How to be a biblical thinker
When God’s purpose feels unclear
From Hollie Roberts – BSF Executive Director
What is God’s purpose in sin, suffering, or judgment? How should we approach challenging aspects of God’s character?
Executive Director Hollie Roberts encourages us to start “thinking biblically” about these and other questions. She explores the metaphor of God as the “potter,” and why we can trust the ultimate design He has in mind.
Hollie Roberts
BSF Executive Director
Hollie Roberts stepped into the Executive Director role in September 2021 after serving as BSF’s Chief Field Development officer. Hollie and her husband Kevin have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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In Jesus holy name I am praying 🤲 AMEN 🙏🙌🙏🏽❤️🤍💙
The study of Old Testament Prophecy is for our teaching It teach obedience to follow the word of God. Believing In how the Lord is speaking to each one of us, listening to His voice and following Him.
Puedo entender cuando veo el alfarero moldeando . Nos enseña que Dios nos está moldeando en nuestro caminar a veces me he sentido quieta pero otras veces inquieta.Cuando estudiamos su Palabra nos da confianza y ánimos aun en la circunstancia que podamos estar pasando él tiene el control de nuestras vidas. A Dios sea la gloria por siempre. Amen .
Translation: I can understand when I see the potter molding. It teaches us that God is molding us in our walk. Sometimes I have felt still, but other times, restless. When we study His Word, it gives us confidence and encouragement. Even in whatever circumstances we may be going through, He is in control of our lives. To God be the glory forever. Amen.
very insightful and applicable
I greet in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and may God bless you as lead us in studying the word. My prayer is that, may the Holy Spirit help me to be patient as God molds me into a useful piece of clay which is fit to be used by Him.
The video of the potter was very thoughtful provoking causing me to ask GOD’S forgiveness for the times when I am the potter….times when I am searching for directions and answers to circumstances in my life. Thank you God for Holly’s interpretation.
I really appreciated the video about the Potter
What a wonderful message … and “thank you, Potter, for molding my sister, Hollie, into one beautiful vessel! “Have thine own way, Lord”
Thank you for the eye opening, clarifying, inspirational teaching. How I respond to God as He is shaping me is the crucial, defining moment I must own. Praise God for BSF.
Thank you for allowing God to mould you, so we can all learn from God through you! I am so thankful that God is still wedging and molding me and doesn’t give up on me!
It sounds like this will be a thought provoking lesson. Encouraging us to dig deep into ourselves to get rid of the”spots” that need to be removed.
very encouraging and challeniging. Thank you
Thank you for Biblical encouragement to help me be in tune with the Lord for His purpose to be accomplished in my life this year.
Amen and Amen @
As a person with a disability and at 65 age, should explore other creative ways to occupy my time, while studying the Bible through BSF. I use to play oboe and an avid gardener. I am progressing with secondary progressive Multiple Sclerosis. Is it silly for me to pursue these other hobbies as I continue to live
I was in a 24-7 prayer room today and there was a bag of promises on folded paper for us to select 3 from. One of the ones I received was’God has already prepared the way, He’s just preparing you’. Then this evening, I watched this video. Our God is so patient with us, that He even repeats himself. How amazing.
I believe since God already knew me before I came out of my mothers womb, I can trust he
always knows when and how to
repair any cracks in my character
or to mold those selfish thoughts
or plans he is the potter I am his Clay to be molded as many times as needed until I become more like him.
I like this answer
This visual of a potter preparing and shaping and firing the clay really has created a truth for me to ponder. During the drying time- I have felt abandoned or punished and sometimes forgotten. It can be scary knowing the fire is next. It helps me meditate on what God has next for me and am I surrendering to His purpose and use of me. It helps me remember others are at different stages in the Potters hands, just like me. Instead of being hurt, offended or judgemental- to anticipate what beauty God has in store for them and admire where we all are in the process. Thank you for sharing this video with us!
To think Biblically is to submit to His, emphasize “His”, will and truth, to know it and live it. Thank you for this encouragement before starting the year ahead.
I enjoy Hollie’s teachings. I am looking forward to this year’s BSF on this subject, especially about Israel.
This helps me to understand that all molding is not of the same texture and why the temperature is hotter for some than others. It depends on the finished product. Thanks for this encouraging lesson.
Hi faye here it bless to apart of the Great God’s, in studying of exile looking to be more empowered by God’s , and his people for his purpose…
I’ve really enjoyed listening to the message on how to be a biblical thinker. I listened to it twice and I understood that “God the Potter” through His word wants to mould me “the clay” into the kind of vessel that is usable in His Kingdom for the purpose for which He created me. I am blessed to be so well prepared for the upcoming study.
I believe that God is molding me as the Potter molds the clay to what He truly wants to bring out in me I surrender to Him in totality. He will bring out the good in me.
As I am a “visual learner” this made me relinquish my life into someone who knows better, and is forming me to be useful for Kingdom work!
I long to experience more of Lord and want to have intercession each other
Let’s be moldable this year!!! God is an amazing potter! I can’t wait to see the glorious ways He will shape us through this study. PTL for what He will accomplish with His clay this year.
I just loved the lecture the story shared was very beautiful.
Loved this. We all need to thank God for taking His time to prepare us to do His will.
Thank you for this teaching. Just what I needed to hear today. Stay put. God is working on me letting go of trying to control things. I need to stop letting my heart be troubled. Praying God help my unbelief.
Clay too soft dry up working just useful .
Our LORD sees impurities slowly condition in order to be shaped.
Waiting period is long useful to him in my circumstances he placed me
Thank you Hollie for that beautiful teaching on the Potter and the clay. It inspires me to keep my eyes on God’s wisdom and God’s holy word and to be teachable in all areas of my life.
Very thankful to hear and receive such wisdom. Praying that I will receive the moment (s) God brings into my life to: Forgiving those who offend me as you God have forgiven my offenses. Teach me Lord to recognize when I am resisting, quarreling/arguing against scripture and questioning your wisdom. I invite the Holy Spirit to teach me to be a Biblical Thinker at all times, and that the righteous truth of God is my truth communicated in every area of my life. Amen.
Thank you! GOD is guiding you Holly to remind us, GOD’S shaping is so healthy & encouraging when we think of the eternal picture not the now circumstance. Psalm 100.
What a wonderful teaching on the Potter and the Clay!! Each step in the process helps create the piece or if not handled properly, will destroy the piece.
