what does it mean to be broken hearted

I suppose I thought it meant that Jesus would comfort people who were somehow sad, maybe due to a broken relationship, or something like that.

This means you and me, in our innermost being!

We all feel broken from time to time, because life can seem heartbreaking and terrifying when we go through certain experiences. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. I believe it can make the difference in many, many aspects of our lives – even down to our ability to also receive physical healing from the Lord.Michael is the founder of christian-faith.com and New Hope TV, is married to Marilena, has two girls and works as a school teacher in Australia. Maybe it was hard for him to breathe when Nathan’s blunt honesty vocalized his guilt.

Are you sad? He does this not for His own sake only, but also for OUR sake.

I was wrong about that.No words of Jesus are wasted. Is your heart SORROWFUL? It may seem like they’re never really “all there” …

It will result in a huge transformation.If it is indeed possible to be a born again Christian and yet have a wounded or damaged spirit, then this makes it clear why Paul said he prayed in 1 Thessalonians 5:23 as follows:This implies that the spirit of a Christian – and the Thessalonians were certainly Christians – the spirit of a Christian might NOT be preserved blameless at all times. Join our Cause.

Standing alone, it is messy and sad. I did not naturally smile much. I am not keen to go beyond was is written in the Scripture on this subject. No doubt there are large tomes you can read on the subject of the wounded spirit and all this. Nowadays I do. Maybe we can’t just assume that the only thing we need to do now is “renew our minds” for example through “meditating on the Word”. The wholehearted response God is looking for just won’t be forthcoming from someone who has a broken heart.I used to hate this Scripture, because I felt it somehow revealed me as defective.

It may mean heartbreak. This isn’t God’s best for you. It may imply messiness and imperfection. Brokenness  can make room for a contrite heart and repentance to bring us back into fellowship with Him when we have miserably failed. In fact, it is quite literally dangerous to your spiritual health.God wants to give us the Oil of Joy for mourning – see Isaiah 61. These things are vital to our spiritual wellbeing in God’s world.If nothing else, you can begin as a discipline to give thanks to God for every detail of your life and circumstances as often as you can. We just need to call out in all honesty to Him for this aspect of salvation to work in our inner lives.

The way we are going to receive this “oil of joy” is by receiving the full gospel or full good news message of God’s restoration for us – spirit, soul, body and in our relationships.

No, the beauty in spiritual brokenness is found in where it brings us.Anna Wishart is a graduate of Ethnos360 Bible Institute and continues to seek ways to be involved with missions through writing.

And it lays an excellent foundation for our own personal happiness. This will affect your ability to receive God’s love and rejoice in God or even in God’s Creation. Maybe he grew stiff, maybe fidgety, maybe even tearful.I don’t know exactly what David’s initial response was to Nathan’s confrontation of his sin.After Nathan’s lengthy speech (See 2 Sam. BROKENNESS IS THE MEANS THROUGH which God performs some of His deepest work within our hearts. There are a few additional key elements to this which are all related. Answered March 13, 2017.

That command might seem very unreasonable indeed to a person with a wounded spirit. Perhaps the healing and sanctification and preservation of our spirits is something we ought to attend to after all!

He does not want us to feed our pride by “making things right”, nor does he simply want sadness and sorrow over the consequences and pain our sin brings to us.A man I respect had struggled deeply with a sinful lifestyle for some time.

This is actually a continuation of the Luke 4 quote that Jesus referred to from the Book of Isaiah. I know it seemed unreasonable to me for many years, in spite of all my earnestness in the things of God.You can do many things in God and know many things and still have a wounded spirit. It may mean physical weakness. “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” ( Psalm 34:18 ). Though this one might be obvious, but studies have actually proven heartbreak … Some would suggest that all our problems would most likely go away also.While I am a great fan of renewing the mind, I do not believe that this renewing alone does everything that our hearts and lives require for full restoration of what was lost at the Fall of Man.

Therefore, in something as important as Jesus’ declaration about what his mission from God was and is all about, we should really pay attention to every phrase.We have been taught many times in church and through books – I know I was – that when we are BORN AGAIN our spirits are made perfect and complete, and nothing can affect them.