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The Originals, Week 3, Day 6

by David Joynt on January 26, 2018


ACTS 1:13

 

In Acts 1:13, we find Andrew waiting for the coming of the Holy
Spirit. He and the other disciples were instructed not to begin
their worldwide mission until they were "clothed with power
from on high." Waiting is a key part of Christian living. It is also
very hard. As people of action who are longing to make progress,
it is difficult to delay doing in order to wait for God's direction.

 

As I look back on my life, however, my most effective moments
have come with his aid and guidance. On my own, my best
efforts have yielded puny results.

 

 

Do you find waiting hard?

 

 

Have you ever experienced an infilling of spiritual power?

 

 

Tags: waiting

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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