My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Let's take a look at the Hebrew definition of the words so we can understand what it means to have a broken and contrite heart and spirit.
15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. ...
“Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will cry out from a painful heart, And you will wail from a broken spirit.NASB 1995“Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will cry out with a heavy heart, And you will wail with a ...
Not so much when life is fairly good, granted, but in those hard moments when a decision must be made between enjoying the titillating “lusts of the flesh,” or accepting the fruits of the Spirit. This is one of those “lordship moments.” They come and go, and they show us exactly ...
A glad heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.Amplified BibleA happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.Christian Standard BibleA joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones....
Scripture “Bring forth fruit that is consistent with repentance [let your lives prove your change of heart];” Matthew 3:8 (Amplified Bible) Prayer My tendency, Lord, is not to take seriously my sin that hurts other people and to leave unrepaired the damage I have left in the lives of...
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you. Treasury of Scripture For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment has taken hold on me. the hurt. Jeremiah...
that the broken heart is the healed heart, that the contrite spirit is the rejoicing spirit, that the repenting soul is the victorious soul, that to have nothing is to possess all, that to bear the cross is to wear the crown, that to give is to receive, ...
“Humility is perfect quietness of heart, It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised.”
And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory ...