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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 2, Day 44

by David Joynt on July 20, 2020


PSALM 23:6a| 6a Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.

 The day begins before you speak a word, make a decision, hit the gym, or respond to a text. The day begins with your attitude and expectation. “Today,” the Psalmist says, “I will be blessed— surrounded and pervaded by God’s goodness.”

 What is your everyday expectation? Do you awake with optimism? Do you welcome your hours as a gift, your friendships as a joy, your family as a sacred company? The key to your day, everyday, lies in your soul.

 Track God’s “following goodness” in your life today.

Tags: goodness, expectation

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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