1. The Spirit of the triune God
  Within our spirit now doth rest;
  He ever seeks thru us to flow,
  That God in Christ may be expressed.
2. But by the outward, natural man
  The Spirit is confined within;
  Instead of giving Him a home,
  A prison we've become to Him.
3. He's like a treasure of great worth
  Contained in vessels earthen��made;
  The vessel must be broken through
  And thus the treasure be displayed.
4. Oh, how the Lord our self must break,
  Our outward man does so impede!
  It must be broken thoroughly,
  And thus the Spirit will be freed.
5. This is the reason why the Lord
  For us a certain measure makes
  Of circumstantial suffering;
  'Tis thus our outward man He breaks.
6. The outward man, the self, the soul,
  Must be consumed, must be decreased;
  The inner man, our spirit, then
  Shall with the Spirit be released.
7. Lord, grant Thy holy brokenness,
  Deliver me from being whole;
  And make me willing to receive
  The wounds that Thou wouldst give my soul.
8. Oh, cause me to appreciate
  Thy breaking, never to complain;
  And grant that I may value more
  All kinds of loss instead of gain.