The Brokenhearted
By Anthony
Smith
The Brokenhearted come from many walks of life.
We see many that are brokenhearted because of; death of a loved one, financial
problems, lost loves, and separation from family for one reason or
another.
Many people feel that they are alone and that
no one else really understands them or their problems. Many people try to
help those that are brokenhearted but really lack the understanding needed
to help.
How do you tell a mother that just lost a child
that it will be all right or that you know what they are going thru? How
do you tell someone that a lost love is a good thing and that they will get
over it, or how about the man that is deep in debt that, he will be able
to over come this and support his family?
The brokenhearted are full of sorrow and most
times in a state of mild or even severe depression. Depression makes a person
weak and vulnerable to all manner of suggestions from Satan. The greatest
example of deep depression in Scripture is located in Mat 27:4-5; Saying,
I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said,
What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver
in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. Acts 1:18 Now this
man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong,
he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.dealt with then
this can cause an explosive end to the relationship. |
| You can't relieve the pain with idle words
or sympathy, for sympathy is not what they need, they need answers. Luke
4:18-19; The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind,
to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord. People who feel their spiritual bankruptcy and helplessness are
brokenhearted. Psa_69:20, Psa_69:21; Isa_61:1; Luk_4:18 the King James Version;
“of a broken heart,” Psa_34:18; “broken in heart,”
Psa_147:3): Contrite; Crushed, broken or bruised in spirit.
For the brokenhearted, a true friend will tell
them of the Love of God for them and His delivering power over all circumstances.
How Jesus came to heal people just as they are, never leaving and always
caring for them. They need to know that Jesus truly understand them and their
feeling of helplessness.
On the death of a loved one, Jesus knows the
sorrow; John 11:33-36; Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved
him! When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which
came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, God knows those
that are brokenhearted and knows their sorrow, “Come to me, He says,
and I will give you rest.”
Isa 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand
made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will
I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth
at my word. God gave us the Holy Spirit to comfort the brokenhearted, He
is always with you and Loves you. Jesus came to the brokenhearted and the
poor, He came to save that which was lost.
Isa 61:1-4; The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon
me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim
the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to
comfort all that mourn; God is willing to heal and bind up the broken hearted.
He is willing to trade your tears for joy, your mourning for laughter, your
poor state for riches.
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give
unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise
for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. And they shall build
the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall
repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
On financial problems; The meek shall certainly
inherit the earth. Jesus came to proclaim liberty to the captives(Being captive
or hostage to worldly interest and greed.), and the opening of the prison
to them that are bound. Bound by mistakes and desires that all went wrong.
A limit by which any excursion is restrained; the limit of indulgence or
desire; as, the love of money knows no bounds.
Isa 61:5 And strangers shall stand and feed your
flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Mat 7:7-11; Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and
he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If
ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that
ask him? God is willing to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy
for mourning, life for death, mourning for dancing, sackcloth for gladness
and the eternal for the mortal. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee
for ever. ars.
Luk 4:18 - to preach deliverance: Psa_102:20,
Psa_107:10-16, Psa_146:7; Isa_42:7, Isa_45:13, Isa_49:9, Isa_49:24, Isa_49:25,
Isa_52:2, Isa_52:3; Zec_9:11, Zec_9:12; Col_1:13 Spirit: Psa_45:7; Isa_11:2-5,
Isa_42:1-4, Isa_50:4, Isa_59:21 anointed: Psa_2:2, Psa_2:6 *marg. Dan_9:24;
Joh_1:41; Act_4:27, Act_10:38
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