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Leading With a Generous Heart: Day 3

Have you ever gone “the second mile?” How did the other party react to your underserved generosity?

by David Joynt on August 16, 2016

Leading With a Generous Heart: Day 3

1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

Generosity should characterize the way we deal with others. It means seeing the best in them, rather than just seeing their foibles and failures. It means wanting and willing the best for them, rather than enjoying the Schadenfreude that comes when others struggle. Finally, it means working for the best in others and that means exercising appropriate forgiveness when they let us down, offering genuine encouragement, celebrating their successes, and helping them overcome obstacles.

Do you pray for others?

Which of these ‘generous habits,’ mentioned above, do you find easiest? Which is hardest?

Tags: generosity, leading

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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