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So I’ve moved into a new congregation and they’re still getting to grips with NWPublisher. The Secretary and Service Overseer are both in their 70s and are not great with technology on the best of days… but yesterday was something else! I was leaving the ministry group and then received a load of notifications through the app saying I had assignments… when I looked I’d been given the CBS, a LAC item and then the best one… They gave me-a sister-chairman! And they had no idea how it happened either! 😂😂 I said to them both I’d would be a new experience but I’ll give it a go… several panicked messages went on between the elders and it’s now been resolved but for about an hour I was the 1st sister to be given Elder assignments at the midweek meeting 😂

2025 GB Update #8 transcript

Brothers and friends, may all of you stay well in the midst of this suffocating atmosphere that comes with the end-of-year season. May Jehovah give peace to each one’s heart. Take care, stay strong, stay safe — and may Jehovah continue blessing and strengthening us as we draw even closer to the end of this entire system. Proverbs 22:3 & 27:12 🩵

Please allow me to take you on a small journey with a woman named Leslie: Leslie grew up with scars across her face...thin white lines laced across her cheek, nose and forehead. The scars were impossible to hide...and people misjudged them constantly. Children assumed she'd been in one or more violent fights...adults assumed she'd been reckless when she was a child. Strangers assumed she must be in a state of constant embarrassment from them...and while some would ask her about them, (forcing her to make up excuses when she was young), others would stare at them...then pretend they hadn't seen them or noticed them to begin with. She made up all kinds of stories over the years about those plainly visible scars...but none of them were remotely true. The truth was, her scars were actually a story of survival...for you see, Leslie had been horribly abused as an infant...and these scars were actually proof of her still being alive...they .were evidence that she had made it through...enduring such terrible horrific treatment by her own parents...as an infant!! Just this year, her scars begin to fade...and almost immediately...people ONCE AGAIN began to "assume"...congratulating her...telling her how proud she must feel that they were finally starting to go away, becoming less visible. All this did was prove how little these people actually knew about Leslie as a person...they only saw her scars. They didn't see that her scars defined her...they couldn't begin to fathom how a person could take comfort in their scars...and that is the exact same trap that I fell into a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago I was asked to speak to a brother who had just come out of prison. Having spent over 15 years there myself, I immediately recognized a network of scars criss crossing his entire body...his criminal past, his history of bad mistake after bad mistake, even the "weight" I could now see sitting on his shoulders...I thought I had him pegged...I thought I knew EXACTLY what he needed...and I went straight in...chock full of spiritual advice and brilliant illustrations and comparisons from Hebrew and Greek words that would leave him reeling in amazement...except it didn't. It left him broken and bruised... crushed under a feeling of not being "good enough"...of not being able to measure up to what "Tim" knew. I didn't know it then...but he left our conversation feeling like a spiritual loser...when I had just spent over an hour explaining why he was precious to Jehovah. That was my problem...I didn't listen. My mouth overrode my ears...and I drowned out the pain in his voice with so called brilliant points and illustrations...when all he needed was someone to shut up and listen. A little over a week later, an elder from his call called me and asked me to take a few minutes out to talk. I pulled my van over at the nearest gas station and sat listening as this dear brother said that while he appreciated the fact that I was just trying to help, I inadvertently caused MORE damage...and a couple of other elders were now working with him each week just so he would have some time to talk and get everything out that had been pent up over 12 and 1/2 years of incarceration. He explained that some of the things I had said simply didn't apply to this brother...because this brother has been horribly abused in his youth by his parents and others in his life who he had trusted deeply...and to make the situation worse...some of those people were now serving Jehovah in a nearby congregation. I had no words...because I had no clue...because I hadn't stopped to LISTEN to what this brother needed. Instead I mistook his scars for my own, and in the process, ended up making his situation worse by adding to his personal sense of guilt...when all I was trying to do was make him feel better. I asked what they had shared with him...and he took me to two accounts: 2 Samuel 4:4: "Now Saul’s son Jonʹa·than had a son whose feet were crippled. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonʹa·than came from Jezʹre·el, and his nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was fleeing in panic, he fell and was crippled. His name was Me·phibʹo·sheth." He said that everybody concentrates on mephibosheth in this verse, but hardly anybody thinks about the nurse in this account. What happened to her? How did SHE feel living out the rest of her life seeing the damage she had caused and could not undo? After all, it's not like she had been careless. She was trying to save his life, but instead her panic left him paralyzed...and that single act shaped his entire life moving forward. People may know that mephibosheth was paralyzed, people may know that the nurse did it by accident. But did anybody listen to their stories about how they felt about it afterwards? The Bible doesn't say, but it also doesn't say that either one of them held a grudge. Then he had me turn to Genesis 50:20: "Although you meant to harm me, God intended it to turn out well and to preserve many people alive, as he is doing today." He said that while some scars come from accidents...other scars may come from acts of deliberate wrong doing...and he had me read the verse. He said that Joseph's brothers meant him harm and yet Jehovah took that scar and wove it into his purpose...and he can do the same thing with us...if we let him. He told me that emotional scars will never heal in this system...they don't disappear...they don't fade on command...they don't even respond to spiritual advice or spiritual "band aids". Scars NEED SPACE to speak...to be be heard...they need someone safe to tell their story to...they need understanding...because they're NOT going to go away in this system...and we have to deal with the fact that they may be ugly...but that they are also REAL. Every brother or sister we ever meet in this system has scars...some are plainly visible...others are so deeply buried only Jehovah sees them But every single scar has a story...I just have to listen when someone is ready to tell me about theirs...and I can't assume I know the scar because it looks similar to my own... because assumptions hurt worse than scars ever will.

Perhaps, when it comes to AI, especially if we are going to post it on a forum for others to read, we should keep in mind the words of Paul at 1 Corinthians 14:19, "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." A short post about a point that really stood out to you while doing "personal study" has much greater interest and impact that a "thousand words" in the tongue of AI.

Imagine saying to the brothers, “I let AI say my prayers to Jehovah. They’re really good prayers….some of the best on the internet.” Right away, you’d hear: Noooo! Why? Because prayer is personal worship. Jehovah can tell when it’s not coming from our own mind and heart. That’s what He values most….our sincerity, not polished words. And the same principle applies to study. If we tell a program, “Give me the important points of Isaiah 9 and 10,” we may get information, but we miss the worship. Personal study and meditation aren’t just academic exercises; they’re acts of devotion. They’re how we let Jehovah’s word sink into our heart. Just like Joshua who read Gods word in an undertone.. Of course, we don’t want to get too rigid about where the line is. We all meditate on information we receive, whether from publications, talks, or discussions. But there does need to be a point of caution. If we outsource the process entirely, we weaken our inner faith instead of strengthening it. So the safeguard is this: reading, reflecting, and praying over scripture ourselves. That’s what makes study worship, not just information gathering. That is what really draws the real me to Jehovah.. if that concept is do what Jehovah loves , maybe we shouldn’t be so quick with the quick answer…

I hope friends and others are doing better in Cuba.

Early in November I went to New York to visit Bethel with my cousin and his wife. They've served at Wallkill and Patterson in the past and my cousin's wife still works remotely for the branch doing architectural drafting. She's like an architect without the eight years of school. My cousin is on a Hospital Liaison Committee. So, I got to see what they show everyone at Warwick, Wallkill and Patterson plus extra things from some of their friends and we got to spend time with some of their friends that still serve at Bethel. The Bible exhibits were amazing one of my favorite things as well as the first century village at Patterson. We also spent a couple of days in New York City had NYC pizza and went to the top of the empire state building, the 102 floor and we spent time in Central Park and looked at some of the buildings that the organization used to own in Brooklyn. We also got to meet one of our third cousins, (His great grandmother and our grandmother were sisters, fleshy and spiritual) he and his wife serve at Bethel sometimes. My third cousin just finished a three-year construction project so isn't currently working there but lives close and may be called back again in the future. We had never met him before but I knew he had been serving at Bethel and I got his number from one of my mom's first cousins and her husband who are in the truth also. We have a lot of relatives including many who have passed away, both closely and distantly related to us that are in the truth. It was an amazing trip. Everyone should go if they can. A word of advice, don't book two facilities in one day it's exhausting especially if you have kids. I book Warwick, Patterson and Wallkill on separate days.

