A Desperate Brokenness

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Louis Zamperini is pictured above through various times during his life[/caption]

We're invited to bring our brokenness to a loving God, and it's good to do so.

I am not referring to the brokenness of sin. There is another kind without which revival will not come. A powerful church remains broken before God, continually shedding pride, self-sufficiency, and compromise. Remaining broken before God is different from confession and repentance. It goes further, deeper. It is a lament that humbles us. Why do this? God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble (James 4:6). If we desire the renewal that manifests as revival, we must humble ourselves, acknowledging our total dependence on Him.

God reminds us that true revival often begins with deep godly sorrow and a longing for God’s presence. When we, the church, become desperate enough, God responds with mercy and power.

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