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Faithful, Faith Works, Day 52

by David Joynt on February 26, 2019

Faithful, Faith Works, Day 52

PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 | Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

When faith is actively engaged and “working,” there is an immediate set of consequences that then deepens an individual’s faith. One of these is the impact on our prayer life. Prayer can easily become vague and unfocused. But when we are working for God, we naturally have specific people and projects to pray for.

This specifically enlivens our prayer life and then allows us to see God at work in concrete ways. Firsthand experience of God at work increases our faith, and a virtuous circle of faithful action and deepening faith is created.

How are you engaged in God’s redeeming work?

Who and what are you praying for…

 

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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