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VS. March 26, 2025 Devotional

by David Joynt on March 26, 2025


ACTS 20:34-35 | 34 You know for yourselves that I worked with my own hands to support myself and my companions. 35 In all this I have given you an example that by such work we must support the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus, for he himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”’

 

Charity changes us now and prepares us for eternity. This reinforces one of life’s most basic lessons, referenced here by Paul, “It is more blessed to give than receive.” Giving and sharing bless the giver as well as the receiver. The people who enjoy life most now, are the generous and not the greedy ones.

 

Much giving in our lives is predicated on reciprocity. We give and then receive in return. Such giving is the basis of most commercial and business relationships and a first step in learning to share. But genuine charity is directed toward those who cannot return it. This yields greater internal and external rewards.

 

Is some of your giving charity?

 

 

Gracious God,

You are the giver of every good and perfect gift. Open my heart and hands. Let me freely share wisdom, truth, encouragement, and resources.

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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