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Broken and the Blessed Week 4, Day 4

by David Joynt on February 01, 2017


DAY 25

2 KINGS 22:11, 18-19

Josiah expresses personal repentance immediately. This shows sincerity and realism. No one gets a free pass from the Prayer of Confession on Sundays! Before we can encourage change or new life in others, we must recognize our own need for an infusion of God’s grace. Humbling ourselves is the key to having an impact on others. Forgiveness not received cannot be shared. Josiah leads by example in the matter of confessing how far his life is from God’s true intentions. Repentance and reformation of our lives begins with the letter “I”.

Why is it so hard to be as honest as Josiah was?

FAMILY TIME—

Discuss how well your family members admit mistakes to one another.

 

Tags: devotional, honest, 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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