another vessel. In doing so, while working the potter’s wheel, he was cutting up his hands and his blood was getting into the new vessel. In that new vessel, with his blood in it, was made more whole and more perfect. So, tonight, I’d like to welcome you all into the potter’s house. The Lord said, ‘Oh house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter’? I pray that whatever is broken in your life right now, I pray that when you leave here, it will be a bit more whole.” Pastor Hampton then welcomed those in the audience and began to talk about faith. “Somebody is going to leave here with a different understanding about faith,” said Hampton. “The one thing that I’ve come to realize, and I believe all of you can agree, that pretty much everything about our lives – faith has something to do with it. But sometimes we have not channeled (our faith) to the degree to which it can be beneficial to how we are to progress from one dynamic to another.” Pastor Hampton began to talk about understanding how to be better in utilizing that faith that God has given each of us, how does one gain faith, maintain faith, some of the consequences of losing one’s faith, and where does one end up when they do not have any faith? “Two weeks ago, we funeralized one of our brothers, a good, faithful member of our church,” said Hampton. “His wife is sitting right over there right now. We had to transition the sanctuary to a degree so that we could accommodate the funeral services. The table that is sitting here with the flower and the vase, we moved it to another room. After all the services were over, I was bringing the table back out to 2
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