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

Building our houses upon the rock

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

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Rise up, Johannesburg! • Has the Lord been speaking to you about winning people for Jesus? Do you long for growth and maturity in your spiritual walk? Do you want to become an effective soul-winner, bringing more people to salvation than you ever dreamt possible? Then listen up!

ASK VAL • Email questions to: joyquestions@valwaldeck.com

A vital part of the body of Christ

Salvation Prayer

A new day of Pentecost Part VI

WHO’S in the NEWS?

WORSHIP BANDS • Favourites from the 70s - 90s

The importance of serving others

Thank you I know it was You, Lord!

Decision determines destiny

Becoming like Christ in a godless world • Offering our bodies as living sacrifices Part 2

An urgent call to be ALERT

DID YOU KNOW?

Passing on the BASIC PRINCIPLES of the Christian faith

5 people in the Bible who inspire us to be BRAVE

‘I leave everything at the feet of Jesus’

CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE Samuel

THE PARABLES OF JESUS • The dishonest manager

Examples of wholeheartedness Caleb, Christ, & Calvin • Just as Caleb pointed to Christ and Calvin looked back to Him, so we too look back to Christ’s perfect obedience.

10 FACTS ABOUT THE 10 COMMANDMENTS • When the people of Israel fled Egypt, Moses led them to the wilderness of Sinai. God called Moses up to the top of Mount Sinai to give him the Ten Commandments, which were written on two stone tablets. God instructed Moses that if His people kept the covenant with God and upheld the Ten Commandments, God would favour the Israelites above all people.

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Yielding to God for inner peace & strength • Worry and trust in God are opposites. Because of this, we can conclude that worry is detrimental to our trust in God, even if it is religiously motivated.

Understanding biblical hope & its significance

3 points to ponder on setting Godly examples for our children

How do you handle a DISRESPECTFUL child?

DOLLY PARTON • Beyond the glitz: the faith of a country icon

A WORLD CONFUSED …AND IT GETS WORSE

JOY! NEWS • KEEPING CHRISTIANS INFORMED

ISRAEL • 3300 years old & 75 years young!

A devoted citizen is a peacemaker

Celebrating the legacy of Dr Charles Stanley • 1932 – 2023

Dealing with DEPRESSION • Let the trial of depression finish its work by leading you back to the cross and the flow of resurrection life.

Dealing with death & grappling with grief

It’s completely normal to...

Overcoming family trauma & finding forgiveness

Generation Z’s MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS is a spiritual crisis at heart • We have the opportunity to introduce a generation of restless hearts to the One able to deliver on His promises to bring rest to their souls.