envelop spinner search close plus arrow-right arrow-left facebook twitter

The Upside Down World, Week 1, Day 3

by David Joynt on September 12, 2017


 

MATTHEW 3:17 | MARK 9:7

 

Thus when God speaks from Heaven in the New Testament, he only says one thing—”This is my Son, my Beloved, listen to him!” That means that the merchant we’ll look at tomorrow, and the hired hand or renter we looked at on Sunday, are not making risky decisions when they liquidate their assets for one single possession. This is not high risk; it is smart business. It is a wise purchase not a sacrifice. It is a joy and not a burden.

 

What have you given up because of your faith?

 

FAMILY TIME—

Discuss something your faith has cost you with your family.

Tags: faith, joy

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.

More from Pastor Joynts Devotionals

return to Pastor Joynts Devotionals