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Thank God it's Monday Devo 62 Nov 5

by David Joynt on November 05, 2022


PSALM 33:1-3 | 1Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous. Praise befits the upright. 2 Praise the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings. 3 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.

Music enables true worship. Music expresses profound emotions words cannot convey, it allows moments of collective beauty, and adoration no individual could produce alone. In music, the faith of others is joined to our own and expressed together.

Music can help us experience holiness. We are drawn out of every day thoughts and routines into a greater sense of God’s sacred presence. With open hearts, we feel a communion with the one who is the source of all beauty, truth and love.

Thank God today for the creative, healing power of music and for all our wonderful musicians at VPC.

 

Tags: music, beauty

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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