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Connected Together for Tomorrow: Day 5

What tears you up? Have you ever felt filled by God’s compassion?

by David Joynt on October 27, 2016


JOHN 11:28-36

Caring for others can be exhausting. One of the reasons we sometimes shy away from others’ needs is self-preservation. Compassion extended towards the broken requires from us a deep well of grace.

Fortunately for us, God’s “compassions they fail not.” His mercy is profound, and His concern is intense. Unlike us, He does not run out of emotional energy.

Notice the depth of Jesus’ concern for Lazarus and for those who grieved him. The phrase describing His feelings means that He was “torn up” on the inside. He wants to fill us with His compassion, whether we are comforting someone in a loss or encouraging them in a challenge.
 

What tears you up?

Have you ever felt filled by God’s compassion?

Family Focus - If you have irrigation for any of your yard or garden, show your children how it works. Explain that God wants to shower us with His compassion so we can grow in caring.

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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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