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Forms from form four (SHS 4) form four forts.

We can echo the last sentence of the W/T comment above with all our hearts “Certainly, we have good reason to feel deeply indebted to Jehovah and Jesus for the redemption that comes from the precious blood, or life, of Jesus. w25.02 5 ¶15-16” We owe Jehovah and Jesus for everything

Dear brothers and sisters, isn’t it amazing how quickly we can sometimes come up with an excuse when we don’t really want to do something? “Now isn’t really the right time.” “I can’t do it.” “Maybe someone else would be better suited for this.” And sometimes we tell ourselves these things so often that eventually, we actually start believing them. But you know what? We’re not the only ones who have done that. Even faithful servants of Jehovah sometimes tried to find reasons to avoid doing what Jehovah asked them to do. Think about Moses. Jehovah gave him a big assignment. Moses was supposed to go to the Israelites and to Pharaoh. But Moses had one objection after another. “Who am I?” “What should I tell them?” “What if they don’t believe me?” And finally he said: “Please, Jehovah, send someone else.” Moses was afraid. And yet Jehovah did not give up on him. Jehovah helped him step by step. I find that very touching. Because perhaps we know that feeling too. Deep down, we know what Jehovah wants from us — but immediately a little “but” comes into our mind. “But I’m not strong enough.” “But I’m afraid.” “But this is really difficult for me.” And perhaps Jehovah doesn’t say: “Why are you so weak?” Maybe, instead, he is saying: “I am with you. Trust me.” Jonah also did not want to listen to Jehovah at first. Jehovah gave him a clear assignment — and Jonah went in the opposite direction. But Jehovah did not give up on Jonah. He helped Jonah correct his attitude. And eventually, Jonah went. That teaches us something very beautiful: Jehovah does not expect us never to be afraid. But he does want us to be willing to listen to him and to allow ourselves to change. Because sometimes, that is actually our problem with God’s Word. We read something — and immediately we know: “That applies to me.” And then our mind starts working. We start looking for an explanation. For a “but.” For a reason why, in our particular situation, it might be different. Imagine going to the doctor. The doctor examines a patient and honestly tells him: “If you want to stay healthy, you need to make some changes.” The patient may know perfectly well that the doctor is right. But on the way home he starts thinking: “It’s really not that serious.” “Other people do it too.” “I’ll start next week.” The doctor has spoken. The patient understood what he said. But understanding something by itself doesn’t change anything. Something only changes when we actually do something about it. And it’s similar with Jehovah’s Word. The Bible doesn’t just tell us what is right. Sometimes, in a very loving way, it also shows us: “This is something you need to change in yourself.” If someone has been stealing, the Bible says: “Let the one who steals steal no more.” If someone has a habit of lying, he can’t simply say: “It was only a little white lie.” And when we realize that an attitude doesn’t please Jehovah, it’s not enough to say: “I know.” At some point, we need to say: “Then I want to change.” And that is where we show how seriously we take Jehovah’s voice. At 2 Corinthians 4:12, Jehovah said to Moses: “And now go, I will be with you and teach you what you should say.” What loving words! Jehovah didn’t say: “Moses, you have to handle this all by yourself.” He said: “I will be with you.” Maybe we need that reassurance too. Perhaps we already know what the next step is that we should take. Maybe we have been putting it off for quite some time. So perhaps today we could honestly ask ourselves: “Do I really have a problem understanding Jehovah’s voice — or is my real problem doing what I already understand?” That is a very personal question. But it can draw us closer to Jehovah. Because Jehovah isn’t looking for perfect people. He is looking for people who are willing to listen to him. Maybe you have made excuses before. Maybe you have been like Moses. Maybe even like Jonah. But Jehovah has not given up on you. And so today we can say to him: “Jehovah, I understand. Please help me to act on it.” Because sometimes we don’t need another explanation. We don’t need another excuse. We simply need the courage to listen to Jehovah’s voice and take the next step. And when we do, we will experience something wonderful: Jehovah doesn’t expect us to make the whole journey on our own. He simply wants us to trust him and begin following him.

Not good to share homes these days.. For immediate jw family yes.. not good if you share house with a non jw. A little girl was almost raped by his 11 yr old non jw cousin. They shared house in a short period of time.

Going back to riding a bike.

The closest I had to that experience was in 2006 when my wife and I were in Canada in Banff National Park. I was taking pictures of Moraine Lake. And a young man approached me and said "Wouldn't it be nice if every place was a beautiful as this?" I knew immediately he was a Brother. The quickest way I could think of to convince him I was also, was to pull out my wallet and show him my medical directive card showing NO BLOOD in big red letters. As it turned out, he was there with two sisters. They had already approached my wife. She showed them some magazines she had brought, even though we flew from Florida to Canada, and were in a rental car, so she would be prepared in the event she had an opportunity to talk to someone. It is always a "lift" to your spirits when you come across another of Jehovah's "Dear Ones." Thanks, Jim

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Our goofy cat Pete. Only about 4 years old or so.

