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(This post was made especially for those who feel low, depressed, worthless or suffering due to a trial, or you have a chronic illness or disability) Mephibosheth (we will nickname him Mephib (for short) The son of Jonʹa·than, from King Saul (Grandpa) We remember the account, when he only was 5 years old, his nurse picked him up fleeing from danger, she was fleeing in panic, and he fell and was crippled." (2 Samuel 4:4) But then when we hear next about Mephib, he is living in some town called, "Lo-debar" So where is Lo-debar? After the tragedy when he was 5, Mephib thereafter lived in the house of Machir, at Lo-debar. This was far north of another town, Gibeah, which evidently was the first capital under King Saul. So likely Saul's family, including first son Jonathan, were living in Gibeah with their father the King, and therefore possibly this is where Mephib was born/raised So how would young, crippled Mephib ever be able to return home from far away Lo-debar? In Lo-debar Mephib may felt this his life was basically over before it really began! - Mephib's grandpa, Saul, was wounded in battle and then killed himself! - His father, Jonathan, was murdered in the same battle! - And Mephib was now permanently lame, crippled! - All these tragedies happen at a very young age. How traumatizing! - There were no hospitals, no Disability Services, No Disability Income - No help for depression and PTSD But when Mephib prayed for help, his life finally got better right? - Well his feet never miraculously healed - He was still stuck in a far away town in Lo-debar with no family - No family or relatives came to bring him home - The great "family business"(Dynasty) was destroyed, so no money or resources from the family business - His overall family situation was very tragic and super-complicated - Mephib likely developed very low self-esteem, deep "depression", childhood PTSD (before these words even existed) But then something that must have seemed like a miracle happened to him!!!! "Cheʹsedh" arrived! Cheʹsedh took the initiative to find and bring Mephib all the way back home! Cheʹsedh did not wait for Mephib to clean himself up, get "UN-depressed", and get more rehabilitated from his handicap Cheʹsedh did not wait for Mephib to somehow prove his loyalty to the new king Cheʹsedh did not wait for Mephib to do certain acts that "earned" favor Cheʹsedh sent for Mephib as he was, accepted him as he was Wow! So who is this awesome "Cheʹsedh"? Cheʹsedh is not a person Cheʹsedh is a multi-faceted GEM of a quality that is inside our loving Father Jehovah and was inside King David! Cheʹsedh is the Hebrew word for a humble quality, an exquisite blend of loyal love, loving kindness, mercy, which means then... that it was really Jehovah and His Cheʹsedh through King David's Cheʹsedh who then took the initiative to find and bring back Mephibosheth! Today it is Jehovah and His Cheʹsedh that does not wait for you to get your life fully together first before He comes to your side to help you It is Jehovah who does not wait for you to "earn favor" first before He will show loyal love to you It is your dear Father Jehovah who takes the initiative and seeks you out and finds you when you are in your lowly "Lo-debar" That town should have been called "LOW-debar" right? And it is your loving Father and His beautiful Cheʹsedh that will find you in your LOW-debar where you feel like nothing, worthless, and He will save you just like He did with little Mephiby! Do you feel lately... like you are in LOW-debar? that you have little to no future? do you sometimes wonder, "Why would the King care about a weak person like me? "I cannot do much for Jehovah, I can't pioneer, I can't attend all the meetings due to my sickness/weakness/disability? I can't donate very much! So why should Jehovah care so much about me?" Well the cheʹsedh inside Jehovah proves you so very wrong!

Jesucristo taught a crucial distinction that every true Christian must guard in both heart and speech: rejecting what is wrong is not the same as despising the person. The biblical principles make this very clear: * In Matthew 5:22, Jesus warns that contempt expressed through words (“You worthless…”) is not something minor, but an attitude of the heart that God takes seriously. * In Colossians 4:6, we are taught that our words should always be gracious and respectful, even when we disagree. * In 1 Peter 3:9, we are reminded not to repay evil with insult, even when others act wrongly. * And in Matthew 5:44, we are commanded to love even our enemies, which leaves no room for mockery, contempt, or a closed heart toward others. Therefore, the issue is not having a negative opinion or recognizing wrongdoing. The real danger lies in this subtle shift: From “I don’t like what he does” to “this person is repugnant” Once that line is crossed, the focus is no longer on judging actions, but on despising the person. And that kind of contempt—though common in the world—does not reflect the spirit of Christ. A true follower of Christ can be firm about what is wrong, but will always strive to speak and feel without losing the respect, dignity, and love that God expects.

