Shaped by the Potter: Trusting God's Sovereignty
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "Beloved, if you are properly aligned with God, there are certain things you will not allow it to stress you. There are certain things you will not allow it to cripple and bring you down. Because you know that you are in his will. And if you are in his will, you know God will not allow your life to be destroyed. It is his desire for you to do well. As we read in Jeremiah 18, even if the person has done wrong and God has decided I'm going to punish you and the person repents, God will relent and take the punishment. He's merciful. Amen." [01:08:53]
2. "When you come to the house of God, you know, don't come, you know, like you normally do. Because it has become repetitive. Almost every weekend you come to church, so you think that all is normal. Beloved, don't see it now, but see it as you being the clay on the wheel with the potter still molding you into the image of Christ. It is very important to understand that." [01:19:50]
3. "Beloved, are you a Christian following your own plans? Or are you a Christian following the plans of God? Following the will of God? Because it feels comfortable. To some extent, when you are doing things your own way, it makes you feel comfortable. It makes you feel happy. But, can what you are doing stand the test when you appear before the master? Is it really what the master expects of you and I? Remember, you have no power of your own. We sing that song. We depend on you, Holy Spirit. Do we really mean it when we sing songs like that?" [55:02]
4. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. Amen. So, God himself, you know, plays an important role in your life. You value God in your life. Not just what he can do for you. So, he trusts in the Lord and the Lord is his trust, which means he does not depend on self, does not depend on what his hands have gotten him or her. He does not depend on what somebody else can do or what somebody else cannot do. Right? He depends solely on God in the hands of the Father. Amen." [01:06:46]
5. "So, no matter how broken our life is or might be, I want you to know that we want to ensure that we are in the proper hands. Amen. Make sure that your life is in good hands. Make sure that your life is in the hands of the potter. Who is not just the potter? Who is not just the potter? Also your father and my father, our heavenly father. Amen." [32:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "It is the potter's way of molding you. Songwriter says that you are the potter, I am the clay. Break me, melt me, mold me, fill me, and use me to find you. That's how the world... The situation I'm here for you. The will harbor something good will come out of you but you don't allow the potter to keep moving you around, tossing you here and there because when you go and the potter is working with the clay from the Asia state you will think why is the potter doing this to me but when the finished work is done then you will know that oh the potter knew what he was doing, God knows what he's doing." [01:21:06]
2. "You know, sometimes we think that God is making a lot of mistakes in our life. We think that God is not doing something right. Sometimes we find every reason to blame God for a lot of things. And Isaiah is saying that, well, the one who was the clay said to the one who formed it that, you know, that, that's the thing made should say to its maker. He did not make me. You know, some people think that they just appeared. They just showed up. They are not accountable to God. But when the day of appearing before him comes, then we will know where the way is. Whether we are accountable or not. Amen. May God have mercy on us." [01:01:16]
3. "So, I went down to the porter's house and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was working, he was making of clay was spoiled in the porter's hands. And he reworked it into another vessel as it seemed good to the porter to do. Amen. He reworked it. So pay attention to that. Jeremiah 18. When Jeremiah was told to go to the porter's house, God said that, go there, I'm going to give you a message. And then he went, and then he saw the porter molding something on his wheel, and well in the process, whatever he was doing, got messed up. And the scripture said that the porter took it and reworked it into something that he, the porter wanted. Hallelujah." [42:52]
4. "Beloved, very important. To give every man according to what? His ways. And according to the fruit of his deeds. I will give every man according to his ways. So when you come to the Lord, accept this as your Lord and personal savior. You cannot, you know, hide under that and just live your life in the heart. You cannot live your life according to your ways. It has to be according to his ways. Amen. According to his ways. That's what this is telling us. He says, I the Lord, I search the heart and test the mind. So God will take us through some tests to give every man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds." [01:11:35]
5. "So, no matter how you look, how smart you are, how beautiful you look, how golden you will appear in character, in appearance, whatever it is, just know that it is not your doing. It is the doing of God almighty. Amen. It is the doing of God almighty. And so we need to get that also. Another scripture I want to get out of the way quickly also is 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy chapter two, verse 20 and 21. It says, Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use and some for dishonorable use. Now the next verse, verse 21. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel. In other words, he will be a pot which was formed out of the clay for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master, for the house. Useful to the master. The master of the house, ready for every good work. Amen." [40:20]
