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Best Marriage Ever Devotional 26

by David Joynt on September 01, 2022


1 THESSALONIANS 5:11 | 11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing.

The second form of love crucial for great and lasting relationships is storgé, a word meaning faithful support and encouragement. Everyone needs these things to be and do their best. Great teachers and coaches are experts in this, and all of us need it to overcome challenges.

In a tough and competitive world, who is in our corner? Who cheers for us? Who can we count on for support when we struggle? In solid marriages this form of love becomes a daily experience that makes triumphs sweeter and failures less catastrophic.

How good are you at encouragement and celebration?

How good are you at comfort and support?

Tags: comfort, support

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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