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Leading With a Loyal Heart: Day 5

Have people shown you loyalty? How did it impact your life?

by David Joynt on July 07, 2016

Leading With a Loyal Heart: Day 5

RUTH 1:1-18

 

Disloyalty is damaging, but loyalty is very powerful. It is a glue that keeps families together, and it can turn tragedy into triumph. When Ruth lost her husband, it was expected that she’d return to her parent’s clan, for women had no opportunities for independent life and employment at that time. Such was the advice of her mother-in-law, Naomi. Yet Ruth showed extraordinary loyalty, staying committed to Naomi and helping her begin life again after her losses.

Ruth’s loyalty oath is one of the most moving passages in the Bible. Unconditional commitment to family members, even in the face of adversity, is a life-giving gift.

 

Have people shown you loyalty?

How did it impact your life?

 

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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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