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Pray Without Ceasing, Week 8, Day 56

by David Joynt on July 27, 2019


PSALM 139:14 | I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.

This psalm, and the scripture as a whole, establishes your worth in a way that no person can undermine or destroy. Worth depends on origins, uniqueness and price in most settings. Your origin is in God, who is your maker. No artist compares to him for beauty, originality or profundity. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! You are unique and so extremely rare, and on the cross Christ paid the ultimate price for you. The life he gave for you was a life of incalculable value.

What do you build your self-worth on?

Memorize this verse.

Do you know anyone with poor self-worth? Help them understand their value.

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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