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OUTSTANDING!!! The hundreds or actually thousands of specific sentences/paragraphs/quotes I have copied from WOL over many years in my research --- now ALL have the citation at the top of the quote transformed into a direct link back to the article on WOL thanks to your update to the in(REF)ens plugin! If I had to go back and add a direct link to WOL for every sentence, article, quote I have in my notes, it might take years! But the moment you updated in(REF)ens, you saved me years of work. Great job Eryk!

Saturday, September 19 Kindly forgive and comfort him.—2 Cor. 2:7. Jehovah does not tolerate serious wrongdoing among his people. He does not take the view that wrongdoers who are unrepentant should be “mercifully” allowed to continue associating with his faithful worshippers. Jehovah is merciful, but he is not permissive; nor does he lower his standards. (Jude 4) Indeed, to do so would not be merciful at all because it would endanger all in the congregation. (Prov. 13:20; 1 Cor. 15:33) Still, we learn that Jehovah does not want anyone to be destroyed. He wants to save people whenever possible. He shows mercy to people who have a change of heart and want to repair their relationship with him. (Ezek. 33:11; 2 Pet. 3:9) Thus, when the man in Corinth repented and turned away from his sinful course, Jehovah used the apostle Paul to explain to the congregation that the man should be forgiven and welcomed back. w24.08 17 ¶7; 18-19 ¶14-15

Absolutely!! I had just never thought of Jehovah kind of looking over our shoulders so to speak as we looked at his photos, it kind of hit me that, to Jehovah, he still sees this dear brother for what he is, which is extremely faithful. I guess what I was getting at is that sometimes it's easy for a person to see what they used to do and feel bad that they can no longer handle all of that weight or responsibility. But to Jehovah, it's like he still sees that dear brother as being just as faithful now as he was then, even though his activity has lessened greatly. I know that's not a new thought, but it was just very encouraging for me because of what what I'm going through as well.

Jehovah always see the potential person we can become : in paradise. Grounded in his absolute knowledge of who we have been until this very moment : clinging to Jehovah our loving father