So very grateful our Potter is the Master and is working to shape me to be who He wants me to be. I pray that I never try to crawl off the wheel nor avoid the firing He intends for my good and His Glory!!
Thank you . God said no when I wanted to leave my alcoholic husband. He drew me closer to him during that difficult years. Looking back, there’s much pain but there is also many blessings. Ps. My husband stopped drinking.I thank the Lord often.
Is there anyway to get this video? When I click on it it says “ Sorry this video does not exist.
Marcia- I’m so sorry that link is broken! We are working to fix that today
we’ve had many requests for this and watching daily to see if the link has been restored. Keep us posted.
While your body stops working for you, it sounds like your mind is quite alive in there! Find wonderful fellowship in BSF this year. They will pray with you and for you. And Tonyia, I will keep you in my prayers all year long. God bless you on your journey.
This video was sent to me by a friend. However, when I click on it it says, “Sorry this video does not exist. ” Is there any way to get this video?
Jane- it should be working now!
I was blessed by your walk through Isaiah.
Could I get a transcript of this message? I am deaf and would like to just read through it and highlight points for me to meditate on for personal application. Thank you.
Brenda- we will work on providing transcripts with audio moving forward!
Brenda, hope you will share with deaf community BSF’s sign discussion groups BSFonline.org and wordGo.org. Many people do not know about BSF God-sent resources. I just discovered Columbia, Uganda etc. sign differently than ASL also, there was a conferences linguistic scholars discussed endangered Latin American sign languages. Many things to pray for God to provide deaf communities to know Jesus.
Me, too! A transcript would be great.
Is there any way I can download this video. The message was clear and very needed. I would like to share this video with others and the links often disappear over time.
Thank you, John! If you click on the “vimeo” icon in the lower right-hand corner of the video it should take you to an external page where you can download the video. Look for the download icon under the video on that page. Let me know if you have trouble!
Thank you Hollie for your teaching. I praise God for the ministry of BSF and the continual quest to lift God High. This is the perfect message to start 2023.
Hollie mentioned a talk by Dr. Talley about God’s attributes serving as fence posts.
Can you make that message available to us?
Thank you.
This was just what I needed when I needed it. Thank God for shaping me, thanks to the Potter.
Wonderful
Great lesson. I was in a broken marriage for many year and questioned God as to why. What am I doing wrong? Don’t you see God that I am hurting? Do you think my heart is made of brass, or stone? After many years of being exercised up, and down in the spirit – I had become strong. God delivered me out of my circumstance – not by fixing the marriage, but by fixing me. I was the clay God was molding to be a useful vessel for his kingdom. Now I can speak into people lives to encourage them in their circumstances. This is a life-journey. Let us remain on the wheel, and let God do his work, and we be that vessel he can use. Thank you Hollies.
Very true
This was absolutely beautiful, timely and revelant. I really needed this lesson topic towards the Bible Study lesson that I am teaching. Thank YOU for sharing your timely wisdom, and I pray God’s richest blessings on your life!
I loved taking time out of my busy morning to listen to this video! Thank you. I just have one question. I heard A.P. several times during the presentation but didn’t understand what it meant!
I have listened to this twice now and found it so very helpful; thank you very much Hollie.
Thank you , Holly, for that inspiring word on Biblical Thinking! This 85 yr. old body is facing the end of life circumstances, when the potter is refining me for what he intended me to be. It is not easy, but it is necessary, and I can praise God for His love and mercy and amazing grace!
Thank you Hollie. I needed this so much! I’ve found myself frustrated and struggling this year, and now I know why, I tried to be the potter! What a relief to take my place and recognize that God is and had been and will be in control.
Thank you!!!
I have no words… but tears did fall as I listened to this… still falling too…
This teaching has opened my heart even more to the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. Thank you.
Thank you for this powerful and thought-provoking message reflecting the heart of God in our suffering and trials. Can we share this with others as all go through these times?
This is beautiful
What a blessed message. Thank you
Praising God for this wonderful teaching on Biblical thinking in regard to suffering. So very helpful! Thank you!
Thank You Hollie. I enjoyed the message of God being my porter. Very true.
I wish I could save this talk so I could listen to it over and over again to remind myself who God is and what I am. It would awesome to hear this in the times I’m struggling to make sense of daily challenges, when the situation is extremely difficult or in the moments of person tragedy. Especially in those moments when the world is crashing down around me and nothing I can do will fix it, change it, help those involved or even myself. Having the reminder that God has a purpose for all these things from losing my keys to the fire of pain that surrounds my life at time. Thanks. It was a very meaningful reminder of who God really is.
Today is about sixth time I have listened to Roberts presentation on the potter and the clay. Each time just more impactful.
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I LOVED THIS
Thank you Hollie for this message…it spoke to my heart. ❤️🙏
I found this very interesting. My wife has been with BSF for 21 years
Thank you Hollie for the message! It is so touching to be reminded again God is my potter and I am the clay.
Is it okay to post this message on my Facebook b?
Yes! Feel free to share the link to this page and video on your page.
Yes. Thank you this messages reminder me god is potter, he
Going to mould me this time , I have to let him to shapes me .
I have gone through this difficult time , I’m sure god have his plan for my life .
How beautiful the story is thank you for sharing so beautiful illustrated.
Yes life has not turned out the way I planned and to be brutally honest I am struggling and refusing to trust God in my situation. The only reason I will stay put is because yes He knows better and I know He is gentle.
A wonderful reminder of who we are and who is molding us through the good, the bad, and the ugly of life in this world we live in. God is in control but we must be still and listen for His direction through the Holy Spirit.
Thank you Hollie and BFS !!
Biblical Thinking is so profound!!! God uses people and circumstances to shape us, I just got an Aha moment! Thank you so much for that teaching!
I just had a discouraging encounter with a church leader who misunderstood my intention and I was thinking of giving up. I listened to Ms Hollie Roberts sharing again and I just cried. I am learning to receive the moment, to believe that He loves me and is shaping me even through this circumstance.
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Some how I missed this email. I love the story of the Clay and the Potter! I love how God has molded me into who I am. I turned 77 on the 15th and for the first time in a long time I can say I like who I am now. Listening to you was a reminder to me that I’m right where I should. Thank you!
I view BSF as a partner with my pastor, both of whom keep me on the Right path, focused and living on and by the Truth according to the Word of God.
Isaiah 64:8! Thank you Hollie, I enjoyed this message.
