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Growing Joy May 26 Devotional

by David Joynt on May 26, 2023


PHILIPPIANS 2:16 | 16 holding forth the word of life so that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

 

Another trait that has eternal value is steadfastness. The art of hanging in there, of showing a “long obedience in the same direction,” is also worth rejoicing in. Paul anticipates that the      steadfastness of his friends will be something he can be proud of on judgement day. Some of life is just holding on and not giving up, when things are difficult or expectations fail.

 

When have you been steadfast?

 

Notice someone today who is “hanging on” with determination.

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank You for Your hesed, Your steadfast love and mercy. Let me rejoice in those who hang in and hang on.

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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