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Your Church, God's World - Day 20

by David Joynt on November 09, 2018

Your Church, God's World - Day 20

LUKE 22:41-42 | Then he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, knelt down, and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done.”

Intercessory prayer is one key to being a community of healing. Lifting up the needs of those suffering in our lives and our communities is a key ministry, as is prayer with those who are in crisis or difficulty. Active compassion and accompaniment changes the way we experience our struggles and opens the door to healing in our hearts, minds, and emotions, even as we seek in it our bodies. We all have times when the faith of others is more real from our own and where we need to be touched and blessed.

Cultivating relationships of depth, helping those who are divided reconcile, or those who are alone to connect—all this is healing work to do.

How do you construct your prayer list?

 

How do you construct your prayer time? How much is intercession for others?

 

Deepen a relationship today.

 

Notice Jesus’ situation as he prays for his disciples.

 

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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