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Leading With a Just Heart: Day 6

Pray for our leaders and our elections today.

by David Joynt on July 15, 2016

Leading With a Just Heart: Day 6

1 TIMOTHY 2:1-2

 

As we step toward the things that break God’s heart, we encounter the difficult and tragic character of human history. When we pray for our leaders, it is wise to recall the hard dilemmas they face. How can they help the needy move beyond neediness? What forms of international aid spur development without creating dependency? When is force or the threat of force a legitimate tool for preventing wrongs? Does justice work differently in the many realms of life; familial, corporate, local, national, international? Which spheres of activity should be prioritized—health, education, welfare, environment?

 

Pray for our leaders and our elections today.

 

 

Tags: justice, leading

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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