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The Week That Changed the World Devotional March 6

by David Joynt on March 06, 2024


MARK 14:7 | 7 For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish, but you will not always have me.

 

The gift of a costly anointing was given to Jesus. It was not disproportionate to His value! People have labored for generations and spent vast sums to build cathedrals in His honor. They have devoted their lives to write music or create art to express their devotion to Him. He is the pearl of great price, the ultimate treasure, and so no gift can be too extravagant when given to Him. The divine son of God only walked this earth for 33 years and only did public ministry for three, yet these few years have generated more subsequent acts of generosity than any other person or period.

 

Have you ever inspired generosity?

 

 

Gracious God,

There are some things beyond comparison. You are good and beautiful and true and worthy beyond any other being. May we honor You with our lives, lips, and gifts.

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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