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Easter Hearts, Week 1, Day 4

by David Joynt on April 11, 2018

Easter Hearts, Week 1, Day 4

 

MARK 15:40

 

The clue to Mary’s gratitude is her support of Jesus’ work. This support was tangible. She was present as he taught and healed and faced opposition in Galilee. And she provided financial and material help in the ministry.

 

Today’s verse from Mark and yesterday’s verses from Luke 8 seem rather matter of fact. But in the first century, they were revolutionary—Jesus was egalitarian in a hierarchical world, valuing and empowering women to become contributing disciples in his ministry. In the first century, this was shocking.

 

How do you express gratitude to Jesus?

 

Do you give the gift of your presence? Your resources?

 

FAMILY TIME—

Thank God today for a woman you know who is a spiritual leader.

 

Tags: presence, spiritual leader

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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