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Leading With an Ordered Heart: Day 7

Do you know anyone whose life has a beautiful simplicity? Do you feel your life is complex or simple?

by David Joynt on August 27, 2016

Leading With an Ordered Heart: Day 7

MATTHEW 6:33

What is the sign of an ordered heart? Amid life’s complexities and temptations, an ordered heart produces a certain simplicity. Time and money are spent meaningfully. Words are used well to bless and encourage. Service takes priority as the measure of success. Relationships are rich. Worship is frequent, and prayer is as much about listening as talking. The scripture is light to the path and friendships run deep. Time has a sense of eternity and faith is strong enough to endure in the face of threats and doubts.

Do you know anyone whose life has a beautiful simplicity?

Do you feel your life is complex or simple?

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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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