Jere 18:4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.  Then the word of the Lord came to me saying: "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?", says the Lord. "Look as the clay is in the potters hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel! The instant I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from it's evil, I well relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.  "And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a Kingdom,to build and to plant it,if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good  with which I said I would benefit it. Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good" And they said, "That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.".............God gives us room to repent. Sometimes we can ruin something good in our lives by compromising and falling into sin. The longer we fight God, the more damage we do The longer we hide from God the harder our heart becomes and the easier it is to reject the conviction. God, we need Your grace and mercy. Be merciful to us in that we are unable to resist Your conviction in our lives. Show us Your grace by not giving us peace until we fully repent. Keep us in the fire until what needs to be burned of is completely burned off.

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