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Growing Together for Tomorrow: Day 6

What area of your life would you like to see growth in? What area of your heart would God like to see growth?

by David Joynt on September 23, 2016


PHILIPPIANS 3:10-14

Church Challenge: Deeper Devotion

Paul also stresses, in his N.T. letters, the joy and challenge of spiritual growth. He talks of “straining toward the prize” of God’s upward call, and of being conformed to Christ, sharing in His resurrection power and sufferings. He prays in Ephesians 1:17-19 for his friends to grow in wisdom and hope and the knowledge of their inheritance. In 2 Corinthians 3:18, he sees us reflecting more strongly the glory of God visible in Jesus. The author of Hebrews, Chapter 5 verses 12-14, talks of the need to move on to faith’s deeper elements, just like infants move onto solid food when they get teeth.

 

What area of your life would you like to see growth in?

What area of your heart would God like to see growth?

Family Focus: Have the family focus on each member in turn, telling that person ways you have seen them grow.

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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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