# Broken Pot - The Book of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles and Jeremiah

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 8 Jan 2024, 14 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 126. Called by God to deliver a tough message to the people of Israel, Jeremiah initially hesitates, feeling too young and inadequate. God reassures him, promising protection and the words to speak. Despite the danger and resistance he faces, Jeremiah faithfully conveys God's warnings of coming punishment through the Babylonian armies. His deep sorrow for his people's disobedience leads to fervent prayers, but God remains resolute, illustrating His intentions through the analogy of the potter and the clay. The episode climaxes with Jeremiah's dramatic act of breaking a clay pot before the leaders, symbolizing the impending destruction of Israel. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you that you want us to belong
[0:02] Speaker 1: to you. Please help us to have eyes that see
[0:04] Speaker 1: things like you do, and hands that serve others like
[0:07] Speaker 1: you do, and a heart that loves others like you do.
[0:30] Speaker 1: Teach us through this story about Jeremiah how we can
[0:33] Speaker 1: be more like you every day. We love you so much.
[0:37] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen.
[0:41] Speaker 2: Thank you for praying with us today. The Kids Bible
[0:44] Speaker 2: in a Year podcast is sponsored by Little Passports, delivering
[0:47] Speaker 2: monthly activity kit subscriptions that help kids explore the world,
[0:51] Speaker 2: cultivate curiosity, and discover new interests with hands-on crafts and
[0:56] Speaker 2: activities in cooking, science, crafts, and more. Broken Pot In
[1:00] Speaker 2: our last story, we learned about the rule of Josiah,
[1:04] Speaker 2: how he had the temple restored and observed.
[1:09] Speaker 3: The Passover properly, but he died in battle against Egypt.
[1:28] Speaker 3: In this story, we will learn how Jeremiah was appointed
[1:32] Speaker 3: prophet during the reign of Josiah, as inspired by 2 Kings,
[1:37] Speaker 3: 2 Chronicles, and Jeremiah.
[1:45] Speaker 1: Hi again, it's Julia Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[1:48] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so excited you're here with me today.
[1:52] Speaker 1: We are going to hear how God used a clay
[1:55] Speaker 1: pot to teach his people who they... And everyone they
[2:00] Speaker 1: had really belonged to. It's such a cool story. Let's
[2:04] Speaker 1: dive in.
[2:08] Speaker 3: When King Josiah was ruling over the land of Israel,
[2:12] Speaker 3: God asked Jeremiah to be his messenger and tell the
[2:16] Speaker 3: people in the land what he wanted them to know.
[2:19] Speaker 3: God said to Jeremiah, I need you to go to
[2:23] Speaker 3: the people of Israel and say to them, you've all
[2:25] Speaker 3: been doing bad things. and are not following my commands.
[2:30] Speaker 3: I will send the armies of Babylon to take you away.
[2:33] Speaker 3: You will not be able to get away because I,
[2:36] Speaker 3: the Lord your God, am the one that is allowing
[2:39] Speaker 3: them to take you. Jeremiah became scared because of this
[2:44] Speaker 3: big thing that God was asking him to do. He
[2:47] Speaker 3: responded saying, God, I can't do this.
[2:52] Speaker 2: I am so young.
[2:53] Speaker 1: I am not good at speaking in front of a
[2:55] Speaker 1: lot of people.
[2:56] Speaker 3: Even though Jeremiah was so unsure of himself, God reassured him. Jeremiah,
[3:02] Speaker 3: I have chosen you. You can do this. I chose
[3:06] Speaker 3: you for this very important job long before you were
[3:09] Speaker 3: even born.
[3:10] Speaker 2: Don't be afraid, because I.
[3:12] Speaker 3: Will tell you exactly what to say. When you tell
[3:16] Speaker 3: them my words, they will become angry and ignore what
[3:20] Speaker 3: you have to say. Some will even try to kill you.
[3:24] Speaker 3: But I will be right by your side, and protect
[3:27] Speaker 3: you every day of your life. For many years after
[3:31] Speaker 3: that day, God continued to speak to Jeremiah, and he
[3:35] Speaker 3: continued to tell the people of the punishments that were
[3:38] Speaker 3: coming for their bad works. He constantly told them why
[3:42] Speaker 3: God was punishing them, but they never listened. He tried
[3:47] Speaker 3: getting them to stop doing bad, but they still never listened.
