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Answers can be found in these scriptures: 2 Corinthians 5:21 | Romans 5:9 | Romans 5:10 Galatians 3:11 | Galatians 3:13 • What did God make Christ to be, and through Christ what did he make us to be? • What has been the result of the shedding of t

JOY Magazine

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1. What came through Jesus Christ? 2. Who is the one that accuses you? 3. What is the result of being in Jesus? 4. Who is the end of the Law? 5. What has come forward to deliver us from sin? 6. What has Grace trained us to do? 7. What can

JOY Magazine

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The New Testament book of Romans is a copy of a letter written by the Apostle Paul to the church in Rome, sometime around the end of 58AD while he was in Corinth. He had never been to the Roman church before, although he had desired to do so for a lo

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Over the last few issues we’ve been working through Romans 1. So far we’ve learnt this: all people know about God through the witness of creation, and all people have a sense of the wrath and coming judgement of God through the witness of conscience.

JOY Magazine

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We need to understand that the faith we received from God is the God kind of faith (Mark 11:22). We don’t need any more faith than the measure we have received (Romans 12:3), however, we need to learn how to develop and exercise our faith if we are t

JOY Magazine

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Last month we read that Paul the apostle taught that God has revealed Himself (and His nature) through the things that He has made. Creation itself witnesses to God. Today we look at the second thing that God has revealed, “His wrath” – Romans 1:18 T

JOY Magazine

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A‘believer’ is a child of God, born again by faith in Jesus Christ (see Acts 2:44); and an ‘unbeliever’ is someone who does not believe in Jesus. In the New Testament, the Greek word apistou is translated as ‘unbeliever.’ Its adjective form literally

Mornings with Jesus

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BEING INVOLVED IN WOMEN’S MINISTRY and global missions means I hear people’s life stories. Some are victorious; some aren’t. My heart breaks for Jesus followers who live trapped in destructive attitudes and behaviors such as fear, jealousy, unforgive

JOY Magazine

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Sometime around the mid-1st Century, Paul the apostle found himself preaching to some of the greatest philosophers in history in the Greek city of Athens. This was a somewhat unusual event because Paul normally began his missionary work at the Jewish

JOY Magazine

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• Whose task is it today to preach, heal, and set free? • How are people to call upon the Lord, how are they to believe and hear? • How does faith come, how is it brought? • What was Paul’s response to the Gospel ? • Where is the Gospel to be pre

Mornings with Jesus

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OVER MY CHRISTIAN LIFETIME, I’VE had two life verses—Bible passages I believe Jesus gave me as rudders for my spiritual journey. The first one, Proverbs 3:5–6, which tells me to “trust in the LORD” and “lean not on [my] own understanding,” has guided

JOY Magazine

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The story is told of a greedy young man whose old, wealthy father had gone missing. This young man rushed upon his inheritance because he couldn’t wait to get his hands on his father’s money. But, as the father’s will was being read and the executor

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If you have read our last few articles, you’ll remember that I said that all people know that there is a God. God has revealed Himself generally to all people through the witness of creation (from the outside), and conscience (from the inside). But t

The Atlantic

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Jeff Sessions used it to justify his policy of family separation, but he’s not the first to invoke the biblical passage.

The Christian Science Monitor

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For many white Evangelicals, the administration’s zero-tolerance approach to asylum-seekers is putting their support for President Trump in conflict with their reverence for the sanctity of families.

Best Self Magazine

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Dear Best Selfers: Is a walk ever just a walk, or is it nature’s way of communing with us in the form of active meditation — shaking us by both shoulders as if to say, listen to me.   So, step away from the desk and go breathe some fresh air.  These

JOY Magazine

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At some point, every Christian has had a family member, a friend, coworker, or acquaintance who is not a Christian. Sharing the Gospel with others can be difficult, and it can become even more difficult when it involves someone with whom we have clos

JOY Magazine

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“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘

Mornings with Jesus

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JESUS COMPLETELY PROVIDES FOR OUR needs. All of them. I stumbled over a reminder of that when rushing across campus during a conference. The terrain made the trek a challenge for my heart, lungs, legs, and the blister forming on my toe. As I pulled m

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I MET MARGARET B. AT a mission hospital in Nepal in the eighties. By that time, she’d already served thirty years as a trained midwife. She was old enough to be my mother, yet she became my dear friend. Her love for people was one of the characterist

JOY Magazine

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The Family sphere of influence has been under severe demonic attack for several generations. The Family is the cornerstone of society. When the original structure of God’s creation of families is altered, society begins to change exponentially. Troub

PEARL

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1 In the land of twilight2 Ponderers3 Voluntary martyrs, religious fanatics4 Servants of God5 The instinct of animals6 The kiss of friendship7 The distorted tool8 The child9 Woman and her vocation10 Omnipresence11 Christ said ... !12 Motion–a Law of

60 Days of Prayer

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He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded. PROVERBS 13:13 (NKJV) THE WORD OF God is a compass for your life. The Bible will guide you and keep you safe, direct you to make the right decisions and t

60 Days of Prayer

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Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. PSALM 25:4 (NIV) GOD WILL ALWAYS lead you on the right path. If you have wavered from His instructions, ask for forgiveness, take His hand and get back on track. When temptations threaten your faith jour

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." (Romans 13:1) That verse, written by Paul the Apostle, is one of the mos

Mornings with Jesus

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I GET LOST. A LOT. Even when I use my GPS, I often manage to take a wrong turn. My most recent adventure landed me on a dirt logging road blocked by a fallen tree, not quite sure where I went wrong. And as I listened to Madam GPS, her voice sounded t

60 Days of Prayer

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About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. ACTS 16:25 (NIV) IT’S EASY TO be happy when everything is going your way, but how you respond to dark and difficult times is a test

JOY Magazine

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Where is God when things go wrong? I can just imagine how frequently this question must be asked. It is now 8 months down the lockdown line and Covid-19 seems to have lessened its devastation – we all hope and pray. When will we be able to fully live

You South Africa

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The article about Hansie Cronjé’s sister, Hester Parsons (YOU, 27 February), was very sad but what she and her husband are doing in his memory is wonderful. Every time match-fixing rears its ugly head Hansie’s name is included. He’s been the scapegoa

JOY Magazine

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Paul says in 2 Corinthians 4:13 that he believed first and then he spoke. Faith has a voice and speaks. What does faith say? “But the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, ‘Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’’ (that is, to