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Growing Together for Tomorrow: Day 5

When was the last time you felt inspired or directed by the Holy Spirit? Ask God to help you pray today.

by David Joynt on September 22, 2016


ACTS 1:4-5

Church Challenge: Deeper Devotion

We have special help in growing our hearts and lives. Everyone who has been baptized and believes in Jesus is given the “promise of the Father,” His Holy Spirit. God’s spirit aids us in our prayers, articulating our feelings even when we are too emotional or confused to express them. (Romans 8:26) As we seek God’s guidance, the Spirit “reminds us of Jesus’ teaching” (John 14:26), and helps us to understand the scriptures (John 16:16-17), guiding us into “all truth.”

God’s spirit is our inner counselor, our encourager, our coach, our guide, our boundary setter.

When was the last time you felt inspired or directed by the Holy Spirit?

Ask God to help you pray today.

Family Focus: Share with your children a time when God inspired or guided you.

Tags: growing, together

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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