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  4. Good-O started following Thursday, January 22 With you there is true forgiveness.​—Ps. 130:4.
  5. Witness1970
    It has already hit Texas (as of today). It is supposed to move east, On Sunday, Texas should still be feeling the effects, and it will be affecting states all the way to the east coast. EDIT: Our Sunday meeting plans are being modified. I expect everyone to be on Zoom.
  6. LeolaRootStew started following Not Sure What To Title This... Sorry.
  7. LeolaRootStew
    That's what we did when we moved cross-country. We even had local brothers look at houses and change locks on our doors when we couldn't be there in person. They were such a blessing!
  8. Witness1970
    I MADE THE CALCULATION. You are right. The calculation was 80.6 F. tenths of a degree is unnecessary.
  9. LeolaRootStew started following North Portland Kingdom Hall Fire
  10. LeolaRootStew
    I hope this wasn't caused by a lack of proper maintenance, but I don't know what else would cause a fire inside the roof area. At least no one was hurt and the damage is relatively minor.
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  12. dljbsp
    On January 20, 2026, Scientific American ran an opinion piece that cuts straight across the usual AI debate. It doesn’t ask whether AI is conscious. It asks why people keep acting like it is. Written by Simon Duan, the article shuts down the idea of machines waking up. No souls. No inner life. No spark. Instead, Duan turns the spotlight around. When people say AI understands them or feels present, he says the machine isn’t the source. The human is. We’ve done this before. We argue with cars. We name storms. We talk to things that can’t hear us back. Give something a voice—and a decent one—and our brains rush in to finish the job. Response starts to feel like presence. Smooth answers start to feel like awareness. The article treats the question “Is AI conscious?” as a dead end. The sharper question is what happens inside a person who feels seen by a machine that doesn’t see at all. That shift knocks the legs out from under the usual fears about AI rights, AI suffering, or AI rebellion. No warnings. No predictions. Just an uncomfortable mirror. The piece isn’t really about technology. It’s about how little it takes for humans to project meaning onto something that talks back convincingly enough.
  13. Mike047
    We use Hourglass here on the south coast in the UK, although others use NWP. We find Hourglass a useful tool many pros and not too many cons.
  14. Anniebea
    Thursday, January 22 With you there is true forgiveness.—Ps. 130:4. In the Bible, sins are often likened to heavy burdens. King David described his own sins this way: “My errors loom over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear.” (Ps. 38:4) But Jehovah pardons the sins of repentant wrongdoers. (Ps. 25:18; 32:5) The Hebrew expression translated “pardon” basically means to “lift up” or “carry.” We might think of Jehovah as a strong man who figuratively lifts the burden of sin off our shoulders and carries it away. Another word picture shows just how far away Jehovah carries our sins. Psalm 103:12 tells us: “As far off as the sunrise is from the sunset, so far off from us he has put our transgressions.” East is the farthest point from west. The two points never meet. In other words, Jehovah takes our sins as far away from us as we can imagine. What a reassuring way to describe his forgiveness! w25.02 9 ¶5-6
  15. Dages
    Reading Explaining Illustrating Applicating That's how you use Bible verse with people in the ministry
  16. Michał
    Thanks! Now I get OCLM but what are: REIA DBR ?
  17. Jerem
    yes, I only had few tester for the daily text app. SO just send me your gmail and I will add you to the tester list.
  18. Michał
    So, whats his end game?
  19. stargazer
    It's sobering to think how short our life is and yet the politicians say and do all kinds of crazy things, each one assuming he's done the better. What a foolmockery! On a lighter note,
  20. ASIIMWEV
    *LESSONS WE LEARN FROM TODAY'S TEXT* Psalm 130:4 (True Forgiveness) 1. No one is free from sin, not even faithful servants of Jehovah. 2. Unconfessed sin weighs heavily on the heart, causing emotional and spiritual pain. 3. Jehovah wants us to approach him, not hide from him because of guilt. 4. True forgiveness comes from Jehovah, not from self-justification. 5. Sincere repentance moves Jehovah to act in our behalf. 6. Jehovah completely removes forgiven sins, he does not keep record of them. 7. We should not keep punishing ourselves for sins Jehovah has already forgiven. 8. Jehovah’s forgiveness is loving and powerful, not partial or temporary. 9. Understanding Jehovah’s mercy builds trust and deepens our relationship with him. 10. Gratitude for forgiveness motivates obedience, humility, and loyal service. Encouraging Lesson: When we truly repent, Jehovah does not want us living under guilt. He wants us to walk forward with confidence, knowing our sins have been lifted away.
  21. tmm
    Appreciate your clear, logical, and scriptural reasoning- also, the sensibleness - and heart. Thanks so very much, dear brother.
  22. tmm
    Wow. How do you guys manage it over there, brave ones! In the field this morning, it was blue skies, fluffy white clouds, a soft occasional breeze, and around 35 degrees Celsius, so pretty warm, but okay enough. Met a lovely lady who soaked up the verses from Ps 72 I shared too. : ) 31 degrees at home now - but it is summer time. Feel for you all in temperate climates and if there is slush on the roads or a snow storm, or trees across the road... etc.... I hope you stay safe dear ones.
  23. 987
    Hello is it still ongoing?
  24. 987
    I just started using it and i like it so far
  25. trottigy
    Well, there you go ... make that 9 wars he has ended.
  26. Julsey
    And you have to wonder where all the money was wasted.
  27. Lance
    Fire in roof of Kingdom Hall .. maybe someone in Portland can fill us in .. https://hoodline.com/2026/01/late-night-fire-scorches-kingdom-hall-roof-in-north-portland/
  28. Doug
    I think this is spot-on. He just keeps everyone off balance. No sooner are they reacting to something crazy, he changes it up and they're back at square one again. The political professionals are like a mouse in a maze when it comes to Trump.
  29. Qapla
  30. Barbllm
    I'm getting ready for an ice storm. Or snow. Or nothing. Start 1:00 AM Saturday, January 24 End 10:00 AM Monday, January 26 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow and sleet accumulations up to 4 inches and ice accumulations greater than one quarter inch possible. * WHERE...Portions of north central, northeast, and northwest Georgia. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Expect power outages and tree damage due to the ice. Travel could be impossible. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation. Persons should consider delaying all travelSaturday and Sunday. If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution. Consider taking a winter storm kit along with you, including such items as booster cables, flashlight, shovel, blankets and extra clothing. Also take water, a first aid kit, and anything else that would help you survive in case you become stranded.
  31. Doug
    Russia must be quite pleased to have veto power whilst paying $.08 cents for every $1.00 the US spends.
  32. JanB3923
    JanB3923 joined the community
  33. Percy
    I believe the US pays most of the bills for the UN. Back in the 70s it was roughly 75%. It has gone down a lot.
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      Modern references to creative days:
       