Thank you for the truths you’ve spoken of for us; the expectations we should have as God shapes us this year. I feel blessed by your talk and and blessed to be chosen by God for His purposes He has laid out for my life. I feel energized to lead the group in His truths knowing transformations by Him will happen. I look with anticipation for the women to be changed by His Word, and me too! I am happy I am here!
Thank you Hollie for sharing the message. And thank you to your sister whom shared her life with us that we can have a visual. Life changing and challenging as the Potter is providing moments that each of us be molded as we receive moments, resist quarreling and are truthful.
So reassuring, the fire that will not consume me. Humbling message.
Thank God.
Thank you so much for that teaching. Praise God for His wisdom and love as He shapes us into what He would have us be.
Thank you ,Hollie for the teaching on our relationship with God.It is very clear that He is the Potter clearly demonstrated and we are the clay.As the clay,we are still work in progress and with humility we must submit ourselves to His moulding.Without the work of the Potter we are just an underutilised material wasting away.Thanks to your sister for the illustration.
I’m grateful to join again BSF this year. I know without God ‘a WORD I’m nothing May Holy Spirit guard to perceive more. In Jesus Name.
Excellent teaching and blog! I’ll pay more attention to her blogs! As good as our material this year!
Such a good reminder that He is our artist forming us and forging away the impurities
Hollie, thank you for the amazing visual of the potter working with the clay! It is an excellent demonstration of how God takes our brokenness and brings beauty out of it!
This message is a game-changer: powerful, challenging, and so well presented. Thank you, Hollie. Thank You, Lord!!!
Very wonderful words to help us understand sufferings purpose.
Thank you for such beautiful way to see my new path with my God this new year.
Thank you Holly for a wonderful lecture, and Kathrine who so lovingly demonstrated God’s truth to us through
working as a Potter to shape us, the clay. What a wonderful lecture that I needed to listen to twice to allow it to sink into my heart to fully understand God’s truth of forming and shaping us for His purpose and His glory. Thank you for all the God is doing for you and passing on to us God’s amazing work in and thru us by His precious Son,
Jesus.
I enjoyed this message. thank you, Hollie for you encouraging words and reminders to be obedient and surrender all to Jesus daily.
God bless you.
Excellent message! I enjoyed this so much. Such a great reminder that God is the Potter & I am just the clay. Love the illustration of your sister shaping the pieces of clay. I once took a class on pottery; it was difficult; made me realize I am so glad God is in charge of molding my life together!!!!
Thanks again for sharing!!
So beautiful regarding Hod the potter and we the clay, Is it possible to share this beautiful story.
Wonderfully detailed illustration of powerful truth. God has used you to normalize the Christian journey, and to help us embrace the painful times with hope.
May the Lord help us to see God’s faithfulness even in the most challenging situations.
Thank you Hollie for this powerful reminder that there is a lot more God wants to accomplish in and through my life. It woke me up out of a tendency to get complacent in my Role as a CL in BSF and drew me to a greater submission into God’s able and shaping hands.
Thanks you Excective Director cum BSF leader, Hollie Roberts for your sharing a few days ago.The metaphor of the Potter biblically is not only inviting but also empowering to BSFers members.To God be the glory forever more.Amen.
I love the earthly example of the heavenly truth of God. Thank you for this message.
Thank you for the powerful object lesson using the molding of clay to produce a vessel of honor /a Biblical thinker for GOD’s glory in the culture
Love the parallel and truth of God as our Potter. Making usefulness out of a lump of clay.
I can only hope to be available to Him in the process of Him removing my blemishes and impurities. To be even ready to go into the fire… so many steps before being useful. ( I mean moving mountains useful) I pray He guides me into usefulness… and hope for assurance until I get there.
Hollie,
May God continue to bless you in your roll as BSF Executive Director! Your words are truly a blessing to me. “Let His truth reshape my truth” will be my prayer this year, not only for myself, but also for my group members.
Thank you, thank you. I needed to hear this.
I am so thankful that God is my potter. All of my past successes and failures has made me who I am today. Beth Moore stated in her Esther, Bible Study video, “You can not amputate your history from your destiny.” This statement has brought to light why I had to go through all of my struggles. God has been working me to become who I am today and he is not finished with me yet.
This really brought it home to me! Thank you so much!
Thank you, Hollie, for putting a fresh perspective not only on the study this year, but on myself to remember that God has uniquely created me for a purpose designed and planned by Him.
The video brought a memorable visual concept to your message.
What wonderful message this was, I always have known. Of course but the video was a great reminder for us each day. Thanks be to God for His love and care.
Hollie – thank you for this wonderful reminder of the importance of biblical thinking. I’ve always been fascinated by the Truth that God is the Potter and we are the clay (bucket clay) and how much He loves us even when we were lost and shapeless. Such a thought-provoking lesson for all of us as we are molded into the image of Christ in a world that would prefer Him to go away. Thank you so much.
I loved the example and watching the video of the Lady working with clay.
Thank you for sharing this message! And I’m glad the lesson book has several blank pages at the back. They came in handy for those notes!
Would it be alright if I shared the video link with my Re:Generation group?
Angie – yes! We would love for you to share Hollie’s video. So thankful it ministered to you
This is challenging & TRUE!
God is my Potter
Great encouragement
We are the clay. We need to let the potter work on the piece of art that He desires.
Thank you for the great learning message. It was much needed by me.
Loved the visual and the details spent to really prepare us for the “meat” of your message
Loved this, my first BSF lecture
Thanks so much for this Video and message.
Lesson well understood.
God is the potter we are the clay. I’am chosen…making me into into a priceless vessel takes time, patience,attention and devotion. Blessed to be used by Him.
What a blessing! Thanks so much Hollie for your inspiring message and occular demonstration of Isa. 64:8: “Yet you Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the Potter, we are all the work of your hand.”
Thanks Hollie for your talk. Here the clay represents total submission to the plan of the potter-to break it , to hit it to bring to the right consistency, to shape it as he likes and probably to keep it in a furnace to make it useful for others.
Therefore, until we agree for a total submission like this clay God cannot work on us not we can be useful to Him or our neighbours.
Thanks.
