Category: Ministry

2 Corinthians 4:6-7 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not...

Genesis 24:15a& 17-19 Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. The servant hurried to meet her and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.” “Drink, my lord,” she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink. After she had...

1 Kings 17:14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’ “The Widow’s Jar and Jug” In ancient times, two-handled ceramic jugs with a...

Jeremiah 18:4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. “Reshaped Jar” The art of pottery involves ‘kneading’, ‘shaping’ and ‘firing’ ordinary clay into durable hard ceramic pots, jars and utensils. The kneading process...

John 4:28-29 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” “Abandoned Jar” In ancient times when running water was a luxury; women would go to the wells to draw water...

John 2:6-7 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. “Ceremonial Stone Jars” Stone jars, unlike pottery made out of clay, were considered “ceremonially clean”...

Judges 7:19 Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. “Broken Jars” Pottery and pitchers were household essentials in ancient Israel. Undecorated vessels...