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  3. Just downloaded this app based on your recommendations. It looks very well done. I look forward to trying it out later today.
  4. @bvr, I just subscribed to the 2026 Study articles on mp3… I think this will be a great media tool for accessing MP3’s in my podcast app which I can then use in the car on my commute with CarPlay. It may also help me keep track of which articles I’ve listened to on audio. Thanks for the tools, I plan to use the transcript tool as well.
  5. I’d like to know more, what ‘logical operators’ do you use in WTL that aren’t available on WOL. This could give me additional use cases, thanks in advance. I use this in the search box on WOL to help identify key thoughts for key scriptures when working up a talk/looking for an illustration, changing to sentences scope, paragraph and sorting by newest etc as a refinement as needed. [WOL appears to support some logical operators right?] (Expla* | Instanc* | Illus* | Experi* | compar* | like* | appl* | princ*) Isa 1:18 Explanation for others: when put in WOL search box, this searches for any words that start with those letters before the wildcard ‘*’ OR ‘|’. The parenthesis makes it so any word found in paragraph/sentence scope AND any scripture you type after the parenthesis, I have Isa 1:18 there. So words like: Explanation, explaining explains, explained etc OR Instance OR Illustrating, Illustration etc OR Experience, Expereinced etc OR compared, compares, comparing etc OR like, likened etc OR applies, applied, applying etc OR principle, principles etc AND a scripture like Isa 1:18 or any other scripture or word
  6. I’m half tempted to get a cheap android phone just to try your jwlFission and then the jwlFussion app too.
  7. Fantastic Fantastik's list of competitors includes Formula 409, Mister Clean and Dawn Heavy Duty Powerwash.
  8. Thanks for posting all of this. I do love having direct links that open in JW Library and have the right portions ‘highlighted.’ I was hoping to find a way to open the meeting workbook and the daily text. I’ll see if these links help with that project for iOS/iPadOS shortcuts app.
  9. Outward bound was a program in a school where I worked, which featured hiking and camping in Maine mountains.
  10. He felt he cut a macho figure in the tool belt started on his journey for that Saturday.
  11. Author: PLACE AUTHOR HERE | Description: PLACE SHORT DESCRIPTION HERE | Keywords: PLACE, KEYWORDS, HERE Construct a sentence with the last word of the previous sentence Exits in public places tend to open outward. This material may be shared for personal, non-commercial use.
  12. Author: PLACE AUTHOR HERE | Description: PLACE SHORT DESCRIPTION HERE | Keywords: PLACE, KEYWORDS, HERE "Make a Sentence With These 5 Letters" Feeling independent ends near death. TPRZU This material may be shared for personal, non-commercial use.
  13. Author: PLACE AUTHOR HERE | Description: PLACE SHORT DESCRIPTION HERE | Keywords: PLACE, KEYWORDS, HERE November 30, 2025 Notice how the passage keeps pulling our attention back to Jehovah’s view, not our own feelings. Luke records the words “I have approved you,” and the study material builds directly on that point. It reminds us that Jehovah gives his spirit only to those he approves. That’s not flattery. That’s a fact anchored in Scripture. What do we learn from that? We learn that approval isn’t measured by a passing emotion. It’s measured by the evidence of his spirit at work in a person’s life. When a brother or sister sees patience growing, or kindness becoming more natural, that’s not self-delusion. That’s fruitage. And fruitage doesn’t grow in a heart Jehovah hasn’t blessed. But notice the warning embedded in the material. A heart can resist the truth of Jehovah’s approval. A feeling can rise up and argue against the evidence. That’s why the reminder is needed: feelings are not always trustworthy, but Jehovah is. He applies the ransom to those who exercise faith. He views them as righteous. Psalm 5:12 says he surrounds such ones with favor. Romans 3:26 confirms his justice in doing so. So when a faithful servant struggles to accept Jehovah’s approval, the danger isn’t a lack of worth — it’s listening too closely to a feeling. The safe path is the steady one: trust what Jehovah says about you rather than what your heart whispers in a tired moment. That’s the lesson I take from this text. And it’s a needed one in these days when emotions can pull a person in the wrong direction if they aren’t careful. This material may be shared for personal, non-commercial use.
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  15. Sunday, November 30 I have approved you.—Luke 3:22. Jehovah gives his holy spirit to those whom he approves of. (Matt. 12:18) We can ask ourselves, ‘Have I been able to display some aspect of the fruitage of God’s spirit in my life?’ Do you notice that you are more patient with others than you were before you came to know Jehovah? Actually, the more you learn to display the fruitage of God’s spirit, the more evident it will be to you that you have Jehovah’s approval! Jehovah applies the value of the ransom to those whom he approves of. (1 Tim. 2:5, 6) But what if our heart resists the idea that Jehovah approves of us, even though we have faith in the ransom and are baptized? Remember, we cannot always trust our own feelings but we can trust Jehovah. He considers those who have faith in the ransom to be righteous in his eyes and promises to bless them.—Ps. 5:12; Rom. 3:26. w24.03 30 ¶15; 31 ¶17
