Bro. Scott Trangmar
May 23, 2012

Text: Proverbs 18:14
Title: The Spirit of a Man

"The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?"

Broken spirits - Exodus 7

Pharaoh's heart is hardened - he refuses to let the people go...(hmm some people refuse to let the past go)

Who was Pharaoh? The most powerful man in the world!

At some point, someone broke that boy's/girl's wounded spirit. The most wise man said we cannot bear a wounded spirit - not even the person whose spirit has been wounded.

Exodus 8:15, 9:7

Pharaoh hardened his heart again...

Exodus 9:12
The Lord hardened his heart [difference]

You can get so hardened that God will harden your heart.

LET IT GO.

Let's pray that it doesn't get to the point that the Lord hardens your heart.  Exodus 9:35

The Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart.

When your heart gets hardened, something has to happen for your heart to get softened again.

We go to God when we have a broken spirit.

We need to be the most forgiving people that ever stepped on this earth.

"Casting all your cares upon Him, for He careth for you."

You've got to cast it on Him and LET IT GO.

Psalms 91:14

How do we get rid of a broken spirit?  God's love

Go treat your enemies well.

Proverbs 3

God can take care of all the broken spirits in this room tonight.