EVIDENCES OF BROKENNESS
MEMORY
VERSE
If
ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:1
READ
Colossians 3:1-4
Colossians 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Colossians 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
earth.
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God.
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall
ye also appear with him in glory.
MESSAGE
God created us to have and to exercise a free will.
Consequently, we are capable of making choices and we are also responsible for
the repercussion of those choices. It is possible to be partially or completely
broken as a Christian. Being broken can affect very crucial aspect of the
Christian life your will, desires, tongue, focus and even your body. The reason
many wives struggle with God's command to submit to their husbands is because
they have not been broken. To be broken, you may have to give up your will for
God's greater will. When Jesus yielded to God's will to go to the Cross, it was
a mark of being broken (Luke 22:39-44). If you always want to have things your
way, you are not broken. But when you get to a point where you are ready to
insist on His will in all situations and subjugate yours, then you are broken.
Unbrokenness has robbed many believers of God's best gifts. Many sisters have
rejected God's will in marriage and ran with theirs. This will surely lead them
into troubled waters. Are you ready to submit to His will in your job,
marriage, career, ministry, etc?
How about your desires which are closely linked
with your will? Colossians 3:1-4 says the desires of a broken fellow, are
heavenly. If you assess your personal prayer requests, what percentage is on
worldly things and what percentage is on heavenly things? A broken fellow is
Heaven-focused. He is out to please the Father and not himself. There is nothing
he cannot part with for the Kingdom of God. A broken fellow has completely
surrendered his whole body to the Lord (Romans 12:1). He loves God so much that
He cannot sin against God with his body. He is so much in love with God that he
is ready to give his life for the sake of the Gospel and joyfully so. Are you
broken? Have you yielded your all on the altar of sacrifice? Have you
subordinated your will to His?
ACTION
POINT
Examine yourself and list the tangible
evidence of brokenness in your life.
O LORD, help me to be broken to You in all areas of life.
ReplyDeleteHelp me Lord to live for YOU and YOU alone.
ReplyDeleteDear Lord! Give I pray thee a Receptive heart unto thine hand maid, a broken and a contrite heart You will not resist.
ReplyDeleteMy heavenly father, grant me the grace to be totally broken. And let your will prevail always in every aspect of my life in Jesus name. Amen.
ReplyDeleteGod give me that strength and power to achieve brokenness to your glory
ReplyDeleteLord, d grace 2 focus on d tins above grant un2 me, nd I ask 4 a broken spirit. Thank u Lord.
ReplyDeleteOh God! I pray for the grace to be completely broken in the area of my tongue. And to be able to part away anything for you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lord for your word,d spirit to do your will willing father restore it in me.
ReplyDeleteLord Jesus in every areas of my life dat needs brokenness, Lord make it cm to pass IJN Amen
ReplyDeleteI thank U LORD JESUS for U were broken for our sins.I ask for UR Grace and help to be broken in mind,body and spirit so dat I can do UR will and serve U forever.I ask and I pray for everyone I know and do not know in JESUS Name.Amen
ReplyDeleteOh lord help me to remain broken and never to mould myself again
ReplyDeleteLord let thy will b done in my life. Every area of my life dat needs brokeness let thy will be done.
ReplyDeleteThank you everlasting father for words this morning, Lord I pray that the grace to do your will in all areas of my life lord endow me in jesus name. Amen
ReplyDeleteThank you everlasting father for words this morning, Lord I pray that the grace to do your will in all areas of my life lord endow me in jesus name. Amen
ReplyDeleteLord help me that I may not suffer for the consequences of bad decisions I had taken , on self will .
ReplyDeleteThank you Lord because you're the potter of my life, I ask that you break me down and remould me for your purpose in Jesus' name. Amen
ReplyDeleteLord direct me oh lord
ReplyDeleteThank you lord for your word, it soothes my heart so well. Lord I humble myself and pray ye thee that you bestow upon me that broken spirit in every aspect of my life
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