1: one day, it takes time for it to grow. Growing
• 6:14
  Speaker 1: takes time. Let's read verse 28. Mark chapter 4, verse 28.
• 6:22
  Speaker 4: For the earth yields crops by itself, first the blade,
• 6:27
  Speaker 4: then the head, after that the full grain in the head.
• 6:32
  Speaker 1: The Bible tells us that first you get the little sprout,
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: the little blade, and then it grows up and pretty
• 6:39
  Speaker 1: soon there's a head on it. And then pretty soon
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: the grain has come to maturity and you can pick
• 6:44
  Speaker 1: it and eat it or save it for winter. Jesus
• 6:49
  Speaker 1: is the perfect example of how he wants all people
• 6:53
  Speaker 1: to grow. Do they just start off as a little
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: baby and then poof, they're a big adult? So Jesus
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: first started out as a tiny helpless baby like all
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: of us. And then he grew bigger and bigger and
• 7:06
  Speaker 1: pretty soon he was a child and a young man
• 7:09
  Speaker 1: and finally a man. And all the time he kept
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: choosing to please his father in heaven. Let's turn in
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: our Bibles to Luke chapter 2. Matthew, Mark, Luke chapter 2.
• 7:23
  Speaker 1: Luke chapter 2 verse 42. Luke chapter 2, verse 40,
• 7:30
  Speaker 1: and then let's read verse 52. Luke chapter 2, verse 40,
• 7:35
  Speaker 1: and then 52.
• 7:37
  Speaker 4: And the child grew and became strong in spirit, filled
• 7:41
  Speaker 4: with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
• 7:45
  Speaker 4: And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor
• 7:51
  Speaker 4: with God and men.
• 7:53
  Speaker 1: Jesus grew just like you grew. And he increased in wisdom.
• 7:57
  Speaker 1: And he grew in height. And he grew in love
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: with God and with man. Now, let's go back to
• 8:04
  Speaker 1: Mark chapter 4, verse 29. I should have had you
• 8:07
  Speaker 1: put your finger there. But that's okay. We'll get practice
• 8:10
  Speaker 1: flipping back to it. Mark chapter 4, verse 29. Here
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: we go. What does this talk about? What is this
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: talking about, this verse?
• 8:21
  Speaker 4: But then when the grain ripens... Immediately he puts in
• 8:26
  Speaker 4: the sickle because the harvest has come.
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: It's talking about the harvest. What is harvest time? Well,
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: it symbolizes in the Bible when Jesus will come back
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: to take to heaven all of those who have chosen
• 8:43
  Speaker 1: by his help to keep letting the good seeds of
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: truth grow in their minds. Isn't that neat? Just like
• 8:51
  Speaker 1: you plant the seeds, you help to tend the garden,
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: and then you pick the harvest and store it up
• 8:58
  Speaker 1: for winter, or you might eat it at that time.
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: Jesus talks about when he comes back to take us
• 9:05
  Speaker 1: to live with him in heaven, it's like we're his
• 9:07
  Speaker 1: harvest and we'll be preserved up in heaven forever. Isn't
• 9:12
  Speaker 1: that neat? So are we choosing every day to let
• 9:16
  Speaker 1: Jesus help us to let the good seeds of truth
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: grow in our minds? I hope so. It doesn't matter
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: if you're young or if you're old. We want to
• 9:26
  Speaker 1: keep choosing to let Jesus work in our hearts, helping
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: us to grow. Jesus told another story about what even
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: a very, very teeny tiny seed can become. Look at
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: verses 30 through 32. Mark chapter 4, verses 30 through 32.
• 9:40
  Speaker 4: Then he said, to what shall we liken the kingdom
• 9:48
  Speaker 4: of god or with what parable shall we picture it
• 9:53
  Speaker 4: it is like a mustard seed which when it is
• 9:57
  Speaker 4: sown on the ground is smaller than all the seeds
• 10:02
  Speaker 4: on earth. But when it is sown, it grows up
• 10:07
  Speaker 4: and becomes greater than all herbs and shoots out large branches,
• 10:12
  Speaker 4: so that the birds of the air may nest under
• 10:18
  Speaker 4: its shade.
• 10:19
  Speaker 1: Imagine such a tiny seed started so small and after
• 10:24
  Speaker 1: it was planted in good ground and given time, then
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: what happened? It kept growing. It got bigger and bigger.
• 10:31
  Speaker 1: In fact, so big that the little birds had a
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: place for a safe and happy home where they could
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: raise their babies and sing their songs of praise. It
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: gave shade to those around them. Who gives seeds their power?
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: God does, doesn't he? And if we ask Jesus to
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: help us to be like he was when he was
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: a child, we will be helpers for him as we grow.
• 10:58
  Speaker 1: And when we learn to obey our parents cheerfully and quickly,
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: we make them happy and Jesus happy. Did you know
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: that smiling, doing all kinds of things for others, is
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: kind of like planting seeds in other people's minds? There
• 11:13
  Speaker 1: are other ways that we can help seeds to grow
• 11:15
  Speaker 1: in us and others. Can you think of some? What
• 11:19
  Speaker 1: about being helpful and cheerful, holding a door open for someone?
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: If they're dropping something, offer to help carry it for them.
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: There are lots of ways that we can plant seeds
• 11:31
  Speaker 1: in other people's minds. So I want you to think
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: about what you do at home, what you do at school,
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: what you do at church or at play. How are
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: you planting good seeds in other people's lives? Dear Lord,
• 11:47
  Speaker 1: we ask that you will help us to find ways
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: to be a blessing to those around us, to plant
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: good seeds in their heart so that they can experience
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: the joy that comes from following you. Thank you. In
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: Jesus' name, amen.
• 12:07
  Speaker 3: Galatians 6 verse 7.
• 12:10
  Speaker 5: Whatever Edmund sows, that he will also reap. Whatever Edmund sows,
• 12:19
  Speaker 5: that he will also reap. Whatever Edmund sows, that he
• 12:26
  Speaker 5: will also reap. Delicious is from him, six, first seven.
• 12:37
  Speaker 5: Whatever I'm in souls, that He will also reap. Whatever
• 12:44
  Speaker 5: I'm in souls, that He will also reap. Whatever I'm
• 12:51
  Speaker 5: in souls, that He will also reap. Galatians chapter 6,
• 13:00
  Speaker 5: verse 7.
• 13:07
  Speaker 1: Did you know there's another podcast by Starting With Jesus
• 13:10
  Speaker 1: for the little ones in your life? It's called The
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: Seed Pod for Beginners. Join Miss Ashley three days a week,
• 13:17
  Speaker 1: learning songs, nature lessons, Bible stories, and you'll even play
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: some guessing games. Go to our website, startingwithjesus.com slash seedpod
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: to learn more.
• 13:37
  Speaker 3: If you have enjoyed this program and would like to
• 13:39
  Speaker 3: find others like it, go to startingwithjesus.com.
• 13:42
  Speaker 4: The materials for this devotional podcast are used by permission
• 13:46
  Speaker 4: from My Bible First. Visit their website at mybiblefirst.org to
• 13:51
  Speaker 4: get your own copy. For more information about this episode,
• 13:55
  Speaker 4: check out the description box below.