CRUCIBLE VERSES
The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts. Prov. 17:13
Hide God’s Word in your heart by memorizing it. Treasure it because it helps us not to sin against God (Psalm 119:19). Also, if you are feeling like you are in the fog, His Word is a light to your path (Psalm 119:105). Personalize these words, look them up and get the context. Then when the crucible moments come, have these Words of God ready to use. They are your sword of the Spirit. Also use your power to pray in those moments. And reach out to your brothers in Christ--you are not alone!
February: John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” [This is Jesus talking!]
March: John 15:15
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” [This is Jesus talking!]
April: Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
May: 1 John 4:4
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
June: Psalm 139:14
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.
July: Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, [39] nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
August: 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light
September: 2 Timothy 1:9
He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of His own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
October: Ephesians 4:1-3
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
November: Psalm 1:1-2
Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
who does not walk in step with the wicked
