YOGAFAITH INSTRUCTOR & TRAINER
MICHELLE THIELEN NOTES
CHAMPIONS
EDGE GYM
AUBURN, WA
9/22/13
REFINE
{ to purify }
-to
bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities:
-to
refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
-To
purify from what is coarse, vulgar, make
elegant or cultured.
-To
bring to a finer state or form by purifying
To
make more fine, subtle, or precise
To
become more fine, elegant, or polished.
The
prophet Zechariah wrote these words of the Lord“…but
a third will be left in the land I will bring that group through the
fire and make them pure, just as gold and silver are refined and
purified by fire. They will call on my name, and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord
is our God.’Zech 13:8-9
1
Peter 1:7
So
that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold
that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in
praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah
48:10
Behold,
I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the
furnace of affliction.
1
Peter 5:10
And
after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has
called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore,
confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Job
23:10
But he
knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as
gold.
1
Peter 1:6
In
this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you
have been grieved by various trials,
Proverbs
17:3 The
crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord
tests hearts.