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Romans 3:10
As it is written: “There is none righteous,
no, not one
Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God
I. Brokenness is the Realization of the corruption
and futility of everything in our natural self-life.
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Romans 8:7 - 8
7 ..the carnal mind is enmity against God;
for it is not subject to the law of God,
nor indeed can be. 8So then, those who are in
the flesh cannot please God.
I. Brokenness is the Realization of the corruption
and futility of everything in our natural self-life.
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John 6:63a
It is the Spirit who gives life;
the flesh profits nothing.
Our flesh = our carnality = our sinful nature
Our pride = our arrogance
= our self-sufficiency
I. Brokenness is the Realization of the corruption
and futility of everything in our natural self-life.
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Luke 5:8
When Simon Peter saw it,
he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,
“Depart from me,
for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
I. Brokenness is the Realization of the corruption
and futility of everything in our natural self-life.
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Brokenness - a Realization … occurs:-
o Death of a loved one you take for granted …
now lonely, cannot do without that person
o Life’s Circumstances - hard knocks -
retrenched, demoted, desperate …
o Life’s lessons - hopefully mellow with age
having suffered pain
o Strive until come to end of oneself - Jacob
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II. Brokenness is often Triggered by adverse
circumstances that come directly against
us to Breakdown our self-life
i.e. our pride, our strengths, our capacities,
our self-confidence, etc.
Circumstances and situations in life
occur according to Principles and
Laws of life.
This is common to man
i.e. both believers and unbelievers.
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II. Brokenness is a Journey every believer
must undertake.
1. Pay attention to the Process of
brokenness.
During this journey, brokenness is a significant
BREAKTHROUGH in the life of the believer,
with a definite life-change.
e.g. Jacob - when broken, walks with a limp
Your walk will be different !
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II. Brokenness is a Journey every believer
must undertake.
2. The degree of Pain of brokenness
depends on our response.
1 Peter 1:6
In this you greatly rejoice, though now
for a little while, if need be, you have been
grieved [suffer] by various trials,
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There are 3 ways we learn the lessons of life :-
a. Pay “Tuition-Fees” ourselves - pain
b. Learn from people and situation of others
who have paid “Tuition-Fees” - no pain
c. Obedience to the Word of God - no pain
- taste Goodness of the Lord
- receive touch from the Lord
- revelation - repentance
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Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place,
with him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive the spirit of the humble,
and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
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James 4:6b (NASB)
… “God gives Grace to the humble.”
James 4:6b (AMP)
… God gives Grace [continually] to the lowly
(those who are humble enough to receive it).
IV. To those who come to God in brokenness,
God will Dwell and Revive.
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Are you willing to be broken for the Lord ?
Unless you are broken,
you will be a hindrance to yourself,
your marriage, your family
and the church.
V. True Unity in the church comprise of broken
people.
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The unbroken person / flesh is hostile
to God and cannot please God !
Will you be broken to be fit
for the Master’s use ?
Will you commit to this journey
of brokenness ?
V. True Unity in the church comprise of broken
people.
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Conclusion
Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked and uncircumcised
in heart and ears!
You always resist the Holy Spirit;
as your fathers did, so do you.
Unless your heart is circumcised,
the Lord cannot heal
your broken-hardened heart.
22. SO WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM
BROKENNESS
• We sometimes have to be broken to see
our need
• The power of the flesh in our self-
dependence is revealed when we are
broken
• We see the power of God when we are
broken
• When broken we cling to God and his
blessings
• I am only as good to God as I am broken
to God
