THE HEART GOD REVIVES

(Taken from Herald of His Coming, March 1996)

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart O God, Thou wilt not despise."

~Psalm 51:17

(The list of these is very long, so i hope to put just a few on every now and then.

I was blessed and convicted as I read through this list. I wanted to share it.)

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PROUD people focus on the failures of others

- BROKEN people are over-whelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need

PROUD people are self-righteous; have a critical, fault-finding spirit; look at everone else's faults with a microscope, but their own with a telescope; look down on others

- BROKEN people are compassionate; can forgive much because they know how much they have been forgiven; esteem all others better than themselves

PROUD people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit.

-BROKEN people have a dependent spirit; recognize their need for others

PROUD people are self-protective of their time, their rights and their reputation

-BROKEN people are self-denying

PROUD people focus on the failures of other

- BROKEN people are motivated to serve others