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Life Happens Here May 23, 2026 Devotional

by David Joynt on May 23, 2026

Life Happens Here May 23, 2026 Devotional

Possessions

44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Acts 2:44-45

 

It is nice to have possessions. Possessions bring about an easiness and comfortability in this life. However, if we do not think through why we have what we have, our possessions can get on top of us. The possessions we own can actually begin to own us. The danger being that we live life by protecting what we have and engaging in a life of getting more. The people of the early church saw their       possessions as a blessing from God to be used to bless others. When we recognize our possessions as a gift from God, we can clearly see how to best use them—to bring about wholeness in others. It is thrilling to see how the people of God at VPC use their possessions to bless others in our community, city, and world. You are a gift. Life happens here.

 

How is your relationship with your possessions?

 

How do you see VPC positioned to bring about wholeness in others?

 

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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