Daily book quote - from "Jars of Clay"

    "As we are being transformed we turn our focus away from ourselves and focus on the Potter. He tells us “Don’t worry about what you can’t do, concentrate on what you can do. Don’t worry about whether it is as good as someone else can do it, do the best you can do.” What if only very best tennis player would enter the contest. What if no one else would come to Wimbledon because they knew they were not the top seed? What if only the best preachers preached? What if only the best singer sang? What if only the wealthiest person gave? What if only the best teacher taught? We are to be full of confidence, because God has made us and has called us to serve him. There is no one else like you in the world — God has seen to that."

Daily book quote - from "Jars of Clay"

    “God has something good for each of us here in this story of the potter. Every turning of the wheel and every touch of His hand has been to make us according to the Divine pattern. God wants to make the very best he can of each of us. Whether He is making a water pot, a crock pot, or crystal vase, He wants it to be the best! As someone has said; “God don’t make no junk!”

    It doesn’t happen suddenly, or by coincidence, or destiny, or fate, it happens by the power of His Holy Spirit, the dove working in us and through us.
    We need to realize that no human effort of self-improvement, no self-help book in the world can bring about the change we need. We must enter the potter’s house, let him place us back on the wheel, and slowly - ever so gently- re-shape and restore us.
    We have all made mistakes. We have all had some cracks and brokenness in our lives, but regardless of your past, regardless of your age, God wants to change your future! He wants you to become a willing vessel he can use for His glory!”

 

Daily book quote - from "Jars of Clay"

    “You see, our lives are not in the hands of “blind luck” or “fate” or “circumstances” but in the hands of Almighty God! And, though we may feel cracked and broken; though our lives may be divided; even if we have become hardened over the years; God, the potter, wants to redeem us; repair us or restore us; and most of all, He wants to refill us!

    When everyone else says that you are worthless, God says you are worth everything. He wants to take the broken pieces of your life and remake them into something new. He can take the worst of homes, and make them peaceful and loving. He can make the worst of addicts, clean. He can take a wrecked marriage and put it back together again. He can still make people into new creatures in Christ Jesus! “He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, more than we could ever ask or think”!