Isaiah 55:8,9 (Understand God Uses Imperfect Vessels)

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"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the LORD.

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"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

2 Chronicles 16:9 (Depend on God)

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For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.

Exodus 15:11,13 (Know Your Potter)

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Who among the gods is like you, O LORD? Who is like you--majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

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In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed.

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (Accept Yourself as God's Chosen Vessel)

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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

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All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.

Philippians 2:3,4 (Be Emptied to Make Room for God)

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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

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Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.

1 John 1:9 (Allow God to Cleanse You)

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

Ephesians 5:18-20 (Be Filled with the Living Water)

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Be filled with the Spirit.

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Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,

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always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Psalm 130:5,6 (Wait to Hear God's Voice)

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I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

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My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 90:12 (Pour Your Life as God Directs)

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Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

John 15:5 (Experience the Joy of Being a Vessel)

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I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Excerpt taken from "A Ten-Week Journey to Becoming A Vessel God Can Use" by Donna Partow.

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