Thank you what a Blessing to be part of BSF.Bible study Fellowship. 1. Receive the moment, learn mercy, compassion, be teachable, and learn from friends. He is pressing the hand of God into you Shaping you because He Loves you. Because he knows what you need to be useful. RGive it up, lay it downy Cana trust God. You allow God to work out the hard stops and he will hold on to you even though you did not believe he would watch out for you. He says, stay put, forgive them let me form and shape you. Resist quarreling with God or to question God. We all go through. the fire but our God will not let it consume you. remember you are in the hands of the greatest God, he wants to secure you and prepare you for the fire that will not consume you. Thank you for developing Biblical thinking in us this years as the truth reshapes your truth. He is preparing you for the fire but it will not consume you.
Thank you, hollie,
For the beautiful faith-inspired motivational message.
Blessings to you now and always!
Hollie–wanted to say Thank You for this dynamic and uplifting message. You spoke truth and love of God. I so enjoyed it.
This was a great video presented by Hollie. I loved the passage she used to describe who God is–the potter,
( from Isaiah 64:8). I know more about God and Isaiah now…
Too long to get to a very important message, a lot of very good teachings,, not necessarily needed to take so long to get to the point
A true blessing to hear the lesson on he is the potter & we are the clay!
Thank you, thank you, thank you Hollie!
I am encouraged and inspired by your 3 requests of us at the very end.
First, receive the moments, next, resist quarreling, and the most important to me, remember that we are in the hands of the Greatest Artist EVER known.
Thank you, Almighty God,
Thank the moderator, I related very vividly to the Potter wedging and molding the clay.M y complete lifetime is been on the potter’s table. Ihave never yet completed. And I guess I ‘ll never be. But I trust Jesus Christ to be merciful. Thank you for the Video.Enid
How do you recieve the notes on iine?
Hi Beverly! You can use mybsf.org or the BSF App to access your notes online. Let us know if you need further assistance. If you don’t have an account, you can create one on mybsf.org for free. Thank you!
What a great reminder!!!!
Fabulous and unforgettable illustration.
Blessings 🙏
Thank you for sending this out by email! What a gift of wisdom I received by the Holy Spirit to stop and listen and take in the message!
Thank you for this message.
I thank You so much for the hard labor all of You have been doing for so long!
I Love the Bibles Studies You guys offer and I appreciate all the efforts You all do
to keep the ladies in the word of God
Very encouraging and purpose driven. Recently I have been going through a lot of problems. I know the Lord spoke to me personally. Thank you. God bless you.
I was so touched and encouraged by this message. And it’s so timely for me. Thank you and blessings to you all.
Thank you so much for the great reminder that I am only the clay and my potter prepares me personally priceless and passionately. Very carefully I am made and necessarily shaped up by people situations and circumstances I am shaped up for a
Purpose . I pray that Great God’s Grace and mercies will be upon me to live a life with eternity in mind.
God’s way..not mine…He IS the Potter, the making and molding of me after HIS will until I am yielded to follow His way..His plan..BE..and let Him DO…keep my hands out of it…He’s allowing all the pieces of the puzzle to His expected end and what a picture it will be..
Thank you for this refreshing teaching and timely reminder!
Thanks so much for all the time and energy you have put into this for all of us to reap what God wants us to have in our arsenal to share with others, I know I sure appreciate it and I know others do may God bless you and your work and may we all continue to share this with others God bless you my
Thank you Hollie for this inspiring message. Really thoughtful and truthful also. Thanks for touching me and reminding me Lord all the time that You are the Potter and I am your clay. Shape me to transform my truth with yours and transform those around me.
Beautiful message, knowing that I am priceless, and a clay,the potter can shape me the way he wants.
When we think biblically, we thank our Lord for softening us with the water of Spirit to be the clay to be shaped and to be transformed through fire of Spirit into His vessels – His priceless vessels do NOT need a worldly label.
When we think biblically, we take delight in the Lord, not the in the sense of superiority. The biblical thinking differs from the moralistic thinking in that the moralistic get contentment from self-achievement with the joy found in the sense of superiority. But when we think biblically, we know we are no better than others, and any kind of so called superiority is God’s grace, and until we forget about self-achievement and turn to Lord and think of His love, glory and beauty, we are unable to love at all. And we are not ‘fallen from grace’, because we think biblically, knowing its ‘through the Spirit’ and ‘by faith’. (Galatians 5)
When we think biblically, we may have the same courage and mercies as Elijah and the poor widow had – when we find ourselves as frustrated as Elijah, we still remember His will to bless others, the poor widow and her son, those even more needy; or when we find ourselves as needy as the poor widow, we would still like to feed the other one first, then to ourselves. Lord is merciful, when we are merciful, we are like HIM. Biblical thinking is centered on the story of Jesus Christ, Son of God, who died in the age of 33, and died in shame.
Great message, thank you!
Lord, I thank you for this word in season. I ask that you would help me to submit to your creative hands for your glory and my good.
Thank you that you are the Potter and you know what’s best for me.
Oh for grace to trust you in the hard seasons of life.
In Jesus name, amen 🙏🏽
Father, I give you thanks for you are good. I receive this moment of truth you brought to me through Isaiah 64:8. I ask you Holy Spirit to continue to remind me and teach me that You, Oh Lord, are my Father, I am the clay, and You are my potter; I am the work of Your hand. This is “THE TRUTH” I ask you to replace for “my truth”! In Jesus name, Amen.
I’m not a leader in BSF, but a leader in other areas of life. Thank you for this wonderful lecture and presentation on the Potter and the clay and Biblical Thinking. I was in BSF from 1989 to 2016. Then I got back in this year. I’ve loved the study so far and am grateful to God for all the ways He has maintained the integrity and sound teaching of this organization. I especially loved the illustration of the fence posts as His attributes of protection. I got into BSF in 1989 after my 16-year old son was killed in an accident. I was a young Christian of 4 years at that time. BSF helped to ground me in the truths of Who God is and bring healing to my heart during one of the most painful times of my life. I praise God for all the faithful leaders of BSF and for His continued faithfulness to BSF.
This is a wonderful illustration! Thank you.
Good reminder….remembering who is the potter and who is the clay!
Thanks Hollie the illustrations was perfect May I be the clay in the hand of my Heavenly Father to be obedient to his command and will . It is good to know that there is a purpose for everything that we come across in this life it is shaping us for what is to come
Amazing, amazing. I must watch again.
Wow!!! I need to receive each moment with an expectation for transformation
Very encouraging!! Just what I needed to hear, a Rhema Word.
Great refresher and inspiring message of God’s truths and my reality!
Excellent! Needs to be listened to again an again.
