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Psalm 119:55 5. The contrite spirit born in the heart of the believer who "remembers" or focuses upon the person ("name") of God in the blackest of nights. Samuel Rutherford said, "Well's them who are under crosses, and Christ says to them, "Half Mine." The "what time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee" spirit always gives birth to the contrite spirit. Psalm 56:3 Note carefully where one's focus should be during the time of isolation. The
focus should be on God-His Psalm 119:49, 50, 85, 89 6. The contrite or broken spirit is born by focusing and resting upon the Word of God when affliction comes. Psalm 119:56, 60, 61b, 63, 72, 77, 78c 7. The contrite spirit is created in the heart of one who is committed to principled, obedient living-one who lives by precept, not by convenience. Young Joseph possessed a broken spirit. He determined to live by principle or precept regardless of the cost. He refused and rejected the advances of Potiphar's wife saying "Thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness and sin against god." Genesis 39:9 Psalm 119:61 8. The broken spirit is born in the heart of the believer who is "robbed." One may be "robbed" of: God will often touch that which we hold dearest in order to break us. Samuel Rutherford was the deeply sensitive and intense pastor of a church in Anworth in Great Britain during the time when free spirited men of God were "dissenting" against unscriptural practices of the high church. The high church officials became angry over the truths Rutherford preached-and they knew just how to hurt him. They banished him from his parish and people. They "robbed" Rutherford, and their robbery broke his spirit.
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