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Top X June 1, 2025 Devotional

by David Joynt on June 01, 2025

Top X June 1, 2025 Devotional

EXODUS 20:1-2 | 2  I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;

 

We see two aspects of God’s nature in these verses, which introduce the Decalogue in general and the first command in particular. One aspect is God’s tenderness. Like a lover He says “I am yours!” and then, “will you be mine?” Here, there is love, invitation, and vulnerability. The Divine Creator made us and desires genuine relationships of depth and commitment with us.

 

Equally amazing is the statement “I brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.” The God who woos and invites is also a mighty liberator.

 

How has God wooed you? How has He freed you?

 

 

Gracious God,

You love us enough to pursue us and invite us. You also want to free us from every form of slavery. Today we respond to Your overtures with a “Yes and Amen!”

Amen.

 

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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