Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

What we say in private we must be willing to say with a heart burning with love and honor before the face of our leaders. If not, we will poison our spirits and it will manifest in the presence of our leaders.

I am so tired of criticalness being called discernment. Do you want to know true discernment? Paul said "That your love may abound in all discernment." When you are willing to die for somebody that is when you are actually discerning them. Jesus could call the Pharisees hypocrites and snakes because he went to the cross and died for them. So the next time you are quote "discerning" about somebody ask yourselves the question could you die for them? If you can`t say yes, you're critical because the love of God is to lay down your life for them, and discernment is rooted only in love. Got it?

We are like horses that must be broken; basically that one should submit to a pastor even if he is wrong.

True humility is absolute obedience and dependence on God. It puts Him first, others second, and ourselves third in all things.

Our response to an offense determines our future.