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Psalms 34:16

The Lord is near to those who have a

BROKEN heart. And saves such as have a

CONTRITE spirit.

Contrite

something that is

‘crushed into small

particles’ or ‘ground

into powder’.

Psalm 51:16

King David said to God :

“ For You do not desire sacrifice,

or else I would give it…”

Psalms 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A

BROKEN and CONTRITE heart –

These, O God, You will not despise.

Two types of Brokenness

Worldly Brokenness

•Hopelessness

•Despair

•Depression

•Destruction

•Death

Godly Brokenness

•Repentance

•Life

•True Freedom

•Revival

•Humility

•Power

Matthew 5:3:

“ Blessed are the POOR in spirit,

For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven”

“POOR” = A “beggar” .

Totally have NOTHING.

Blessed are the POOR ( The ‘beggars’) –

those who recognize that they are spiritually

destitute and bankrupt.

A BROKEN PERSON –mourns

over his own weaknesses,

sins & failures.

We want GAIN without PAIN.

We want the RESURRECTION without going

through the GRAVE.

We want LIFE without experiencing DEATH.

We want a CROWN without going the way of

the CROSS.

The way UP is DOWN!

• You want to be GREAT, you must first be a

SERVANT.

• You want to PROSPER, you must first GIVE it

away.

• You want to be SUCCESSFUL, you must

learn to SACRIFICE!

James 4:8-10

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.

Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your

hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn

and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning

and your joy to gloom.

“HUMBLES yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and

He will LIFT YOU UP.”

You and I will NEVER MEET GOD IN REVIVAL,

until we first MEET HIM IN BROKENNESS.

The Key to GREATNESS is BROKENNESS!

WHY?

2 Corinthians 2:14-15

“Now thanks to be to God who always leads us in

triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the

fragrance of his knowledge in every place. For we

are to God the fragrance of Christ among those

who are being saved and among those who are

perishing.

The wonderful fragrance –

…. The Anointing,

…. The Presence of God.

John 12:3

Then Mary took a

pound of very costly oil

of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and

wiped his feet with her

hair. And the house

was filled with the

fragrance of the oil.”

The oil of spikenard…

• Costly

• Precious

Mary had to BE WILLING to

BREAK the bottle knowing that

she could not salvage it

anymore after it was BROKEN!

2 Corinthians 4:7a

“We have this treasure (of God) in earthen

vessels…”

What is this HARD SHELL?

Outward Man =

Our “flesh”, Our “Self”

2 Corinthians 4:16

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our OUTWARD MAN is perishing, yet the

INWARD MAN is being renewed day by day.”

An Unbroken Believer?

What Is It That God Wants To Break?

He wants to break our SELF-WILL!

BREAKING A HORSE’S WILL

4 Ways That Break Us:

1. Circumstances

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, but they are

instruments of the wise. “

– Rick Godwin.

The Common 3 Ways That Break Us:

1. Circumstances

2. Relationships/People

Psalm 88:18 –

“Loved one and friends You have

put far from me…

4 Ways That Break Us:

1. Circumstances

2. Relationships/People

3. Sins, struggles, failures

“God is more concerned with our character

than our comfort. He is more concerned with

our growing up than our going up.”

– Rick Godwin

Kintsukuroi

“To be broken is the

beginning of revival. It is

painful, it is humiliating, but it

is the ONLY way.”

- Roy Hession

Jacob

“Jacob”: a twister, a cunning, sly person

Jacob was a man of the flesh, proud,

full of self-will and self-confidence.

Jacob wrestled

with GOD

God changed his name:

Jacob (A Cheater) to

Israel (A Prince)

“ God creates out of

NOTHING. Therefore, until a

man is NOTHING, God can

make NOTHING out of him”

- Martin Luther.

Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel that he made of clay was

marred in the hand of the potter;

so he made it again into another vessel,

as it seemed good to the potter to make.”

Isaiah 64.7

“We are the clay and You the potter: we are

all the work of Your hands.”

The Potter & The Clay

The Process

1. Potter soaks clay in the water

The Process

2. Potter started working on the clay

The Process

3. Potter puts the clay on the wheel

The Process

4. Potter uses his hands to mold the clay

The Process

5. Potter checks the clay again

The Process

6. After the clay is done, the Potter will

put it on the shelf to cool and dry it

The Process

7. The Potter comes to take the clay (pottery)

The Process

8. The Potter puts the clay into fire….

The Process

9. After washing it with water…

Ready for use!

“Moses spent his first forty years

thinking he was somebody.

He spent his second forty years

learning he was nobody.

He spent his third forty years

discovering what God can do with

anybody.”

-Dwight L. Moody

Welcome to the

School Of BROKENNESS!

DO NOT PRAY THAT GOD WILL

REMOVE YOUR PAIN,

BUT RATHER, PRAY THAT HE WILL FULFILLHIS PLAN THROUGH YOUR PAIN.