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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