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Invitation, Week 1, Day 1

by David Joynt on October 06, 2019

Invitation, Week 1, Day 1

MATTHEW 11:28 | Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Personal. Direct. Comprehensive. Jesus invites us to connect with him in this verse. On behalf of the Creator, he invites every person within the sound of his voice into a relationship. Through the scriptures it was God’s plan to extend this to every human being who read this verse. Through you and I, the invite reaches to anyone we invite in his name.

The invitation is universal. No one is excluded, no one is left out, no one must be on a waiting list until spots open up. The invitation does not end next week or next year. It lasts perpetually—until the return of Christ.

How unique is this invitation to you?

How does it differ from every other invitation?

 

Tags: rest, burden, relationship

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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