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Here and Beyond Devo Nov 6

by David Joynt on November 06, 2022

Here and Beyond Devo Nov 6

COLOSSIANS 1:18-19 | 18 He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. 19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.

Jesus is the great link between here and beyond. He is the only one in position to report on life beyond death. He lived an earthly life and has an ongoing legacy that grows every year. That means He carries the human experience of joy and sorrow, struggle and victory, cheers and rejection, life and death, right into the realms of light and glory. Present to us through His Spirit, He brings heaven’s grace and guidance into our daily lives, fostering faith, hope, and love. His presence unites heaven and earth in a great circle that grows wider and deeper as people acknowledge His rule and live more fully by His power. He makes the beyond nearby and the here and now eternal.

Name three things that are unique about Jesus.

Turn those characteristics into a prayer of praise.

 

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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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