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  2. On the huh
    Is there a way to use NW Scheduler to alert publishers that a volunteer is needed for a midweek meeting part?
  3. Mike047 started following New book
  4. Mike047
    However It is a fascinating book, and well written. However they do manage to escape being inebriated by the exuberance of their own verbosity.
  5. 987
    Did you find it useful?
  6. rockieboi
    I used it before when I was still using a Mac in the KH.
  7. Miss Bea
    Hmmm. I’m 82, and I want so to see Jehovah’s name set on high. Exactly where it belongs. I want to experience this monumental event. Above ground. I know this isn’t written in law, but the speaker today said. You know how you feel before a lightening storm. The hair on your arms may stand up. That is how close we are to the end. It brought me comfort. My health is good, but, at this age, you never know…
  8. Dolce vita
    The Anointed must experience the same death as Jesus, that is, they must definitively abandon the prospect of living on earth in order to obtain their heavenly inheritance. So, passing through death seems inevitable. In 1 Corinthians 15, this obligation is detailed. How else can we understand this passage? " 1 Corinthians 15:36 must first die: Speaking of the resurrection of anointed Christians to life as spiritual beings, Paul compares the burial of the physical body to sowing a seed. The grain dies in the sense that once in the ground, it disintegrates. Then it becomes a plant that has an entirely different form and appearance (cf. John 12:24). In the same vein, a Christian chosen by God to be a joint heir with his Son and to receive an imperishable and immortal body in heaven must first die. In 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Paul uses the expression “is sown” four times in a figurative sense. He thus illustrates the fact that a Christian anointed with the spirit abandons his physical body and obtains a heavenly body through resurrection (see study note on 1 Corinthians 15:38)."
  9. Lance started following I want to get married, but should I wait until the new system?
  10. Lance
    Since you’re already focusing on growth, have you ever tried journaling? Even brief notes about thoughts, prayers, or progress can really help you see how far you’re coming over time. For example King David ….many of the psalms show how openly he poured out his thoughts and feelings to Jehovah….his fears, disappointments, hopes, and gratitude. In a way, they’re like a personal journal. It doesn’t mean everything was easy for him, but it did help him process things and keep perspective. Journaling also changes the way our brain sees the perspective of our situation.. it is solid written memory.. regular memory gets slightly changed and rescripted .. sometimes to our detriment..often it fails in tracking progress.
  11. Dages
    not "all" so it entails many DO indeed
  12. Tronora
    Hm. How about 1.Cor 15:51 ... Look! I tell you a sacred secret: We will not all fall asleep in death, but we will all be changed, I see the literature. No, no rapture, so maybe just wording ... Maybe there will be brighter light shed on this. Another scripture: 1 Tess 4:17 Afterward we the living who are surviving will, together with them, be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord. Anyway, it's probably off-topic? The wording of this scripture is interesting.
  13. Dages
    Exactly the same, and I'm 40
  14. Cushi
    I feel the same way. As a 39 year old brother who was raised in the truth, I don’t know what it’s like to expect to die. I’ve always imagined I would either be granted entry into the New World if I prove myself faithful, or I would die at Armageddon for proving unfaithful. Of course, I could die from an accident or health-related issues; after all, I’ve had several near-death experiences and former health-related problems that could have easily ended my life. But for the most part, I see the great tribulation and Armageddon happening during my lifetime, possibly before I turn 50. I call this time period “The historical sweetspot.” But that's not to say that my generation and those after are better than those who fell asleep in death or will fall asleep. Those who are resurrected will get to cherish a privilege that will no doubt draw them very close to Jehovah: Having been personally recreated by him. It will be special for those resurrected by him through Jesus Christ to know that they had every detail about them committed to memory and were created like Adam was 😊
  15. Shawnster
    No. They died. To suggest they did not die but were transferred to heaven makes it sound like or gives the impression that the teaching of the rapture is correct. All people who are resurrected to heavenly life must first die and complete their earthly course of life. The fact their resurrection is instantaneous the moment of death is irrelevant. They still die first.