      *** 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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      GM,  it's Deborah.  Please send to me your email address.  I think Sr. Bonnie, from my old cong, made the CA transcripts and I will forward to you when I get your address.   I thought I had it but cannot find it.   Not sure if she sent into one email both the AM and PM or if she sent them separate.  But I will send to you can you can decide.  Hope you are well.  We are ok  here....just cold weather.  Agape.
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      These songs are beautiful. 💖.   Is there a way for me to save these songs on this thread to add to a playlist?  Thank you for your help. 
       
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      A little boy wants to make his father happy. He wants to buy him a gift, but he doesn’t have any money. So he turns to his father and asks him for a few coins. Now he has money, but the gift he wants to get is in a store, and the store is in town. Again, he needs the help of his father. Once in the store, he finds that the gift is way up on the shelf. The father has to lift him up. Same thing at the register. Having returned back home, the son, beaming and proud, hands the father his gift.

      A sweet little story but strictly speaking one could argue that the father himself was the generous giver here. In the end, he had to accompany and help his son at every step of the way, and he was even the one paying for it all. 

      If, however, the father had done everything himself, the outcome wouldn’t have been the same. In the way that it happened, the father, in fact, made it possible for the son to be something he could not have become on his own: a gift-giver.

      This story illustrates how God relates to us. God does not need man, but God allows man to share in his saving work. Man is given the grace to take part in God’s work, and this actually shows the true greatness of God. Man is not kept in a completely inactive dependency, but rather he is equipped with the power to do good.
      And this is exactly the reason there is a congregation. God does not need the congregation, but he wants the congregation so that through her we can become active sharers in the divine work of salvation. 
      In this way, man, who through sin causes so much woe and pain in the world, is now enabled and empowered to bring healing and share in God’s redemptive work. Fallen man, in a way, is rehabilitated in the congregation. He can live as a new creation.

      So God doesn’t need the congregation, but we need the congregation, and that is exactly why she was given to us as a means to salvation!
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      dljbsp  »  Alexey

      Hi Alexey, welcome to JWTalk!
      I see you’re from Ukraine—a place with a deep history and some beautiful scenery.
      If you’re in the mood to browse, the Photo Gallery (scenery shots are always a treat) is easy to enjoy, and some folks like the quiet reading without pressure to post.
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      Hi Alice, welcome to JWTalk!
      São Paulo is such a lively place—I imagine there’s always something happening around you.
      You might enjoy browsing the Photo Gallery, especially the nature shots people share, and the activity feed is a nice way to see what conversations are moving along.
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      dljbsp  »  Alexandre

      Hi Alexandre, welcome to JWTalk!
      Seeing Ukraine on your profile made me smile — there’s a lot of strength and beauty tied to that part of the world. You might enjoy browsing the Photo Gallery, especially the nature shots people share, and there’s also plenty of room here to just read quietly without any pressure to jump in right away. Thanks for joining us, and I’m looking forward to whatever you feel like sharing in time.
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      dljbsp  »  Alter

      Hi Alter, welcome to JWTalk!
      It’s nice to have you here. I see you’re from the Lake Chapala area—beautiful place, and I imagine the scenery and weather don’t disappoint.
      You’ll find this is a friendly, encouraging forum. Many enjoy browsing the ongoing discussions or spending some quiet time in the photo gallery when they feel like reading rather than posting.
      One small note that may help: since the forum works in English, most brothers use translation software when posting. That usually makes things smoother and helps everyone follow along easily.
      Thanks for joining us, and we’re glad you’re here. Looking forward to getting to know you and seeing what you’d like to share.
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      Hi João, welcome to JWTalk!
      Qta Conde looks like a pleasant place to call home—close enough to enjoy the quiet, with plenty of life around it too. If you’re in the mood to browse, the Photo Gallery has some great scenery shots that are easy to linger over, and the Files Library has a few helpful downloads you can explore at your own pace.
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