Oh, my goodness. I just finished listening and watching this potter video. That was amazing. I love analogies and this one was perfect. Such insight. Thank you, Hollie
Thank you! I loved hearing this message!
He is an all wise God, may I trust Him fully . Thank you very much for this.
Beautiful. Thanks very much.
Great message for the Believers. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you Hollie, this is an anointed message. Indeed, the point that the clay does not question the Potter resonates with me, particularly when I struggle with unjust things that have happened to me, yet God wants me to forgive and I have been resisting. Also the point about God using our circumstances and people to shape us, and receiving the moment, and not resisting the lessons.
I have been in BSF for over 30 years, in and out of leadership. I can only thank God for shaping my thinking according to his Word. It has guided, shaped and formed me to trust and obey. I am so encouraged. by this video as it has encouraged me to receive each moment as an opportunity for the potter to continue to form me into his image. His hands are safe and his purpose is perfect. Thank you for the continued excellence of teaching God’s word to so many of us. He is glorified.
Wow, beautiful
Great reminder that we are to reflect what God has created. God has us in his hand through thick and thin. Celebrate every moment here on earth with others until we are called home.
Excellent
Dear Ms. Hollie Roberts,
I just watched & listened to your message, on how to be a better “Biblical Thinker.” I absolutely loved that you reminded us as Christians about God being the Potter, and we are the Clay, but more importantly do we consistently trust in God for him to shape and form us for what he personally has in mind for us individually.
As Christians God definitely wants us to go through him & with him, But we have to as human beings to be able to let God be the one who is shaping & forming us and not the other way around.
I would Love to be able to hear more from Hollie Roberts as a person who has been & is a part of BSF more often if possible. Hollie has a gift to speak, and share & pass on God’s word and what he has in mind for all of us at the end of the day. I pray that we can have that opportunity more often to hear from Ms. Hollie Roberts if at all possible. Thank you and God Bless! Lori Hothan
A serious and formidable challenge; Let the truth of the Bible replace my truth!
Something I really have to think about. What is the truth that I profess? Does it reflect Biblical Thinking?
Thank you Hollie for your perfect reminder of our Almighty, All Knowing, Always Present Potter who has us in His capable hands, forming us for His eternal purpose.
I will especially remember that He has prepared us to be “transformed” through the fire not “consumed” by it!
Bless You!
I laughed when you said,” I never once thought I want to be the clay.” Such truth! I want to be the potter! I want to be in control. I wonder how many times He was like… quit trying to crawl off my wheel… I’m trying to form you!
Wow! Lots of important Biblical concepts here! Thank you!
Thank you Hollie. The visual imagery along with your remarks made the points come alive. It was a great way to describe the perspective change new Christians need to take to maximize their relationship with God.
This is a fantastic message for all BSF Leaders! I love this precious reminder. It inspires me more than words can express. I was disappointed with the lack of messages like this extended to the GL/OGL communities with BSF. Having attended many BSF Summits in the past, this year’s Launch left me feeling unfed to a great extent. More videos such as this would have been edifying. Thank you for distributing this most encouraging and edifying message.
My Fellow BSFer, The Launch that I attended equipped me for my role. I realize that I didn’t attend all of it as the Area Teams came in and the TLs came as I was leaving, but I left bathed in prayer, new relationships with fellow leaders, and a solidification of my understanding of my role. I am thankful for the opportunity to be a part of it.
I was mesmerized! Absolutely wonderful message.
The time it takes to be a potter, a lot of work for me to do. My life demands time to be in the WORD and keep getting better for my purpose for God.
Wow! I enjoyed this message. It was much needed. Praises to God and thank you for relaying Hollie!
This was excellent !
Thank you Hollie for teaching the rich inspiration of the words in Bible.
It reminds me who I am and expect to discover what God has been working on me in the midst of hard time. I am blessing to be a BSF member. God is always gracious. Your message helped me to stand on before God and pray again with faith. Love in Jesus and bless you
Thank you Holly. So powerful and just what I needed to hear.
Thank you for sharing this message. I found the analogy of the fence posts so helpful. I pray I can apply it. I thank the Lord for BSF. May His Word keep us all strong.
Biblical interpretation is more correctly. It is useful text for reference. Thanks bsf staff for working hard to present a good course.
Thank you Hollie, this lecture was truly a blessing.
So many Truths!
To God be the Glory!
I will be dwelling on this message – chewing on it.
Thank you Hollie! Thank you BSF! Thank you Jesus!
I truly enjoyed the imagery and the message that it articulated. It was a beautiful, clear picture of me (us) in the hands and on the wheel of our master Potter. I accept the challenge to receive, resist, and remember, and I look forward to becoming a priceless piece of art, shaped by the greatest artist of all time!
God has truly used BSF to “mold and make me” these past 35 years! What a blessing to be able to look back and see how He has brought me through hard circumstances (not without my resistance) to grow into a useful servant. He gave me Isaiah 43 in my most difficult time and I cherish His loving Presence more each day. Thanks to BSF for keeping me in the Word.
Thank you, this message is what some of us need to hear often. Staying within the “ fence post” will allow us to learn to be dependent in all of God’s plans for a full and fruitful life that gives glory to our Heavenly Father!.
Thank you. God has used this to give me discussion direction for my two young adult children who suffer so with the brokenness clinical depression brings. He is the Potter.
As I mourned cleaning the shower this morning and wondering why God has allowed my PTSD to be triggered again….
This message comes to me via BSF online.
God is at work.
Thank you 💕🙏🏻
I needed to hear this. It has me thinking
Wow! This lecture was powerful. Thank you so much for sharing it out. I needed to hear this and was sincerely blessed by it. Thank you Lord for your presence. I will listen to it again in my quiet time. Glory to God for this awesome lecture.
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Thank you, Hollie! I love the illustration of the Potter & your talk. I have seen this process in my life in BSF & my journey with the Lord. Thank you for putting it so succinctly to us. God bless you, Hollie & BSF, in stretching & growing me in the Lord.
This is just a beautiful message. Thank you for the inspiration and encouragement.
This isl refreshing for me. Thank you
Thank you for this lecture this morning. Very thought provoking. Thank you for all you do for God in leading us to his permanent home.
Thank you Hollie for the reminder, the truth, that I am the clay and LORD God, our Father is the potter. My prayer is that the truth may shape my truth.
God’s Word is living and active in this message. It landed deep in my heart, full of instruction, nourishment and life! It causes me to praise Him.