I was gathering my things after the meeting last week when a brother, we'll call him Brother "Halvorsen", approached me. He moved slowly, the way he always does now, but his eyes were still bright and warm. After asking me if I had a moment to chat, he told me he wanted to show me something and pulled his phone out of his pocket and started squinting at the screen. Finally locating what he was after, he opened his photos and began scrolling through picture after picture of him and his wife from decades ago. Moving closer, I began to watch as his screen filled with black and white photos...pictures of him and his wife when they were young, vibrant, full of energy. In one photo they were standing beside a literature cart downtown, smiling like they had just discovered the truth. In another they were hiking a trail I recognized from our local area. In yet another they were sitting at a table with a group of young ones they used to study with. His wife had passed away years ago, but he spoke about her as if she had only stepped out of the room for a moment...as if she would come join him at any second, taking his arm and moving close against him. Minutes felt like seconds as he recounted story after story...telling me how MUCH he looked forward to seeing her again in the new system. But then, in the midst of his reminiscing, he said something that surprised me...although I don't really know why. He said he appreciated what Jehovah still allowed him to do NOW, even if it was nowhere near what he used to be able to do. He talked about how he tries to greet every single new person after the meeting, how he makes it a point to compliment the young brothers and sisters who give talks and other various parts, how he checks in on sisters who sit alone. He said all of this with not a single bit of pride in his voice...just a quiet gratitude that Jehovah still lets him contribute SOMETHING...that Jehovah still finds him useful. Suddenly I decided to ask him a question, a question that came out of nowhere...but a question that I suddenly found NEEDED an answer: I asked him HOW he keeps going? I didn’t mean it unkindly. But he is in the beginning stages of losing his eyesight. His hearing is fading. His joints hurt so badly that he sometimes winces when he stands. And yet he still moves through the hall with purpose, as if he has a mission. All of a sudden he got this mischievous little grin on his face and patted me on the shoulder. Then he told me that, since he knew I loved Jehovah and that I particularly love researching the deeper things of Jehovah, he was absolutely certain that I wouldn't take any offense at his next words. “Tim, go look up Genesis 48:17–19, and 1 Kings 1:1–40. Check them out, sit with them for a while and I PROMISE you that you'll find the answer to that question!" While I was in the midst of reeling from that answer along with hurriedly trying to type those two accounts into my phone's notebook application....this dear brother looked back down at his phone screen and his eyes locked onto a picture of him and his wife standing in service, both of them young and strong, vibrant and healthy...and suddenly he said very quietly, very heavily, “That used to be me.” I went home that night and opened both accounts. I read them once, then again, and then yet again. Genesis 48:17-19: "When Joseph saw that his father kept his right hand placed on Eʹphra·im’s head, it was displeasing to him, so he tried to take hold of his father’s hand to move it from Eʹphra·im’s head to Ma·nasʹseh’s head. 18 Joseph said to his father: “Not so, my father, because this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.” 19 But his father kept refusing and said: “I know it, my son, I know it. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will become greater than he will, and his offspring will become the full equivalent of nations I didn’t see it." (I'm not going to post the whole chapter of 1 Kings 1:1-40 here, but I can promise you that it is an incredible read!) I read the footnotes. I checked the Research Guide. I looked up every cross-reference. I read the Watchtower articles connected to both accounts...but I still didn’t see it. For days I kept going back to them, trying to understand what he was pointing me toward. (I mean I had POSSIBLE answers, but all of them felt too trite, too simplistic to be what he was getting at...so I kept digging.) I read about Jacob...old, blind, frail...leaning on his staff. I read about Joseph trying to correct him, assuming Jacob’s age had confused him. I read about Jacob crossing his hands intentionally, choosing the younger son over the older. I noticed the Hebrew word used for Jacob’s “insight,” the one that means to perceive deeply even when the eyes cannot see. And then I read about David...old, cold, unable to stay warm, lying in bed while the nation moved on without him. I read about Adonijah rising up, gathering support, acting like David was finished. I read about how Jehovah still used DAVID...not Nathan, not Zadok, not Bathsheba...to make one of the most sacred decisions in Israel’s history. But I still didn’t understand what tied these two accounts together. They were powerful, but I simply couldn't see the thread. Then one evening, while reading through several articles about how Jehovah views his servants...articles about loyalty, endurance, and the way Jehovah measures faithfulness...something finally clicked. I guess it wasn't a single sentence in one article that finally clicked. It was a theme that kept appearing in different ways, in different contexts, almost like Jehovah was whispering it directly into my ears through the pages. The thought crystallized so clearly that I had to stop reading and just sit with it for a moment. Jehovah has never chosen or kept someone because they were the most capable. He has always stayed close to those who are faithful. Suddenly both accounts opened up in a very unexpected way, and that is what caused me to write this post. Jacob wasn’t chosen because he was strong, sharp, or capable. He was chosen because he was FAITHFUL, and Jehovah gave him insight that Joseph's youth could not produce. Joseph saw an old man who couldn’t see. Jehovah saw a servant who possessed wisdom shaped by decades of faithful service that could see something clearly which youth could not. And David... David wasn't used because he was powerful, energetic, or capable. He was used because he was FAITHFUL, and Jehovah saved a sacred assignment for a moment when everyone else thought he was finished. The nation saw an old man who couldn’t stay warm. But Jehovah saw the only man he trusted to make a decision that would shape Israel’s future. And THEN I understood Brother "Halvorsen's" point. It may be true that he isn’t able to do what he used to do. He isn’t strong. He isn’t healthy. He isn’t capable in the way he once was. But he IS very very faithful. And Jehovah is STILL providing him with a deliberate purpose...a purpose that younger ones might overlook, but one that Jehovah specifically does not. And then something hit me so hard that it made me sit back in my chair and breathe for a moment, something I don't think even he realized...(and I know he didn't because after I was through with my study I called him up and told him...and he said he had never looked at it that way): This brother wasn't showing me pictures of who he used to be...he was actually showing me PROOF that Jehovah still sees who he is NOW.

I'm using NWP 4.1.6 and the Inactive ones are still appearing with each group. Are you an elder or MS? As Carlos says, that information may be restricted to just elders.

