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Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 2, Day 51

by David Joynt on July 27, 2020

Dwell in the House of the Lord Volume 2, Day 51

PSALM 23:6b | 6b and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.

 PSALM 84:1-2,10 | 1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! 2 My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

 10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.

 David had a royal residence—but felt most at home in the Temple—the courts of the Lord. Feel the emotional intensity in Psalm 84. In worship we touch the Timeless in time, we sense the Beautiful in beauty, we taste the Good in goodness. We sample heaven and rejoice in the presence of our Father.

 What makes a house a home is the quality of relationships experienced within the walls. In God’s house we can know perfect love, total acceptance, and genuine truth.

  What do you miss most about in-person worship?

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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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