God’s light is brilliantly shining out into dark places and the darkness can not contain it!
Thank you Hollie, thank you BSF for allowing God to flow through you to His body of believers.
Thank you Hollie for your sharing/sermon. I have been Christian since I was a litle girl. Now at my age, I could see how God involvement in my life. How many times I have been complaining, questioning Him when thing’s hard, and rebelling against Him and struggling with my faith to stay true to Him. Praise Him for His faithfulnes and His love, He never gives up.
God still mold me into what He wants for my life according to His purpose. Thank You.
This ministered to me greatly.
I find myself questioning Him as if I know what He designed me for and the process itself.
May God help
Thank you so much Hollie for this reminder of God’s shaping and moulding of my life to prepare me for the fires that come. The illustration by your sister was awesome. I’m really thankful for how God continues to use BSF to deepen my faith and to trust in God wholeheartedly. May God continue to strengthen and bless you as you lead us.
Excellent message because she made connections as to why we revisit or study the Old Testament. It is relevant to understand the past in order to not repeat the pitfalls. The statement of her wanting to be the potter and not the clay was telling for me. Yes the potter does have the skills and taking clay and forming it into something useable is amazing. We are the clay and God knows the outcome. He is molding us. She went on to be thankful for the sources that guide us like the Bible and BSF. I thought her caution to the leaders of the organization was important.
I am his clay.
Absolutely loved this video and the truth about God being our Maker, Creator and Master Artist. Your metaphor really helped solidify the message this week for me (Elijah being prepared for his “stand off” thru the years of eating bread and meat on a daily basis… and the flour
and oil on a daily basis,) all so that he could be solidly strong for his stand off w the Idol priests. Elijah let the Potter do His work in him in a very slow and methodical way.
Thank you for this reminder of who God is!!!
That was great and so timely! We indeed have the masterful design over our lives. He knows the full blueprint and I am so grateful!
Hollie plus Kathryn plus God = a message so valuable. Turning hearts to Jesus
Thank you Holly for the visual of your sister and teaching on Biblical Thinking from Isaiah 64:8. The Lord really spoke to my heart. Applying this to my life every day, will reshape & transform my thinking to His thoughts, to His Truths. Again Thank you. God’s Blessings
WOW! How enlightening to hear your words! It has given me encouragement & enthusiasm!
THANK YOU. A good message and visuals.
Wonderful truth 💖
Your message was so helpful to me as I am going through a fire right now. I’m in the Potter’s hand trusting Him to rid me of impurities to be of use for the work He has called me to do.
I have been a Christian for more than 30 years but I must say that it is through studying the Word of God in BSF in the last 5 years that I am truly alive and living my abundant Christian life as I allowed the Word to correct me and guide me. Thank God for BSF.
Encouraging, convicting and timely. Thank you Hollie.
Blessings be yours.
Lori
Excellent. I’m going to watch this again. I loved the three points at the end about receiving the moments, resisting quarreling and remembering whose hands we are in. I love BSF. Inspired me to heart transformation in this study.
Thank you, Hollie.
What a loving reminder : ” His shaping hand is better than His unshaping.” Though approaching seventy, He has not finished with me, His loving hand is still on me tiII l become what He desigins me for.
Sometimes when a great injustice takes place my mind gets into a frenzy and I wish bad thinhs on the perpetrator. Been seeking HIS help and Sometimes I’m able to overcome it. Bible studies and discussions help me a lot!!
Would love to have a copy of Hollie’s manuscript. This message is awesome. Her words speak volumes and too many time we want to form God instead of having Him form us. Thanks for sharing this message.
If allowable please send me a copy of the transcript.
Wonderful message! Needed message! Thank you!
Beautifully presented for a greater understanding of God’s love for us, always shaping our life and always for His glory. Hallelujah and Amen.
Congratulations! I am so thankful to be back in BSF. I was there for 11 years .Left to Foster Children .
Wow I’m so blessed. Loved the end statement in His time each one of us will come out of the fire as a priceless peace of Art for His glory. (If we surrender to the potter’s Will)
May each one of us be transformed by Biblical thinking.
Great teaching! Thank you.
Very profound teaching.Am I shaping GOD or am I allowing GOD to shape me.I am reminded daily that as I choose to surrender to HIM and to HIS perfect will that FATHER knows best.I may not understand it but I choose to believe and trust that HE knows what is best for me.
Be blessed Hollie
Very encouraging, thank you Hollie
My daughter asked me, why does God not kill Satan? I told her that God punished Satan by sending him (Lucifer) to hell.
But, the lessons from 1 Kings 22:22 and Isaiah 64:8, I can now explain to her that God allows Satan to carry out His will to shape us to be His children.
Truly we r fearfully n wonderfully made. Help us God to know who we are.
I am overwhelmed by the touch of this practical lesson from Director Hollie, you have really tackled my point of confusion “why am I passing through hardships yet non believers are walking on a smooth path”
May God bless you my sister in Christ
Thank you so much for this enlightening reminder and teaching @Hollie.I realize I have struggled with this mindset of being the potter and have missed opportunities to be moulded as clay in God’s hands.My greatest takeaway is to trust God to help me not to be a ‘Super spiritual quallelrer’..I surrender all of me.So help me God and transform me
I love the visual of the potter. I don’t think I’ll ever forget how much effort goes in to readying that clay for the fire. Thank you for this thoughtful message that my heart needed for so many reasons,
Thank you Lord let me be still like the Clay that I am and wait patiently for you to mould me to your will, so I can be more useful in every way. Amen
This is so beautiful and eye opening, indeed God is my potter, and when He is done with kneading, shaping and molding me, I will be a perfect vessel for His purpose.
Thank you so much for this message.
Wow… This video is so vivid!
Lord, help me to submit as you expertly work on me as the Potter. 🙇🏾♀🙏🏼
Hollie,
Your illustration is just enough description of our relation with God. He really knows all the conditions we need to get to our right form. I bless God for this message.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Thank you for the insightful sharing on what God has in the current study. I appreciate being a part of the BSF community that has helped me grow. God bless you all
Thank you Hollie. A Beautiful reminder of God as my Potter, I am His clay. Loved it, a timely message indeed. God bless and use you more for His Glory
This is very good, it has helped me to see myself as the clay that needs a potter for it to be useful. Without Him I can do nothing. He only has a plan and a purpose for my life. My work is to yield and surrender in His hands. My prayer is that not my will but His.
