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The Other Jesus, Part 2, Week 3, day 7

by David Joynt on July 21, 2018


EPHESIANS 5:15-16

“Be careful then, how you live—not as unwise people but as wise ones, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”

Receive today as a gift. Sometimes it seems that no one has enough time, even though everyone has all there is! Instead of rushing and pushing through your day, offer it to God. When we are grateful and attentive, open and gracious, receptive and responsive, then we redeem the time. Ordinary moments become sacred as they are shared or celebrated or used for loving service or honest witness.

PRAYER

Gracious God, Fill me with peace and joy in this moment. Let my attitude to others help them experience today in a fresh and deeper way. Turn ordinary moments into sacred encounters, and let this day end with gratitude and praise. I ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.

 

Tags: joy, peace, time

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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