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Marked Devotional 9

by David Joynt on March 14, 2022


DEUTERONOMY 14:22 | 22 Set apart a tithe of all the yield of your seed that is brought in yearly from the field.

Exceptional and unplanned moments make our Christian lives spontaneous and exciting, but consistency is also a virtue! It is the everyday way that we shape our characters, live out our values, and impact the world.

The tithe is a regular practice, in ancient Israel, for making an
everyday difference. The tithe supported the life and work of the priestly class, the sons of Aaron, and so provided for the religious care and nurture of every Israelite. To dedicate a portion of ones yield to this purpose was to share in the spiritual life of everyone else. Each one had an opportunity to bless every other one.

Do you have everyday practices that allow you to bless others?

Tags: practices, bless

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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