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Broken and the Blessed Week 1, Day 6

by David Joynt on January 13, 2017


DAY 6

GENESIS 3 continued

The Genesis story shows Adam and Eve engaged in disobedience. They begin to doubt God’s intent for them and see his instructions as a limitation, rather than a protection. This doubt is not based on anything real, for God has blessed and loved them. Soon they are hiding from Him, feeling shame and guilt. They’ve spoiled their intimacy with God and are full of blame for one another. The good gift of work becomes less creative and more burdensome. There is discomfort and confusion within and between them. Yet as the biblical story unfolds God is determined to bless his children in the midst of their brokenness.

 

Who is your favorite biblical character, apart from Jesus?

How realistically does the bible portray his or her brokenness? 

FAMILY TIME—

Can you remember a beautiful family trip or outing that just went wrong? What happened?

 

Tags: beatitudes, devotional, disobedience, the broken and the blessed

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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