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Leading With a Humble Heart: Day 6

Do you sense your dependence? Ask God for a humble heart today.

by David Joynt on July 01, 2016

Leading With a Humble Heart: Day 6

EPHESIANS 4:5
MATTHEW 23:8-12

Humility is a key virtue for all Christians, but it is especially important for leaders. Leaders in the church, or those who lead outside in the world, must remember that they are never just leaders. They are also, always, followers. In the movement of Jesus, there is really only one Lord, one head, one source of inspiration and life. Every true Christian leader has a deep sense of being led and knows that she or he depends entirely on Christ for direction, strength, and sustaining grace.

Do you sense your dependence?

Ask God for a humble heart today.

 

 

 

Tags: humility, 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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