  16. jwhess started following New book
  17. jwhess
    I am enjoying the reading of this book so far. But you can definitely see that it is written for a University setting. The wording is good but it reminds me of a quote made about the writing of a highly educated member of our organization (now dead)..."He never used a simple four letter word when a 12 letter word would do." Sample from the beginning of the book:
  18. dreamy
    GTA : Greater Toronto Area
  19. Percy
    As far as generation is concerned, the 'anointed' didn't die. They were transferred to Heaven in a twinkle of an eye. They are still alive and part of the generation.
  20. Sheep
    No. I got this from a French brother whom I have known for over 20 years. (His email was in French, naturally.) The things he sends me are always well researched and vetted on his end. His original email says, "Les Témoins de Jéhovah ont mis en ligne un nouveau site web", which I would translate literally as "Jehovah's Witnesses have launched a new website". I translated it the way I did because I'm not personally certain it is run by the Canada Bethel. I will check with him to see, and let you know.
  21. Barbllm
    Does UPS deliver overnight? 'Cause it'll melt before then.
  22. Dages
    That's the right thing to do, to be a future proper husband/wife. Fully immersed in the ministry, pioneering, LDC, then you'll find the pearl, Jehovah will provide in due time, when you don't expect it
  23. Dages
    That's one of the arts I want to try in Paradise
  24. Qapla
  25. lmcnultyn
    I am a 37-year-old brother who has been baptised for about 10 years, and I'm in the same boat as you. I have never gotten any attention or interest from sisters, and the few relationships I have had with sisters have not gone well. In fact, I have been lonely for the most part, as I have very few friends in the organisation. I have had mostly negative experiences with the "brothers" and sisters" throughout my time in the organisation, as I have been judged, mistreated, looked down upon, disrespected, and basically treated like an outcast. I wish I had positive experiences being a JW, but unfortunately, there have been very few, but I guess that's a topic for another day that I would like to discuss in the future! I am currently trying to work on myself spiritually, mentally, and emotionally, and I am also maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
  26. ChrisW
    I do wish the same. I want to walk through this system into the new world. I wish that for my parents and my friends whose parents are older. But I know I'm not special. I have friends that have had to deal with loss and friends I have loss. I pray that whatever happens i stand firm and not let any challenge cause me to lose my balance.
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  28. dljbsp
    I never really thought about it this way before — that these are continuing sacrifices. We just sort of accepted that this is what he’s doing, without stopping to think that he’s still giving of himself to do it. He’s still expending effort. And honestly, if we had stayed perfect — if Adam and Eve hadn’t blown it for us — he wouldn’t have to be doing any of this in the first place.
  29. Anniebea
    Monday, February 2 He will send out the angels and will gather his chosen ones together from the four winds, from earth’s extremity to heaven’s extremity.—Mark 13:27. While Christ died “once for all time,” he is still making sacrifices for us. (Rom. 6:10) How so? He continues to expend time and effort as he puts the ransom benefits to work in our behalf. Consider what he is busy doing. He serves as our King, High Priest, and head of the congregation. (1 Cor. 15:25; Eph. 5:23; Heb. 2:17) He is in charge of the work of gathering the anointed and the great crowd, a task that will be completed before the great tribulation ends. (Matt. 25:32) He also sees to it that his faithful servants are well-fed spiritually during these last days. (Matt. 24:45) And throughout his Millennial Reign, he will continue to serve our interests. Jehovah truly gave his Son for us! w25.01 24 ¶12
  30. Dhanyel
    I can’t see myself going underneath, only over the top. And you—do you feel the same? Could it be because we have eternity in our hearts? I don’t want to die; I want to see the end of the story. I really want to make it through alive, but I don’t know if I am worthy of going over the top or underneath.
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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.
       
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      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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      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.

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      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.
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