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Body Building Daily Devotional - 33

by David Joynt on October 14, 2021


EPHESIANS 4:4 | 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling.

There is a final vision to which we are moving. The seemingly mundane work of the church with its meetings and projects is actually at the center of the world’s greatest hope. We are moving toward a restored creation, not subject to death and disintegration, and towards a new society not riven by divisions and injustices. The power of Jesus to heal and love and help and save will one day be triumphant. Even now, God’s work through His Spirit is defeating evil and making the kingdom real in you and I, in our friends at VPC, and in those touched by our mission and ministry. Every new person who joins and commits to life together is part of God’s restoration and every step we take toward deeper faith and service is a part of that purpose and a source of hope.

How big is your hope?

Tags: hope, big

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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