It's a gritty, get-our-hands-dirty kind of love that forces us to interact with people and places we might usually try to avoid. And help us Lord to not break Yours. Anybody can do that. In 1959 journalist Richard Gehman wrote that "[Pierce] cannot conceal his true emotions. Break my heart, Lord, for what breaks yours: Refugees, missions and you — Salt&Light. "Is there no balm in Gilead? " New music, tour dates and exclusive content. 8:22) was a metaphor that his hearers would have easily understood. Yet as I've sat with hundreds of other Christians enjoying the "safe" community of my weekly church service, sometimes I wonder if I'm genuinely prepared to follow through with the implications of such a radical heart-change.
When I heard that this had happened to her my heart hurt so much I was clutching my chest. Maybe what I should be praying for is to be a bit more practical and just to knuckle down and do things as it's been decided they are best. We should never allow ourselves to become too disconnected, too protected from the needs of a broken, dying world crying out for a Savior. "But it's not possible.
It makes more sense to me to ask God to break my heart from what breaks His as opposed to asking him to break my heart for what breaks His, but that's me. We are an independent, non-profit organisation that relies on the generosity of our readers, such as yourself, to continue serving the kingdom. A sense of urgency is required to bringing in the harvest. Jeremiah was saying that a remedy existed for the people's wound - repentance - but they had not applied it. They say it over and over in their messages, "Don't forget me…. When this becomes our focus, we will discover that it's not difficult to act like a Christian, because we simply ARE one. Then, as now, most people don't respond well to personal messages that require behavioral changes. What was the most painful experience you've been through? My name is Joey and I work in mission agency Interserve. Break our hearts for what breaks your listing. When the shock and the burden of the sins of the people took hold of him his sweat turned to blood. Jeremiah was like a parent watching a wayward child destroy his life through wrong choices.
God does let things happen to us to make us more like him. A broken heart will cause you to dig deeper, work harder, pray longer, go farther, and reach higher. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. If one of these harvests was a failure, the other was usually a success. Would you consider partnering with us in our kingdom work by supporting us financially, either as a one-off donation, or a recurring pledge? She introduced him to a battered and abandoned child named White Jade. Scripture tells us that "anyone who claims to be intimate with God ought to live the same kind of life Jesus lived" (1 John 2:6 MSG). Jesus repeatedly rebukes the Pharisees, the religious elite of the day, for focusing on the wrong thing. USING HEARTBREAK TO REBUILD. Break our hearts for what breaks your own review. The more we strive to be like Him, the more the material things of the world will fade and the more our hearts will be tender towards those who are hurting or are sinning. A broken heart will lead you to close the distance between yourself and those who are lost, hurting, and in need. My husband and I have legitimate concerns about what our children are learning about cultural norms that run counter to biblical truth.
And I do not want to liken God's heart the the heart of man because God is so much higher than man. Jesus, who offers grace and mercy, compassion and love—without exception. I close with a song written by Bryan Jeffery Leech. The path of sin does not have a good ending.