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Who We Are… Who We Are…

PREPARING the soil, PLANTING the seed, PROMOTING the growth, PRODUCING the harvest

that will feed the world with the love of Christ.

PREPARING the soil, PLANTING the seed, PROMOTING the growth, PRODUCING the harvest

that will feed the world with the love of Christ.

Planting the Seed… Planting the Seed… Malachi 3 Malachi 3

Planting...

- To put or set in the ground for growth.

- To establish or implant...

Seed...

- An air bubble in a glass piece, caused by a defective firing process.

4 Stages of Glass Firing 1. Heating 2. Forming

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Forming...

Higher the heat, the greater the change in shape & appearance. Too hot - Puddled & Amorphous

Takes a Master...

One who KNOWS what they are doing!

4 Stages of Glass Firing 1. Heating 2. Forming

3. Annealing 4. Cooling

Remember... Many a fine project has been ruined

by a lack of patience.

1 “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

Malachi 3 2 But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

2 But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.

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3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver...

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver...

6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”

6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”

6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.”

Refiner’s Fire...

Perfect temperature and perfect timing for purification.

6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

1 Peter 1:6-7

7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith - of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire - may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver...

Jeremiah 6:29-30 29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver...

29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver...

29 The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; the wicked are not purged out. 30 They are called rejected silver...

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He loves us too much

To leave us where we are Or force us against our will

We have a choice... The seed we plant will be the harvest we reap. The seed we plant will be the harvest we reap.

Let’s choose... ...growth ...to be refined ...obedience.

So that He sees His image in us

&, therefore, Others see & experience

Him THROUGH us!

Planting the Seed… Planting the Seed… Malachi 3 Malachi 3