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The Clay Pot Co. just a clay pot that longs to be filled and used for God’s glory | Corinthians 2:5-7🪴

From Thanksgiving until now, I have had Austin Bahm’s voice in my head. I sat underneath his teaching for three and a ha...
12/17/2024

From Thanksgiving until now, I have had Austin Bahm’s voice in my head. I sat underneath his teaching for three and a half years at TBCU during my time in Hattiesburg. He began every Wednesday night with a statement, “I’m Austin Bahm and I *get to* be the college pastor at Temple Baptist Church.” Although this became a running joke within the college ministry, ending in novelty t-shirts, that phrase has stuck with me even as I’ve moved past college and into the workforce.

I work as a middle school English teacher, and any of my fellow teachers or school staff know that the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas break can only be described as hectic, to put it kindly. I have had many days in the last few weeks where I have wanted to hibernate until the next break. It is so easy to get bogged down in our jobs or everyday lives and have our minds shift to “I have to…” “I have to get lesson plans in,” “I have to stay late grading projects,” “I have to make study guides and tests for each class,” and the list could go on and on. However, every time I got overwhelmed and overstimulated, which was often, I heard his voice in my head, “I get to…”

It has reminded me of all of the blessings the Lord has given me and the place that he’s allowed me to serve in. I am not just a middle school English teacher. I am a middle school English teacher who teaches at a Christian school where we have the ability everyday to share the gospel in plain words and with the use of Scripture. I can have lessons centered around Christ everyday, even though I teach English. Everyday I encounter 76 students in my classroom. I have 76 souls who I am responsible for teaching not only English but also the gospel.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 is a highly quoted verse that tells us as Christians what God’s will for our lives is. It is to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances.” This is a great reminder to us as we go about our lives to focus on what matters and to “not grow weary in well doing,” as 2 Thessalonians 3:13 states. But we also must be mindful of the verses before and after this set. The following verses, specifically 23-24, remind us of who enables us to do these things. We are unable to “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances,” without Christ. It is through his redemption that we have the ability to carry out God’s will, and it is through his continual sanctification that we are able to walk in accordance with that will. Yet even when we fail in this life, we can hold fast to his promise that, “He who called you is faithful; he will surely do it.” This is a promise that you will be sanctified completely when you meet Jesus face to face. You will not get it right everyday while on earth, but we set our hope on the One who is coming back again, One who will redeem and sanctity us fully what we have only seen in part until now.

What a blessed hope we have to serve a faithful God who has given us a job to do until he takes us home. We *get to* serve him, we *get to* tell his story, and we *get to* glorify his name among the nations. Let this be our attitude when we meet challenges, we *get to.*

“When I gaze upon His beauty, when I see Him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward, for His glory and my good. I w...
06/20/2024

“When I gaze upon His beauty, when I see Him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward, for His glory and my good. I will boast ever only in the Lord my God, for I know, His glory is my good.” -His Glory and My Good: CityAlight

“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬-‭30‬

Romans 8:28 is often used a verse to falsely assure people that “all things work together for good.” however when the rest of 28 and the following verses are not applied, the true meaning of the verse is lost. this good is not a subjective good for each individual, because if what you consider to be “good” is in opposition to what brings God glory, it is not good. the good in this passage is that God “predestined [us] to be conformed to the image of his Son,” that he chose to save. this salvation brings him glory, and is for our good✨

Hello! My name is Brenley Lippert and I am the creator, writer, and designer of The Clay Pot Co. I have a passion for so...
05/20/2024

Hello! My name is Brenley Lippert and I am the creator, writer, and designer of The Clay Pot Co. I have a passion for sound doctrine and designing, and this page is the combination of those two loves.

Why the name, The Clay Pot Co.?
Numerous times throughout Scripture, God is referred to as the Potter and we, as his creation, are referred to as clay or vessels. This description of our relationship to the Lord, is one that I hold on to. It emphasizes the fact that God is the one who has created and equipped us for “every good work” (2 Timothy 2:21, 3:17), and that we are not in control (which is a great comfort to me as someone who strives to be in control of all situations, but fails often). This description shows that we are simply vessels, created by the Lord, to be of use to him in spreading his Word and telling of his glory. We proclaim a message that is not ourselves but is Jesus Christ as Lord (2 Corinthians 4:5). God uses lowly clay pots as his messengers to show the “power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Corinthians 4:7).

