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Everyday Saints Devotional 18

by David Joynt on January 19, 2022


Matthew 10:40-41 | 40 "Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward; and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive the reward of the righteous;

The sacredness of hospitality is given a new and personal dimension by this teaching of Jesus. When someone welcomes Jesus-followers they are entertaining him and welcoming God himself. We can now be aware, not unaware, that God is present when we give hospitable moments to other believers. When Jesus sent his followers on
mission trips, they depended on the hospitality of the residents of the villages they visited. God promises, in these verses, to reward help given to his workers as fully as he rewards those workers for their labors. When we help and bless other Christians, enabling their mission via generosity, friendship, and hospitality, we are
considered part of their team!

What Christian workers are you supporting?

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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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