Many who doubt the Scriptures need to deal with the Christ who had no doubts about them. You cannot stay neutral in the battle of two kingdoms. Addictions and immoral media corrupt our souls. Hungry and thirsty, He was very vulnerable—but He fought off Satan by using the word of God. What effect does a sexual relationship outside of marriage have on us?
Sometimes we are drowning in shame because we cannot change the deep failures of our past. In this message, you'll take home more from church than you ever thought possible. But the world's way of life is pleasure, to get all that you can out of life before you go. He tripped just yards from the end of his race. View over-the-air schedules, show info and more: |Date||Show Title|.
The Hurt And Healing Of Abuse Part 1. While enslaved in Egypt, the Israelites had to acknowledge their own rebellion against God. When the pressure mounts, are we ready to yield to the Lord? At first glance, that appears impossible. The devil can do a lot of damage when believers give way to a spirit of self-will.
Some of us move out of state, where a new job falls apart. Whenever possible, we should be in the culture, just like Daniel and his friends in Babylon who worked for the king who had destroyed their homeland. From David and Bathsheba, we learn the danger of cover-ups as well as the high price of immorality. Are we content being clay on God's pottery wheel? Let's press on to the path of victory, becoming who God wants us to be. We can trust Him with our future in our marital, vocational, or medical choices. After the first murder recorded in the Bible, Cain had no remorse for killing Abel. In this message, we apply lessons from Lot's failure. One choice can cloud the conscience. In our heart of hearts, we have a choice of allegiances: receive God's blessing or manipulate to our own ends. In Gethsemane, Jesus asked the disciples to pray with Him. Running to win 15 minutes chrono. How strong can Satan be in the lives of believers? Yet at its core, addiction is compulsive, destructive sin.
One left in rebellion, the other stayed in rebellion. They are totally turned off by some Christians. But the Bible tells us there are times to set it all aside, pursuing God in silence and waiting upon Him. Running to win 15 minutes.fr. In this message, you'll find six attributes of God at the cross that unveil his glory even in devastating injustice. So, how important is the virgin birth, and why was it necessary? Even though David was a poor father, God still blessed him, and that is good news for the struggling fathers in our homes.
There seems to be other more pressing problems and conflicts in life. The ravages of Satan show up across time. In this message, we are invited to a covenant without conditions. Time will deaden the conscience—not cleanse it. In this message, we are going to look at the nature and participants of God's covenant with Abraham.
In this message, we examine Jesus' teaching on prayer—in His name and for the glory of God. Even so, these heroes realized that they would ultimately and victoriously receive the fulfillment of God's promises. We will do whatever it takes to satisfy our urges, and then justify it by believing blatant lies. But our feelings of disappointment and shame don't need to control us. When you're uncertain about what to do next, where do you go for guidance? How could God possibly sustain us in our "prisons"? There is a way out of the bondage of promiscuity. How to win 12 minutes. Where did the Bible originate? In this message, we learn three ways we can responsibly guard our hearts.. As Pastor Lutzer says, "There are some things we cannot help seeing, but we cannot let our hearts go there. " Healing is not an instant event, but it is possible.
In this message we learn more of the story of a close encounter at Sinai. But there is a way to true freedom.
I had to deal with the comparison game and looking at other people who I felt were FAR more qualified than I was. God is molding me and shaping me without. And the beauty is, we can pray that because of what Isaiah 64:8 says at the very beginning, "But now oh, Lord, you are our father. " In this article, I will give you the main steps on exactly how pottery is made, and then the appropriate explanations on how all of this fits into the analogy that God is the Potter and we are His clay. The Bible is an incredible book with many different stories, parables, and illustrations.
It just means that we should be mold-able and soft, so that craftsman will be able to achieve the desired shape, size and design. We are all the work of your hand. This Verse Reminds Us That Everything is in Accordance With God's Plan. Thou art the potter, I am the clay! But when He lets us alone, we are in a very fragile state! This is a picture of the trials... God is molding me and shaping me more than. and chastisements of life that tend to work together to shape us in the image of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you do not spend enough reasonable time in this life trying to read from the Bible and assimilate the actual knowledge that is in this Book as best you can, then God will have very little to work with in your own personal growth with Him, and you will see very little, if any actual spiritual growth in Him in this life. To mold us into better people, to let us trust Him when things go wrong and out of hand. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. If we do, then we will see exactly what God is trying to tell us in reference to the actual analogy itself. Just as a good potter has to take his time when molding and forming out this piece of pottery as it is spinning on the wheel – in the same way God has to mold, shape, and transform all of us in this same, slow, and steady manner. So do not fear the struggle; rather, embrace it.
