JOY Magazine

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Over the many years of leading a business, studying Kingdom businesses, and counselling Christian business owners, I have learnt that there are Kingdom principles that need to be honoured. Most Christian business owners tell me that they are in busin

60 Days of Prayer

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Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. COLOSSIANS 4:2 (NIV) DEVOTE A SPECIFIC time every day to connect with God. It is best to begin your morning with prayer and align yourself with God’s will. Pray that your day serves Him by sh

You South Africa

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She’s spent more than two decades studying what makes humans tick. In this book, bestselling author Brown shares her findings as she takes us on a journey through 87 emotions that, for better or worse, often define us. From complete wonder to utter d

Mornings with Jesus

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WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN to pray without ceasing? Does it mean we chant at the wailing wall in Jerusalem? Or is it more like the meditative murmurs of a cloistered nun? I used to think that was the picture of devoted prayer. Today, it looks like cons

JOY Magazine

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These past few months of lockdown have been challenging for many industries across the world, especially here in South Africa. We have seen job losses, salary cuts, and many organisations shutting down in this time. One industry that has been particu

Mornings with Jesus

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WHEN MY SISTER AND DAD heard the same radio sermon separately and felt prompted to pray for my former husband, I knew I should do the same. I confess that I fought the side of me that felt justified in leaving him off my prayer list. He’d abandoned m

Psychologies

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1 I practice the Power Pose whenever I prepare to go on stage to present. Getting into this stance frees up my energy and instantly makes me feel a sense of inner strength. Begin by getting into a strong stance with your legs shoulder-width apart and

Mornings with Jesus

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THIS PRECIOUS GLIMPSE OF JESUS’S heartfelt cry is an important example for me. He longs for people to know Him and accept His salvation, and He hurts for those He loves who are blind to His grace. His tears give me permission to let my own tears flow

60 Days of Prayer

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I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message... Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. JOHN 17:20

JOY Magazine

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The current state of the Church is totally insufficient. We struggle to effectively deal with the challenges that are on our horizon. It is my opinion that the modern Church is not equipped for the challenges of our day. The powers and principalities

Mornings with Jesus

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MY HUSBAND’S PHONE RANG WITH the news we dreaded. The biopsy had come back, and he had cancer. In our shock, we felt the grace of Jesus surround us in what I called a “grace bubble.” As we shared the news, our friends had different reactions. Some re

The Christian Science Monitor

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Longstanding issues in the world may weigh on us at times, but that doesn’t mean we should ever stop praying. Through persistent prayer that continually acknowledges God as good and all-powerful, we can witness shifts in thought taking place and cont

JOY Magazine

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For as long as I could remember, I felt the calling of the Lord to be an evangelist burn like a wildfire in my heart. As a child, I would lie on my face weeping for souls in the presence of Jesus while Benny Hinn Crusade Highlights played on the VCR.

Mornings with Jesus

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WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME? WHY can’t I get it right with her? No matter how I framed comments, I managed to offend my friend repeatedly. I was frustrated and wondered who would listen, pray for me, offer wise counsel, and help me figure out what was going

60 Days of Prayer

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No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. HEBREWS 12:11 (NIV) IF YOU HAVE been praying for something for a long time, ask yoursel

JOY Magazine

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Three times in recent weeks the Spirit of the Lord has directed me to pray against the spirit of suicide and depression. I saw this spirit rising up as a principality and releasing its foul stench in the nations. In particular it is targeting the you

Mornings with Jesus

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MY MOM WAS RIGHT WHEN she said, “You never stop mothering.” Even as a mother of adult sons, I’m tempted to manage them, but I know I need to let them figure out their own lives. Especially as they struggle with adult issues such as heartbreak, career

Mornings with Jesus

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I HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY COLOR-BLIND since birth, so I see the world like a black-and-white movie. Attending a class at church about using coloring to deepen my prayer life might seem like an odd choice for me. But when I saw the blurb for Colorful Pra

Mornings with Jesus

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LIKE MANY OTHER PEOPLE, I enjoy social media, television, reading, and talking on the phone. Until recently, the first thing I did every morning was look at social media and see what was going on with my friends. I enjoyed sending birthday and annive

Mornings with Jesus

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I’D WAITED ANXIOUSLY TO FIND out who’d won the writing contest. I’d prayed and asked God to help me win so that I could use the prize money to go to a publishing conference in Brazil. With the registration fee, airfare, and hotel, the trip was going

Mornings with Jesus

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I PARTICIPATE IN A WEEKLY online Bible study. At the end of each session, our leader assigns prayer partners. It’s our responsibility to connect, share our prayer requests, and then be faithful to intercede on each other’s behalf for the next seven d

Mornings with Jesus

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THIS PAST YEAR, MY PRAYER life has taken a remarkable turn with profound impact on my life. I hope it shows in these pages. I’ve always prayed. Well, before I knew Jesus, I prayed with fervent expectation that God heard me, even after my prayers were

Mornings with Jesus

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WHEN MY PRAYER PARTNER AND I had to stop our weekly routine, I thought my time for needing a special person to pray with had ended. I had plenty of friends that I exchanged prayer needs with. But I soon missed the sacred bond and sense of Jesus’s lov

Mornings with Jesus

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MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS HAVE passed since I received my first invitation to speak at a women’s event. Word of mouth spread, and invitations increased. It seemed obvious that Jesus was opening these ministry doors, so I walked through them despite feel

Mega Man

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We’ve been given this time to reflect and reset. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Each day I write down my intentions and try to make myself better, physically, mentally and spiritually. I gained three takeaways from this experience. First, I’ve

Mornings with Jesus

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SOMETIMES I GET FRUSTRATED when I pray, wishing my mind didn’t wander so much, wishing that I could concentrate better, wishing I could find the right words to pray, wishing I had more time for it. Then I start thinking about all those other things I

History Revealed

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When I died the first time, the Good Lord took pity on my boy’s frail sparrow frame, caught the fleeing beat of my heart, and blew the breath back into my still-warm body. Then he laid me back into this nest of life, like some tumbled, trampled hatch

The Christian Science Monitor

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A Christian Science perspective: Letting love for God and for others motivate us awakens more love in the world and enlightens our daily activities in ways that meet our needs.

MEGA

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We’ve been given this time to reflect and reset. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. Each day I write down my intentions and try to make myself better, physically, mentally and spiritually. I gained three takeaways from this experience. First, I’ve

Sunday Independent

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ThE event hosted by the Gauteng Provincial Government in Tembisa last week could most probably have gone unnoticed hadn’t Chief Justice, Mogoeng Mogoeng, prayed a fervent prayer that rocked the foundations of the establishment. The chief justice pray