Sermons on broken contrite:

Broken Speech

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 11, 2011

God doesn't simply forbid swearing falsely, he forbids speaking falsely, which grows out of living falsely.

I’ve been racking my brains all week to find a lead-in to this week’s commandment without referring to politics. But I keep coming back to it like a moth to a candle. At least we’re no longer right in the middle of actual accusations of perjury... but the question of truth vs. ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Pierced But Not Broken

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 30, 2016

Jesus is not broken by arrest and crucifixion process, so He is able to help us when we are broken

Message John 19:28-37 “Pierced but Not Broken” What would it take to break you? If you had a secret … a really important secret … how much punishment could you endure before you would give that secret up? What if they started hurting your family members? Would you hand over the secret ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-37

Denomination: Baptist

Restoring The Broken

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jan 9, 2018

The lame beggar was over 40 years of age (Acts 4:22) and spent every day in the same place the whole of his life. He is a representation of any person living out their lives without an “other” context.

I was browsing the internet a few days ago – news stories about the “same old, same old”. “Same old” suggests “nothing has changed” and speaks to those things that frustrate us or annoy us. We can easily slip between boredom and depression because nothing ever seems to change or improve. It could ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-26

Denomination: Salvation Army

Bruised But Not Broken

Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 23, 2015

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench...

Bruised but not Broken Matthew 12:10-21 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:20

Denomination: Foursquare

The Circles: Brokenness

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Aug 15, 2018

We are broken people living in a broken world. And why is that?

We are broken people living in a broken world. And why is that??1. We choose to depart from God’s design. Genesis 3:1-7 ? sin: choosing our way over God’s way; rejecting God’s design for our own design. Isaiah 53:6 Romans 3:23 2. When we depart from God’s design, it always leads to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Fragility And Brokenness

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 12, 2015

Life batters and breaks us in a variety of ways, but then God makes us stronger and more beautiful in that very fragility and brokenness.

Title: Fragility and Brokenness Text: II Corinthians 4:6-10; 12:7-10 Thesis: Life batters and breaks us in a variety of ways, but then God makes us stronger and more beautiful in our fragility and brokenness. In that this is the 1st Sunday after Epiphany we are once again reminded of how Christ ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Net Was Not Broken Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 30, 2013

How to trust God when you can’t see past the end of our nose? It does not matter if you can’t see it or not, it does not matter if you can’t experience, does not matter if it looks dark and eerie; but mark it, if you trust God in the midst of this mess,

Net was not broken! John 21:“Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.” How to trust God when you can’t see past the end of our nose? It does not matter if you ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Broken For Use Series

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016

Part 1 of series on Elijah. God uses difficult times to prepare us for His use.

Broken For Use Elijah, Part 1 If you have your bible open up to the book of I Kings, chapter 17, page ____ Today we are starting a four-week study on one of the greatest people of God in all of scripture. Let me give you the context of the time period that we are studying. After the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed And Broken

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016

Relates the broken bread in communion to the way God works in our lives.

Blessed & Broken June 2015 Have you heard the 4 Great Religious Truths Muslims don't recognize Judaism as a religion. 2. Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah. 3. Protestants don't recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith. 4. Baptists don't recognize each other at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Beauty Of Brokenness Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Jul 22, 2015

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted

The Beauty of Brokenness Matthew 5:4 The Sermon on the Mount: a new way of viewing how one has a right relationship with God blessed (makarious): supremely happy. Secret #2: Brokenness brings healing. So what secret keeps us from being genuinely broken? Fear of consequences When we ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Denomination: Baptist

The Broken Wings Series

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Oct 19, 2019

Don’t let your past, steal your future! It's time for your broken wings to fly again. It's time for the caged eagle to soar again.

THE BROKEN WINGS Luke 15:11-19. "11 Then He said: “A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.’ So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-19, Judges 16:21-25, Joshua 2:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Bent But Not Broken

Contributed by Pablo Catala on Sep 8, 2019

Healing

The absolute truth of this question this morning, “God why are these things happening to me?” This is a question that we have all asked and have all sincerely wanted to know. This morning I pray that this sermon would give you hope in knowing that Christ works all things out for His glory. Many if ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:5-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Broken Then Used

Contributed by Pablo Catala on Sep 8, 2019

Not over

This morning beloved I declare that Jesus Christ has risen! This morning I am urged in truth to preach a sermon that I pray will stir you and challenge you to grow not only in faith of the gospel of Jesus Christ but also in heart for souls. This morning I want to express to you how I am sorrowed in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Crushed And Broken

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 10, 2021

the heart of man is crushed and broken and in need of the Lord to intervene in our lives.

Crushed and Broken Gal. 3:20-21 Greeting- Good Morning! Blessed be the name of the Lord! Introduction- If you would turn to Galatians 2:20-21, this will be our text this morning. I am concerned by the amount of people falling away from the Christian faith. Surveys upon surveys show that ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:20-21

Denomination: Nazarene

The Broken Bread.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 13, 2021

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. John 6 verse 53.

THE BROKEN BREAD. John 6:51-58. Everlasting life is not a thing that is earned: it is a free gift of God. All that is required is that we put our trust wholly and entirely in Jesus (John 6:28-29). Jesus says quite categorically that whoever believes in Him has everlasting life (John 6:47), and ...read more

Scripture: John 6:51-58

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational