JOY! Magazine September 2022

ED’S NOTE From the EDITOR Our Western society throws many challenges at us, but these are nothing like what the persecuted Church experiences, or even ordinary citizens in closed and communist nations. There are so many brothers and sisters in Christ who are struggling with life right now, and yet many of them haven’t even begun to experience the level of persecution that the Bible talks of. Most of our first world challenges are related to finances, and the lack thereof. This often spills over into family life and causes anxiety, fighting, fear, stress, and depression. This, in turn, affects our health and causes further problems. The Holy Spirit is your helper The ‘Church’ (born-again believers) should be strong and should stand as an encouragement to those who…

Dear 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. A JOY! subscription is the best I would like to thank you for the August copy of JOY! Magazine, which my mom (a subscriber) received. She was overjoyed and has been reading it the whole weekend. There are a few really interesting articles and I will certainly read it after she has finished. I have also joined the Christian Women Business Network. Thanks for the way in which the magazine is blessing our family.…

PSALM 93 ADORNSCANNOTCLOTHEDESTABLISHEDEVERLASTINGFLOODS FOREVERGIRDEDHOLINESSHOUSELIFTEDLORD MAJESTYMIGHTIERNOISEOLDREIGNSSEA STRENGTHSURELYTESTIMONIESTHRONEVOICEWATERS This word search was crafted by Theresa 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 74. After you test yourself, try reading the questions aloud to a friend or family member and see how they do! 1 Who buried Moses? 2 In Ephesians 5:1, Paul says Christians should follow the example of whom? 3 What was the name of Jacob’s eldest son? 4 How many baskets remained after Jesus fed the 5000? 5…

tabernacle • The Hebrew words used for Tabernacle, âohel and âmishkan, simply mean âtent. • The Israelites brought so many o erings to construct the Tabernacle that Moses had to tell them to stop giving (Ex 36:2-7). • The Levites could not serve in the Tabernacle until 25 years old and had to retire at age 50 (Num 8:24-25). deuteronomy Every quote Jesus used against satan was from the book of Deuteronomy. famine There was such a bad famine in Samaria that two ladies agreed to kill their sons and eat them to have food. The first day, they ate one lady’s son, then on the 2nd day, when they were to eat the other lady’s son, she hid him (2 Kings 6:25-29). FIRSTS lamech Lamech was the 1st person…

COMMENTARY “Jesus said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” The disciples struggled with pride and self-importance until the day of Pentecost. Jesus’ common remedy was to lift up the attitude and trusting humility of children as one to emulate. His followers were obsessed with their own greatness and were in every way like the world in that respect. Jesus understood this to be a trap from satan, who had tempted Christ in the same ways in the wilderness (Luke 4:6). Not only did Jesus make time to spend with children in order to bless them, He said that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them. Jesus constantly turned their worldly notions of king and…

Good day precious friends. This month I want to share a testimony with you of one of our recent youth outreaches. I believe you will be encouraged and motivated by this testimony. This youth outreach was at a school in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal. A precious godly intercessor When we arrived at the school, there was a precious elderly lady waiting. This lady was representing a mainline church, and had gotten up early to be at the school. It turns out that she regularly prays in and for this school. This was so inspiring to us, knowing that there are people who are motivated by God’s love to get involved and share His love in the community. This lady did not conduct the outreach with us, but she prayed, faithfully. She not…