[3:53] Speaker 3: Jeremiah became very sad that they would not listen to
[3:56] Speaker 3: God and continued to do bad things. He got so
[4:00] Speaker 3: upset that he began praying and crying out for God
[4:02] Speaker 3: to forgive them. God responded to his prayers, saying, Jeremiah,
[4:08] Speaker 3: these people continue to do bad even though they have
[4:11] Speaker 3: been told of their punishment. I will not listen to
[4:15] Speaker 3: your cries because if Babylon does not take them, they
[4:18] Speaker 3: will never turn to me. It has been too long
[4:22] Speaker 3: that they have not looked to me, and I have
[4:24] Speaker 3: made my decision. To help Jeremiah understand why he is
[4:29] Speaker 3: punishing his people, God told him to go to the
[4:32] Speaker 3: potter's house. When Jeremiah got there, the potter was molding
[4:37] Speaker 3: a jar out of clay. The wheel was turning, and
[4:39] Speaker 3: the hands of the potter were shaping the clay gently. Suddenly,
[4:43] Speaker 3: the potter noticed that there was a crack in the
[4:45] Speaker 3: clay jar that he was making. If this crack were
[4:49] Speaker 3: not fixed... Then when the jar was finished, it could
[4:51] Speaker 3: not hold water and serve its purpose. So the potter
[4:55] Speaker 3: crushed the clay back into a ball and started over.
[5:00] Speaker 3: God said to Jeremiah, Did you see what the potter did?
[5:04] Speaker 3: This is exactly what I am doing for Israel. They
[5:09] Speaker 3: are like clay in my hands. It is necessary that
[5:13] Speaker 3: I crush them so I can reshape them and they
[5:16] Speaker 3: can fulfill their purpose. God then told Jeremiah to buy
[5:21] Speaker 3: a clay pot from the potter and take it to
[5:24] Speaker 3: the rulers of Israel. Jeremiah did as God instructed him
[5:28] Speaker 3: to do, and he stood in front of the leaders
[5:30] Speaker 3: of the city. God wanted to tell the people what
[5:35] Speaker 3: he had just told Jeremiah. You turned from God and
[5:39] Speaker 3: you worship other gods. You need to listen to what
[5:43] Speaker 3: he is trying to tell you. Jeremiah then threw the
[5:46] Speaker 3: pot on the ground and it shattered into pieces that
[5:49] Speaker 3: flew across the ground. Jeremiah then told them what God said.
[5:54] Speaker 3: God has said that he will destroy your city and
[5:57] Speaker 3: just like this clay pot, you will be shattered into pieces.
[6:01] Speaker 3: All of your people will be taken away and your
[6:04] Speaker 3: city will be in ruins. One of the priests became
[6:08] Speaker 3: angry with Jeremiah for saying these words because he thought
[6:11] Speaker 3: they were lies. He thought that Jeremiah was pretending to
[6:15] Speaker 3: speak the words of God. He hit Jeremiah and locked
[6:19] Speaker 3: him up for an entire day. Then when the priest
[6:22] Speaker 3: went to release Jeremiah, the next day he again spoke
[6:27] Speaker 3: words from God. Because of what you did, you will
[6:31] Speaker 3: now watch God's words come true. Before you die, you
[6:35] Speaker 3: will see the city be destroyed and will watch in
[6:38] Speaker 3: fear as your friends get taken. Then You will yourself
[6:44] Speaker 3: be taken, and you will die there. Israel went through
[6:48] Speaker 3: two more kings before that time came, but the priest
[6:53] Speaker 3: remained alive, as God said, until that day.
[7:01] Speaker 1: In today's story, we met a prophet named Jeremiah. And
[7:05] Speaker 1: just like God started working through King Josiah when he
[7:08] Speaker 1: was young, God also started working through Jeremiah when he
[7:12] Speaker 1: was young. You see, God loves using people of all shapes, sizes, ages,
[7:17] Speaker 1: and abilities to share his love with the world. You
[7:21] Speaker 1: could be a grade schooler or a grandma, a junior
[7:25] Speaker 1: high student, or a mom or dad, and work in
[7:28] Speaker 1: a factory, an office, a church, or a restaurant, on TV.
