Feeling like you need to do enough or be enough to attain perfection, to be holy, to earn God's love? I forget that You have helped me through my trials. Time and again, we hear about the Lord being the potter and we must be the clay in the Master's hand, allowing Him to mold and shape us – It is not easy being molded or shaped. He explains that to get the lump of clay to the pot he wants to make, that the wheel has to turn at this slow and steady pace. How foolish can you be? After Pat adds enough water into the clay to make it soft and pliable so he can now start to work with it – the next thing he will do is put the piece of clay in the center of an electric wheel. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. Hopefully it doesn't take a severe correction upon your life for Him to capture your attention. God knows what He's doing for all of us. God is shaping you for something great. Parable – a spiritual lesson taught using a common task everyone is familiar with. The Potter and the Clay – God Molds the Unqualified. Sermon - Molded by God. The Lord will provide the peace and tranquility that our souls crave when His spirit dwells within us! 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.
Let us note the potter's actions here in this scripture. In the same way, once we come into this full surrender with the Lord, God will never take His eyes and attention off you. In the same way, we have to have patience with the Lord on how He wants to work and build our lives up in Him. So, who is it that has the power and is sovereign here: the potter or the clay? The Lord God chose to be plain and He chose to be ordinary and He chose a people who were plain and ordinary and flawed and, like a piece of clay, shaped them in His own way. God never leaves our side, nor does His interest wane in what happens to us because of this one truth: He loves you so very much! In the lesson, we see that this potter was no different, he cared a great deal about his work. According to your attitude, it can be a positive experience, an opportunity that you can turn into something that will benefit you and those around you. Clay In The Bible And How God Is The Potter And We Are The Clay. The potter had an intended purpose for the vessel he was making and I tell you that God has an intended purpose for us. Should good be repaid with evil? God is no different! 23 He does this to make the riches of his glory shine even brighter on those to whom he shows mercy, who were prepared in advance for glory.
And we can trust Him because He's a good Father. No matter how educated we are, no matter how much power and influence we may think we possess, no matter how long we have walked with Him, no matter how significant we may imagine ourselves to be in His plans, none of that qualifies us to grasp why He does what He does when He does it and how He chooses to do it. He sees us as the brilliant diamond, long before we see it. The ancients learned that they could mold clay into any shape and use it to make plates and bowls to eat out of, or for cups to drink out of, or for large pots that could hold water. Prayer/Devotional - Let Him Be The Potter. You Have to Be Properly "Centered" in Jesus Christ. My desire is that Christ will be seen more in me than self. 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.
But let God do this inner surgery work in you through the Holy Spirit, and you will eventually be molded and shaped into the godly saint that He is calling you to become in Him – and true joy, happiness, and fulfillment will be all yours in this life. The Bible is an incredible book with many different stories, parables, and illustrations. 9:21), "Does not the potter have power over the clay? " Clay does not put itself inside of an oven to be baked into brick. Only in the hands of a master craftsman, can a rock-like substance be transformed to a magnificent diamond. He is powerful and merciful. Thou art the potter, I am the clay! The gospel truly as the POWER of God (Romans 1:16) in your life. But when He lets us alone, we are in a very fragile state! God is molding me and shaping me meaning. There is no other way into the knowledge of God other than through the Bible. So what does it mean to be properly centered in Jesus? The analogy for us to pick up on this first step is that the water used in this process represents the Word of God. Sanctification is a wonderful thing when we understand that it literally comes from the hand of God himself. God doesn't make mistakes.
Realize that only God can mold and shape you into the finished person that He wants you to become in Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
I'll tell you the reason why. About Whitney Houston. Until we are wet, wet, wet. The lyrics to "I Love The Lord He Heard My Cry". Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently. Arranger: Richard Smallwood, 1975. Català – Estimo El Senyor, Ell Va Escoltar Els Meus Crits. Psalm 119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. WP Tommy Walker-Living in the Wonder (unit rates). Mark 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
The lyrics for two of these featured songs are also included in this post. Recording administration. WP Tommy Walker, Viviendo en las Grandezas del Seor (Living in the Wonder) - Sp. Video #2: I Love The Lord, He Heard My Cry. New Living Translation. I love the Lord He heard my cry and pittied every grown.
