Series: Switch Title: A Pottery Class Text: Jeremiah 18:1-6, Mark 8:34-36 ______
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Welcome & Icebreaker What is the funniest sign you have ever seen? What about the church sign that read, “Whoever stole our AC unit, keep it, it’s hot where you’re going!”
Action Step Follow-up Ask your group members how it went as they took a deeper look at Jesus (switched back to him) over the last week.
Biblical Teaching Read Jeremiah 18:1-6. In this passage, God is using his prophet Jeremiah to warn Judah of impending wrath should the people not repent and turn to God. God commands Jeremiah to visit the potter’s house and see his work. The potter has power over the clay and through working it, makes it useful. Much like God has power over us and will make us useful if we yield to his ways.
1. There is always tension about who is in control. We all want to be in control, especially related to our lives, our direction, our purpose, our actions. We want to be the potter, but we’re not. We’re the clay. Describe a time and situation in your life when you fought to be in control.
2. The clay has been marred. We are marred. We are not perfect. Are we ok with being the clay? Can we admit that we are marred? We need molded into something that has much more value and worth than before. Without the work of the potter on the clay, the clay is destroyed and of no value. Describe a situation in your past in which you knew for sure that God’s intent was to mold you. How did that feel? How did you know that it was God?