Hands of The Potter

I pray that the eyes of our heart and understanding will be open today as we meet together for a brief time. It’s a precious thing to have the Holy Spirit to quicken your spirit with what ....

Often times we hear the scripture reference “The joy of the Lord is your strength.” What is the joy of the Lord? How do we find this joy? There have been times when I ....

I believe we all go through a season of “wilderness.” This season can take place before we know Christ or even in the midst of walking with Christ. In fact, I believe we go through several ....

Accepting Christ as your Savior is a big deal. When we accept Christ as Savior, that doesn’t mean we continue to live in our old life. The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT)

Trust is foundational. To trust, one becomes vulnerable, opening your heart to many possibilities, but expecting good in every situation. Unfortunately, we live in a fallen world.

When reading through the beatitudes in Matthew 5:7 (NLT), Jesus says, “God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.” Automatically when I read the scripture ....

Walking with God is not always easy. Sometimes life leaves us questioning ourselves or maybe even God. I think our biggest mistake, this is for me also, is lack of trust. We come up against ....

Scripture tells us, “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16, NLT) Jesus tells ....

Before Jesus was betrayed, He gave us a new commandment. “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

Pride is a dangerous thing. When we walk for example in scripture, we can look to the fall of Satan and him taking a third of the angels with him. “Then there was war in heaven....

Sometimes I wonder if we make being a Christian harder than it needs to be or perhaps even overthink it. The greatest commandments, Jesus tells us, is to love God and to love people.

There is a war going on for our souls. Good vs evil, light vs dark, Christ vs. Satan. The wage of sin is death. The Bible tells us that, “Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many ....

Where would we be without love? For God is love. Love is truly the greatest gift we have ever received. It was love to send Jesus, His one and only Son to this earth, fully God and fully ....

There are times where we may feel anxious or overwhelmed or unsure what to do. At any moment of time, we need someone to talk to, someone to help us. How often do we take our ....

It’s imperative that we remain connected to the source of life. Without this connection, we fall into our sin nature, our old habits. The source of life brings light, truth, hope, and promise.

The Lord tells us, “Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.”

Perhaps you have had an opportunity to hear the gospel, the good news, but you didn’t want to hear it. Maybe you felt that someone was pushing Jesus on you and you weren’t ....

I truly believe that love is the hardest thing that God has asked us to do. To love an individual (s) through their weaknesses, through their flaws, through their mistakes, is not an ....

Constant. A word that implies the state of something being unchanged. The Good News Translation reads, “Lord, your constant love reaches the heavens; your faithfulness ....

When we hear someone talking about a valley, it’s often with a negative connotation. True, the valley is where our battles take place, but it is also where our victories are ....

It takes a lot of faith to put your life in the hands who you cannot see– to build love from the ground up. Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:26-27 (NLT), “But anyone who hears my teaching ....

Location! Location! Location! “That’s what it’s about,” it is what I heard someone say, location. It maybe not what it’s all about, because it’s really all about Jesus, but it’s a connection ....

As we approach Thanksgiving, let us harvest and attitude of Thanksgiving. Psalm 107:1-2, NLT says, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

When you love much it opens you up to be hurt much. The people you love the most are the ones who hurt you the most. They don’t intentionally seek us out to hurt us, and we ....

In my friend’s version of the Bible, it says I grasp your hand. The imagery I received in my mind was of God grasping my hand and helping me up. My friend continued to tell me that ....

Have you ever been uncertain about something, and you searched for the answer, so you knew you had the truth? And certainty leads to the pursuit of truth. That can be in our ....

We are all created by God with a unique purpose. No one else can do what God has called you to do and no one can do what God has called me to do. God has equipped us with ....

There’s no shame if you are a Christian and you are struggling. Jesus never promised us that life would be easy, but He did promise that He would be with us and that He has overcome ....

I want to encourage us, especially now, hold onto your faith! Hold onto Jesus! Hold onto his word! As Peter has said, “Lord, whom would we go? Do you have the words that give eternal life.”

Heart can become heavy or even broken. The pains and disappointments in life can be, at times, overwhelming. They can leave you in a well of regret and sorrow. This is not where ....

How often do we look at an individual and judge them? Maybe it’s based on their appearance, maybe it’s based on their behavior, or maybe even based on their belief. I have even found ....

Where are we looking to find our identity? Where are we looking to find our words? Many of us have tried to find it in the world. By doing this, we are trying our best to live up ....

Where can you go when your soul is weary and tired? Where can you go when things are around? Things seem to be more bad than good? Where can you go when you feel like you’ve ....

I recently heard someone say that God does not expect us to get involved in politics. God has established a government, and He has given us a duty to fulfill our civil rights. Elections are coming ....

The truth will set you free. This is the phrase that comes to my mind as I seek the Lord on what to write this week. Just as Jesus was speaking to the people of the time, so He speaks to us now.

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. (John 14:27, NLT) There is turbulence that is ....

Fear is a liar! Not only is fear a liar, but it can show us the areas of our lives where we do not trust God. What could we be afraid of? Where could we not trust God? Rejection, provision, protection.

Oftentimes we may feel left “in the dark.” We aren’t sure of the things to say or to do. Maybe we feel like we are out of options. I want us to remember that the God of the universe ....

When I was young, I never cared for history that much. I was always told it was important because history repeated itself. Even in this, I still didn’t care that much about history.

The things of this world are temporal, even if afflictions. Yet in this knowledge, it seems like there is something always gripping us… vying for our attention… distracting us.

When you work with the public, you often find yourself at the receiving end of someone’s anger and frustration. Many times, people don’t think about company policy or rules you must ....

We need time alone to seek God. We need time alone with God to be refreshed in our inner spirit man/woman. Even Jesus realized the importance of getting alone with our Father.

God created us for a purpose. To set his love upon us, to be in relationship with us. In the book of Genesis, it speaks of the Lord God coming in the evening to walk with Adam and Eve.

We have an enemy that is trying to destroy our faith. If he can get us to doubt God and His goodness and turn away from our Savior, then he would succeed in making us fair game ....

Why is life so hard sometimes? It’s because we have an enemy who knows his time is short, therefore he is trying to wear out the saints. If he can only get them to stop praying, if he can only get ....

I recently started a new Bible study. One of the questions in our book asked if we thought God was good. Naturally, we would say yes because we have read the Bible and about His goodness.

Our challenges in life can make us stronger; stronger, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. This depends on our attitude and who we choose to believe. Down through the ages, the faithfulness of God ....

When you aren’t sure where to go, go to Jesus. He tells us, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6, NLT) Jesus also said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me ....

If you have accepted Christ as your Savior, you must know that you have an enemy that will try to take the life Christ has given you. We must also know that “We now have this light shining in our hearts ....

My heart is heavy. There are so many horrible things taking place that is drawing this nation further from God. It’s not just happening in America, but it’s happening around the world. There are things taking place at this very ....

I love the scriptures, God’s word! When we need strength and encouragement, we can find it in the holy Bible, God’s love letter to us. The Scriptures written then are still relevant for us today! Jesus told us, “I Have told you all this so that ....

Why do we do and don’t do the things we do? What do we gain from doing or not doing these things? What drives us to do what we do? Really, it should come from a place of love. It should come from a place of love experienced ....