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Sometimes we have to be torn down to be built up.

sometimes we have to be torn down to be built up.

(NKJV) 10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.

10 For You, O God, have tested us;

Chapter 3 1 Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek,And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.2

But who will endure the day of his coming?

And who can stand when he appears?For he is like the refiner’s fire, or like the fuller’s lye. 3 He will sit refining and purifying (silver),

Chapter 3

1 Lo, I am sending my messenger

to prepare the way before me;

And suddenly there will come to the temple

the LORD whom you seek,

You have refined us as silver is refined.

And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.

why we go through transition:

Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts.

2 But who will endure the day of his coming?

And who can stand when he appears?

For he is like the refiner’s fire,

or like the fuller’s lye.

3 He will sit refining and purifying (silver),

Joseph was very comfortable with the favor that he had with his earthly father.

i’m not sure that he was he was as comfortable with his relationship with his heavenly Father.

Joseph was very comfortable with the favor that he had with his earthly father.

i’m not sure that he was he was as comfortable with his relationship with his heavenly Father.

Joseph was very comfortable with the favor that he had with his earthly father.

i’m not sure that he was he was as comfortable with his relationship with his heavenly Father.

Joseph was very comfortable with the favor that he had with his earthly father.

i’m not sure that he was he was as comfortable with his relationship with his heavenly Father.

Joseph had to grow through the process of preparation:

He had to under go some shifting to understand the blessing of favor

b: of or relating to earthly life

(NKJV) Wealth ; 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye.

If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.

If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and mammon.

25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.

Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not of more value than they?

27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek.

For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

he had to be shifted to understand the value of his gifts (NKJV) 16 A man’s gift makes room for him, And brings him before great men.

Wealth

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19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

22 “The lamp of the body is the eye.

If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.

23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.

If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

this is one of those verses that people like to quote, but few people realize how to apply these things.

the reason we don't worry about these things is because God has a plan to provide for these things that we need.

24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and mammon.

25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.

Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.

Are you not of more value than they?

27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek.

For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things.

Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

16 A man’s gift makes room for him,

Merriam-Webster, I. (2003).

Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary.

(Eleventh ed.).

Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.

And brings him before great men.