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Each 1 Reach 1 January 21 Devotional

by David Joynt on January 21, 2023


1 CORINTHIANS 3:6 | 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

 

Not all attempts to share Christian truth will be met with immediate, enthusiastic response. But do not be discouraged. Sometimes, we plant seeds in people’s hearts that will remain. Later, someone else will water our seeds, and then they will grow and be “harvested.” Learning about faith and making a commitment can be a lengthy and complex process in which many witnesses and examples play a part.

 

How patient and hopeful are you as a communicator?

 

Pray for perseverance.

 

 Gracious God,

Help us to remember You have many witnesses, a vast team of truth tellers, and love demonstrators. We can be content to do our parts, trusting that You will use our witness moments creatively and powerfully in ways we can’t imagine.

Amen.

 

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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