Saturday's Scripture Story
for the Week

Parable of the Potter

Jeremiah 18:1-10

1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. 4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me. 6 He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. 7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, 8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned. 9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, 10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it.

Prayer

Father God, I know that my life is in Your hands, including my messes. As I pray for Your help, remind me that You’re also graciously working in the lives of others with their messes. May we all live by grace in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hook Questions

Use these questions with your group when you are using Bible stories as central to your time together.

What is the most valuable thing(s) you have broken?

Bible Storying's Core Questions

What did you like (or learn new) about the story?
What did you not like (or not understand) about it?
What are the various people doing in the story? With whom do you identify within the story?
What is God doing in the story?
What might God be asking of you triggered by this story? How is He challenging you?