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The Potter and the Clay

Jeremiah: The Weeping Prophet

Day 73of 180
Week 15of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how God shapes our lives like a potter shapes clay

2

Recognize God's sovereignty and ability to remake broken things

3

Develop compassion for God's patient redemptive plan

📖 Scripture Connection

Jeremiah 18:6

“'House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter does?' says Yahweh. 'Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.'”

— Jeremiah 18:6 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's ability to reshape and restore His people

📦 Materials Needed

  • Clay or playdough
  • Small pottery or ceramic piece
  • World English Bible
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Worksheet from BibleMouse Printables Library
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Review yesterday's lesson about Jeremiah's challenging prophetic call

💭 Review Question: What made Jeremiah's job as a prophet difficult?
2Teaching (8 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore God's message through Jeremiah at the potter's house

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jeremiah watched a potter reshape a damaged clay vessel
  • God compared His relationship with Israel to a potter and clay
  • God can remake and restore what seems broken
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How might God want to reshape something in your life?
  • What does it mean that God is in control?
3Activity: Pottery Shaping Demonstration (10 min)
object lesson

Children will experience reshaping clay to understand God's transformative power

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child a small piece of clay
  2. Create an initial shape
  3. Deliberately 'break' the shape
  4. Demonstrate how the clay can be reshaped into something new
  5. Discuss how this represents God's redemptive work
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child reshape clay

Challenge: Create a specific meaningful object from broken clay pieces

4Closing (3 min)

Summarize how God can remake our lives

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about God today?
  • How does God work to restore broken things?
🙏 Prayer:

Lord, help us trust You to reshape our lives according to Your perfect plan

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about God's promise of a new covenant

💎 Memory Verse

Jeremiah 1:5

“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.”

— Jeremiah 1:5 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Potter's Clay Verse Tracing: Children trace the verse on a clay tablet while reciting it

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Jeremiah's pottery lesson illustrates God's sovereignty and redemptive power

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle language about 'reshaping'
  • Emphasize God's love during transformation
  • Allow children to ask questions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find the concept of God's sovereignty abstract

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of God's ability to restore and remake

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a 'broken and restored' art project
  • Write a prayer about trusting God's plan
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library worksheet on Jeremiah's object lesson

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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