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Growing Together for Tomorrow: Day 1

How deep is your devotion? What is Jesus teaching you through his community of faith?

by David Joynt on September 18, 2016


ACTS 1:1-5

Church Challenge - Deeper Devotion

God is intent on your spiritual growth. God desires your maturity. When Jesus was raised from the dead, He spent a little less than six weeks getting His disciples ready to initiate the Christian movement. Notice the emphasis on growth and learning in our passage, where Luke is summarizing Jesus' preparation priorities. During His regular ministry, He “taught” and “instructed.” After the cross, He demonstrated the reality of the Resurrection “by many convincing proofs,” telling His friends about the Kingdom of God. Jesus might have used His time in many different ways, but He chose to grow His followers' faith and devotion by teaching and connecting with them.

How deep is your devotion?

What is Jesus teaching you through His community of faith?

Family Focus: Show your children how much they have grown since birth. You can use door post markings. Discuss ways they can grow closer to Jesus.

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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