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Day 12: Assurance

Who has sacrificed for you?

by David Joynt on April 21, 2016


JOHN 10:14-15

Jesus’ willingness to lay down His life is the source of a great assurance for us. It means the cross is not just an event within the heart of God, a reconciliation of justice and mercy in the name of love. It is also Jesus making good on his promise to his sheep. Keeping hard promises proves to the people of our lives that they matter and are worth sacrifice and hardship. We trust people who compromise schedules, incur costs, or undergo strenuous moments in order to help or protect us. How much more should we trust One who laid down his Life for us?

When have you kept a hard promise?

Life divides us between “hired hands” and “good shepherds.” Do you agree?

 

 

 

Tags: assurance, devotional, encountering

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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