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Broken and the Blessed, Lent Day 37

by David Joynt on April 06, 2017


DAY 37

PHILIPPIANS 2:1-8

 

The cross fits and addresses the threefold human dilemma—the existential situation which every human being faces. One part of that problem has to do with direction and motivation. We must make choices, and even with good intentions, we often struggle to live honorably and truly. Our best intuitions betray us, and hindsight reveals our errors and mistakes. Even when we do see the right path opening up, the energy and determination received to follow it are not always forthcoming. Ignorance and apathy threaten our integrity. The cross, however, directs and inspires, providing guidance and motivation, for it is a story of love lived consistently, regardless of cost, and of forgiveness offered generously, even to enemies. It is a powerful, crowning example, in keeping with the model of Jesus’ life and teaching.

 

 

Take one sentence from our passage today as your daily theme.

 

At the end of the day, assess how you did in making it real.

 

 FAMILY TIME:

What does it mean to be humble?

Try to give examples.  

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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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