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Growing Joy June 10 Devotional

by David Joynt on June 10, 2023


PHILIPPIANS 2:29-30 | 29 Welcome him, then, in the Lord with all joy, and honor such people, 30 because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for those services that you could not give me.

Endeavor is worth recognizing and celebrating. In a “results only,” bottom line world, we can easily miss the beauty of those who attempt brave things that don’t lead to spectacular results. Epaphroditus will soon return home after a difficult mission where he showed courage and survived a deadly disease. It did not go perfectly as planned, and the caregiver needed care himself from Paul and Timothy. But sometimes endeavor, risk taking, and survival itself, should be an occasion for joy and celebration. Leaving the hospital should be as joyous as crossing the finish line first!

 

Celebrate someone’s endeavor or survival today.

 

 

Gracious God,

Help me spread joy whenever, wherever there is courage and endeavor and brave survival.

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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