Seeing Past the Brokenness
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🗓️ 22 May 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
We are all broken people, living in a broken world. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, no one is exempt from the effects of sin. The good news for all of us is that Jesus steps into the midst of our brokenness, is near to us and makes us whole in his love. What’s even more amazing is God wants to use you to see past the broken exterior to the hearts of the people in your life. Brokenness can often make us hard, bitter and difficult to deal with. But we’ve been given the call to see past that hard exterior and love people in the midst of their pain. In today’s podcast, we’re looking together at how we can see past the brokenness in others to love them well.
Our Scripture for today comes from Psalm 34:18, and today's worship is Broken Vessels by Hillsong United.
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| 0:00.0 | We are all broken people living in a broken world. |
| 0:07.0 | It's that simple. |
| 0:09.0 | Unfortunately, no one is exempt from the effects of sin. |
| 0:14.0 | But the good news for all of us is that Jesus steps into the midst of our brokenness, |
| 0:18.0 | is near to us, and makes us whole in his love. What's even more |
| 0:23.2 | amazing is that God wants to use you to see past the broken exterior to the hearts of the people |
| 0:28.8 | in your life. Brokenness can make us hard, bitter, and difficult to deal with, but we've been given |
| 0:35.5 | the call to see past that heart exterior and love people in the midst of their pain. |
| 0:41.4 | In today's podcast, we're looking together at how we can see past the brokenness and others to love them well. |
| 0:48.2 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 1:06.1 | Our verse for today, Psalm 3418, reads, The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. |
| 1:13.7 | Without perspective given by the spirit, our love will only reach as far as the human eye can see. |
| 1:20.9 | Brokenness comes in all forms and fashions. |
| 1:23.7 | Without Jesus, the man or woman covered in dirt and filth, standing on the street corner, |
| 1:29.1 | begging for help, is just as broken as the millionaire lying and cheating his way into fleeting |
| 1:35.3 | fame and fortune. It's just that our brokenness takes on varying forms, depending on what |
| 1:41.7 | temptations and trials get the better of us. |
| 1:45.6 | Jesus saw past the brokenness to the hearts of those around him. |
| 1:50.4 | He chose to love and minister to the core of the person, rather than being intimidated |
| 1:55.4 | by the symptoms of sin and those around him. |
| 1:59.2 | He saw into the heart of the woman at the well in John 4 |
| 2:02.6 | and ministered to her brokenness |
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