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Broken and the Bleesed Week 5, Day 7

by David Joynt on February 11, 2017


DAY 35

LUKE 18:9-14

 Forgiveness received and given lights our steps and releases the burdens others carry. It allows for new beginnings, it encourages honesty, and it frees us from the complications that come with denial and self-justification. It also eliminates the jealousy, bitterness, and anger that can poison our hearts and hurt our health, both spiritual and physical. The first four beatitudes, including knowing your need of God, holy mourning, gentle use of power, and exercising rightful desires for goodness, will help us to be merciful. The first four “need beatitudes” prepare us for the next four “help beatitudes.”

 When has bitterness clouded your attitudes?

 When has forgiveness given you a fresh start?

 

FAMILY TIME:

When was the last time you said sorry to someone in the family?

How did they react?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tags: blessed, forgive, mercy

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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