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The Originals, Week 2, Day 6

by David Joynt on January 19, 2018


 

ACTS 15:39-40

 

 

By inviting John Mark on a second missionary journey, Barnabas
gave him permission to start over. It was impossible to know the
odds of his succeeding in the new assignment, but it was certain that
his previous failure would be a permanent blow without a second
chance.

 

There is a vital ministry to people in their "nadir moments*."
There are crucial times in every life when things bottom out and
we face the sting of rebuke and the pain of failure. Having
someone at that point that still believes in us and trusts us is
paramount.

 

 

Have you ever helped someone in a "nadir moment"?

 

 

What difference did it make?

 

*nadir—lowest point in an arc or in life

 

Tags: failure

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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