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All You Need is Love Daily Devotional -53

by David Joynt on June 02, 2021

All You Need is Love Daily Devotional -53

JOHN 15:5 | 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

I love the word “abide.” Faith, hope, and love abide because they last, and they feature in both this life and the next. But our experience of faith, our level of hope, and the depth of our love, all depend on abiding in Christ.

Enjoying and treasuring His words and internalizing the scriptures, helps us abide in Him. So do meditation and worship, whether we seek His presence in quiet or in celebration. Obedience too, especially when we are tempted toward selfish or unloving behavior, grows our sense of His life within our hearts. Genuine friendship deepens our connection as we sense Him in others.

What virtues abide in us depends on how well we abide in Him.

Practice abiding for 10 minutes today.

 

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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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