The heart or the spirit is the source of our life. It is the centre of our being. If the spirit is damaged, wounded or corrupted in any way, (and the Bible says it can be) our ability to relate nor
mally to others, to ourselves and to God is hampered.
"Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard (your heart), for out of it flows the springs of life." (Proverbs 4:23)
Jesus said in Luke 4:18-19, Jesus quotes Isaiah, "The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me
to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal
the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of
the Lord."
A
person with a wounded spirit lives in inner misery
that focuses regularly on his injuries
or pain cannot receive the cleansing. Usually
there is unforgiveness and self-pity in a wounded heart
and unforgiveness and self-pity is the glue that holds you
to the pain of your past.
Have
you met people that no matter how hard they try to walk,
they seem to fall or one day have faith and the next not
but have doubt and unbelief? That’s because they have
a broken heart and cannot stand. You can tell them to stand
on the word, quote promises but they cannot. That is because
they have a broken heart!
Someone
with a broken heart, their pain and hurt never goes away!
Time will not bring complete healing to them. Whenever you
remember the experience, you feel the hurt. Some people
will even block out their memory so that they won't have
to face feeling the hurts, but they are still there.
SYMPTOMS
OF A BROKEN HEART:
- Physical
Sickness - Proverbs 17:22
- Nerve
disorders
- Allergies
- Stomach
problems
- Heart
aches
- Insomnia
- MCS/EI
- Mental
Torment - Proverbs 18:14
- Depression
- Fits
of anger and rage
- Confusion
of the mind
- Doublemindedness
- cannot make decisions
- Various
fears
- Shyness
- Dominance
- Distrust
in others and God
- Lonliness
- Emotional
Torment - Matthew 18:34
-
Nightmares
- Hearing
voices
- Seeing
unusual things
- Lack
of control of self
- Spiritual
Torment - 2 Timothy 1:7
- Has
a hard time reading the Word of God
- Believing
the Word of God and His promises
- Staying
interested in spiritual things you you back and forth
spiritually
- Feeling
separated from God, others and hates self
- Filled
with guilt, shame and condemnation
How the heart becomes broken:
Guilt
There is a close association between unresolved guilt and physical & inner sickness.
"My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. My wounds fester...I am bowed down and brought very low...there is no health in my body...even the light has gone from my eyes" Psalm 38:4-10.
Unkind Words
The old saying; "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me" is a dangerous lie. Words have spiritual values. They can create life in our spirit or they can produce death.
"The tongue has the power of life and death" - Proverbs 18:21.
"A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin" - Proverbs 26:28.
"The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit" - Proverbs 15:4.
Negativity and criticism can do more to wound and bruise the spirit than physical violence.
Abuse
Abuse takes on three forms: verbal, physical and sexual.
Verbal abuse is a sad part of our culture. It is all too common to hear people making fun of and ridiculing children, spouses and one another. In spite of the intention, this still hurts. It is particularly harmful when it comes from those who are close, who instead should support and uphold.
"Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none" - Psalm 69:20.
Physical violence is a major feature in entertainment; on television, videos and in the theatres. Media reports of real and wide spread physical abuses are forever before us. Young children are injured, wives are beaten and people are attacked on the streets.
"...the unfaithful have a craving for violence" - Proverbs 13:2.
Sexual abuse, rape and incest are also major problems within our society. Because of the intimate nature of these forms of abuse, they are frequently concealed or denied. As a consequence the victims are denied justice and the guilty escape blame. To hide such abuses is debasing to the victims. In Samuel the story is told how Amnon, the son of David, became infatuated with his half-sister Tamar and raped her. In spite of her protestations, her brother, Absalom, convinced her to conceal the assault.
"And Tamar lived in her brother Absalom's house, a desolate woman" - 2 Samuel 13:20.
In times of abuse there is a great need for support. If this is not forthcoming there is a strong sense of isolation. Without this support those, who are not at fault, frequently end up blaming themselves and languish in the guilt, which rightfully belongs to others.
Sorrow
Sorrow or heartache is a damaging emotion.
"A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache (sorrow KJV) crushes the spirit" - Proverbs 15:13.
Heartbreak is frequently the end product of an unfulfilled desire or craving, the outcome of unrealistic expectations, where another person or some material pursuit is worshipped or idolised. It can also be the result of an inability to forgive and let go of those who have sinned against us.
"So also my heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offences" - Matthew 18:35. A
wounded spirit is like a big sore risen just waiting for
someone to prick it with a sharp word, then out comes all
the corruption of unforgiveness, resentment, retaliation,
anger/wrath, hatred, violence, murder with the tongue, fear
and rejection of others, self and even God.
Other
people respond by immediately striking back trying to balance
their hurt with anger and revenge or by trying to protect
themselves from further hurt to allow time for healing.
However, scar tissue (hardness of heart) soon appears. As
they enter into relationships, they are rejected for their
hardness and receive more hurts.
A
wounded heart that doesn't receive healing is an open door
for evil spirits. Ephesians 4:26-27, I Peter 5:8, Genesis
4:4-7, Matthew 18:21-35.
There is hope! Jesus said we would do greater works than
he according to John 14:12 "Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall
he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father."
Could
you have a broken heart? Has anyone ever told you that you
have a broken heart? Do you want your heart healed so that
you can follow God!
Listen
to Broken Heart
Broken
Heart - by Deborah Massey - MP3 Date: July
8, 2006
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