2019年1月18日 · God dwells with the person who is contrite. Contrite means “penitent,” humbled by our own sins and failures, seeking after God. God says, “When I see a person with a contrite spirit, I will choose him or her as my friend. I will stay with that person. I will live with that person. I make my home in that person’s life.” Now notice what ...

Why does God dwell with the contrite? For what purpose, and with what effect? "To revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite."

2018年11月26日 · Why does God who dwells in a high and holy place also choose to make His abode with those who are contrite and humble of heart before Him? It is in order that He might demonstrate the magnificence of His grace on undeserving souls so those on whom that grace is freely bestowed may, in turn glorify the God of all grace.

God's purpose is to bring restoration and healing to those who are humble and contrite. This aligns with the message of hope and redemption found throughout Scripture, such as in Psalm 147:3, where God heals the brokenhearted. It emphasizes God's desire to lift up those who are spiritually low. and revive the heart of the contrite

2025年1月25日 · As we read the above scripture from Isaiah, we heard God tell us that He dwells with those who have a humble and contrite spirit. But, what does it mean to have a contrite spirit? Literally speaking, contrite is defined as feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; being affected by guilt.

The contrite and lowly heart is central to the biblical understanding of repentance and faith. It is the heart that God esteems and to which He draws near. This posture is essential for receiving God's grace and forgiveness, as it acknowledges human sinfulness and …

It is with the heart that is—not only that has been—humble and contrite, that God will dwell; it is with the spirit that does not forget its own sin, even when it feels and knows and rejoices in God’s grace.

2013年8月2日 · Why does God care so much about the downtrodden and the contrite? To have a broken and a contrite heart means to have a heart which is truly repentant of sin and have a willingness to do whatever God asks us to do without resistance and resentment.

So who does God dwell with? I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

2022年5月14日 · “For thus says the high and exalted One. Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit. In order to revive the spirit of the lowly. And to revive the heart of the contrite” (Isaiah 57:15). Where are some of the nicest places you have visited?