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How do you react to small tests of faith? Every time you tell someone you don't celebrate Christmas, turn down a birthday gift, stand respectfully for the anthem without participating, request a day off for the Convention, reject job offers that interfere with your spiritual life, preach despite angry householders, or respectfully explain your stance on controversial social issues you take a stand for Jehovah. The GT will be a more extreme version of the kinds of tests we've faced our whole spiritual lives. The people who are confident they will survive know the sacrifices they have already made to follow Jehovah and are sure they will continue in that course. Think about it, if we can take a stance now that risks our job or social standing, how much easier will it be during the GT when we know the clock to Armageddon is very limited and our jobs and social standing will be destroyed anyway? Once we cross that finish line, how many of today's worries will ever be applicable again - bills, employment, money? Even if we lose all our worldly possessions we will know that the time is close, so there's no point in clinging to it or planning for retirement. We know we can depend on our congregation to pull together resources. We know we will get direction from the GB. We know Jehovah will not abandon us. If there is some specific test you are thinking of that you aren't sure you can withstand, please give it some prayerful thought and figure out if it's something you have already passed before (taking a stand in some way for Jehovah) or something someone else has already endured (torture, imprisonment etc). Meditate on examples of faith. Don't let your fears fester and don't let them be vague or "your strength will be meager" when you need it most.

I bet on this I hope so.

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Croatia has palm trees?!? 😳 Who knew? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I have a feeling things are going to change again... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/8/iran-war-live-us-bombs-sirik-qeshm-bandar-abbas-over-hormuz-attacks

Costco in Bellingham, WA: $4.05 Up here near Vancouver, BC, the prices fluctuate like crazy, why? I'm going to guess greed might be a big factor.😅 We went from $1.75/litre ($4.66/gallon USD) one day to $1.49/litre ($3.97/gallon USD) the next day and then $1.82/litre ($4.85/gallon USD) the next day.... You get whiplash looking at gas prices😂

2.99 with Walmart discount.

Its probably that caffeine from the chocolate thats got you feeling this way...lol

Out of the mouths of babes Psalm 8:2 Matthew 21:15, 16

We are watching the Broadcasting as a family, my older daughter said : we are getting in the GT in less than a year, aren't we ? May it be true

When I eat to much chocolate, I fly like a bird and much into it too.

We are all feeling it so close... it's exciting !

I had a dream last night that this convention “Eternal happiness” is going to be last before GT. I also have dreams from time to time that I can fly like a bird, so don’t read too much into it 😆

Two from South Wales, looks like I should move there:) Anyone in the Southeast or London out there? It doesn't really matter just curious. This site brings us altogether anyway 😁

I'm also in South Wales 👋

As a person who once struggled with feelings similar to @hybridxer0, there's one thing that's inmistakable. Only those who have an 'approved' condition can truly anticipate Jehovah's day. So have no doubt on that one, brother 🙂

Down. $4.59 a gallon, from $4.79 a gallon. (Minus $.07 %,) because I am a tribal member.

I can relate to you very much. Still I pray every day to see the end of wickedness and see how Jehovah vindicates his name and makes it known around the entire Earth regardless of what that means for me personally. I am very unimportant in this story. If I live through it, it will be because of Jehovah's very undeserved kindness and for eternity I will be thankful and wonder how that could happen. If not, it will be the right thing to happen, but from that point on humanity will be on road to re-unite with Jehovah's universal family and that is most important.

A great talk on "Gifts in men" https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/StudioTalks/pub-jwb_201808_2_VIDEO

I get you. You need to believe you can make it despite your shortcomings. God knows our situation and troubles. That’s good enough for me. The more negative you feel. The more discouraged you’ll get. There’s no point in doubting if it’s coming soon. Just don’t be afraid and believe you can walk on water aka survive Armageddon. No more doubting. We will make it. See you there.

Trump causes the gas prices to go up and then gets praised for providing cheaper gas. It sounds like 1984 to me...😖

I’m in South Wales 👋

Wow! 25 total stations (that no one can say where they are). That should at least help some.

You go to Congregation Sharing > Shared Persons > Click on the brothers name to highlight it > Just above the list of names is an icon with a person and a minus sign (-) and hovering calls it "Remove Shared Person."

White House launches Freedom Fuel gas stations. They're in this region https://share.google/cC5b6p2s0pgNJOsbN