The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts…

6. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… Joseph was betrayed by his own brothers and sold into slavery.

7. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… The people of Israel were forced to become slaves in Egypt.

8. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… Job lost all his family and his possessions in one day.

9. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… David had to flee many times from Saul who was trying to kill him.

10. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… Paul was beaten and imprisoned on numerous occasions.

11. The Bible is filled with examples of tragedies and broken hearts… Jesus was beaten, nailed to a cross, and forsaken by His own Father.

12. So many have experienced a broken heart… Loss of a loved one Loss of a job Financial difficulties Legal problems Marriage and family problems Divorce Physical and/or emotional abuse Hurtful words Suffering from disease or poor health Drug abuse Persistent sinful behavior

13. When your heart is broken… Words cannot describe the pain and suffering. You may feel downcast and dejected. Sleeping problems. Eating problems. Frequent crying. Loneliness. Isolation. Depression. Feelings of helplessness and despair. You may think that no one cares. You may think there is no hope for you.

14. When your heart is broken… Words cannot describe the pain and suffering. You may feel downcast and dejected. Sleeping problems. Eating problems. Frequent crying. Loneliness. Isolation. Depression. Feelings of helplessness and despair. You may think that no one cares. You may think there is no hope for you. You might even think that God is against you!

15. Lamentations 3:1-8 “I am the man who has seen affliction because of the rod of His wrath. He has driven me and made me walk in darkness and not in light. Surely against me He has turned His hand repeatedly all the day. He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones. He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship. In dark places He has made me dwell, like those who have long been dead. He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.”

16. Lamentations 3:21 “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.”

17. Lamentations 3:21 “This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope.” Lamentations 3:22-24 “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning; Great is Thy faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul. Therefore I will hope in Him.”

19. He Really Does Care Psalm 51:17 “A broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.” Psalm 34:18 “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted, and He saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 56:8 “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.” Psalm 68:20 “Our God is a God of deliverances/victories.”

20. 1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your cares/anxieties/worries upon God because He cares about you.”

21. 1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your cares/anxieties/worries upon God because He cares about you.” God cares about you, and He can help you get through whatever is troubling you, and He can heal you of your broken heart.

22. 1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your cares/anxieties/worries upon God because He cares about you.” God cares about you, and He CANhelp you get through whatever is troubling you, and He CANheal you of your broken heart.

23. 1 Peter 5:7 “Cast all your cares/anxieties/worries upon God because He cares about you.” God cares about you, and He WILLhelp you get through whatever is troubling you, and He WILLheal you of your broken heart.

24. 2 Kings 20:1-3 “In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”  Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.”

25. 2 Kings 20:1-3 “In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”  Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.” (V5) “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold I will heal you.”’”

26. 2 Kings 20:1-3 “In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”  Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, “Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.” (V5) “Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold I will heal you.”’”

27. God not only CAN help you, He WILL help you, and He WILL heal your broken heart.

28. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.”

29. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” We can do a lot of things ourselves to help us get through our difficulties, but there’s only so much we can do on our own. Ultimately it is God who is the one who heals our broken hearts. He is the one who knows how to bind up our sorrows.

30. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” There is no shame in going to a doctor when you are sick. V11 says, “God is pleased with those . . . who wait with hope for His mercy.”

31. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” There is no shame in going to a doctor when you are sick. V11 says, “God is pleased with those . . . who wait with hope for His mercy.”

32. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” Psalmist made this statement in the midst of praising God!

33. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” Psalmist made this statement in the midst of praising God! V4-5 “He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.” V8-9 “He covers the heavens with clouds, He provides rain for the earth, He makes grass to grow on the mountains. He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens which cry.”

34. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” Psalmist made this statement in the midst of praising God! V15-18 “He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes. He casts forth His ice as fragments; who can stand before His cold? He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow.”

35. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” In the midst of all these grand statements about God’s awesome strength and power, the psalmist says, “God heals the brokenhearted.”

36. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” The psalmist doesn’t say that God may heal the brokenhearted sometimes, or that God healed a few broken hearts in the past or only some broken hearts.

37. Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows.” This is who God is. This is what God does. Present tense. He heals. He has healed. He is healing now. And He will continue to heal the brokenhearted and bind up their sorrows. This is the work of God.

38. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Healing broken hearts is also the work of Christ.

39. Luke 4:16-19 Early in His ministry, Jesus went to the synagogue in Nazareth on the Sabbath. When He stood up to take His turn to read, He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah, and He read from chapter 61.

40. Luke 4:20-21 “He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.’”

41. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.”

42. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus knows about broken hearts?

43. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus knows about broken hearts? Isaiah 53:3 “He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. And like one from whom men hide their face, He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.”

44. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus knows about broken hearts? Hebrews 4:15-16 “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses . . . Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need.”

45. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus can do what He was sent to do?

46. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus WILL do what He was sent to do?

47. Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to them that are bound.” Do you think Jesus WILL do what He was sent to do? No matter how hard the task, when someone was sent by God to His work, he was sure to succeed!

48. Exodus 3-12 Moses was sent by God to stand before Pharaoh and deliver the people of Israel from their bondage in Egypt. Moses was the most unlikely of persons to accomplish such a task. But by the power of God, Moses did what he was sent to do.

49. Joshua 6 Joshua was sent by God to conquer the city of Jericho by the most unlikely means. They did nothing more than march and shout. By the power of God, those walls came tumbling down and the city was conquered.  

50. Judges 7 Gideon was sent by God to defeat the Midianites with only 300 men. They did nothing more than blow their trumpets and break their pitchers as God had instructed. By the power of God, Gideon’s small army was victorious.