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This comment seems to indicate that you are playing from your screen. I would print out the PDF with whatever changes you want, and then play from the printed music. 50 years ago I knew all of the theocratic songs pretty well. Back when we had live music at assemblies & conventions, I was in charge of that for the events in our area. I do not remember all of the songs by song number (like I used to 50 years ago), but I do not remember any that would go past two pages when printed out. Two pages fit side by side very easily on an inexpensive music stand. As to your preference on chord progressions, and which ones sound better to you, that is entirely a matter of your personal choice. When we were playing for assemblies & conventions, we felt obligated to follow the music as written. But, 50 years ago the songbook did not have chords indicated. For those, like myself, who liked to play from a "fake book" with just melody line and chord notations, it was a matter of going through each song, note by note, to determine what chord the notes represented. I remember many hours transposing music by had for those instruments that were not "C" instruments (i.e., tenor sax is a "B" insturment - as I remember alto sax is an "E-flat" instrument). It got to the point that I would bring a "catalog case" of the songs transposed for the non "C" instruments for every rehearsal and event. The office where I worked at the time had a "binding machine" that would punch holes in the margin, and then the sheets could be assembled and bound with plastic "comb" bindings with the songs in order. I have also wondered about a few of the newer songs where the final chord indicated was not what one would typically expect for a song in a certain key. But then I must remember that I am literally "a child of the previous century" and my musical taste may not be as current as the taste of younger ones. Thanks, Jim

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JWST Captures Commotion From Nebula’s Stellar Jets Release date: 6 October 2026 9am ID: 2026-129 Webb’s infrared gaze reveals stars at various stages in their life cycles in high resolution A technicolor dreamscape is revealed in this new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. It portrays a stellar nursery known as NGC 7129, a nebula that holds numerous protostars and stars within its fields of gas and dust. Webb captured infrared light, which pierces through the dense matter that scatters or absorbs other types of light. This region, rife with stellar objects in different stages of their lives, offers an opportunity to explore how stars shape their surrounding environment. Article link: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/NASAs-Webb-Captures-Commotion-From-Nebulas-Stellar-Jets/ Pic Descriptions: James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129. Hot, atomic hydrogen gas is shown here in the golden region, while cooler, molecular hydrogen gas, shocked by embedded protostars, is represented in red. Credits: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) Side-by-side: NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope observed the gas and dust within NGC 7129; however, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s improved resolution shows more detailed gas and dust filaments, along with many background galaxies. Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, NASA-JPL; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=hY_cqtnm3kA In Jehovah's Hands country

song about me 'Still Standing' another year older and season change. Walks like me too. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=24i9e9V6OI4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ14uB5O7mk JW Italian Opera Pop Singing Of The Eternal Cantar L'Eterno https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=fMQ7QllwwXQ The names in my bible https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4fvuU2ox8kE Jehovah;s promise of resusrrection yes they are AI but very nice

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Now it it your turn. I would like a clip from Calgary including the Western Town the brothers built.

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Romania 2026 Town of Happiness full version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwHwievWV3k&list=RDiwHwievWV3k&start_radio=1 Road to Happiness 2026 Romania https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzO-MC5o2eU personal journey - older brothers' chorus -interesting story, 3 types dances too Romainia 2026 IC more Romania lots more too Cut and paste was messing up.

