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Everyday Saints Devotional 6

by David Joynt on January 07, 2022


2 CORINTHIANS 4:15 | 15 Yes, everything is for your sake, so that grace, as it extends to more and more people, may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

Gratitude practices shift our attitudes—they have psychological effects. They create a circle of blessing in which we express gratitude to those who bless us and they feel blessed by our gratitude. Gratitude, or remembered blessing, fortifies us for hard times. Couples should recall how they met, how they’ve supported and encouraged each other, thereby reinforcing a positive view of their marriage. Then when they hit a rough patch, gratitude practices give them perspective on present struggles.

The same applies for spiritual lives.

Are you in any circles of blessing? Create one!

 

Tags: circle, blessing

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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