Hence, brokennessof heart, contrition of spirit, and humbleness of mind, are put together.
His eye is on the brokenness of thine heart; and that it is that makes the very bowels of the Lord to run over.
Such was the first of many strange conversations with the maniac, who, with all her sadbrokenness of mind, was one of the most intellectual women I ever knew.
In these poor creatures, I thus argued, we find, amid much general dilapidation and brokenness of mind, certain instincts and peculiarities remaining entire.
Poor Francie was at bottom a kindly and honest man; but the more intimately one knew him, the more did the weakness and brokenness of his intellect appear.
Contrition, brokenness of spirit, fear and trembling are God's first demand of those who would see His Holiness.
My sorrows and troubles began to wear off, and tears of joy dropped from me, so that I could have wept night and day with tears of joy to the Lord, in humility and brokenness of heart.
A blessed heavenly meeting this was; a powerful, thundering testimony for Truth was borne therein; a great sense there was upon the people, and much brokenness and tenderness amongst them.
The next First-day I went to Tickhill, whither the Friends of that side gathered together, and a mighty brokenness by the power of God there was amongst the people.
Oh the brokenness that was amongst them in the flowings of life!
He tried to suppress the pain to retain a phlegmatic countenance before the Laotian and he tried to suppress too, the misogynist thoughts that came upon him when reminded that his brokenness had come about because of women.
It seemed real to think of his brokenness and that the pile on the floor was absent of self.
Without this previous brokenness of heart, man cannot expect to enjoy this blessed aspect of God, nor indeed that grace and kindness which is promised to the poor in spirit only.
They choose rather to gratify the flesh in its sinful propensities, than to bring it down into true repentance and brokenness of spirit.
A truly humble man thinks himself worthy of all manner of sufferings, and unworthy of any divine comfort: but the more unworthy he thinks himself in true brokenness of spirit, the more is he visited with the goodness of God.
Through the law, in the first place, thou must die with Christ, and by true sorrow and brokenness of heart sacrifice thy own will.
There is no self-judgment, no confession of the dishonor done to the name and worship of the God of Israel, no looking to Jehovah in true brokenness and contrition of heart.
A littlebrokenness on one side, or a little softness on the other, would go a great way toward settling the question.
One special want of the present moment isbrokenness of spirit.
He did not abandon himself to the influence of a pernicious fatalism, but in brokenness of spirit and earnestness of heart he cast himself upon God, confessing his own sins and the sins of his people.
It teaches us very distinctly that when two parties join issue, they never can reach an understanding unless there be a littlebrokenness and subduedness on one side or the other.
All these utterances prove how far Job was from that true brokenness of spirit and humility of mind which ever flow from being in the divine presence.
One grand object in those dealings is to produce real brokenness and humility--to strip us of all false righteousness, empty us of all self-confidence, and teach us to lean wholly upon Christ.
Instead of getting angry with people and things, with individuals and influences, he would have judged himself and bowed low before the Lord in meekness and brokenness and true contrition.
Conscious weakness, as a preparation for service, is one thing: brokenness is another.
If such brokenness as this is the condition of God's power upon us, what of the danger of making much of the instruments that He uses?
Right the way through the day our brokenness will be tested and it is no use our pretending we are broken before God, if we are not broken in our attitude to those around us.
Our brokenness and openness must be two-way, horizontal as well as vertical, with one another as with God.
These acts may well be humiliating and a complete reversal of our usual attitudes of pride and selfishness, but by such acts we shall know true brokenness and become partakers of the humility of the Lamb.
Many times a day and over the smallest things we shall have to avail ourselves of the cleansing Blood of Jesus, and we shall find ourselves walking the way of brokenness as never before.
In order to break our wills to His, God brings us to the foot of the Cross and there shows us what real brokenness is.
Our hearts surely tell us the answer, as we look on the Lamb, bowing His Head for us on Calvary--only by being willing to have the same disposition that ruled Him and by bending our necks in brokenness as He bowed His.
He will show us, to begin with, just one thing, and it will be our obedience and brokenness on that one thing that will be the first step into Revival for us.
Brokenness in daily experience is simply the response of humility to the conviction of God.
God will work in the other more through your brokenness than through anything else you can do or say.
God wants us to recognise that fact as true in our experience, so that in true brokenness and self-despair we shall allow Jesus Christ to be our righteousness and holiness and all in all--and that is victory.
