“Honing is My word for this day. I AM honing My people. I AM honing the skills, and hearing, and interpreting of My prophets. I AM honing and purifying My church, My ekklesia. I AM honing the hearts of all My People to hear Me better, see with spiritual eyes, and to enlarge their hearts to follow Me completely – and Me alone.

“This process of honing and purifying is not an easy one. It is a process of burning off, letting go, and clinging to Me alone. It is a process of great FAITH. Allow this process, as you see it around you, and as it pertains to YOU, to not cause you fear or anxiety, but to bring you great Delight. You can Delight in Me through My refinement process to the extent that you Trust Me. If you doubt Me, if you do not believe in My ultimate Love for you, that I seek only good for you, you will be overwhelmed and miserable. It is only when you give yourself wholly to My refining fire that you can praise Me and Delight in Me while IN the fire. You can know that I AM preparing you for far greater works in My Kingdom. Faith to go through My honing and refining leads to further strength of soul and spirit, to deeper rooting of yourself in Me. So allow Me to do My perfect work in you. Do not resist, do not complain. Do not rush to ask Me to lighten the circumstances of your refining. Ask Me to finish the work according to My perfect plan. Lean into Me. TRUST ME. And you shall shine for Me as never before. This is your path to VICTORY.

“Spoken by your Lord God, who LOVES you enough to refine and purify you in My sight.”
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Notes:

I John 4:1: Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Amos 3:7: Surely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets.

I Corinthians 14:3: But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. 

1 Thessalonians 5:20-21: Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good.

Revelation 19:10: For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Ephesians 5:26-27: …so that He might sanctify [His church], having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless.

Psalm 119:32: I shall run the way of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

James 4:8: Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.

Zechariah 13:9: And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are my people,’” and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

I Peter 1:3-9: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.

Daniel 12:10: Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.

Philippians 2:13: …for it is God who is at work in you, both to desire and to work for His good pleasure.

Psalm 138:8: The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.

I Peter 1:15-16: But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Philippians 1:6: …being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 12:25-29:  See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

I Corinthians 15:57: But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.