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A New Heart for the Valley Week 3, Day7

by David Joynt on March 10, 2018

A New Heart for the Valley Week 3, Day7

 

MARK 2:8-12

Jesus invited the horrified scribes to do some self-examination. Where is their concern for the suffering of the paralyzed man? Why do they not understand God’s desire to free people from sin and guilt? Why is their critical spirit so strong they cannot rejoice at the good deeds of mercy he has been doing? In defending God’s authority, they miss his activity. Then Jesus invited the paralyzed man to stand and walk. Atrophied muscles strengthened, unused ligaments began to work, unpracticed limbs moved. When people come into the presence of God, various kinds of healings happen, and wholeness spreads. Our worship and our wonder grow and find expression.

 

 

We know God’s attitude to the hurting and helpless because of these moments in the Gospels. Do you agree?

 

 

What moves you to glorify God?

 

FAMILY TIME

Have you ever experienced healing—physical or emotional?

Thank God for his concern for our well-being.

 

Tags: healing, well-being

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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