This is why I chose the name The Clay Pot Co., and the tagline “Just a clay pot that longs to be filled and used for God’s glory.” That is the ultimate desire of my heart, that my life can be of use to the Lord in furthering his kingdom.🪴

because He lives.”There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of...
03/31/2024

because He lives.

”There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.” Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭

why is Good Friday good?if Jesus was simply a good teacher or a prophet, Friday would surely not be considered good. but...
03/29/2024

why is Good Friday good?

if Jesus was simply a good teacher or a prophet, Friday would surely not be considered good. but we know that Jesus is so much more than a teacher or a prophet— He is the Son of God, the Lord of heaven and earth. if God is not sovereign, Friday would not be good. but we know that Jesus was, “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” (Acts 2:23). Jesus’ death did not take God by surprise. Friday is good because God’s plan of reconciliation, from before the foundations of the earth, was set in motion. God’s plan of redemption that is echoed across the pages of Scripture was about to be fulfilled.

Friday is good because Sunday is coming🤍

hosanna, he saves us | John 12:12-19🌿“They had not the keys of the city to present to him, nor the sword nor mace to car...
03/24/2024

hosanna, he saves us | John 12:12-19🌿

“They had not the keys of the city to present to him, nor the sword nor mace to carry before him, none of the city music to compliment him with, but such as they had they gave him; and even this despicable crowd was a faint resemblance of that glorious company which John saw ‘before the throne, and before the Lamb,’ Rev. 7:9, 10. Though these were not before the throne, they were before the Lamb, the paschal Lamb, who now, according to the usual ceremony, four days before the feast, was set apart to be sacrificed for us.” -Matthew Henry

a life without a blemish, the Maker made to die. the Creator of the universe, came to die, so that we could be reconcile...
03/16/2024

a life without a blemish, the Maker made to die.

the Creator of the universe, came to die, so that we could be reconciled to Him. our response is worship and to live a life that glorifies the name of the One who saves🤍

“They who were picked up at the sea of Galilee, had not the advantages and improvements, no, not of the more polished Ga...
02/14/2024

“They who were picked up at the sea of Galilee, had not the advantages and improvements, no, not of the more polished Galileans; yet thither Christ went, to call his apostles that were to be the prime ministers of state in his kingdom, for he chooses the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise.

It is Jesus Christ that makes them so; I will make you fishers of men. It is he that qualifies men for this work, calls them to it, authorizes them in it, gives them commission to fish for souls, and wisdom to win them.”

Matthew Henry on Matthew 4🎣

Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37:26-28). He was thrown into prison after being falsely accused (...
01/18/2024

Joseph was sold into slavery by his brothers (Genesis 37:26-28). He was thrown into prison after being falsely accused (Genesis 39:17-21). But the Lord orchestrated Joseph’s life, even the hardships, to save his people from famine and bring glory to himself. The Lord allowed Joseph to look at the same brothers who sold him and say, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today” (Genesis 50:20).

Ruth’s husband died. She chose to follow her bitter mother-in-law Naomi to Bethlehem, even when given the choice to stay in her home country of Moab, which her sister-in-law did. Ruth moved from the only home she had ever known to follow Naomi who had nothing to offer her (Ruth 1:3-22). Ruth would be provided for and redeemed by Boaz (Ruth 4:1-12). The Lord blessed Naomi and Ruth by giving her a son, Obed, the grandfather of David (Ruth 4:13-22). A Moabite woman, who was left with nothing but a bitter mother-in-law, is in the lineage of Christ (Matthew 1:5).

Esther was a Jewish exile in Persia who was chosen to become the new queen. An official, Haman, had a plot to kill all of the Jews. God used Esther’s position “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14) to save his people from the hand of Haman.

Job lost everything, yet in his despair cried out, “For I know that my Redeemer lives” (Job 19:25).

All of these Old Testament accounts have one central theme: God’s sovereign hand leading. As Christians we can trust that God is plotting the course, even when it seems dire. We believe in a God who is able to work all things for His glory and our good, not just those we deem as good. All things. We agree with Paul when he says, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us” (Romans 8:18). We rejoice and rest in the knowledge that our God is sovereign, even over suffering.

