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Growing Joy June 1 Devotional

by David Joynt on June 01, 2023


ACTS 2:7-8 | 7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?

 

Pentecost was a preview. Eventually the gospel, the good news about Jesus, would spread out over the globe. Praise would happen in many, many languages. The scriptures would be translated into thousands of tongues. A unique movement would cross continents and cultures, the first and greatest transcultural phenomena in human history and the greatest proof of truth’s power to unite.

 

Pray for our church partners in Africa who celebrate Jesus in other languages.

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank You for the privilege of being part of a global movement of such depth and magnitude. Hallelujah!

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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