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Week 2, Day 7 "Let us hold firmly to the hope we confessed, because we can trust God to do what He promised." Hebrews 10:23 NCV God doesn't want what's good for you. God wants what's best for you. No matter the circumstances surrounding you, God wants to do great things in and through your life. He is working on your behalf. In order to endure the refining process, take a stand in knowing that
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Week 2, Day 6 "Those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed. Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor." Proverbs 11:25 TPT As the heat is turned up in the refining process, it's easy to be self-focused and consumed by everything happening around us. God tells us to not only keep our eyes
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Week 2, Day 5 Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you.” Ephesians 3:20 TPT The Bible says that God always keeps His promises. He cannot lie and His word cannot return to Him void; it will accomplish His purpose.
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Week 2, Day 4 "If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; but when they attend to what He reveals, they are most blessed." Proverbs 29:18 MSG Although I love to travel, I always find myself wanting to get to my destination in the shortest amount of time. If I sense the traffic is moving too slow, I immediately look for a shortcut to avoid the path I'm on. In
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Week 2, Day 3 "We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us- they help us learn to be patient. And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady." Romans 5:3-4 TLB We may not be able to shorten the refining process, but we
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Week 2, Day 2 "Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials. Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing." James 1:2-4 AMP The purposes of trials are for the
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[One Step] Where are You, Lord? What are You doing? Why haven't I received my promise yet? Why do others have it so easy? Why are you letting others walk in my blessing and not me? If you've been walking with the Lord for some time, waiting on His promise to materialize, you've most likely asked any number of these questions. And there's a good chance you've felt confused, frustrated, or even discouraged during this
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Week 1, Day 7 "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns." Philippians 1:6 NLT As we walk out our individual refining processes, we must begin every day with an attitude and willingness to sacrifice and submit. We give ourselves over to the One who transforms us by His Word and by His Spirit.
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Week 1, Day 6 "But God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:10b-11 NIV Letting go of parts of ourselves that we have grown familiar with can feel painful. It’s easy to make excuses for our ways by
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Week 1, Day 5 "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain