JOY! Magazine

JOY! Magazine is one of the premier Christian Family Magazines in the world, covering a range of content including breaking Christian news, relevant current affairs, articles on marriage and family, devotional teachings and much more!

JOY! Magazine

Trusting God above our feelings

Faith DECLARATIONS

FRANSCHHOEK HEALING CENTRE • A place of waiting on the Lord

Letters to the EDITOR • Send your letters to editor@joymag.co.za

Letters to the EDITOR • Send your letters to editor@joymag.co.za

WORD SEARCH

Test your BIBLE KNOWLEDGE • See how many of these you can fill in before checking the answers on page 65. After you test yourself, try reading the questions aloud to a friend or family member and see how they do!

CROSSWORD

ASK VAL • Biblical answers to tough questions

God’s Fingerprints • The wonder of a cat

Thank you I know it was You, Lord!

WHO’S in the NEWS?

DID YOU KNOW?

CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE Ananias & Sapphira

The anatomy of FATHERHOOD

THE CALL FOR FATHERS TO RISE • Interview with Bert Pretorius

THE FOUNDATION OF A CHAMPION • Discipline, sacrifice & investment

Are you STRUGGLING to CONNECT with your child? • Have you ever felt like Bart? You can’t figure out the right ways to connect with your child. And though you want to be closer, for some reason, you’re having trouble.

Celebrate the small • Joy is found in the everyday, not just the big moments

‘We went to SPACE... and FOUND GOD’ • ARTEMIS II AND THE GLORY OF GOD

THE KIFFNESS PART 2 • Standing firm when faith is tested

TO JUDGE OR NOT? IS EXPOSING SIN JUDGING? • The question before us is this: Is exposing sin the same as judging, or is it something God requires of us – and if so, how should it be done?

Your voice matters and so does your vote!

The 7 churches of Revelation

Walking through the valley

Returning to TRUE WORSHIP • A call to refocus our hearts on Christ, moving away from performance and back to sincere devotion.

HUNGRY FOR GOD

BEWARE OF LYING about praying for others • We so easily promise others that we will pray for them, but are we really keeping our word? It might not be our intention to lie, but we forget, violating our commitment.

3 POINTS TO PONDER ON when men go quiet…

What does the Bible say about GOLD?

The ripple effect of ENCOURAGEMENT • Encouragement is like oxygen for our thoughts. It can turn a dull environment into one where people grow.

A LIVING HOPE THAT TRANSFORMS LIVES

TESTIMONIES FROM THE MISSION FIELD • Videos of God’s miraculous power

Hope in the RAINFOREST • 249 PYGMY MEN & WOMEN BAPTISED IN JESUS’ NAME

Reaching children in the shadow of war

JOY! NEWS • KEEPING CHRISTIANS INFORMED

Reini carries the cross INTO MALAWI