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Growing Joy May 29 Devotional

by David Joynt on May 29, 2023


ACTS 2:2 | 2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

 

Ruach, the Hebrew word for “spirit” also means “wind.” Wind moves invisibly, yet powerfully, and it is wind in the form of breath, that animates our bodies and brings us to life. The church without the Spirit is a dead thing, an institution without life. A church with the Spirit, where the wind fills the house, is an outpost of the kingdom, a place of miracles. The church is meant to be a place where we celebrate the presence and activity of God’s spirit in our midst. Our ultimate unity is not established or maintained by processes or procedures or rituals—it originates and depends on the Spirit.

 

Breathe deeply for several minutes and pray “veni sanctus spiritus—come Holy Spirit.”

 

 

Gracious God,

Come as fire to cleanse me. Come as wind to inspire me.

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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