Are you getting bent ________ of shape or bent _________ shape?
[Psalm 34:18-19] The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. [19] The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
Brokenness is the path to _____________.
[Proverbs 16:5] The Lord detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
______________ comes before the ______________.
God will use what's breaking you to bring a __________________.
There is always ______________ when God is working on the ______________.
[Philippians 3:21] He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
If you try to ______________ the breaking process, God will just start over again.
[2 Corinthians 1:8-10] We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. [9] In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. [10] And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.
God wants you to learn to ______________ on him.
[Matthew 5:4] God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
What needs to be broken in me so that God's ____________ can shine out?
[John 12:24-25] I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone. But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives. [25] Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.
Something has to die before ________ ________ can begin.