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“Your life is a boat, the world is the sea, and the waves are suffering of any kind, adversity, frustration, things that...
01/10/2024

“Your life is a boat, the world is the sea, and the waves are suffering of any kind, adversity, frustration, things that are going to upset your boat and drown you, and ballast is the weight in the bottom of the boat that makes it harder for the waves to tip you over. I think ballast, the heart of the ballast, is the sovereignty of God, that God is absolutely sovereign. So, if you in this conference confirm and really believe in the all pervasive, sovereign God, you will not be fragile. We want you to go home able to be so strong, so deep, so knowing who you are in Christ, that anybody can revile you and it won’t paralyze you, it won’t blow you over. That’s the only way that the world is going to be reached, that the nations are going to be reached. The sovereignty of God is the ballast in your boat. And I’ll add one thing, the sovereignty of God will do nobody any good unless he is for you. ‘For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and whose whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things’ (Romans 8:29-31). You’ve got to be confident of that. God is going to give you all things. In fact, you have them already.” John Piper

As we begin this new year, I have been thinking about that word, new. For the believer the word new means so much more b...
01/03/2024

As we begin this new year, I have been thinking about that word, new. For the believer the word new means so much more because we have been made new in Christ and are “a new creation,” (2 Corinthians 5:17). I have been studying Titus 3 where Paul writes, “He saved us… by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.”

Regenerate:// to generate or produce again, to replace by a new growth of tissue, to give new life, to revive.
Renew:// to make like new, restore to freshness, vigor, or perfection.

In Christ, we have been given new life and are gifted the Holy Spirit, and only through him are we able to do any good work. Before his divine interruption, we lived lives like the one outlined in verse 3, unable to seek after a holy God, but he chose to save.

“Not for foreseen works of ours, but his own free grace and mercy alone. Works must be in the saved, but not among the causes of his salvation; they are the way to the kingdom, not the meriting price of it; all is upon the principle of undeserved favor and mercy from first to last. Election is of grace: we are chosen to be holy, not because it was antecedently seen that we should be so. Faith and all saving graces are God’s free gift and his work; the beginning, the increase, and perfection of them in glory, all are from him.” Matthew Henry

My prayer for this year is to not lose sight of what God has done in my life and to continually be “transformed by the renewal of [my] mind,” (Romans 12:2) and to “be obedient and ready for every good work,” (vs.1) by the power of his regenerative grace!

all glory to Jesus forever, we lift high the name of our Savior✨
12/25/2023

all glory to Jesus forever, we lift high the name of our Savior✨

“Come, Thou long expected Jesus,” has been the cry of the ages since the fall of man in Genesis 3. Since then, “I will p...
12/09/2023

“Come, Thou long expected Jesus,” has been the cry of the ages since the fall of man in Genesis 3. Since then, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel,” (Genesis 3:15) the world has been awaiting this Offspring, this Savior. The whole Old Testament points towards this Messiah. Isaiah prophesies, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace,” (9:6). This Christmas season, we celebrate the appearance of this Messiah, Jesus Christ. The long awaited Savior, who was born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem and who would die a criminal’s death and who would be resurrected from the grave, had finally come. But today, some 2,000 years after His birth, we still cry out “Come, Thou long expected Jesus,” as we await His second coming and the ultimate salvation from sin. We cry out with John who wrote in 96 AD, “He who testifies these things says, ‘Surely, I am coming soon.’ Amen. Come Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20). We sing today with hope, “By Thine all sufficient merit, raise us to Thy glorious throne!”❤️

how did I start to believe, that you aren’t sufficient for me? You are more than able. Who am I to deny what the Lord ca...
10/26/2023

how did I start to believe, that you aren’t sufficient for me? You are more than able. Who am I to deny what the Lord can do?
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Ephesians 3:14-21

what does it mean to be fully known? to be fully known is to have someone know everything about you, both significant an...
10/17/2023

what does it mean to be fully known?
to be fully known is to have someone know everything about you, both significant and insignificant. there is no one in this world that knows me fully, and i often feel as if i don't even know myself fully. but there is One who does.

"If you have succeeded, as I have, in not telling everybody or anybody about everything, you haven’t succeeded with Jesus. He knows absolutely everything about you. There are no secrets. You are totally, completely known by Jesus. That’s amazing. The person who matters most, knows most. The person whose judgment is all-important, knows all. Let that sink in. You are totally known—totally. You’ve never had a feeling, you’ve never had a thought, you’ve never done a deed, there’s not been a twitch in your brain or in your heart or in your body, that he hasn’t known fully and completely—vastly more fully than you know." John Piper

to be known intimately by the Creator of the universe can be a scary thought, but for the believer it is a great comfort. "Jesus is willing to love you, knowing everything about you," John Piper. how comforting is it to know that Jesus knows all that i have ever done or ever will do, yet he chose to die in order that i might have a relationship with Him. what a blessing it is to be fully known and fully loved by God.🤍

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