Its super corrupt.. billions of corruption of the govt.. the have and the have nots has wider gap.

(1 Peter 2:17) 17 Honor men of all sorts, have love for the whole association of brothers, be in fear of God, honor the king. https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&pub=nwtsty&srctype=wol&bible=60002017&srcid=share Honor men of all sorts. Including the icky ones. Honor the king. Including the bad ones. Where does the Bible say we can pick and choose? Please show me.

Another great article is the current headline ~ "My Kingdom is No Part of This World". I love the statement "Jesus refused to accept political power and stayed completely separate from the politics of his time. He never supported efforts to establish a human government , even under his own leadership".

Some things to consider: We are not just called to be neutral, we are called to show respect and honor. If the comments you make in real life or online were told to the President, would it hinder your ability to preach to him? Would it cast a bad light on Witnesses? Would they say we only pretend to be neutral?

Some members think they would impress others by asking AI to generate comments from the Spiritual Gems or for every paragraph of the Watchtower. They posts those listings, which usually a re several-pages-long. But actually they impress nobody because it's clear those are AI-generated. Nobody reads them. I don't care what a computer has to say about a Bible verse. It's much better to comment a point or two and do it in your own words after you meditated on it. Using AI to translate your posts is a different, legitimate use.

7,5 is no joke but there is not much damage as far as we know. Not there could be more quakes in the following hours/days, so people are careful.

And its getting closer.. with the fuel crisis and its impact . In our midweek meeting last week, we were told to store water, fuel and food.. I can feel that things are getting worse.

A note in the terms of service and use, require we be understand and loving, as the brothers and sisters that built it, are ALL in full-time service. All of the brothers are elders. The have not requested suggestions. They have created a volunteer network for personal support. You can even become a volunteer. You agreed to those terms when you installed their applications.

We did put some thought into our A.I. policy. From our policy. All Topics, Posts, and Replies should reflect your own thoughts, feelings, and experiences, written from the heart. Minor use of tools for spelling, grammar, or basic formatting is acceptable, but the core ideas, wording, and expression must be your own. When AI tools first became very popular, we noticed a big shift in how people were posting. Instead of personal thoughts, heartfelt comments, or genuine spiritual sharing, we were suddenly getting huge information dumps on every Watchtower article or Bible study material. The moderators’ collective eyes glazed over. It quickly turned into a kind of “AI arms race,” where posts weren’t coming from the person’s heart anymore, but from whichever program could sound the most spiritual. That’s not what this community is about. Proverbs 4:23 “Above all the things that you guard, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life.” Your heart, my heart, our faith, our reflections, our struggles, our joy, is what gives life to this forum. Most of the mods have been here many years, and we’ve never been concerned about perfect sentence structure or flawless English. We have brothers and sisters from all over the world, and we fully expect language differences. If someone whose heart language isn’t English and wants to use AI to tweak grammar or clarity, that’s completely fine. Or even if your language is English and you want to tweak something….fine. What matters is that the voice is yours. That’s why we set the policy the way we did, to protect authenticity, not to restrict amazing tools. We want to keep this a place where real people share real faith… which is genuine and beautiful. Home made food is often better then some quick easy take out… we love home made comments. JWTalk 2:43 “Better a simple thought spoken in love than a long reply with no heart.” I better shut up..🤐 Well it at least it has heart😇

If it's anything like this site, they have a full time job keeping up with all the opinions they receive.

I don't have that answer but it does show that Hebrews was updated in 2025, however I checked an older device that doesn't have the recent update yet and the Title page is the same. So the Title page didn't change with the recent update.

I don’t want to get involved with this discussion… but we do have guidelines on the use and misuse of A.I .that can be referred to.