  16. oGRAF Old geezers run against friends. FIEND
  17. Circling Fargo almost resembles carelessness O G R A F
  18. Exist, though having the exact same letters does not actually mean the same things as exits.
  19. In the Ancient Olympics, athletes competed naked. It symbolized purity and closeness to the gods. “Gymnastics” comes from Greek gumnós (naked).High school and college male swim teams had to swim naked until the 1970s when it became illegal. Many schools continued with bare swimming, even after it was banned.
  20. First-ever images of powerful X1.3-class solar flare captured by solar telescope Record-sharp solar flare images reveal ultra-thin coronal loops on the Sun, reshaping flare models and space weather forecasting. By: Joshua Shavit 28 Nov, 2025 9:07am From 93 million miles away, the Sun just got a lot more personal. Astronomers have now seen some of its finest magnetic threads in sharper detail than ever before, and those tiny features could change how you think about solar storms that shake life on Earth... “This is the first time the Inouye Solar Telescope has ever observed an X-class flare,” said lead author Cole Tamburri, a Ph.D. student at the University of Colorado Boulder supported by the Inouye Solar Telescope Ambassador Program. “These flares are among the most energetic events our star produces, and we were fortunate to catch this one under perfect observing conditions.” ...“We went in looking for one thing and stumbled across something even more intriguing,” Kazachenko said. The most striking images show a compact triangular flare ribbon near the center of the view and a sweeping arc-shaped ribbon near the top, all etched with delicate, dark strands that trace the magnetic field above. Even to a casual viewer, the scene looks astonishingly complex. [ED Technically not JWST - but pretty just the same.] Article link: https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/first-ever-images-of-powerful-x1-3-class-solar-flare-captured-by-solar-telescope/ Pic Description [1]: In a landmark observation, the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captured the thinnest coronal loops ever seen during an X-class flare, giving scientists their first direct look at the tiny magnetic threads that shape solar storms and threaten satellites and power grids on Earth. (CREDIT: NASA) Pic Description [2]: A high-resolution image of the flare from the Inouye Solar Telescope, taken on August 8, 2024, at 20:12 UT. The image is about 4 Earth-diameters on each side. Labels of the different relevant regions of the image are added for clarity: flare ribbons (bright areas of energy release in the dense lower solar atmosphere) and an arcade of coronal loops (arcs of plasma outlining magnetic field lines that transport energy from the corona to the flare ribbons). (CREDIT: NSF/NSO/AURA)
  21. @Linda, I know how you feel. There is a huge aging population in the U.S. and perhaps Australia as well, and this is also reflected within our organization. For example, have you noticed how many elderly and disabled brothers and sisters there are at both our circuit assemblies and regional conventions. Many of these ones have been in the truth since the '50's and 60's and are still hanging on, but succumbing to death at an alarming rate each year. I'm in my 70's and my older sister will be turning 80 in January. We were raised in the truth and neither of us thought we would ever be facing old age in this system of things, but here we are. It's a sad situation as we see these dear ones pass away and not live to see the end, as they had hoped. We have to remind ourselves, it's not about us, but the sanctification of Jehovah's name. "Baby boomers are defined as people born between 1946 and 1964 in the post-World War II era. About 77 million Americans were born in this time period, making it significantly larger than the generations immediately before and after." "Approximately 11,400 baby boomers will turn 65 every day in 2025. This significant demographic event, referred to as "Peak 65," indicates that around 4.18 million people will reach retirement age throughout the year."
  22. Circuit assembly on link; will engage second part tomorrow. Preparing for this assembly has been emotion charged for me. I took all my sons to assemblies since youngest was newborn, He's 41 now. Late husband, never baptized, but came to assemblies a bit in time. My oldest son passed away two and a half months ago, still almost numb (me.) Flooded with memories of having my oldest, Keith, help me on traveling to various assemblies. I have to stop and pray regularly, to Jehovah, to get through next breath. Words of Revelation are familiar and moving. I hope my faith and confidence in Jehovah will stay strong. My wish for you, also.
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      *** w15 6/1 p. 5 How Science Affects Your Life ***
      The Bible fixes no duration for the six creative “days.” Instead, it opens the door for modern scientists to study them and assign accurate time spans to them. We know that the creative “days” were much longer than 24-hour days.
       
