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The Upside Down World, Week 12, Day 7

by David Joynt on December 02, 2017


LUKE 12:48


The second thing we learn about the judgement of leaders is that God’s expectations are in proportion to His gifts to us. If we have immense talent or remarkable intellect, if we have been given great resources, then God’s expectations for us are proportionately higher. If we’ve been mentored by great leaders, blessed with great education, and tremendous support, then He wants that to be reflected in our lives and leadership.


Does this principle relieve you? Excite you? Scare you?



FAMILY TIME— Ask your children what they think you expect of them.

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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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