This month’s issue explores leadership, service, spiritual discernment, and what it means to live faithfully in a world that often pulls us in the opposite direction. Our cover story features Michael Louis, who shares how faith, humility, obedience, and stewardship have shaped the way he serves and leads across different areas of public life.
Inside this issue, we ask important questions about what makes an exceptional leader, how to pray for those in authority, and how each of us can lead where God has placed us. We also unpack how to recognise a spiritual attack, what it means to put on the armour of God, how to rebuild your confidence, and how a Biblical worldview should shape the everyday decisions we make.
You will also find powerful testimonies of faith through suffering, stories from the mission field, practical guidance on investing wisely in uncertain times, and encouragement for those carrying responsibility in family, ministry, work, and community. From prayer journalling and Biblical teaching to creation features, local Christian book reviews, and your favourite regulars, this issue is filled with content to strengthen your faith and help you live with greater purpose.
Don’t miss this powerful issue, available now at leading supermarkets nationwide or online at joygifts.co.za in both print and digital formats.
Articles in this issue:
COVER STORY:
– Michael Louis: Shaping nations behind the scenes
FEATURE STORIES:
– How to rebuild your confidence
– What would you do? New Biblical worldview feature!
– What makes an exceptional leader?
– You are already a leader!
– The courage to go first
– 7 ways to recognise a spiritual attack
– The armour of God
– The garden beneath the tomb
– A Faculty Who Cares – North-West University
– Avodah: More than just a gap year
– Protecting the sheep, restoring the fallen
– How and why should we pray for our leaders?
– Mmusi Maimane shares on the local government elections
– Investing wisely when the world won’t stop spinning
MISSIONS & TESTIMONIES:
– Where are You, God? When faith learns to lament
– Unshaken faith amidst Venezuela’s earthquakes
– Drive for Jesus: NASCAR testimony
– Carrying the cross into Tanzania – Reini
COLUMNS:
– Editor’s note: Called to serve
– Write it down – prayer journalling
– 3 points to ponder on the difference between faith & worry
– Christ amongst the 7 churches of Revelation: Philadelphia
REGULARS:
– Letters to the editor
– Biblical quiz, crossword, word search, & colouring in
– God’s fingerprints in creation: Look to the ant
– Ask Val – Biblical answers to tough questions
– Did you know? Biblical facts
– Studying the characters of the Bible: Stephen
– Book reviews of local Christian authors
