Brokenness

 Primary Text:  Psalm 51:15-17                                 April 10 & 11, 2021

  1)  A Broken Heart

 Psalm 51:15-17 (NASB):  O Lord, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.  For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering.  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. 

 DQ 1) What does it mean to have a broken spirit?

DQ 2) What does it mean to have a broken and contrite heart?

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2)  Two Kinds of Sorrow

 2 Corinthians 7:10 (NASB):  For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. 

DQ 3) What is Godly sorrow versus worldly sorrow?

DQ 4) How does Godly sorrow cause us to respond to Jesus?

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 3)  Broken By Others

 Psalm 69:18-20 (NASB):  Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies!  You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You.  Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick.  And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. 

 DQ 5) How is a broken and contrite heart different from a crushed spirit and wounded heart?

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 4)  An Antidote to Brokenness

 Proverbs 15:13 (NASB):  A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. 

 Proverbs 17:22 (NASB):  A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. 

  DQ 6) What can turn a broken heart into a joyful heart?

 DQ 7) How does Godly sorrow yield joy?

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