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1. "Beloved, if you are properly aligned with God, there are certain things you will not allow it to stress you. There are certain things you will not allow it to cripple and bring you down. Because you know that you are in his will. And if you are in his will, you know God will not allow your life to be destroyed. It is his desire for you to do well. As we read in Jeremiah 18, even if the person has done wrong and God has decided I'm going to punish you and the person repents, God will relent and take the punishment. He's merciful. Amen." [01:08:53]
2. "When you come to the house of God, you know, don't come, you know, like you normally do. Because it has become repetitive. Almost every weekend you come to church, so you think that all is normal. Beloved, don't see it now, but see it as you being the clay on the wheel with the potter still molding you into the image of Christ. It is very important to understand that." [01:19:50]
3. "Beloved, are you a Christian following your own plans? Or are you a Christian following the plans of God? Following the will of God? Because it feels comfortable. To some extent, when you are doing things your own way, it makes you feel comfortable. It makes you feel happy. But, can what you are doing stand the test when you appear before the master? Is it really what the master expects of you and I? Remember, you have no power of your own. We sing that song. We depend on you, Holy Spirit. Do we really mean it when we sing songs like that?" [55:02]
4. "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. Amen. So, God himself, you know, plays an important role in your life. You value God in your life. Not just what he can do for you. So, he trusts in the Lord and the Lord is his trust, which means he does not depend on self, does not depend on what his hands have gotten him or her. He does not depend on what somebody else can do or what somebody else cannot do. Right? He depends solely on God in the hands of the Father. Amen." [01:06:46]
5. "So, no matter how broken our life is or might be, I want you to know that we want to ensure that we are in the proper hands. Amen. Make sure that your life is in good hands. Make sure that your life is in the hands of the potter. Who is not just the potter? Who is not just the potter? Also your father and my father, our heavenly father. Amen." [32:51]
### Quotes for Members
1. "It is the potter's way of molding you. Songwriter says that you are the potter, I am the clay. Break me, melt me, mold me, fill me, and use me to find you. That's how the world... The situation I'm here for you. The will harbor something good will come out of you but you don't allow the potter to keep moving you around, tossing you here and there because when you go and the potter is working with the clay from the Asia state you will think why is the potter doing this to me but when the finished work is done then you will know that oh the potter knew what he was doing, God knows what he's doing." [01:21:06]
2. "You know, sometimes we think that God is making a lot of mistakes in our life. We think that God is not doing something right. Sometimes we find every reason to blame God for a lot of things. And Isaiah is saying that, well, the one who was the clay said to the one who formed it that, you know, that, that's the thing made should say to its maker. He did not make me. You know, some people think that they just appeared. They just showed up. They are not accountable to God. But when the day of appearing before him comes, then we will know where the way is. Whether we are accountable or not. Amen. May God have mercy on us." [01:01:16]
3. "So, I went down to the porter's house and there he was working at his wheel. And the vessel he was working, he was making of clay was spoiled in the porter's hands. And he reworked it into another vessel as it seemed good to the porter to do. Amen. He reworked it. So pay attention to that. Jeremiah 18. When Jeremiah was told to go to the porter's house, God said that, go there, I'm going to give you a message. And then he went, and then he saw the porter molding something on his wheel, and well in the process, whatever he was doing, got messed up. And the scripture said that the porter took it and reworked it into something that he, the porter wanted. Hallelujah." [42:52]
4. "Beloved, very important. To give every man according to what? His ways. And according to the fruit of his deeds. I will give every man according to his ways. So when you come to the Lord, accept this as your Lord and personal savior. You cannot, you know, hide under that and just live your life in the heart. You cannot live your life according to your ways. It has to be according to his ways. Amen. According to his ways. That's what this is telling us. He says, I the Lord, I search the heart and test the mind. So God will take us through some tests to give every man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds." [01:11:35]
5. "So, no matter how you look, how smart you are, how beautiful you look, how golden you will appear in character, in appearance, whatever it is, just know that it is not your doing. It is the doing of God almighty. Amen. It is the doing of God almighty. And so we need to get that also. Another scripture I want to get out of the way quickly also is 2 Timothy, 2 Timothy chapter two, verse 20 and 21. It says, Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use and some for dishonorable use. Now the next verse, verse 21. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel. In other words, he will be a pot which was formed out of the clay for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master, for the house. Useful to the master. The master of the house, ready for every good work. Amen." [40:20]
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