When there is nowhere to go I know I can go to you. Strong's 8469: Supplication for favor. Surely gonna be here. TITLE: "I Love the Lord". Lay down, Lay down wiery one lay down thy head upon my breast. GOD'S WORD® Translation. Video #5: When I Can Read My Title Clear. Professor Ransom was among the scholars cited in my dissertation which examined the poetry of Hammon and three other black poets: Phillis Wheatley, George Moses Horton, and Frances E. W. Harper. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. I love the LordHe heard my voiceHe heard my desperated cryHe turned His earWhen I called for mercyHe heard my cry. Here's a viewer comment that contains the words to this version of this hymn: chj333, 2009. His grace and mercy to proclaim. Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel. Performance Notes: - For performance notes on this song, see page 1088 of Psalms for All Seasons: A Complete Psalter for Worship.
When sorrow overwhelmed me. This text testifies to sorrow in life and to God's unfailing rescue. I came to Jesus as I was. I said in my dismay. SCRIPTURE: Psalm 116:1-2. "We have no access to God except through the one and only Mediator and Intercessor, Jesus Christ the Righteous. " I call His name: "O Lord, come save my life! It's the latter rain. His promised love is yours to claim: After Psalm 116, Barbara Woollett (born 1937). Video #3: Pastor T. L. James sings "Dr. Watts" [I Love The Lord, He Heard My Cry].
Oh, I love the Lord. Response: I'll ha-asten to-o-o His throne. This song is an instrumental. Composition's Year 1719 (Lyrics), 1836 (Music). I love the LORD, because he hears me; he listens to my prayers. I sure do, surely do love the Lord. Psalm 116:1 Catholic Bible.
We'll let you know when this product is available! But I say give me Jesus. The original soundtrack album is the best-selling gospel album of all time and remained number one on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums Chart for twenty-six weeks. I love the LORD, because He hears [and continues to hear] My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs). And every time we sing it we add our own voice to this story, which becomes our own testimony. Psalm 116 speaks of sorrow and sickness, with a desperate call to God for deliverance. We, therefore, do not offer our prayers as though saints could be our intercessor, nor do we offer them on the "basis of our own dignity but only on the basis of the excellence and dignity of Jesus Christ, whose righteousness is ours by faith. " Jo, estimo el, el Senyor, Ell, Ell va escoltar el meu crit. I wouldn't be ready to die. We regret to inform you this content is not available at this time. Uploaded by StampsMedia on Dec 27, 2009. My heart believed, though my affliction great.
Thank you for visiting pancocojams. But it wants to be full. The object of this love is not expressed, but can only be Jehovah. From lyrics superimposed on video given as Video #1). Below are more hymns' lyrics and stories: Response: A-n-d pitied e-v-e-r-y groan. Composer Isaac Watts, Alexander Robert Reinagle. Download I Love The Lord Mp3 by Whitney Houston. Attend unto my prayer. Each singer... adds to it.... Precious the death of godly saints to Him. When my heart is overwhelmed.
Contact Music Services. Gituru - Your Guitar Teacher. He's kind, and merciful, He's gracious. I'll hasten, I'm gonna run. Oh let my heart no more despair????????????????????? Tears are streaming down my eyes. I'll hasten, hasten to his throne. It opens with a short four-note sequence that is repeated, eventually winding its way harmonically through the Circle of Fifths to the final tonic. Royalty account forms. No greater assurance can be found than that expressed in Heidelberg Catechism, Lord's Day 1, Question and Answer 1: "I am not my own by I belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. 2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.