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Thank God it's Monday Devo 49 Oct 22

by David Joynt on October 22, 2022


ISAIAH 43:2 | 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

What a wonderful set of verses! Such beautiful promises. I watched today as the overwhelming flood, or storm surge, hit the west coast of Florida. Having experienced a similar storm in New Jersey, I know its terror. God promises that in natural disasters and terrible tragedies, He is accompanying us.

Today we remember all who stand at the ready to respond to these awful events. It is remarkable that men and women prepare to stand in the breach and provide life-preserving and life-saving aid.

Pray for all our local and national EMS workers, firefighters, national guard, and police.

 

Tags: promises, aid

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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