Instead, the people deliberately charged ahead in their sinful practices like a war horse charging into battle, having no idea of the dangers involved. They had no desire to return to God, though they had every opportunity to do so. The people in Jeremiah's day had turned away from God, and they refused to repent. God told Jeremiah to say, "Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit they refuse to return" (Jer. Let your heart be broken by turning from your sin. His ministry broke his heart and cost him his life.īefore you answer that question, let me inform you what broke Jeremiah's heart, and Jesus' heart, and what should break your heart. The summary of his ministry was offered by the author of Hebrews, "During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence" (Hebrews 5:7). The ministry of Christ was a tearful ministry. His heart broke "because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd" (Matt. In similar manner Jesus wept over people's sin. The typical response is: "Who are you to tell me what to do?" Yet Jeremiah proclaimed this message,and he did it with a tear in his eye. Then, as now, most people don't respond well to personal messages that require behavioral changes. He was sent to deliver a hard message - a message that required the people to repent, change, and alter their lives. As challenging as Bob Pierce's work was to raise money to support needy children, Jeremiah's ministry was even more difficult. He was called the weeping prophet because his heart broke over the plight and condition of his people. Jeremiah, like Bob Pierce, served with a broken heart. Bob Pierce functioned from a broken heart." It was as though prayer burned within him. He seems to me to be one of the few naturally, uncontrollably honest men I have ever met." Pastor Richard Halverson wrote that Pierce "prayed more earnestly and importunely than anyone else I have ever known. In 1959 journalist Richard Gehman wrote that " cannot conceal his true emotions. In 1950 he incorporated this personal crusade as World Vision. He showed their faces and begged Christians to "adopt" one.
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Pierce later wrote these words in the flyleaf of his Bible: "Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God." Dragging a movie camera across Asia - China was soon closed - Pierce showed the resulting pictures to church audiences in North America. He felt intense compassion for these people.
While there Pierce saw widespread hunger. Pierce eventually made it to China, where thousands made public commitments as followers of Christ during four months of evangelistic rallies. Unable to care for the child herself, she asked Pierce, "What are you going to do about her?" Pierce gave the woman his last five dollars and agreed to send the same amount each month to help the woman care for the child. She introduced him to a battered and abandoned child named White Jade. On the trip, he met Tena Hoelkedoer, a teacher. The young evangelist started toward China with only enough money to buy a ticket to Honolulu.
Its mission was to evangelize the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ. In 1947, Robert Pierce worked for a religious non-profit organization called Youth for Christ. Scriptures: Jeremiah 8:4-13, 18 9:1 Introduction Sermon: Persevere in Obedience - Jeremiah 37, 38.Rise Above Discouragement - Jeremiah 20.Let Your Heart Be Broken - Jeremiah 8, 9.