Hi Brothers and Sisters. I'm looking for some assistance with a personal project that I am working on. What I'm trying to do is make it easier for myself and others to play Kingdom Melodies on the guitar. The organization has provided the information, I'm simply looking for a way to present it in a more functional way. The base is going to be Sing out Joyfully to Jehovah (sjjsm_e) PDF. This version has not only the chord symbols but also a capo'd version to make it easier to play along with a guitar. There are a few steps that I would like to accomplish. The first is removing the chord symbols of the conflict with a capo'd version. For example, song #1; the piano chords would start with F, C, Dm, and C. While the capo'd chords would be D, A, Bm, A, relative to the capo. For songs without a capo'd version, nothing needs to be done. But for songs with both options, I would like to remove the un-capo'd lines to make it easier to follow along. I attempted this with AI, and it did a fairly good job. But it's not perfect, some lines were missed. I can edit out the lines that were missed but I want to do some more edits and I'm not sure Chat GPT is up to the task. Ultimately, I would like to further edit the PDF so that choruses follow each verse so I don't have to scroll up and down while playing. There are also some other viewability issues that I would like to address. This is really beyond my ability, so I thought I'd reach out here to see if anyone had any suggestions on how to accomplish this project, or point me to a tool that could help. Thank you!

The new song is now available if you click on either the film or the headphone icons below the original Songs.

Tim, my brother You have reached my heart. That's why we have this brotherhood worldwide to console and strengthen one another. Jehovah uses each and everyone of us and makes them equal to our pain and then the words just start to flow like "Elihu". Thank you.

The early Christians struggled to adapt from a highly ritualized religion to one with less visible structure. We are going through a similar change with every update that invokes "the conscience". The trend toward personal responsibility has been thousands of years in the making, and it will continue until we pass the Final Test and no structure or organization will exist as a crutch for our personal relationship with Jehovah.

Everything we love...everything we cherish...everything we simply CANNOT live without...all of that was HIS...before it was ever ours. Of course this isn't new information...we've understood this, instinctively, since the very first time we absolutely knew there WAS a God. But maybe...just maybe...you haven't REALLY thought about what that means in quite a while. Maybe Satan's world has gotten in the way, maybe your aches and pains have stacked up so high you feel buried under the weight...maybe you just feel like you want it all to end...like another single BREATH is simply too painful to endure. We KNOW we're not alone in these thoughts, these feelings. We're told to endure...to stay focused on Jehovah and the new system...on our brothers and sisters who are struggling right beside us. We KNOW that's the right thing to do, we KNOW it's the smart move to make...and yet, we just want to give up...to close out eyes, unclench our fists and just...LET GO! How much easier that would be...how much relief would flood through our bodies...to finally be at peace...to finally have a place to rest...a place where Jehovah can just come get us whenever he's ready. And yet...and yet we recognize that's not the reality...we UNDERSTAND that we have to keep fighting...we must KEEP squaring up our shoulders each morning and facing down a world that hates us....millions of unfaithful spirit creatures who are CRAVING to get at us....to reduce us to a quivering pile of tears...and our own imperfections which hover us like a cloud of blood hungry mosquitoes. *Sigh*...okay, here we go: Jeremiah 45:1-5: "This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Barʹuch the son of Ne·riʹah when he wrote in a book these words dictated by Jeremiah in the fourth year of Je·hoiʹa·kim son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah: 2 “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says concerning you, Barʹuch, 3 ‘You have said: “Woe to me, for Jehovah has added grief to my pain! I am weary from my groaning, and I have found no resting-place.”’ 4 “You should say to him, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Look! What I have built up I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land. 5 But you are seeking great things for yourself. Stop seeking such things.”’ “‘For I am about to bring a calamity on all flesh,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and wherever you may go, I will grant you your life as a spoil." Yes...we all KNOW this account...we've studied it many many times. Yes, we all KNOW Baruch was seeking greater things...the Watchtower even brings out that with his upbringing and status...it couldn't have been easy for him to listen to all of Jeremiah's denunciation messages. But after the brothers told us to start looking for what we could learn about JEHOVAH in the accounts as we read them, I went back and took another look at this account. Do you see it? Verse 3: FOUR TIMES Baruch speaks about HIS pain...HIS woe's...HIS groaning...HIS lack of a resting place. Can I really blame him?? His whole world was falling apart...everything that felt familiar was being threatened...his entire future was uncertain...up in the air. We don't KNOW what those greater things were that he was seeking, but we do know from his own words that he was looking for a RESTING PLACE. But now...what does Jehovah do? Does he tell Baruch that his pain doesn't matter...that he needs to "be stronger"? No...LOOK at what Jehovah SAYS: "You should say to him, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Look! What I have built up I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land." How amazing is that?? Jehovah readjusts his vision by reminding him that it was JEHOVAH who had planted all this...it was JEHOVAH who had built everything around Baruch that he loved, that he cherished...that he was going to be losing. Suddenly Baruch isn't alone anymore...now Jehovah is right there...standing next to this distraught man...REMINDING him that BEFORE Baruch ever loved any of it...Jehovah loved ALL of it. Now to all my dear brothers and sisters out there hurting...out there barely hanging on...please understand that before you lost that person in your life who chose Satan's world over Jehovah's...Jehovah loved them before you did. Before you lost that person in death...Jehovah's love was already wrapped around them...and it still is. That body that's literally wearing out underneath you...Jehovah DESIGNED you to love forever. The cruelty we see everywhere we look...Jehovah despised it long before we ever existed. That brother or sister you're currently watching struggle in YOUR hall? Jehovah saw the tears pouring out of their hearts long before you ever saw their red eyes. And to those of you who feel so worn out that you just want to give in and give up...please look at what Jehovah told Baruch in verse 5. No, not the part about him seeking greater things...I'm talking about the part we often overlook: "For I am about to bring a calamity on all flesh,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and wherever you may go, I will grant you your life as a spoil." Notice that? Baruch wanted a "resting place"...the man was worn out...exhausted...emotionally spent. Of course Jehovah knew that...he knew that better than Baruch himself. But did Jehovah give Baruch what he wanted? No...he gave the man exactly what he NEEDED! Not just his life...don't just concentrate on that part! Look at what he said directly before that: WHEREVER YOU MAY GO!! Friends...Jehovah couldn't offer Baruch what he WANTED...so he gave Baruch a kind of security the man didn't even know he should ask for...it's like he said, don't WORRY about where you physically end up...because there's no place on earth where my promise cannot reach you! And that's how I'm going to end this post...for everyone who's hurting...in whichever way that's manifesting itself in your life...just know that before you ever loved or lost any of it...Jehovah loved it first...and he is aching to give it back.