      *** g21 No. 3 p. 12 What the Bible Tells Us ***
      So each of the six creative “days” during which God prepared the earth for life and created life on it could represent extremely long periods of time.
       
      *** g 1/14 p. 12 Creation ***
      WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS God created the universe, including the earth, in the indefinite past—“in the beginning,” as Genesis 1:1 says. Modern science agrees that the universe had a beginning. A recent scientific model suggests it to be almost 14 billion years old.
       
      *** lc pp. 26 Science and the Genesis Account ***
      A careful consideration of the Genesis account reveals that events starting during one “day” continued into one or more of the following “days.”
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    • kejedo

      Assembly link, YAY!
       
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      10 years today I got baptised 🥰

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    • Jwanon

      Why the trinity cannot be true:
       
      Since God is a completely perfect being, there cannot be a second person who is God, for they would have to differ in some way, and to differ from complete perfection is to be less than perfect and not be God.
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    • Single_grainofsand

      My deep love for my heavenly father and his confirmed love for me seems to be the only thing keeping me going lately. Picturing being reunited with my earthly father again; seeing the happiness versions of ourselves bring comfort to my scarred, broken heart. I love you, even when I haven’t met many of you. Keep enduring friends, paradise is just around the corner...
       
      Hebrews 10:23-25
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    • Vinnie

      Sad news 😭 that sister LindaL from Sardegna Italy passed away. She was on this forum. She will be remembered for her quiet generosity. She loved the world wide family of brothers and sisters dearly. 
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    • dreamy

      I tried to change my handle to 'whoosh>' but the system doesn't allow. It would be good to know the rules beforehand on what is not permitted. 😮‍💨
       
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    • computerwiz

      I am thoroughly convinced that 99% of people are programmed, and only 1% really think & reason on matters.

      As an example, how did the above statement make you feel right away?

      Did you:

      1. Feel a twinge of offense?  Like I was insulting you or someone you know?

      2. Not feel anything?  Because you knew it wasn't about you or someone you cared about?



      If you answered either 1 or 2, you are programmed.

      Now are you offended?  

      Any knee-jerk reaction = programming.  🤔🤔🤔

      When I originally made that statement, if you are not programmed, then perhaps you asked yourself:

      1. Could this apply to me?
      2. Could the brother be mistaken?
      3. Is there any truth to what he's saying?
      4. What is the brother trying to convey with this thought?
      5. Is this situation even worth my time and attention?

      We need knee-jerk reactions for life-or-death situations.  For snap decisions that cannot wait.  But this isn't one of those.  You have time.  Did you ask any of those questions when you read my first statement?  Did you ponder over it at all?

      NOW how do you feel?  A little enlightened?  Mind opening up to new possibilities for responding to situations?  Or more upset because this brother has no idea what he's talking about?  

      In any case, hope you had fun with this thought experiment....



      (Proverbs 17:27)
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    • computerwiz

      If you've received a shepherding call & things got better, please let the shepherds who shepherded you know.  It makes our day!!!  

      I got to hear about the immediate improvement after our last shepherding call with a sister who has an unbelieving husband.  Prayers answered!!
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