I think we'll be doing more than carpooling. How about house sharing. Growing up in the 70's it was all about home food preservation, prepping. This has been something I find hard not to do as I've grown older, so I have many things prepped, kind of survival gear, water purifiers and solar. (Thanks mom and dad). At least I'll have items to share with the friends. You can make your own water collection device you know, Google it, its not hard.

I'm sooo not ready for winter! I do have a coat now after suffering through 2 winters, a hand-me-down from my son and a small 4-wheel drive. But if it snows like they say it will.....nope, im staying home sipping mocha latte.

My COBE and his wife are asking to go too

Prices are rising in Australia. Diesel this morning was 272.9 per litre which is equivalent to $7.33 USD per gallon. This will lead to even higher food prices.

Beautiful!- Toby looks like my Lucia Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

we're mostly a blue bicolor ragdoll family. we just lost sammy (10) last month to diabetes. we have nari (lily in korean) a blue bicolor a few weeks ago and toby (9) our seal mitted.

Thursday, September 17 Just as in Adam all are dying, so also in the Christ all will be made alive.—1 Cor. 15:22. In the Bible, the word “redemption” refers to the releasing, or acquittal, that results because of the payment of the ransom. The apostle Peter expressed it this way: “You know that it was not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, that you were set free [lit., “you were ransomed; you were redeemed”] from your futile way of life handed down to you by your forefathers. But it was with precious blood, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, that of Christ.” (1 Pet. 1:18, 19; ftn.) Because of the ransom sacrifice, we can be set free from the oppressive rule of sin and death. (Rom. 5:21) Certainly, we have good reason to feel deeply indebted to Jehovah and Jesus for the redemption that comes from the precious blood, or life, of Jesus. w25.02 5 ¶15-16

My most significant memory is age 5 when I attended the Divine Will International Assembly in 1958 in NY with my mother and grandmother.It was 8 days from 9am-9pm except for the final day. I still have my mother's program with attendance figures for each day- over 250,000 on the final Sunday. Speakers included brothers Knorr, Suiter,Franz, Schroeder, Adams, MacMillan and others from around the world. I remember eating lunch standing up at wooden tables in a tent, seeing people everywhere, riding the subway and staying in a rooming house. We were at the Yankee Stadium location. The experience will be in my memory always. My next memory of events was the assassination of JFK. I was age 10 in school. Teachers were crying and students were sent home. So it seems the older we get the more living history we become.

Sort of the same for me. But I wasn't baptized yet. I was studying, but with a brother in a different territory. (That's a long story.) And I had never been to the local congregation for the territory I was living in, so these two Witnesses at my door didn't know me. So the brother launched into his presentation. And I just let him continue! His whole presentation! About 2 or 3 minutes! I was listening patiently, pretending to enjoy it. Actually I was enjoying it, but just to hear how he would "sell it" to me. And then, after all that time, I just said, "Very good presentation, brother! I go to another congregation in your hall!" Well, the brother was with his wife at the time, but neither one of them chided me for letting them go on. They just laughed. Actually, the brother did do a good job on presenting the Good News to me, but that's what I was listening for. Yeah, I used to do dumb things like that.

I found the 2016 election surprising. I was thinking that it was the first US election that everyone who voted did so to keep someone else out of office! Usually, people vote someone into office, not to keep someone out! People didn't want Trump in office, so they voted for Clinton for no other reason! Everyone else didn't want Clinton in office, so they voted for Trump so she wouldn't get in. It was the weirdest thing. Me too, almost. I'm not even an American citizen! I live in Canada, so why would I care about a US election?

I was in a classroom in 1952 when we were told that King George VI had died; and in a music class on 22nd. November 1963 When JFK was assassinated.

This is first time ever to have my utilities canceled. House insurance yesterday, TV from Spectrum this morning (was robbed by son.) I expect internet and phone to be gone by today. Duh, and I had a study scheduled for this evening. Here is my mailing address: Pauline W. 9 Rear Chapel St. Ellenville NY 12428 Will log on when I get near someone who is connected. from ys, Sorry for OT

We didn’t start the fire… it was always burning, since the world’s been turning. 🎵 I was born before the September 11 attacks, but I am too young to remember that event specifically. (Can you believe that nowadays, more than 100 million Americans have no memory on 9/11?) I think the earliest that I can say for certain, would be the 2016 United States presidential election. I was in university, and we were in a computer room, and everyone went crazy over the live result. And mind you, this was from the complete opposite side of the earth!

See you here! 👋 https://events.jw.org/en/ad657851-a87f-44e3-ba86-753330eb616d/welcome

Hi @Beggar for the Spirit, The plugin only handles citations in the "universal" format used in the indexes. Using your example, it would have to be "w26.3 5" Otherwise, it would be impossible to make it in sooo many languages. But I will think about the possiblity of handling those kinds of citations.

https://www.effort.news/irregular A Single Firm is Behind OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta Hacking Scandals In short, once the mindless AI was told to stop hacking - it did.