Nice comment Sister! I have wondered how the slave can be neutral and at the same time publish articles like "No More Corrupt Politicians!" You just explained it very well. We point out the failure of imperfect, evil, greedy human leaders. But we don't judge individuals.

We were told the same here in Portugal

Yet still we might see food shortages here and there around the world, but the main world society will still be living normal for as the scripture says they will be.."eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage...when the great tribulation arrives. From what i see from that scripture I don't think the world in general will be collapsing when the Gt arrives at least not in every country. Matt 24:38.

This is a very useful feature of NWP and I really don't want to see it go away.

This really helps put into perspective how big Jehovah’s universe is. We’ve all heard the quote that there are as many stars in the heavens as there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the earth—and Jehovah knows them all by name. But sometimes we don’t stop to think about what that actually means. If you cup your hands and scoop up some sand, there are thousands of grains in just that one handful. You couldn’t realistically count them, and even if you tried, it would take a long time. Now here’s what really brings it into focus: to match the scale of the universe, each one of those tiny grains would have to be placed about 3 miles apart from each other. Just think about that for a moment. It really shows how truly amazing and powerful Jehovah is.

I was unsure where to put this. I used to be able to post in the comfort section but for some reason it says I don't have permissions for that now. So I'm hoping here is ok. I lost my 16 year old little dog 3 days ago and I was dreading it for a long time. She was my emotional support dog and my grown children jokingly say she was my favourite child. I know animals should have their place but she came into our lives when my daughter was suicidal and my son had cancer. I know everyone says this about their pets but she was such a joy. I call her my smile. I miss her incredibly. I am out from home as long as possible because coming home causes so much pain. She isn't where she would wait for me. I have to pray to leave the car each time. I guess I have never thought about it before. I have had pets die before but it's never hurt like this. Even when my mum, grandma died it didn't hurt like this because the resurrection was so close in my mind. Of course for a pet we don't have that. She is just gone. That hurts. It has me questioning today. Why would a God we know loves life, why would he even create a creature that does naturally.?? I get the whole resurrection and Ranson and sin etc... but why do you think he made animals to die in the first place? Sent from my moto g75 5G using Tapatalk

I cannot speak for the brothers that work on that app, but I can tell you from observation, They don't do anything that is beyond what the organization has directed the brothers us to do within the congregation. about six or eight years ago, the congregation was directed to stop holding copies of of persons, healthcare proxy or advanced medical directive. That was not the responsibility of the congregation. That is a person's personal responsibility between them and their emergency contacts. I wonder now, as I write this, if it also has to do with HIPPA. Dave

https://www.jw.org/finder?srcid=jwlshare&wtlocale=E&prefer=lang&docid=1001070101 Its the Title page

Strong earthquake hits off Japan’s coast, tsunami warning issued https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/20/world/earthquake-tsunami-warning-japan-intl

Lu 13:32 And he said to them: “Go and tell that fox, ‘Look! I am casting out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will be finished.’ Some of the suggestions in the Study Note for the meaning of this are not really complimentary. But Jesus had the perfect measure of the man.

It flew?

But I still wouldn't invite Trump to my house for dinner...

I wasn't calling you out - they were just rhetorical questions for reflection. The topic of neutrality gets brought up frequently and we should remind ourselves of the edges. “Render to all their dues… to him who calls for honor, such honor.”

I don't think this would impact your current problems. You should be able to make everything run. Did you install the latest build: #1447 and the latest NWP version: 4.0.4? Here are some solutions from the website: 2026/04/25: If publishers have any problems, please ensure they update NWP app to 4.0.4 or greater. 2026/04/24: NWS Mobile 8.1 BETA will be available in a few days. Please do not use NWS Mobile BETA until that time. 2026/04/23: As explained in the Release Notes of NWS Desktop 8.1, brothers must Send App Data after updating. This ensures all data is encrypted with the new security. If a brother failed to do this, data may be missing from NWP app. To fix: Update NWS Desktop to the latest Minor Version Click App > Refresh All App Data > Send App Data you may see the following errors: PROBLEM: Person names show as "Unknown". SOLUTION: Change one person's Display Name, change it back, Send App Data. PROBLEM: Public Speakers or Congregations show as "Unknown". SOLUTION: Click Circuits, Congregations and Speakers > change the name of one Congregation and one Public Speaker (who is giving an upcoming talk) > click Send App Data PROBLEM: Territories are not showing for Field Service Groups. SOLUTION: Refresh the Field Service Groups. Change the name of one group, change it back, click Send App Data. All other missing data simply Refresh the Data (e.g. make a small change, change it back, then Send App Data). How to Fix Data Problems or Restore lost Data Data is duplicated or having problems Note: You must have Edit User Access for the data type you are trying to fix. Click Congregation > Data Maintenance Click Detect Data Problems Click Remove Problem Data I hope some of the above helps.

