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Divine Imperatives August 23 Devotional

by David Joynt on August 23, 2023


MATTHEW 5:14a | 14a You are the light of the world.

Salt is invisible, light is very visible. And it enables sight. First century listeners gathered on a Galilean hillside were no doubt shocked to think they were the light of the world! This global vision, however, taken as a prediction, was spot on. The first disciples did initiate the world’s only truly global movement, and history’s largest and longest continuous one.

 

When you take time to study it, the impact of Jesus’ church in history is truly remarkable and unprecedented.

 

Imagine Jesus speaking these words to you. Are you inspired?

 

 

Gracious God,

Don’t let me fear acknowledging my faith in You. Help me to shine in my everyday tasks and relationships.

Amen.

 

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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