1. I sat down and wept and mourned… - Nehemiah 1:4 T HE B LESSEDNESS OF B ROKENNESS

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5. 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel,

6. 4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

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8. I do my best work through broken men. Be broken!

9. The Blessedness of Brokenness Psalm 34:18 – The Saving Presence 18 The L ORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.

10. The Blessedness of Brokenness Psalm 51:17 – The Sacrifice that Pleases 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise.

11. The Blessedness of Brokenness Isaiah 57:15 – The Position of Revival 15 For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

12. The Blessedness of Brokenness Isaiah 66:1-2 – The Person Regarded 1 Thus says the L ORD : “Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? 2 For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the L ORD. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.

13. The Blessedness of Brokenness Matthew 5:3 – The Provisions of Heaven 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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15. Be Broken 17 Then He looked at them and said, “What then is this that is written: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone’? 18 Whoever falls on that stone will be broken; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder.”