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Growing Joy June 2 Devotional

by David Joynt on June 02, 2023


ACTS 2:9-11 | 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya   belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.

 

Words are the way we grasp the world. They allow us to analyze, to describe, to propose, to critique. They empower our expression, so that the inner feeling or thought can be made public and shared. Words can bless or curse, break down or build up. The highest use of our words, however, is to name with joy, the Name that is above every name.

 

Find a Psalm to express your praise today.

 

Read it out loud.

 

 

Gracious God,

Thank You for Your deeds of power. Thank You for words to praise Your mighty acts.

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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