[7:34] Speaker 1: No matter who you are or where you are, you
[7:37] Speaker 1: are incredibly special to God. He made you. And when
[7:41] Speaker 1: you say yes to him, he'll use you right where
[7:46] Speaker 1: you are to do important work for him. That might
[7:49] Speaker 1: be sharing something God says in the Bible or encouraging
[7:54] Speaker 1: a person who feels sad or giving someone a snack
[7:58] Speaker 1: or a hug. Helping people understand that God loves them
[8:03] Speaker 1: and how to love God back is the greatest work
[8:06] Speaker 1: you and I can do. And there are so many
[8:10] Speaker 1: ways that we can do it. Whenever we become a
[8:13] Speaker 1: Christian and accept Christ as our Savior, then we get
[8:18] Speaker 1: the most important job of all. It's sharing Jesus with
[8:23] Speaker 1: other people, with our friends, with our family, with people
[8:27] Speaker 1: we're in class with or play sports with. We want
[8:30] Speaker 1: them to know how to go to heaven since we
[8:34] Speaker 1: know how. In fact, I don't think there's anything better
[8:38] Speaker 1: in the whole wide world than knowing you're working with
[8:41] Speaker 1: God to share his love and forgiveness and hope with everybody.
[8:46] Speaker 1: It might not be easy, but it's the best story ever.
[8:51] Speaker 1: That's what Jeremiah learned in our story today. He and
[8:56] Speaker 1: an artist who made pottery called a potter worked with
[9:00] Speaker 1: God to give an important message to the leaders of Judah.
[9:04] Speaker 1: Do you remember what happened? For years and years, God's
[9:08] Speaker 1: people had been disobeying him. They'd been worshiping worthless idols
[9:13] Speaker 1: instead of him. This made the people angry, selfish, and sad.
[9:18] Speaker 1: That's because loving anything more than you love God, it
[9:22] Speaker 1: always makes you angry, selfish, and sad. What made matters
[9:27] Speaker 1: worse is that God had made it clear to his
[9:30] Speaker 1: people if they obeyed him, goodness and blessing would follow.
[9:35] Speaker 1: They'd live happily ever after in the beautiful, wonderful land
[9:39] Speaker 1: he had given them. But if they disobeyed God, discipline
[9:43] Speaker 1: would follow. They'd have to leave their beautiful, wonderful land
[9:47] Speaker 1: and be put in a timeout far, far away. The
[9:52] Speaker 1: people had definitely been disobeying God, and it was Jeremiah's
[9:56] Speaker 1: job to tell them. Now, everyone in Judah had heard
[10:00] Speaker 1: God's words. And they knew what he said in their heads.
[10:04] Speaker 1: But not in their hearts. In their hearts, the people
[10:09] Speaker 1: who were angry, selfish, and sad loved the word, mine.
[10:14] Speaker 1: Whenever they looked at their houses and stuff, their hearts said, mine. Mine.
[10:19] Speaker 1: And whenever they looked at their jobs or their influence
[10:22] Speaker 1: over others, their heart said, mine. And whenever they looked
[10:27] Speaker 1: in the mirror and thought about their strengths and abilities,
[10:31] Speaker 1: their heart said, mine. But when God looked down at
[10:35] Speaker 1: his people that he had made and the land he
[10:39] Speaker 1: had given them and the food he'd made grow, And
[10:44] Speaker 1: the rain he caused to fall and the air he'd
[10:48] Speaker 1: given them to breathe. Mine, he said. And he was right.
[10:53] Speaker 1: That's why a clay pot was the perfect picture for
[10:57] Speaker 1: Jeremiah to use to help people understand. They didn't belong
[11:02] Speaker 1: to themselves. God made them to do important work. And
[11:06] Speaker 1: they were not doing it. The potter knew how to mold, shape,
[11:11] Speaker 1: and reshape. the clay to make a strong, sturdy pot.
[11:16] Speaker 1: The clay couldn't shape itself. It depended on the potter
[11:19] Speaker 1: to make it into something useful. In the same way,
[11:23] Speaker 1: God shapes all of us into something useful. He molds
[11:27] Speaker 1: everyone into different shapes, sizes, ages, and abilities so we
[11:32] Speaker 1: can share his love with the world. And when he
[11:35] Speaker 1: looks at you, his loving heart tenderly says, mine. That's
[11:42] Speaker 1: why there's nothing better in the whole world than taking
[11:45] Speaker 1: your stuff, strength, self, and everything in your life and
[11:49] Speaker 1: saying back to God, yours. Use it to do important
[11:54] Speaker 1: work for you. It might not always be easy, but
[11:58] Speaker 1: it is the best. I'm so happy you joined me today.
[12:01] Speaker 1: Come back next time to hear how Israel's king and
[12:04] Speaker 1: priests chose not to believe Jeremiah, but a terrible lie instead.
[12:10] Speaker 1: And what happened next? Remember, the Bible is the best
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