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Divine Imperatives November 16 Devotional

by David Joynt on November 16, 2023


LUKE 11:9-10 | 9 ‘So I say to you, Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and
everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

 

What shapes a life? The questions we ask, the goals we seek, and the doors we decide to enter, this is what shapes our lives, our characters and our souls. What a responsibility we have! God can’t answer questions we don’t ask. He can’t help us achieve ends we refuse to seek. He can’t open doors we won’t knock on. If we ask real and deep questions, God won’t leave us without answers. If we seek worthy ends he’ll make sure we find our way to worthy places. If we knock on holy doors he’ll ensure we are welcomed into great companies and know welcome and intimacy.

 

 

Are you good at asking, seeking, and knocking?

 

 

Gracious God,

Deepen my questions, grow my goals, and help me knock on good and great doors. I ask in the wonderful name of Jesus.

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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