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The Pursuit of Happiness Daily Devotional -23

by David Joynt on January 25, 2021


PHILIPPIANS 1:21| 21 For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.  

To live is Christ and to die is gain. This short sentence is remarkable to me. The best way to unify your life is to aim, in every area and endeavor, to serve and glorify Christ. Often we feel torn between our vocations and jobs, our interests and passions, our family and church obligations, and our other areas of service. But what unites the different spheres of our activity and our effort is the desire to serve Jesus. To live is Christ.

Does your life feel unified or disconnected? 

Are there some areas where your faith feels inoperable?

 

Tags: faith, gain, unified

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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