Saturday, September 21, 2013

God Refining as Silver

YOGAFAITH INSTRUCTOR & TRAINER
MICHELLE THIELEN NOTES

 CHAMPIONS EDGE GYM
AUBURN, WA
9/22/13

REFINE { to purify }
re·fine
-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 pure.
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.