Thanks Hollie. It really spoke to me about letting The truth shape my truth. I want God to lead me and transform me to be like Him.
Very blessed by this. Thank you Lord for putting the words into your mouth to encourage me.
Thank you Lord for speaking through Hollie. What a great honor and privilege to be shaped and to used for His purpose.
Thank you for this talk illustrated by your sister Katherine’s craft. To me your message expressed a glimpse of our Lord’s love and patience in producing a fruit of His spirit. John 15:1-8
Lord thank you that you are my potter and you know what you want to make me help me to remember the to be the biblical thinker. Thanks for the Word.
Thanks for this very inspiring talk. May we know that God is shaping us, transforming us and making us into what He has originally designed us to be. Praise the Lord for all His patience and persevering love for us. 🙏🙏🙏🌈🙏🙏🙏
The video of the clay prep and shaping was powerful! It really made the verse come alive. Very challenging message. This is my first year as a BSF leader and I want to become a Biblical thinker.
Thanks
This is so much encouraging. Thank you!
This message has dramatically helped me understand my position of being clay and GOD the Potter. Now I know that when I experience challenging situations, GOD, the potter, is moulding me and cutting off things or habits I don’t need. I pray for patience while I’m being set, so I become the kind of pot GOD has in mind.
Thank you for sharing, this example was very helpful. I love BSF , this is my 4th year, 3 have been in childrens leadership. I have grown up in Christ with BSF, teachings, fellow sisters, sweet children and mostly through the Holy Spirit.
Thank You, Lord, that You will never leave us nor forsake us;
we are Your clay in love with You; Your hands upon us
leave Your fingerprints.
Dear Hollie, thank you for the timely reminder that He is the potter and how often, we tend to take over from Him to be the potter relying on our own strength and understanding. The “moulding” process is no easy path or experience for the clay. I wish the process can be shorter and less excruciating but I am reminded to trust the potter who has the end in mind while He meticulously wedges, cut, and mould me. The heat from the fire at times can be unbearable, but without the heat, the clay will remain soft and useless. I pray that God will continue to strengthen me and grant me the patience to be still in this process.
Wonderful reminder..
For you are the Potter
I am the clay
Mold me and make me
This is what I pray
Many times I wanted to be the potter instead of the clay. I’m sorry Lord, please make me your clay. Amen
Thank you, Holly and BSF, for facilitating our growth to maturity and magnify our Lord.
Thank you so much, Hollie. This is just what I desperately needed to hear. I’ve never doubted God’s goodness, but doubt has crept in around the edges about why I’m in that place that seems so unfruitful. I’ve learned when the same message comes in from multiple trustworthy sources it’s from God and it’s for me. I know what He wants and I’ve been quarreling with Him. Thank you for pushing me to do the hard stuff. God bless you and the leadership at BSF. I’m eternally grateful for all that you do.
(Just for the record, I actually do know some of this OT stuff because the original Israel and the Minor Prophets study revolutionized my faith! I still have my Bible color coded for the kings of Judah and Israel. I’m loving going through it again. 😇)
Thanks be to God… He is my Potter. 🙏
This was such a beautiful presentation on God’s transforming power and sanctification process. I haven’t always submitted willingly and that made the situation worse. So grateful for the grace and mercy of our Lord. This also reminds me to be patient with others. Thank you
Thank you!
Love this! Always loved that God is potter forming us! But never knew it took so much to prepare the clay! Of course He has His work to work on me!
This doesn’t seem grounded in Biblical history to me. What do we do with Jacob who physically wrestled with God, what do we do with the Psalms filled with crying out to him, what do we do with Jesus who said take this cup from me as he wrestled in prayer with what lay ahead? Taking away our humanity and agency in our lives in this way, making us only lump of clay, doesn’t make us more like Jesus or bring God more glory. We are stewards and priests and need to view our lives as opportunities to grow in these roles. I love BSF and am praying for all BSF leadership and member to have wisdom as they study God’s Holy Word this year. Would love this talk to be more solidly grounded in His Word, a larger portion than just the one phrase.
Hollie’s comments were exactly what I needed to hear. I am on The Potter’s wheel and I want to be transformed for His good purposes and even though I feel unworthy, I know He knows exactly what His purpose is for my life and I willingly and earnestly want to be and do what He has in mind for my life in service to Him because He first loved me.
I needed to hear this. Thank you,
Lord for your unconditional love and continually shaping me for your purpose; you have for me.
You are my potter, I am your clay.
❤
A very timely reminder of His sovereignty. Often times we forget He is the creator we are His creations. I like the part of Him purifying and preparing us and transform us for the “fire” ie life’s challenges and storms of life in this fallen world. The who is shaping whom is so relevant and real. The gradual and subtlety warning we must all take heed.
Thank you for the illustration. The message has deeply sunk. Perfect reminder that God is in the process of shaping me through people and circumstances.
Thank you, Hollie , your message is a reminder for me, God is the Potter, I am the clay. I learn to accept every trial , let Him mode me without fear to accomplish His purpose for my life.
I am loving this bible study. I am learning about God’s love and we can trust him. God wants the best for us
Thank you Hollie for sharing what God has laid on your heart. I realize I am right where I need to be amongst other ladies striving to live our lives as God would have us to do. The blessings come as we continue to be the best we can be, not on our own but with a Savior who not only cares but gave His life for us.
May we all be very pliable as the Lord works on us . Thank you for sharing.Molly
That was awesome Holly isn’t that just what God does to us!
Thank you Lord for making me in your image! You Lord are the Potter and me what you made!
The is a very inspiring presentation! Thanks for sharing.
Just like Catherine, as a potter, loves and sees her clay as a great, complete and finished masterpiece… so does God loves, shapes and sees us in His own image and likeness as the righteousness in His son, Jesus.
Lord God help me be the type of clay You can shape into a vessel useful for Your purpose.
Help me Lord to be the clay that You can shape into the vessel useful for Your purpose.
What a wonderful lecture to shape our thinking this year and beyond!
Thank you, Hollie, for allowing God to shape you and use you as He shapes us!
Thank you for sharing! What awesome thoughts that God is the potter still working on me.
May we be molded and shaped by His mighty hand, for The LORD knows His purpose; He has a plan. May we yield, ever thankful, for what He has done: for sending His Savior, His own beloved Son…to save us and guide us and show us His way. Let’s all rejoice and praise Him, and serve Him today!
