Me: Sanctified and holy, God calls us to be Yielding to our sin leads to captivity It pleases God when we choose to obey We are not in darkness but we are children of the day Lord: I dispense My mercy, on whom I see fit to give It is not by man’s desire I choose to forgive I have given grace to those I want to pardon It’s My choice alone to decide which hearts to harden The Potter has the right to form His lump of clay The vessel has no rights, the clay pot has no say Everything I make will show forth My glory My might and My power will be shown in every story I deposit light in some vessels that I make Supplying the oil for all who will partake Will you let your light shine to display My glory? When walking through the darkness of earth’s territory Debbie Furey July 6, 2023 1 Thessalonians 4:3-6 – “It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before.” Romans 9:14-18 – “What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 – “But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. 5 You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.” 1 Thessalonians 4:1-10, 5:1-11 Romans 9 Isaiah 60:1–3