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!
Vision JOY! Magazine seeks to glorify God by educating and informing Christians of a biblical worldview and applying the Lordship of Jesus Christ to all areas of life. Values Strive for excellence and integrity in all things • Provide interesting accurate, and honest reporting at all times • Respect all Christian denominations • Encourage reader participation • Take personal responsibility • Always seek to unite the Body of Christ • Evaluate everything in the light of the Bible • Provoke readers to fulfil the biblical mandate to be salt and light in society • Motivate readers to action • Be solution-focused…
“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God...” – Ephesians 6:17 The day that you committed your life to Jesus, you enlisted in His army. The Lord equipped you with a suit of armour to protect yourself and gave you the most powerful weapon you could ever wield: the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, to face any battle in your life. So why do believers still struggle? Why aren’t we using our sword? Almost every day, I hear someone complain (I do have compassion – my primary love language is quality time, and my main spiritual gift is exhortation). I listen, show empathy, and then ask them, “Why aren’t you using your…
D ear readers, we love to hear your thoughts on the stories that we publish, what is going on around the world, and what the Lord has placed on your heart! Email your letter through to editor@joymag.co.za for a chance to be featured – please try to keep letters to 150 words as we have limited space. “I love this remarkable woman – Rolene is my role model.” Melissa Sampson My “under pillow” friend I would rather go without any other magazine for the whole month than miss my JOY! Magazine. When I get to SPAR in my Warrenton area, Northern Cape, my grocery trolley always starts at the magazine shelves. Many people read numerous magazines that give them momentary pleasure by looking at scantily dressed bodies, but…
Send your letters to editor@joymag.co.za Imagine being diagnosed with cancer, only to discover that the very treatment that could save your life is financially out of reach. This heartbreaking reality faces countless individuals worldwide, as life-saving immunotherapy remains an unaffordable luxury. What is immunotherapy? Immunotherapy, a groundbreaking approach that harnesses the body’s immune system to combat cancer, offers hope to patients with otherwise dire prognoses. Yet, its exorbitant cost threatens to extinguish that hope for many. The cost of immunotherapy is staggering: • A single immunotherapy session can cost upwards of R80 000 per bag. • reatment courses o ten re uire multiple sessions – up to 18 in some cases – totalling R1 440 000 or more. • ome patients may need ongoing treatment ma ing sus tained affordability…
WORD SEARCH PROVERBS 4:1-27 ATTENTIONBRIGHTERCROWNDECEITFULDOCTRINEEMBRACEESTABLISHED EYELID FOOTFORSAKEFORGET HEALTHHINDEREDORNAMENTPERFECTPERVERSEPONDERPRINCIPALPROMOTESHININGSLEEPSPRING STUMBLETENDERTRAVELUNDERSTANDINGVIOLENCEWICKEDNESSWISDOM This word search was crafted by Theresa Denson Jones, a Cape Town-based author. Theresa has recently brought out her own fun book of biblical word searches and multiple choice questions. If you would like to order a copy for only R90, email holyspiritinspirations@gmail.com Test your BIBLE KNOWLEDGE See how many of these you can fill in before checking the answers on page 55. After you test yourself, try reading the questions aloud to a friend or family member and see how they do! 1 Who was the first biblical character that God killed for being wicked? 2 Which biblical character was the only man mentioned to have been placed in a coffin? 3 Who performed the last recorded miracles in the…
Email your questions to: info@joymag.co.za Why do many Christians believe that the world is at? The facts of history, science, church history, and the Bible are consistent with the view that the earth is a sphere (circular) orbiting the sun. But some Christians believe they have a special revelation that our planet is flat. Social media plays a role in popularising the philosophy, claiming that NASA has lied about nearly everything it claims, and its photos are fake. What does the Bible say? Job 22:14 (believed to be the oldest book in the Bible) describes God as walking “above the circle of heaven”. Isaiah 40:22 says, “It is He who sits above the circle of the earth.” Proverbs 8:27-29 says, “He drew a circle on the face of the deep”…
