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Praising Together for Tomorrow: Day 2

How do you prepare for worship? How do you link worship to your week?

by David Joynt on October 31, 2016


PSALM 46:1-3, 10-11

Worship has to be authentic, as we learned yesterday, because in  worship we are reoriented, and re-centered, on God and His Kingdom. Without worship, our awareness of God dims, and the little tyrant god we call “self” takes over our thoughts and decisions. We place ourselves at the center of the universe and forget our need, our mortality, our calling. In worship, we see and hear and sense our holy purpose, our deep identity, our faithful future.

 

How do you prepare for worship?

How do you link worship to your week?

Family Focus - Ask your children if they have any questions about worship. Encourage them to pick a time to talk to God other than mealtime or bedtime.

Tags: praising, together

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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