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Easter Hearts, Week 3, Day 7

by David Joynt on April 28, 2018

Easter Hearts, Week 3, Day 7

 

JOHN 20:2

I call this the floating beatitude. It is far detached from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus gives us the famous group of nine blessings. But I am very glad it is here in John’s gospel.

 

It is our Beatitude in a unique way—it addresses those of us not present to meet Jesus in his earthly ministry. God honors the progress of our faith. He rejoices when our confessions deepen, as our doubts are answered and our trust and understanding grows.

 

Listen to this verse as a blessing given to you.

 

Use it to bless another believer.

 

FAMILY TIME—

As a family, you celebrate milestones and achievements in sports, music, home, or school. How do you celebrate spiritual advances?

 

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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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