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Everyday Saints Devotional 61

by David Joynt on March 03, 2022


LUKE 8:47 | 47 When the woman saw that she could not
remain hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before him, she declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed.

Grace experienced is meant to be shared. Notice that when Jesus asks who touched him, the now healed sufferer comes forward. She tells everyone why she’d touched Jesus and how she’s been healed. This is confession and testimony all at once! Real testimony always has an element of confession, since acts of God’s grace are God’s acts in the midst of our need. Again this woman shows great courage, and her coming forward to explain her need and her actions become a public moment when God is glorified and his son is honored. Her healing is the occasion for other’s praise and perhaps faith.

When God blesses and helps you, do you share the story!?

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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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