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Pray without Ceasing, Week 4, Day 27

by David Joynt on June 28, 2019


PSALM 84:10 | For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. JOHN 10:10 | The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

All time is not equally valuable or precious. Some moments glisten with freshness and some are stale. Some hours flash by in true companionship and others creep in lonely half steps. One day of true worship in the temple beats 1000 days without Yahweh’s presence. Existing and living, truly and deeply, are different things. Jesus came to bring life, full, rich, and teaming. Think today about how you plan your day. Where does God fit?

What makes a great day for you?
How do you prepare for worship?

Tags: worship, praise, home, time

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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