As a visual learner I appreciated this message so much. I don’t think I will ever think of the potter and the clay in the same way. Thank you!
Jesus…The Potter*
When a potter makes jars out of clay, he has a right to use the same lump of clay to make jars for different purposes. God does not make useless pottery. While some pots may be for decoration, others may be used for work, and others may be used to show the skill and power of the potter. The point is, all pots have a purpose, and so do you.
In life, we all have some pain. This pain often causes us to self-protect and isolate ourselves to prevent further hurt. Sadly, the pain from these wounds distort the truth that God loves us and wants to have a close relationship with us…this very truth is what can set us free! When we have trust in God, and become focused on Him, we create an opportunity for God to heal our broken heart and make us a blessing to others.
The answer ultimately lies in finding the courage to surrender yourself, and your problems, to God. Reading God’s word and allowing Him to be your potter and renew your thinking requires making a conscious choice, and a commitment, to make God a priority in your life.
God wants to partner with each of us, but it first requires that we must yield to Him and trust in the future destiny He has for us. We must have faith in God and His love for us because faith is the key ingredient in our clay. God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).
This new life in God will help you with your new life on earth, because your mind will become focused on good things and the love of God. If you completely trust God and surrender to His love, you may even become a source of clay that God will use to help others who may be in your similar situation. Because you have been there in the darkness, you may become a living testimony of God’s redemptive love and power that may help others begin a new life and walk in His light. You must know and remember that God does work in mysterious ways and in His own time, so do not ever doubt Him!
If you want to take the next step, read Isiah 45:9 where we are compared to the potter’s clay. We, the clay cannot be in control and tell the potter how to shape us. We must make a commitment and yield to the potter by giving Him our total effort and trust, that with our faith and time for healing, we will become like a functional pot with purpose, so that may be used in the service to others.
Remember, God does not make useless pottery!
Source: Having the Mind of Christ by David E. McFadden
Beautiful! Thank you Hollie
I am so very grateful for your message. Thank you for your inspiring words. It truly touched my heart.
For God’s Sake, Shirlee Padgette
Thank you!! This was so rich in truth. I have always struggled with my value/worth from negative early messages. What a beautiful visual with the clay. And daily my wonderful Lord, is crafting me. I am obligated to obey.
The fire will not consume me! I love the truth that all the trials and and trouble I experience in the world will only refine me and God is the Master of His creation. What He created, He will not leave.
Wow I like to learn and be what GOD wants me to be!!! I will pray that I remember this!!! Thank you and GOD Bless you!!!
Thank you for sharing this lecture with us. The Old Testament can be difficult to understand and reading it through this analogy of the potter puts everything into perspective and allows me to be challenged into fine tuning my own biblical thinking.
Prayerfully I will remover to receive, resist and remember everything God has for me this year.
An awakening message !
Am I shaping God or God shapes me !
Self check and ponder what is biblical thinking.
This Is Great Teachings for Us. It Blessed me too because I be thinking it’s my fault or something with me why things haven’t happened yet. So that is a Blessing to me.
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
Great lesson about molding and patience. Thank you
Very inspiring and touching lesson especially with the potter shaping video👍
It will be God’s will.
I lost my husband in July.
BSF has been what I need now.
Purified and prepared—-because He loves us—-the Fire comes for all of us —-we are not consumed; we are transformed!
I have this scripture beautifully framed in my kitchen—-I read it all day long—-today, Through this teaching, it is like a burning bush—-thank you.
I praise GOD for BSF. Learning more and more of GOD’S aattributes. He is Our Potter and we are HIS Clay. HE has planned who and what HE WANTS us to be.
Wonderful, Hollie. Thank you ~ Lisa
Thank you so much for sharing this video with us! I appreciate Hollie’s teaching. I desire to think biblically. This is my first year in BSF and I already have been challenged, encouraged and convicted. I appreciate the lectures and materials we have to help us along our spiritual journey. Wonderful stuff for sure!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS THOUGHT-PROVOKING, BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF MY IDENTITY, RELATIVE TO MY POTTER, “THE POTTER”! I’M SURE I WILL REWATCH THIS. I AM A BIBLICAL THINKER…MORE SO EACH DAY! THANK YOU BSF!
Hello Hollie
Thank you for wonderful meaningful presentation. May God bless you, your family and gifted sister who illustrates a beautiful witness for our Lord.❤️
Timely
You have no idea how much I needed to hear this this morning. Thank you for such a wonderful & timely message. The video was so helpful as I can replay it again & again in my mind. Visual is great for me. What a blessing it was – even if I’m crying!
I ve always wanted to join BSF bible fellowship but in vain ,can you assist but just for online classes and soft copy study
Hi Simon! We have many ways of joining BSF. You can go to https://www.bsfonline.org/mygroup/group to join an online group, you can use https://www.bsfinternational.org/trybsf/ to study samples of our lessons/notes, and you can download WordGo on the app or google play store to study BSF at your own pace. Hope this was helpful!
Very powerful. How incredibly ridiculous is it to imagine the clay quarreling with the potter? Or attempting to resist the potter’s will? The clay is worthless and unusable apart from the potter’s design and development.
You have offered me a visual reminder of what it means to submit to transformation. I pray that God will bring it to mind during the hard moments.
Thank you.
Very helpful for what I’m going through now. Losing my son and daughter and then my husband. BSF has been a huge blessing in my life
this year.
Excellent ideas to ponder – thinking Biblically, thinking about the Potter.
The Song, Change My Heart Oh God
Make it ever true
Change my heart oh God
May I be like You
Lord, You are the Potter and I am the clay
Mold me and make me
This is what I pray
Lord, I need Your Spirit, Lord, I need Your grace;
Help me to run this Christian race
This video is timely to allow me to reflect am I thinking biblically and allowing The truth be the truth in my life. This is truly a loaded question to ponder.
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Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way;
Thou art the potter, I am the clay.
Mold me and make me after Thy will
While I am waiting, yielded and still.
Have Thine own way, Lord, have Thine own way;
Hold o’er my being absolute sway.
Fill with Thy goodness ’till all can see
Christ only, always, living in me.
Truth!!
This is my first full year
Thank you Hollie. What a way of sharing the massage that shows how God’s grace and love for me is everlasting and patient! He takes His time to shape me because He knows me so well to bring me to where He’s satisfied…Halleluyah. Will continue to work on my obedience to seve Him, He being my shield.