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  • Daniel Olukoya avatar

    Thorns Of Life

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on May 17, 2011
    based on 26 ratings
     | 35,766 views

    There are different kinds of vessels in the house of God. So you will do well to examine what kind of vessel you are. Let me clear one thing before we go deeper into this message: God will not accept any excuse from anyone for not being a useful vessel.

    Our message this week, is what I call “The thorns of life.” Genesis 3:17-19 says, “And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee saying, thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jars Of Comfort Series

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,406 views

    We are jars of clay through whom God comforts others.

    Title: Jars of Caring Text: II Corinthians 1:3-7 Thesis: We are “Jars of Clay” through whom God works. We are stewards of the presence of God… we exist so that others may see the glory of God in us and working through us. We are also stewards of the God’s comfort. We exist to share from our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Potter’s Hand Series

    Contributed by Barry Edmondson on Feb 5, 2011
    based on 7 ratings
     | 20,139 views

    God – the Master Potter – knows how to take the mistakes of life and reform it into something beautiful.

    Text: Jeremiah 18:1-6 God doesn’t make mistakes. In 1502, in Florence, Italy there was a large block of marble given to a church in Santa Maria, the church immediately hired who they thought was a professional to sculpt this enormously huge piece of rock. The man was a professional and soon ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Dirty Water? Throw The Baby Away?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 24, 2021
     | 1,413 views

    On the radio I heard the testimony of a man that the pastor told him: WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIKE YOU! The man is a Christian doctor and book author today.

    DON’T THROW THE BABY OUT? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com We don't not accept abortion... physical or spiritual. We have an idiomatic ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Clint Shrum avatar

    A Work On The Wheels

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 3, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 29,344 views

    How God takes something with no beauty and transforms it into a beautiful vessel for His service.

    A WORK ON THE WHEELS Jeremiah 18:1-4 Intro: In our reading we find that God has spoken to Jeremiah and told him in verse 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.” Now we know the potter is God but how may of us know what God is talking about when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jars Of Treasure

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,656 views

    We are earthen vessels in whom God lives and through whom God is seen.

    Title: Jars of Treasure Text: II Corinthians 4:7-12 Thesis: We are “Jars of Clay” in whom God lives and through whom God is seen. A steward is someone entrusted with the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care. (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    You Spin Me Round And Round

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Nov 28, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,464 views

    Isaiah says that we are the clay and that God is the potter. God spins us on His potter’s wheel turning us into jars of clay for His purpose.

    -Maybe you remember the song by the group Dead or Alive in the 1980s entitled “You spin me right round” -The chorus is what most people remember -It goes, “You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby, right round, round, round.” -When Andrew was younger and he would spin around in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Stephen E. Trail avatar

    The Prophet And The Potter

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jan 27, 2013
     | 8,752 views

    A sermon for those who need a second chance at life.

    “The Prophet and the Potter” Jeremiah 18:1-6 Jeremiah 18:6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. The spiritual history of the nation of Israel is cyclic in nature. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    How To Become Putty In God's Hands....again

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 6, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,051 views

    The believing Christian is always trying to go back to clay.

    How To Become Putty In God’s Hands......Again. March 3, 2003 FBC, Chester, Illinois Mike Fogerson, Speaker (Many ideas and thoughts in this message were inspired from A.W. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God) Introduction: A In the beginning pages of scripture we see God making man in their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Lessons From The Potter's House

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 24, 2002
    based on 67 ratings
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    A look at the process of the potter and application of how God forms us to be vessels of honor.

    I. Potter found the clay A. Psalm 40:2-3 2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    So They Want To Continue The Conversation Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 24, 2016
     | 3,596 views

    "they want someone to serve as an instrument and to express their feelings in such a way that afterwards, each one may chose how he or she will continue the conversation."

    Thursday of 16th Week in Course Have you ever heard someone–maybe even a preacher–express the idea that the God of the OT is a God of judgement and vengeance, and the God of Jesus is a God of mercy and love? Some of us may have held that opinion during our life. A famous early ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Jim Butcher avatar

    When You Don't Like Where God Is Leading You

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 19, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,274 views

    A look at struggles we have with the idea that God gets to shape us rather than us being in charge of our lives ourselves. What does it mean to let Him shape us like a potter shapes the clay?

    WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO BRING THAT INTO MY LIFE? We want to be shaped in the way we choose. - It can be painful to be shaped. - Like a potter pressing his fingers into the clay to mold it into a different shape would probably not “feel good” to the clay if it were sentient, so the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    Shut The Door. (Hix)

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,370 views

    We sometimes need to be alone with God

    Verse 4-Shut The Door Mark 5:40- Raise from the dead the little daughter of the ruler of the synagogue after he put out every body. Acts 9:40-Peter put everybody out and prayed for Dorcas and she rose from the dead. If you really want something from God, then enter into your closet and talk to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Henson avatar

    Making Your Vessel Fit For Higher Things 2 Tim 2:20-21 Series

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 22, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 18,100 views

    Our character is not set by genetics or the failures or mistakes of the past. We have a CHOICE. We can CHANGE. We can become someone capable of containing God and accomplishing His purposes.

    2 Timothy 2:20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21 If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Jeff Simms avatar

    In The Hands Of The Potter

    Contributed by Jeff Simms on May 2, 2004
    based on 94 ratings
     | 17,420 views

    God shapes us like clay to be used for His purposes

    Sermon for 5/2/04 7 p.m. SBC Philippi, Philippi, WV In the Hands of the Potter Jeremiah 18:1-6 Primary Purpose: God uses various means to shape us and mold us for His purposes. Introduction: When I was in 10th grade, I took an art class. We had drawing, painting and scratch board and even ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist