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Christmas Playlist Devotional 26

by David Joynt on December 23, 2021


John 1:1-4 | 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.

We spend a lot of time thinking about what we want for Christmas and no wonder—we are the most advertised to of any group who ever lived. We spend additional time considering what other people want for Christmas, especially those we must shop for.

But Christmas at its deepest level is about what God wants. It is about the shocking fact that what he most wants is you and me. He wants us to know a life that is gloriously free and full to the brim with love, peace, and joy. This form of life enlightens all who
experience it. He is not deterred by our rebellion or our rejections, by our selfishness or waywardness. He brings his light into our darkness.

Listen to the song All I Want for Christmas is You from a new perspective.

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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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