2009-09-27T21:25:40-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/dross/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2025:4&version=NIV 2009-09-27T21:25:40-05:00 Just as unwanted and excess material must be removed from gold or silver before it acquires its value, so we must sometimes go through the fires of purification in our own lives to bring out our true potential as servants of God.