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A New Heart for the Valley Week 1, Day 1

by David Joynt on February 18, 2018

A New Heart for the Valley Week 1, Day 1

WEEK 1

A NEW HEART FOR THE VALLEY

DAY 1

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

EZEKIEL 36:22-28 

I asked you in the introduction whether you wanted a new heart. The great news for anyone who does long for one, is that God wants you to have it! Five years into the exile of the leadership of Israel in Babylon in 593 BC, the prophet Ezekiel told the people of Israel that God would display his holiness, and gather his people from the nations, acting for the sake of his name, his honor, and his glory. He promised spiritual renewal saying “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you.” (Ezekiel 36:26a)

 

 

Can you envision yourself cleansed and renewed?

 

Can you imagine yourself with a more devoted heart?

 

FAMILY TIME

Do you ever feel stuck?

What habits do you wish were different?

Pray for God to give you a new heart and habits.

 

Tags: a new heart, renewed

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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