David was enrolled, not in the lineage of royalty, but into the school of brokenness.
— Gene Edwards, A Tale of Three Kings
The sad thing is that many of us come to Christ because we are sinners, and then spend the rest of our lives trying to prove we're not!
— Dr. Henry Cloud, Changes That Heal
For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn't understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.
— Cynthia Occelli
For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
— Psalm 51:16–17
Most merciful God, we confess that we have sinned against thee in thought, word, and deed, by what we have done, and by what we have left undone. We have not loved thee with our whole heart; we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. We are truly sorry and we earnestly repent. For the sake of thy Son Jesus Christ, have mercy on us and forgive us; that we may delight in thy will, and walk in thy ways, to the glory of thy Name. Amen.
— Book of Common Prayer
We must lay before God what is in us, not what we want to be in us.
— C.S. Lewis