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Central Louisiana, USA....at 0800 was already a HOT 80 degrees outside....heat index today expected to be 106 degrees!! Letter writing today and telephone calling for this old sister! I am so thankful to Jehovah for the provision of Zoom. You never miss a meeting and you can visit w/the congregation!! Service days on zoom is such a blessing to me! Spotty rain showers expected this afternoon.....will not cool things off....only sticky! Last week I was in w/the group in Central Louisiana, who had 30 inches of rain!!! Property flooded but none in the house thankfully. I did stay a few days w/my SO and his wife. How thankful I was for that. So many neighbors lost everything! I do not ever remember having 30 inches of rain in one day and I can tell you, it stormed and stormed! I often think of the wonderful, beautiful weather in the new system! Bring it on please!

Changed in May 2026. It changed from a SHUFFLE button to a WATCH NOW button. Didn’t change the function of the button, just the look.

An elder that uses AI occasionally told me that he had calculated how many DAYS he had been married by giving the starting date (weeding) and end date (current date). i did the same thing, asking how many days were between August 4, 1972 (wedding date) and the current date. I calculated the days myself and the number of days given by AI were wrong. I asked the question in different ways and kept getting wrong answers. I finally said "calculate the number of days between (the two dates. It calculated the number correctly finally. When I just asked how many days between two dates it constantly gave wrong answers. I have had AI write encouraging things and it always did very well. I haven't gotten away from ChatGPT myself. I can't sit at the computer long without severe pain so I just don't bother.

927k on Instagram We need a million first

I recently read an analysis of the popularity of Brown’s Da Vinci Code. It turns out it to be so great best seller because so many public figures on the Catholic Church directly opposed it. It drew so much interest that it sold in ten of millions of copies despite being literary weak position. Direct confrontation and opposition usually gives the opposite effect. So it’s wise not to directly engage with apostate and/or accusatory content. If something requires attention, I’m sure legal and OPI will take care of that. On the other hand, its absolutely necessary to be visible. People need to know us. We do share the good news. And as Jesus said wisdom is proved righteous by its actions. Thats why the new IG/TT accounts are so great - they provide visibility and are positive.

I hope it does but I doubt it. We still don’t have enough followers on Socisl media 🤪😉🤣

The update that will be shown this week should be the last update that had Brother Herd as host.

Do these principles include needlessly exposing oneself to apostates or wanting to prove that we can tackle them? I remember someone said " Fo not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine." Would that be a law or a principle?

I used to think that as well but we can’t second guess Jehovah, his ways are not our ways. But with over 9 million witnesses, one of us is going to get it right.

Please is update #4 this week? My congregation meeting is this Friday. Sent from my moto g stylus 5G - 2024 using Tapatalk

Yeah. It's beautiful. Like live TV. I loved the fact I can select and unselect. Quite nice [emoji106] Sent from my moto g stylus 5G - 2024 using Tapatalk

Every time I OD on chocolate the GT begins.

I think the GT will start in the fall of 2029 and Armageddon will be 3.5 years later in the spring of 2033. I think that when Jesus gave his life for mankind, Jehovah told Satan he had two days left...😁

and Armageddon next year

Let your Yes mean yes, Brother Todd !

The measure of our value to Jehovah is not how much we can do, but how faithfully we continue doing what we can.

I wonder,,,

Big yes

Do you think the Great Tribulation will begin this year?

Facing a heat wave. Will try to keep myself and doggie hydrated.

I believe that is all that is needed. Since the person's name is somewhat generic "CO" it should not matter if it was the regular or the sub. You could run a test on a device that is not connected to NWP to verify it works. just a thought.

"Jesus gave us principles for the ministry that allow for variety. Some will do it one way; others might do it a little differently. That's OK." https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/#en/mediaitems/VODPgmEvtAnnMtg/pub-jwb-134_14_VIDEO

Wednesday, July 1 I have not seen anyone righteous abandoned.—Ps. 37:25. Some of Jehovah’s servants are feeling the effects of old age, struggling with poor health, or living with a disability. That may cause them to feel uncertain of their worth in Jehovah’s eyes. They may ask, ‘Am I still useful to Jehovah?’ The writer of Psalm 71 expressed a similar concern. He prayed: “Do not abandon me when my strength fails.” (Ps. 71:9, 18) Nevertheless, the psalmist remained convinced that if he served his God loyally, Jehovah would guide and support him. As the psalmist learned, Jehovah finds pleasure in those who do their best to serve Him despite their limitations. (Ps. 37:23-25) Older ones, see your situation from Jehovah’s viewpoint. He can help you to thrive spiritually even though you may be struggling physically. (Ps. 92:12-15) Rather than focus on what you are no longer able to do, concentrate on what you can do. w24.10 28 ¶14-16

Yup, I had that as Treasures 2 weeks ago.

@Romain @Jim Jam Just responding to both of yall here since i was also part of the original topic. The original post/comment i was responding to was that JWs that aren't on social media should come on social media to outnumber the apopstates. I responded with, no, let them have their peace. Romain agreed with this sentiment Jim Jam says that we shouldnt avoid the internet because there are apostates here. I agree with this, HOWEVER (And to follow up with what Romain responded with), there are already TONS of us on social media, and I have found out that the second someone finds out you're a JW it becomes a blood bath. You're attacked on all sides, and with the internet being a screen and there's no physical eye to eye with it, people will be more aggressive and more hurtful than they probably would be if you were just doing carts or going door to door. I have tried talking to other people on social media with mixed results (I actually have a friend in Nigeria that's been going to the meetings). However, we shouldn't be actively searching out apostates. We may not have the correct approach for some people (Similarly to the watchtower that we just did. Different approaches need to be used for different people, and we won't know what will reach someone's heart until we you know get to possibly know them a bit more. And in a group of five online apostates your regular approach may reach one of them, but the other four are still gonna be aggressive). People are going to talk crap about us regardless, but people who arent already online shouldn't run online to find the naysayers. However, if they want to go online to try to find an online JW community then that's cool too, but they should also realize that it's pretty brutal. Just because someone can't physically harass you doesn't mean there arent other ways to tear you down. A little side note, when I do see discourse online and if i catch a JW in the wild (either by them announcing it, or if i have suspicions, i ask them if Matthew 5:3 means anything to them) i do try to help them out if they are getting outnumbered, or if anything make a new friend. I hope this makes sense....