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VPC 2.0 Daily Devotional-43

by David Joynt on November 15, 2020

VPC 2.0 Daily Devotional-43

ACTS 2:41| 41 So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.

 Some of the impact of preaching and teaching is invisible. Weak resolve may be strengthened, confusion may give way to clarity, guilt is replaced by a sense of being forgiven and accepted. None of this is immediately visible in an outward sense.

 But some of the impact of preaching and teaching is visible. Peter spoke at Pentecost and 3,000 people joined the Christian movement. A community of several hundred grew enormously overnight. This must have been very encouraging for the first disciples. Instead of crawling or inching into history, the church exploded.

 New adherents vote with their feet and hearts. They bring new gifts, experiences, resources, and passions into the work of the communities they join. Such growth encourages additional growth because the network of contacts expands exponentially. 

 Are you praying for a season of growth at VPC?

 

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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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