#195 Refinement Requires You To Release

About this episode

The episode discusses the necessity of letting go for spiritual growth, using biblical references to illustrate the concept of refinement through affliction.

Send us Fan Mail Refinement sounds beautiful until it starts asking you to release what you swore you’d never put down. We’re talking about separation, purification, and letting go through the lens of Isaiah 48:10, where God says He chooses us in the furnace of affliction. That furnace is not proof you’re rejected, it’s often proof you’re being refined. I walk through five scriptural reasons letting go is not optional if we want spiritual growth. We unpack Isaiah 43:18–19 and the “new thing”...

People in this episode

Hosts: Catherine, Michael

Topics covered

• refinement
• spiritual growth
• letting go
• purification
• separation

Keywords

• refinement
• spiritual growth
• letting go
• Isaiah
• purification

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Isaiah 48:10, Isaiah 43:18–19

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