Jeremiah went down to the potter's house as the Lord commanded him, and while he was there he saw a potter spinning his wheel and molding a piece of clay. God is at work in our lives, molding and shaping us just as a potter takes a lump of clay and turns it into a piece of art. This wheel will then start to spin so he can then use his hands to start the molding and shaping process with the clay as it is actually spinning on the wheel. It is the potter that then digs his or her hands into the clay or around the clay to form it and give it its purpose. God is the Potter and we are the clay – Isaiah 64:8. God Needs the Word in Us Before He Can Start the Sanctification Process. Let's see what God led Jeremiah to share with the people of Judah, or southern Israel, and let's try to apply it to our lives today. The potter doesn't stop half-way through the creation of his pottery.
14] The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain. Because man sinned in the garden; we became marred in His hands in other words. God's Hand Will Personally Mold, Shape, and Transform You. God is shaping you for something great | Devotionals | NewSpring Church. God is no different! Some glorious day, you'll see the Potter had a purpose in your life. So, your prayer today is, "Lord, I want to be like clay in Your hands. Hopefully it doesn't take a severe correction upon your life for Him to capture your attention. He takes His time with His piece of art and you are that piece of art that's currently on His pottery wheel.
Why on earth would anyone want to read ANYTHING I had to say?? He's big enough and gracious enough to tackle our mess until the day He decides that construction is complete and He takes us home. So, what does the potter do with this clay that is marred? Details of the workmanship will surely be astounding as the Father takes pride on His creation.
I am so amaze till now how God mold me every single day of my life. Again, this is all fully explained to you in our article titled, "The Full Surrender" in the Bible Basics section of our site. They constantly aim for perfection when it comes to their artwork; what looks fine to you may simply be alright in their eyes. Not waiting on God's timing on who you should be marrying in this life could cause you to marry the wrong person in this life. Recall what Paul writes to the Ephesians. God is molding me and shaping me poem. As we have already illustrated, God used the unqualified all the time throughout history! The obstacles in our life are necessary. It doesn't matter how complicated things seem now- someday you'll see their purpose revealed as God molds you according to His will for you. So, let's take a moment to today to take a look at this lesson about the potter and the clay. Yes God has molding us, for us to become a better person. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith.
I'm not sure if there is anybody that thinks highly of mud outside of those who deal in the art of fashioning clay and doing pottery. God Uses the Unqualified and I Was Being Shaped and Refined for His Appointment. Then, in His compassion, He transforms us. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
But instead of acting like a clay ready to be molded, we want to become big boulders. Mold Me And Make Me Sermon by Boomer Phillips, Jeremiah 18:1-11 - SermonCentral.com. Usually, these problems are of our own making and our pain is self-inflicted. The true believer's faith will be made sure by the trials we experience so that we can rest in the knowledge that it is real and will last forever. You can read more at the bottom of this page or read my full disclosure on my Affiliate Disclosure Page. That being said, we know that clay has its usefulness.
The Potter's Hands: A 366-Day Journey to Knowing God by Jason Lawson. Use us for the accomplishment of your will and the glory of your name. Even though the clay would initially not cooperate with him, he managed to still find a purpose for the clay. I lost all the work I put into it and had to start over again from scratch when I began blogging again in June 2018. He helps me identify with Jesus a little more (Philippians 3:10). So, I imagine that this potter is bent over at the knees looking over the clay with a very detailed eye as he worked to mold it and shape it to his desires. He provides guidance so that every day can be lived out fully in alignment with God's plan for you and your divine destiny! God as clay you our potter, use us for noble purposes. The potter had an intended purpose for the vessel he was making and I tell you that God has an intended purpose for us. Romans 9:20-23 (NLT).
The Holy Spirit will be working in you to help you get rid of any bad habits that are still lingering in your former self. I had to go through the fire and be shaped to be who God was making me to be! A certain man named Michelangelo caught word of this large stone and how it had been destroyed, so out of curiosity he went to check it out and thought, "Hey, I think I can do something here. " As I continue to pray in the understanding and in other tongues. It declares truth, I owe God because I see myself how I change spiritually and how He shape my faith in Him. That's what all His work is about. We are like these diamonds. I will end this article by bullet pointing all of the above main pieces of revelation on the Potter and the clay so you can see how powerful and beautiful this analogy really is: - God Needs the Word in Us Before He Can Start the Sanctification Process. Jeremiah said that the clay was marred in the potter's hand and he made it again into another vessel that pleased him. Just like our physical bodies need water in order to be able to live and survive in this world, in the same way our souls need God's Word flowing through us in order to feed us on the inside in our inner man. "
We need to let Him mold us and make us the vessel of honor that He wants us to be. This is a direct, supernatural work done by the Holy Spirit Himself.