FamilyLife Blended® Minute

Good Friday: The Joy Set Before Him

with | April 19, 2019
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There was a day when my wife and I were told by doctors that our 12-year-old son was about to die. I can assure you I did not face that moment with joy. The writer of Hebrews in the Bible says to look to Jesus, "the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross..." Where was the joy in enduring the cross? On this Good Friday, let's remember that Jesus looked past his suffering to the day when he would be glorified at his Father's side. Worship and praise him.

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  • There was a day when my wife and I were told by doctors that our 12-year-old son was about to die. I can assure you I did not face that moment with joy. The writer of Hebrews in the Bible says to look to Jesus, "the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross..." Where was the joy in enduring the cross? On this Good Friday, let's remember that Jesus looked past his suffering to the day when he would be glorified at his Father's side. Worship and praise him.

  • Ron Deal

    Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.

Have you ever faced a great trial in your life…with joy?