Broken People, Broken Ways, Broken Spirit

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Broken People

Psalms 69:19 "You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed; all my enemies are before you. 20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none."

Broken People

Psalms 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. 17 Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.

Broken Ways

Jeremiah 2:13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

Broken Ways

Sin # 1 Forsaking God

Broken Ways

Jeremiah 2:13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water...

Broken Ways

John 4 - never thirst again…

Broken Ways

Sin # 2 Replacing God

Broken Ways

Jeremiah 2:13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

• Validation• Appreciation• Sense of importance• Feeling loved• Approval

Human water (deepest needs)

• Career• Finances • Marriage• Children• Ministry• Feelings

Areas of life that "need to go well"

Broken Ways

Cisterns break

Broken Ways

Jeremiah 2:13 "My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water."

Broken Ways

Ezekiel 30:22 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt. I will break both his arms, the good arm as well as the broken one, and make the sword fall from his hand."

Broken Spirit

Jeremiah 31:31 "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,

Broken Spirit

32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant which they broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD.

Broken Spirit

Isaiah 66:2 All these things my hand has made, and so all these things are mine, says the LORD. But this is the man to whom I will look, he that is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Broken Spirit

A time of repentance

Psalms 51:16 For thou hast no delight in sacrifice; were I to give a burnt offering, thou wouldst not be pleased.

Broken Spirit

17 The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Broken Spirit

A time of restoration!

Job 5:17 "Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.

Broken Spirit

18 For He wounds, but he binds up; He smites, but His hands heal."

Broken Spirit

Amos 9:11 "In that day I will restore David's fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be,

Broken Spirit

A time of rebuilding!

Isaiah 58:12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Broken Spirit

Isaiah 1:28 But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.