2009-10-01T17:43:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/refiner/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi%203:2&version=NIV 2009-10-01T17:43:44-05:00 Malachi says that no one will be able to endure the day of the LORD. It will be like the refiner's fire, which is extraordinarily hot and unbearable. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-reason-for-the-heat-5776 2009-09-10T10:35:34-05:00 God may be using the fire right now to get you to examine some corners of your heart or of your life that you've never really surrendered fully to His Lordship. He may use the oven to show you junk you've accumulated that has to go before He can take you to the next level. He wants to enlarge your view of Him and to prepare you for greater things.