SPEAKER_00: Have you ever worked with clay before?
SPEAKER_00: Maybe you've seen someone working with clay at a potter's wheel.
SPEAKER_00: Just as a potter shapes clay, God shapes your life with intention and care.
SPEAKER_00: Emold your heart, your character, and your purpose.
SPEAKER_00: Isaiah the prophet uses this image and calls God the Potter.
SPEAKER_00: We are the clay.
SPEAKER_00: You are the potter.
SPEAKER_00: We are all the work of your hand.
SPEAKER_00: Isaiah 64, 8.
SPEAKER_00: Take 20 seconds to thank God for forming you with purpose, for shaping your life with love.
SPEAKER_00: Maybe list a few things about yourself that you like or are grateful that God has shaped or honed over time.
SPEAKER_00: And your reactions and your character, your thought patterns, and your habits.
SPEAKER_00: Now take the next minute and ask God to shape any rough or hurting places in you.
SPEAKER_00: Invite him to mold your heart to look more like Jesus.
SPEAKER_00: Tell him the places you recognize that you need is supernatural shaping and healing.
SPEAKER_00: You don't need to be frustrated with yourself or embrace shame.
SPEAKER_00: Just confess in honesty and with humility, where you know you need God.
SPEAKER_00: He is faithful to complete the good work he has already started in you.
SPEAKER_00: They draw our frustration or annoyance or avoidance.
SPEAKER_00: Instead of leaving it at that, let's pray today for someone who needs God to reshape their heart today.
SPEAKER_00: Father, thank you for forming us with care.
SPEAKER_00: Continue shaping us into your image.
SPEAKER_00: Amen.