My husband remembers something similar. Certain Elders warning against videos and VCRs. Then later the organization coming out with videos. You're very right about being critically of technology. Technology will advance even in the new world. In this system, balance is necessary.

I remember as a young teenager during one district convention in Canada, VCR‘s were relatively new on the market. The district overseer at the time was a short, slim, but well spoken older brother, and during one of his talks he began to talk about the use of VCR’s. He continued quite at length talking about the dangers of it and how this world was exerting such a strong influence with Satan‘s system with the use of them. VCR‘s were revolutionary at the time, and it was the in thing to get one. I‘ll never forget that part of his talk as it kept my attention as a teenager, but I didn‘t give it much thought afterwards as I was living with my parents, and they weren‘t in the truth. But what I did pick up on is that misjudgments can come in different forms, when one only wants to view things a certain way. A few years later, the Society came out with video cassettes about our organization and bible dramas. Like anything, the use of tools in this world have to be used wisely and not get carried away with. Critical thinking is good, but to a point. And that’s only what one can personally decipher for themselves. Matt.7:1 can become a mountain out of a molehill when someone spends their time being too critical about what not be necessarily true.

This paper finds that AI changes meaning when making edits to grammar: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161

I may be looking at this a little differently — and I’m not disagreeing with the frustration at all. If something isn’t working, that’s real, and it’s understandably frustrating. From what I’ve understood, the software itself is free to use, and the support model has always leaned more on documentation and a volunteer network rather than direct, one-on-one support. So in that sense, I try to keep my expectations in line with that — even when it’s not the easiest route. In a way, it reminds me a little of how even tools like JW Library are handled — where we’re often encouraged to lean on one another and work through things together rather than expecting direct, individualized support. It doesn’t remove the frustration, but it does shape how I personally approach it. At the same time, I really do understand the difficulty when something just isn’t working the way it should. That’s not about feature requests — that’s about basic functionality, and I think we all feel that when it happens. I guess for me, it’s just trying to balance both sides — appreciating what’s been built and the effort behind it, while also remembering that “each day has enough trouble of its own” (Matthew 6:34), and the congregation can still function even when New World Scheduler does not.

I am not talking about using AI as a translator, an editor, or a research assistant. That's fine. I'm talking about dumping a 20 paragraph essay in the chat that was clearly a copy/paste AI response to the topic, with no commentary from the poster. If you manage to have a productive conversation with AI - great - do us all a favor and put it in your own words, as your own argument, or clearly label it as an interesting AI thought. This basically covers my sentiments:

As far as I know, the developers of NW Schedule and NW Publisher are not members here. If we want to send them a suggestion, it has to be done through their support page. They won't read it here.

Tuesday, April 21 I will come again and will receive you home to myself.—John 14:3. Only genuine, faithful anointed ones will be received by Jesus into the heavenly Kingdom. Any anointed ones who do not remain spiritually alert will not be gathered with the “chosen ones.” (Matt. 24:31) By extension, all of God’s people, regardless of their hope, should view Jesus’ words as a warning to keep on the watch and remain faithful. We have come to know Jehovah well, so we trust his judgment. We are not concerned if Jehovah has chosen to anoint some faithful ones in more recent years. We recall what Jesus said about the 11th-hour workers in his illustration of the vineyard. (Matt. 20:1-16) Those who were invited to work in the vineyard later in the day received the same wage as those who began working in it earlier. Likewise, no matter when anointed ones are selected, they will receive the heavenly reward if they are judged faithful. w24.09 24 ¶15-17

That statement caught my attention this morning. 🤣 thank you for the morning smile.

