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Real Devotional 25

by David Joynt on May 25, 2022


JAMES 1:22 |22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

God’s word is living and active, it changes situations and people. And it changes situations chiefly by challenging people, by making people more like Jesus. But this process is not automatic, because God does not coerce changes in our souls and character. For God’s word to change and equip and empower us, we must obey it. To hear God and not to obey or apply His instruction, is to nullify His power to transform our hearts and minds. Deep hearts are always obedient ones. Understanding must be followed by action, as we apply God’s truth to our lives, relationships, and decisions.

Are you a hearer and a doer?

Tags: hearer, doer

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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