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Everlasting November 7, 2025 Devotional

by David Joynt on November 07, 2025

Everlasting November 7, 2025 Devotional

JOHN 17:20 | 20 I ask not only on behalf of these but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their word,

 

The communion of saints unites present saints with past ones, as we stressed earlier in the week. That continuity is one of relationship and not just tradition, but the communion of saints also connects present disciples to future ones, as Jesus communicates in this verse.

 

The ever-expanding circle of followers began with 12 disciples on Pentecost and now includes people in every continent, from many ethnicities and races, speaking many languages, and representing many cultures. The church is the only multiracial, multiethnic, multicultural, multilinguistic, multigenerational institution of any real size in human history.

 

What excites you about the unity and diversity of God’s people?

 

 

Gracious God,

Give us a bigger vision of Your people and Your kingdom. Stretch our boundaries. Let us see Your global work.

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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