“I have refined you, but not as silver is refined…” (Isaiah 48:10 NLT). Refining silver begins with valuable, precious metal. Although the dross must be separated from it, it is still a precious metal in its quality and character. When God begins refining us, we are wretched, sinful, and undone.…

Isaiah 48:10  “I have not refined you as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering” (NLT). Several years ago, while in the midst of a deep trial and threats upon our lives from our work in the city, the Spirit of the Lord led…

Pain is temporary: It may last a minute, an hour, a day or a year, but eventually it will subside and be replaced by something else. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Grace is more powerful than sin, more powerful than shame, more powerful than guilt, more powerful than our mind and flesh, more powerful than what we have done and what’s been done to us.

God is always moving! His purposes never cease.

“One thing, only, O Father, do I ask: Cease not to labor for my betterment. In whatsoever manner it be, let me turn to You and become fruitful in good works.”

Worship is not about us; it is wholly and completely about God…