Bible Stories for Kids › Week 20: Far from Home › Day 136

The Potter and the Clay

A Bible story for kids from Jeremiah 18:1–12. Day 136 of 365.

God told Jeremiah, “Go to the potter's house.” Jeremiah watched the potter shape clay into a pot on a spinning wheel.

The pot got squished and messed up. So the potter squished it into a ball and started again, making a new pot.

God said, “I am like the potter, and you are like the clay. I can shape you into something beautiful.”

Key Verse

Like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.Jeremiah 18:6, ESV

Talk About It

If God is the potter, what do you think He is shaping in you?

Story Questions

What was the potter making?

A clay pot

What did the potter do when the pot got messed up?

Started again

Who is like the potter?

God

Try This Today

Play with clay or playdough. Make something, squish it, and make something new.

Pray Together

God, you are the potter and I am the clay. Shape me into what you want. Amen.