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When Life Hurts: Brokenness
Scripture Lesson for the Day: Jeremiah 18:3-4; 1 Corinthians 1:26-27;
2 Corinthians 4:7
Cornerstone Text: “…the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him”
(Jeremiah 18:4, NIV).
Can a shattered and broken life be restored?
“Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message”
(Jeremiah 18:2, NIV).
Important lessons to learn from the potter’s house…
Lesson #1: God is the master potter shaping your life.
“So I went to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel”
(Jeremiah 18:3, NIV).
Lesson #2: Like it or not you are clay in the potter’s hands.
What do you believe about the sovereignty of God in your life?
“…Who are you a human being, to criticize God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who made it, ‘Why have you made me like this?’ When a potter makes jars out of clay, doesn’t he have a right to use the same lump of clay to make one jar for decoration and another to throw garbage into it?” (Romans 20-21, NLT).
Lesson #3: Life and its circumstances may mar us while we are on the potter’s wheel.
“But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands…”
(Jeremiah 18:4a, NIV).
Lesson #4: When your life gets marred he will not discard you but will remake you!
KEY UNDERSTANDING: There are no throw away people in God’s eyes.
“ But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him” (Jeremiah 18:4, NIV).
The Ginny Owens Story
Do you have the faith to believe that God can fix any brokenness that
has fractured your life?
Action steps to take in the midst of your brokenness…
- Give your future to God.
- Trust in the work of the Potter.
- Walk by faith and not by sight in your present situation or circumstances.
- If you are broken invite God to restore and reshape you and your future.
Closing Challenge: You must never throw your life away over a flaw, a mistake, or a sin. Never allow yourself to be broken and remain that way. God can reshape you, heal you and put you back together again. God wants to use your broken yet reshaped life to help other broken people!
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