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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 1

by David Joynt on June 07, 2020

Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 1, Day 1

Psalm 23:1a | 1a The Lord is my Shepherd.

 This first sentence is a personal declaration. The Lord is my shepherd. David, himself a King, recognizes the absolute necessity of being led by God and the higher authority and submission this implies. Everything begins with God and the question of our relation to him. This question is in the background of all other questions. It is not only a claim about Him, it is a claim about us, about our need and our rightful dependence. Our psychological health, our emotional well being, our life effectiveness, our spiritual maturity, and our external destiny—all hang on the relationship we have with the Shepherd.

 Is the Lord your Shepherd?

 Turn this psalm into a personal declaration and prayer. “Lord you are my Shepherd…”

 

Tags: shepherd, relationship with god

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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