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Broken and the Blessed Week 8, Day 2

by David Joynt on February 27, 2017


DAY 51

JOHN 15:18-20| 2 TIMOTHY 3:12

 

Knowing that opposition is to be expected means we are not taken by surprise or forced to believe that Jesus was unaware of the consequences of His calling. In fact, if we are helping the poor and the struggling, our goodness will almost certainly attract trouble. Proverbs 29:10 says “Bloodthirsty people hate one who is blameless and the wicked seek his life.” Paul writes to his young friend Timothy “All who desire to live a godly life will be persecuted!” (2 Timothy 3:12). Joining Jesus’ movement is more like becoming part of a battle than participating in a club.

 

 

Name one area of the world where God’s will is flouted.

 

Pray for change in that area.

 

FAMILY TIME:

Discuss a time when your faith or honesty generated conflict for you.

 

Tags: broken and the blessed

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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