BROKEN AND BURDENED (2 OF 13)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11
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Sermon Title: "Broken and Burdened"
Sermon Series: Rebuild and Renew (2 of 13)
Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11
Contributor: Keith Krell
So . . . there's something different about me today. Can you see it? No, I haven't lost weight. But thanks for thinking that. (Wait for it.) Exactly. I'm wearing jeans today. That's something I never do on Sunday. Unless . . . it's to serve as a metaphor-broken can be better. I'm confident that most of us have owned dozens of pairs of jeans over the years. And we intuitively know there's something wonderful about really, old broken-in blue jeans. After a few hundred wears and a good fifty washes . . . a transformation occurs. They fit better and feel better than anything else we own. I actually love it when jeans show some white threads from wear, a frayed hem, or tiny hole. Now, I'm not talking about "stressed" designer jeans that cost you $300 to LOOK worn right out of the store. (If you're buying these jeans, I need to take you thrift store shopping.) I'm talking about jeans that you break in the hard way yourself: by things you do, things that scratch them, things that spill on them, and even things that rip them. All of the hard use breaks down the stiffness of the denim and creates a better, more comfortable fabric. The breaking in process turns a new pair of jeans into your favorite pair of jeans-a pair of jeans that's ready to fulfill its purpose for years. Broken can be better.
Spiritually speaking, broken is better. In God's economy, wholeness can only come about after an experience or period of brokenness. Broken people tend to see and feel God to a greater degree than others. Broken people tend to be more humble and forgiving of others. Brokenness can lead to even greater levels of service. The challenge is to use that brokenness for God's glory.
Now, we're all broken people to various degrees. How do you feel broken today? Perhaps you're in a broken marriage. No matter how much counsel you receive and seek to ...
Sermon Series: Rebuild and Renew (2 of 13)
Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11
Contributor: Keith Krell
So . . . there's something different about me today. Can you see it? No, I haven't lost weight. But thanks for thinking that. (Wait for it.) Exactly. I'm wearing jeans today. That's something I never do on Sunday. Unless . . . it's to serve as a metaphor-broken can be better. I'm confident that most of us have owned dozens of pairs of jeans over the years. And we intuitively know there's something wonderful about really, old broken-in blue jeans. After a few hundred wears and a good fifty washes . . . a transformation occurs. They fit better and feel better than anything else we own. I actually love it when jeans show some white threads from wear, a frayed hem, or tiny hole. Now, I'm not talking about "stressed" designer jeans that cost you $300 to LOOK worn right out of the store. (If you're buying these jeans, I need to take you thrift store shopping.) I'm talking about jeans that you break in the hard way yourself: by things you do, things that scratch them, things that spill on them, and even things that rip them. All of the hard use breaks down the stiffness of the denim and creates a better, more comfortable fabric. The breaking in process turns a new pair of jeans into your favorite pair of jeans-a pair of jeans that's ready to fulfill its purpose for years. Broken can be better.
Spiritually speaking, broken is better. In God's economy, wholeness can only come about after an experience or period of brokenness. Broken people tend to see and feel God to a greater degree than others. Broken people tend to be more humble and forgiving of others. Brokenness can lead to even greater levels of service. The challenge is to use that brokenness for God's glory.
Now, we're all broken people to various degrees. How do you feel broken today? Perhaps you're in a broken marriage. No matter how much counsel you receive and seek to ...
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