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Growing Joy June 17 Devotional

by David Joynt on June 17, 2023


PHILIPPIANS 4:7 | 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 

Joy and freedom from anxiety are based on our trust in the promises of God, as we noted previously. But when we do trust in His promises, our experiences will then change. Paul insists that God’s deep peace will invade our thoughts and feelings, protecting our minds and our hearts. This kind of peace can be present on the battlefield, in the cancer ward, and by the graveside.

 

It surpasses human understanding not because it is illogical but because it employs the logic of eternity and the joy of relationship with God to ward off depression, grief, and evil.

 

Memorize this verse.

 

 

Gracious God,

May Your deep peace guard my heart and mind, penetrating my feelings and thoughts.

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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