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Pray Without Ceasing, Week 8, Day 54

by David Joynt on July 25, 2019


PSALM 139:5, 10 | You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.

His knowledge is never mere knowledge. Some of our understanding is dormant rather than active. We know auto mechanics but never touch an engine. We can play our instrument but it remains in the back of the closet. God’s knowledge of us is never dormant, existing but unused. He is actively pursuing us, his hand is “upon us,” “leading us.” His influence is not coercive but it is real. He uses circumstances and opportunities, urges and thoughts, to gently encourage us to move along paths of truth and goodness.

Do you sense God’s hand in your life?

Where is he leading you?

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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