I'm only guessing here. The instructions are that inactive ones must be assigned to a group so that they are taken care of, but they should not appear in the group listing at the announcement board. So could it be that elders still see the inactive ones but publishers do not? Although I don't think publishers see the Publishers' section at all.

Not true here - inactives still show at bottom of list. NWP 4.1.6

@Beggar for the Spirit I have released v2, which should handle those kinds of links. It needs testing - especially across languages. Please report any issues you find. Thank you!

A lot is being said re the territory issues but for us, each map is labelled, and each block is numbered, plus all addresses are entered. We have no issue with using for NaH calls within the app.

We can report after several weeks of trialling NWS Mobile on MacBooks & an iPhone ... that it is brilliant. A massive effort it would seem as it has a totally different look to NWS Windows. Big congratulations to the team behind this. We use NWS for everything with exception of the KHOC Maintenance since our sister congregation who shares the same hall, uses a different app (maybe not for much longer 😁)

"Happy is the man who is always on guard" How similar are those words to Jesus' command to... “Keep on the watch and pray continually, so that you may not enter into temptation.” MT 26:41 The FDS gave a couple of great suggestions: "Even during periods when you feel strong, continue to avoid situations that can lead to temptation" "...we guard ourselves from sin by keeping far away from the circumstances that lead to it. This might include avoiding certain situations or activities that are not off-limits for Christians in general but that are known to lead us into temptation." Matt. 5:29, 30. Here are some examples I was thinking of when we might "feel strong" spiritually:

Our September broadcast reminded us that we live in a world of fake news. Whilst we are not naive to the existence of possible wrongs levelled against us , neither do we believe every word. 1 Peter says that the Devil is like a roaring lion seeking to devour us . A wise Christian keeps up his guard !

The eventual consequence is sea level rise worldwide, not from this floating and moving Thwaites Western Ice Tongue in that Gif, but from the highly unstable Thwaites Glacier that is being held back by, along with all of the other Glaciers beside it. Thats why the Thwaites Glacier is also known as the Doomsday Glacier, because there are grave consequence if the Ice Shelf collapses, which we are witnessing right now. No one knows yet what caused the Ice Shelf to shift suddenly, one theory is it could be Thwaites Glacier starting to collapse into the Ocean causing that push. Another theory is there are pinning points in the Ice Shelf and perhaps it unpinned and is freeing the Ice Shelf to move with the help of the winds. Dont know exactly yet.

Has anyone noticed that the "inactives" assigned to a group are no longer appearing in NWP under the group(s), below the publisher list? Using NWP 4.1.6 😊

That's good as I need to lose some weight anyways.

If you drink alcohol, you'll never have worms.

