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Invitation, Week 2, Day 8

by David Joynt on October 13, 2019

Invitation, Week 2, Day 8

JOHN 10:10 | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

What prevents us from enjoying the fullest kind of life? Jesus came that we might experience the deepest, richest, most rewarding lives, full of joy, blessed with significance, crowned with honor, guided by wisdom, shaped by love, ennobled by service. Yet we are often plagued by the sense that our daily lives fall short of these possibilities.

For many of us there are obstacles which block our way. One of these is timidity. We hold back from participation. We step away from adventure. We are cautious about engaging with others. We minimize risk.

Do you deal with timidity in any areas of your life?

What is this rooted in?

 

Tags: joy, life, obstacles, honor, steal, kill, abundance, timid

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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