While preparing for the Watchtower study this week, I looked at a question from readers in this issue of the Watchtower (for February), and the last paragraph caught my attention here: In the meantime, what matters most is, not the timing of the future proclamation of “peace and security,” but our standing before God. We must “stay awake and keep our senses,” so that we may be fully prepared no matter how events unfold.—1 Thess. 5:6.

Latest updates have resolved our issues 😄(all assigned names simply said 'none')! NWS=8.1 #1446 NWP= 4.0.3 #342

While AI makes an excellent tool for research and translation, when it comes to using it, we need to keep the words of the Apostle Paul in mind where he said, "Nevertheless, in a congregation I would rather speak five words with my mind, that I might also instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue" (1 Corinthians 14:19) Many in the 1st century had the gift of tongues, meaning they could speak languages that were not their own, however, Paul felt the need to issue this caution: "Therefore, let the one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I am praying in a tongue, it is my gift of the spirit that is praying, but my mind is unproductive. 15 What is to be done, then? I will pray with the gift of the spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with the gift of the spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind. 16 Otherwise, if you offer praise with a gift of the spirit, how will the ordinary person in your midst say “Amen” to your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? 17 True, you are giving thanks in a fine way, but the other man is not being built up: (1 Corinthians 14:13-17) The same sentiment applies to the use of AI - we give far more encouragement and upbuilding if we share a few words of our own, even if we make some spelling and grammar errors, that we do with a perfectly worded dissertation that was researched, developed and written by AI.

Yep, did that when updated to first 8.1 version. it LOOKED like it sent all the data... not sure which part of the universe it sent it to, though 😉

David, I partially agree with you. I too appreciate the good work those brothers are doing. NWS and NWP are really useful and they save me many hours every month. However, it is not free. It's commercial software. The support brothers do not reply to issues and suggestions in their free time, they do it during their work hours. It's their job. They should provide such good service as any other software company. It's reasonable to expect Witness customers to be understanding and loving. But it's also reasonable to expect full-time service elder developers to reply in an understanding and loving way too, which is often not the case. Several of the questions you need to answer to report an issue are outright impertinent.

There is a new update for NWS: #1446 and for NW Publisher 4.0.2. More bugfixes.

The same with my update however once I powered down and powered it back up the icon changed and the only way for me to tel which is which is by opening the app and whatever icon appears in the top left corner will tell you which version you run.

My dear, dear brother. You may be physically alone. But you are not alone. Of course you have Jehovah and his invisible family, all there. Then, us in our pitiful state, are here too. Loving you, and praying for you and you dear Cate. Praying for you both dear ones. The best is yet to come, and, yes, just around the corner. In the meantime, Jehovah will see to the two of you. This I know. With much love, your sister, Bea

Do they list each Bible book there whenever it receives the study notes?

I agree with this idea (using the same designation used on the DPA: 'Health Care Agent', in our state). It would make it a lot easier for elders to verify that each publisher had the needed information on hand. We had a real-life situation a few years ago where this would have helped. An elderly sister with no immediate family ended up in the ER unconscious, and no one knew who her Health Care Agent was. Yes, she should have had her DPA in her wallet, but she didn't. It took several hours of effort before the elders could locate her DPA at her house and get someone to authorize her treatment. There is a simple work-around, though, in NWP. In setting up an emergency contact, there is a field called "Relationship". The user can simply make entries like: "Sister and Primary Health Care Agent", etc.

Yes. And I thought of another comment but it was too late to edit. We don't judge individual authorities nor should we mock them.

A lot of comments are easy to see are AI, especially if someone who speaks English as a second language suddenly writes perfect English for 8 paragraphs. I skip those ones because I don't find AI summaries of Bible topics to be valuable. I want to hear people's thoughts on the discussion.

I think it would be good if one of the Emergency Contacts in NWP was designated as Medical Emergency Contact. The elders would know who to contact if there was a medical emergency and the AHCD information wasn't available.