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Soul Songs February 2 Devotional

by David Joynt on February 02, 2024


ROMANS 12:5-8 | 5  so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. 6 We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us:
prophecy, in proportion to faith; 7 ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; 8 the exhorter, in exhortation; the giver, in generosity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.

 

“The Spirit and the gifts are ours

Through Him who with us sideth”

 

Assurance can be a tricky thing. How do we know we can trust in the demise of evil and the triumph of God’s truth? Jesus’ triumph becomes personal and real as we work to build his kingdom in the power of his Spirit. As we exercise the gifts he has given us, it deepens our sense of his presence. Kingdom moments build Kingdom confidence. The ongoing power of the Resurrected One to revive, encourage, bless, renew, convert, and convict reassures us.

 

 

Do you have Kingdom confidence? Which gifts are you deploying?

 

 

Gracious God,

Connect my conviction to my mission. May my doing enhance my believing.

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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