Hi Lee, As of now it seems to be a personal conscience decision. Most NFL, NBA, soccer jerseys for any team have a player's name on the back. So some brothers/sisters may buy a jersey just showing support of their favorite team and the jersey may have a player's name on the back. Now if a brother/sister feels uncomfortable having a player's name on the back, they can order a jersey with no name or have their own name put on the back. But if a brother/sister has a jersey, it does not automatically mean that they worship or idolize the team. And if a brother/sister has a jersey with a player's name on the back, it does not automatically mean that they worship or idolize this player. Now if a brother/sister has MANY types of pictures, posters, jerseys, etc, of 1 specific player, they may need to meditate on this and consider if they are "idolizing" that player? However, we can all be a little excessive about things. So even if a brother/sister has many "fan" items of a specific player, while they need to be cautious, this still does not mean they "idolize" the player and are guilty of a serious sin. Remember the famous tennis player Boris Becker ? For some Witnesses who enjoyed tennis in past decades when Becker was playing, he may have been their favorite player. Maybe some brothers/sisters even had some "fan" items of Becker, like a shirt, a racket, etc, with Becker's name on it. But was that a form of "idolizing" a player"? Here is more of what "idolizing" a player may look like.

@Dages what do you think about what’s happening in Japan? They classified teaching about divine judgment to children as psychological abuse

Scripture says that the Law covenant was a shadow not the substance. It was meant to direct them to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. “ A tutor leading to Christ “ …. Even today some Jews follow parts of their law. They have the shadow, we have the substance.

"need" is a big word. Life is eternal, I can totally imagine us tinkering with AI again in the NW I've been working in a very closely related field for 15 years, what do I know