Patience produces lasting spiritual growth. You’re not convinced. Patience never feels finished when you’re inside it. It usually feels like delay. Like being asked to slow down when everything in you wants resolution. Wait! That word can tighten the chest. Waiting feels motionless, but it’s not. Waiting requires something of you. It exposes what you want fixed now and what you are willing to wait for. Patience begins there, not as something we admire from a distance, but as something placed right in front of us. Wait!! That second time feels different. Now it feels personal. Now it is inconvenient. Now it feels like it is taking longer than it should. You feel the frustration growing. The longer it takes, the more frustrated you are. This is where we start wondering whether waiting is doing any good at all. Are you missing something? Look closely at Jehovah. When he described himself to Moses, two expressions appeared together. He is “slow to anger” and “abundant in loyal love.” Those thoughts appear together again in the Scriptures. Jehovah’s loyal love does not disappear when people disappoint him. He remains involved. He gives time. He warns. He corrects. He forgives when there is repentance. He waits. — Exodus 34:6; Psalm 103:8 Israel certainly gave Jehovah reasons to stop waiting. They repeated mistakes. They forgot what they had already learned. At times they turned away after experiencing his care firsthand. Yet Jehovah kept reaching out. He sent prophets. He gave warnings and comfort. When they cried out, he heard them. Year after year, generation after generation, his patience remained active. Not because the wrong did not matter, but because the people still mattered to him. — Nehemiah 9:30, 31 Take note of this. Patience is not weakness. It is love staying involved when it would be easier to give up. Now look even closer. Love is part of the fruitage of the spirit. So is patience. But when the Bible describes what love actually does, it begins with something interesting: “Love is patient.” The study note gives another way those words can be understood: “love is long-suffering.” — Galatians 5:22; 1 Corinthians 13:4 Long-suffering. There is something in that expression that simply saying “wait” may not fully capture. Love can be called on to wait when waiting hurts. It may have to endure disappointment. It may have to see the same weakness again. Yet love does not immediately decide that the person is finished. It stays long enough for patience to have time to do its work. Maybe that helps us understand why Jehovah’s loyal love and his being slow to anger fit so naturally together. Loyal love stays. Patience gives it time to stay. We do not need to separate the two thoughts too sharply. We can simply watch what Jehovah does. And then watch Jesus. The night before his death, when the pressure on him must have been enormous, his apostles argued again about who among them was the greatest. Again. They had been with Jesus for years. They had heard him teach humility. They had watched him live it. They had even argued about greatness before. And here they were, doing it again. — Mark 9:33-37; Luke 22:24 Jesus corrected their thinking. But he did not treat their repeated weakness as proof that they were beyond help. He did not confuse slow growth with rebellion. He did not give up on men simply because they had not yet become what he knew they could become. He stayed. He taught. He waited. That patience looks familiar, doesn’t it? Jesus was showing them what he had seen in his Father. Jehovah had patiently dealt with imperfect people for generations, and now Jesus patiently dealt with imperfect men sitting at the table with him. Their weakness was real. So was his love for them. And because the love remained, so did the patience. Later, those same men did change. Men who had argued about greatness learned to serve. They endured hardship. They cared for congregations. They spent themselves for others. The growth was not there when Jesus first corrected them. It was not even complete the last night he spent with them. It needed time. So perhaps there are moments when we see a weakness in someone and immediately know what needs to change. We may even be right. But knowing what needs to change is not the same as knowing how long change should take. Wait! Not because wrong does not matter. Not because correction never has a place. But because Jehovah may still be working with someone who is unfinished. Patience leaves room for counsel to settle, for an example to be remembered, for a heart to soften, for spiritual growth that we cannot yet see. Love is patient. Long-suffering. Sometimes love stays long enough to see what impatience would have walked away from. Patience does not resolve things quickly. It leaves… unfinished… still in motion. And maybe that is the point. Patience keeps us close to Jehovah long enough for his work to continue — in others, and in us. Wait.

I wanted to experience serving Jehovah free from financial worries. I'm not talking about high food or fuel costs. I'm talking about having bills to pay, not expecting to earn enough, having to decide what you'll have to cut to pay the rest. Reaching the end of the month with no money left over for anything. Not being able to go to the grocery store to buy everything you need. Depending on transportation and not having it. Along with financial problems come anxiety, stress, fatigue, and discouragement. Never give up! As the song says in Portuguese: "I am persevering, without fear of fighting, with Him supporting me, I know that nothing will defeat me!"

This is a really good idea! Because anytime we hit the little copy button for a paragraph on WOL and then paste it on Obsidian or any word document, the citation is always like this: *** w26 March p. 5 par. 10 *** So if you implement this citation format, that means in Obsidian --- ALL of our already copied sentences or paragraphs from WOL (and I have hundreds) will suddenly have a direct link!! That would be so very helpful

And don't forget Eurovision! Canada is already joining Eurovision for 2027. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest

Friday, September 18 Happy is the man who is always on guard.—Prov. 28:14. How can we guard ourselves? Consider what we can learn from the young man discussed in Proverbs chapter 7. He committed sexual immorality with an immoral woman. Verse 22tells us that the young man went after her “suddenly.” But as the preceding verses show, he had taken several steps before this that gradually led him to sin. What led up to his sin? First, in the evening, he “passed along the street near [the immoral woman’s] corner.” Then, he marched toward her house. (Prov. 7:8, 9) Next, when he saw the woman, he did not turn away. Instead, he accepted her kiss and listened as she spoke of the communion sacrifices she had offered, perhaps in an attempt to make him think that she was not a bad person. (Prov. 7:13, 14, 21) Had the young man avoided the dangers that led up to the sin, he would have guarded himself from the temptations and from the sin. w24.07 16 ¶8-9; 19 ¶19