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Pray Without Ceasing, Week 9, Day 60

by David Joynt on July 31, 2019


WEDNESDAY | JULY 31, 2019 PSALM 1:2 | But their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night.

Do you meditate on scripture? Many of us have learned to read for context and information but not learned how to meditate and savor scripture.

Sometimes I eat to survive, paying little attention to the food or its preparation. But sometimes I create a feast, with love and attention, and savor it. Scripture is to be savored like a great meal. Use your imagination to enter its scenes—what are the colors like, the smells and the scenery? What emotions permeate the scene? What would it be like to be present as a disciple, or an onlooker? How does this scripture fit into its context? Into the overall story of the bible? How does it apply to your life?

Take delight in Psalm 1 today! Savor it.

Tags: law, delight

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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