There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

1:15–16). It is unforgiveness, bitterness, strife, envy, and malice that defile the vessel internally. THE FORMATION PROCESS God has placed His treasure in earthen vessels (2 Cor. 4:7). Earthen vessels were formed from clay taken from the earth, just as the first man, Adam, was created from the ground (Gen. 2:7). Clay at times can become so dry that it becomes unworkable and will not bend under the hand of the maker; at times believers can experience spiritual dry spells in which they cease to grow or mature. Just like the children of Israel in the wilderness, they are camped in one place, bored with the routine, or going in circles around the same mountain over and over. If the dry spells do not impact them, then their spiritual balance may be the next area where their development is hindered. When the clay is on the potter’s wheel, the formation can actually get off balance, off center, and out of shape, causing the potter to have no other choice but to crush the clay and begin reforming another vessel from the same clay. I have seen this when believers fall into a sin, leave church, and return. They must lay again a foundation of good works and do their first works over (Rev. 2:5). A third area in the formation process on the potter’s wheel is when small stones are mixed in with the clay, or hard lumps appear in the walls of the future vessel. These must be removed, or during the firing process when the clay is being