Psalm 51:17 (NKJV) 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart – These, O God, You will not despise.
This is such an important statement. Having a contrite heart is critical to our salvation.
CONTRITE: feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin or shortcoming
Until we are broken before God and remorseful for our past, we can never approach Him and ask Him to forgive us.
But once we understand our lost and sinful state, and our heart is broken (contrite) before Him, we have no trouble at all falling at His feet and asking Him to forgive us and take us on as His own child.
So many of us battle with pride and our ego and it can cause us to push away from God, instead of pressing in to Him.
So let’s listen to the Holy Spirit and heed His words, and come before God humbly and with a contrite heart, and surrender to Him in every aspect of our lives.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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