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Broken and the Blessed Week 5, Day 5

by David Joynt on February 09, 2017


DAY 33

MATTHEW 6:14-15

The cycle of mercy received and given, and given and then received, is not automatic. The unmerciful do not receive mercy. This truth is dramatically reinforced by Jesus immediately after he teaches the Lord’s Prayer—”if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” This is the only petition of the Lord’s Prayer with a commentary—this shows how seriously Jesus wants His followers to share forgiveness with others.

 

Is there anyone you need to forgive?

Is there anyone from whom you need to seek forgiveness?

 

FAMILY TIME:

How can you tell someone has forgiven you?

 

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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