Oct 23 2025 … Iron Sharpens Iron …

Oct 23 2025 … Iron Sharpens Iron … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...    and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics, from the group, Christian Anderson Band,  singing As Iron Sharpens, … calling Christians to realize that we grow in our faith when life sharpens us through the trials of life.

Highlight Passage: … Proverbs 27:17  … [NLT] … 

17 As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.  

… Solomon teaches believers that iron must be sharpened by iron to be shaped as God designs. 

Highlight Passage in Context:  Proverbs 27:17-27 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows believers that we grow in our faith by going through the trials of life.

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Reference Passage: … Job 23:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Job testifies that when God tests him (and us) we come out as gold being purified by fire.

Reference Passage: … Psalms 66:10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… King David sings of fellow believers being tested in life like silver is purified by fire.

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 17:3   [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Solomon shows that God tests the hearts of the faithful like gold and silver are purified by fire.

Reference Passage: … Zechariah 13:9 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God testifies, through the Prophet, that He will purify His people like gold/silver are purified in the fires. 

Reference Passage:…  1Corinthians 3:13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   Paul teaches truth to fellow Christians about how fire will reveal the purity of faith in those who come before the Lord at the Judgment when Jesus returns. 

Reference Passage: …  1Peter 1:6-7  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   Peter assures persecuted and oppressed Christians that their trials and sorrows are testing them as gold/silver are purified by fire.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author,  Leslie Koh …  USE THS LNK -      …  wrote about Louise, a project manager for a company who had taken on a project where Louise wondered why the people involved were so difficult; and as the trials of the project went on, she realized that the trials of the experience were teaching her how to get along more effectively with difficult people.

And I think that all who believe in the truth of God’s word, shared above, will admit that God shapens us into Christlikeness primarily - and most effectively - though the trials of life.  And I’m going through some fiery trials right now.   How about you?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … Lord … for giving me Your enabling grace to deal with the trials I face today. 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... Thank You, Lord, for shaping us into Your image by testing us thru the fires of life.… Amen

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