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Finale Revelation and Imagination Daily Devotional- 11

by David Joynt on June 16, 2021


REVELATION 2:4 | 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

How passionate are you about your life and relationships and your work?

Do you ever run the danger of losing your delight in the midst of your duty? Life has a way of sapping your juice, depleting your batteries, and stealing your joy.

You and I are responsible for the quality and intensity of our own hearts. Our relationship with Christ must not be reduced to a
time-worn testimony. Endurance and patience must be compatible with deep passion and fresh desire to know and follow Him.

This takes intention. We must listen for new guidance or sit and enjoy His presence. We must initiate spiritual conversations and be encouraged by His work in others. We must celebrate communal triumphs and answers to prayer.

How passionate are you about your faith?

 

Tags: faith, passionate

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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