Indescribable faith and courage. It's wonderful to see how Brother Negede Teklemariam steps aside to make room for Jehovah and his brothers. The world is looking for heroes, but we have ours. I remember this very simple phrase: 'Jehovah will help us... we just have to ask for his help'. Also that even small children who could not even pronounce their names prayed for them.

It's online. Code: 041 Host: Jackson

Immortality is actually repulsive without eternal youth. Unless aging would stop long before the human body starts breaking down, I would never want to live forever... 😕

Its a little like the priest telling Hannah that she shouldnt be drunk in the temple.....He was right...only he didnt have all the facts and once he had them...well then he could see the situation clearly and could speak accurately. If he had asked her first what was going on then he would have avoided those words spoken. Its a good lesson for all of us in fact it seems the faithful slave is recently teaching us how to listen to others. So dont feel broken about it just consider it a memorable lesson. You are a very caring person.

Things are very difficult in that country. Beside several epidemics, they lack basic needs and spend most of their time without electricity.

I was thrilled by Brother Geoffrey's words about the pre-arranged Regional Convention program for minor languages. Thank you, Jehovah, and the Governing Body, for your thoughtfulness! 😀🙏

Isn’t it ironic that united world government in the form of strong UN won’t be achieved by humans but only by miraculous intervention of Jehovah? Maybe to make it really classy Jehovah will make nations strengthen the UN at the edge of it being dissolved?

AI answer to John 1:1 would still leave a person confused as to what to believe. If you did the research on JW.org online, there would be no confusion as to what to believe. AI will also tell you that it is highly likely that religion will never be done away with - our study of the Bible proves that to be completely false. That's why I don't defer to AI in these types of matters, AI will never put Jehovah's thinking on a matter first.

To view the entire Videos WITH the New World Translation goto to my personal Webpage using these links: Isaiah Chapter 11 - https://www.bibliaprints.com/bible/isaiah/chapter-11/ Isaiah Chapter 12 - https://www.bibliaprints.com/bible/isaiah/chapter-12/ Isaiah Chapter 13 - https://www.bibliaprints.com/bible/isaiah/chapter-13/

The announcement regarding Branch Committee age limit came a couple of days after we and a couple of friends were discussing. In the Australasia Branch recently a few of our older brothers stepped into this new arrangement as consultants. They have been on the BC for as long as I can remember. Lovely to hear Bro Jackson announce the role of these brothers as consultants. Dignifies them.

Saturday, December 20 A man’s footsteps are directed by Jehovah.—Prov. 20:24. The Scriptures contain accounts of youths who drew close to Jehovah, had his favor, and saw their life turn out well. David was one of them. At a young age, he chose God’s side and later became a loyal king. (1 Ki. 3:6; 9:4, 5; 14:8) You can be encouraged and motivated by studying about David’s life and faithful service. Or you can focus your study project on the example of Mark or of Timothy. You will see that they served Jehovah from a young age and gained a lasting record of God’s approval. How your life turns out may be determined by how you use it right now. Your trusting in Jehovah and not in your own understanding will lead to His directing your steps. You can have a happy and rewarding life. Remember, Jehovah values what you do for him. What better way could you use your life than by serving our loving heavenly Father? w23.09 13 ¶18-19

I see a mixture of galaxies and chocolate. I think.

Things I also want to have in JW Library is the "Read Later" If there will be a section where we can just save an article and save it on Read It Later, this will become useful so we can easily get back to what we are reading. Or maybe, the Read It Later is a feature similar in Watchtower Library where we can save articles and create folders for it. Hoping this will be featured in JW Library.

Two cannibals were walking through the jungle when one asked the other: Cannibal 1: How are you doing Cannibal 2: Not so good ... my tummy has been bothering me. Cannibal 1: What have you been eating? Cannibal 2: The usual, you know, some missionaries Cannibal 1: How are you cooking them? Cannibal 2: The usual way. I get the big pot of water boiling, add some bay leaves, onions, carrot and a few other veggies. I toss them in and let it cook for 5 or 6 hours Cannibal 1: What do these missionaries look like? Cannibal 2: You know - fringe of hair around their head, those brown robe things they wear, sandals - you know, the usual Cannibal 1: Well, there's the problem ... you're cooking them wrong Cannibal 2: Cooking them wrong ?? Cannibal 1: Yeah - Them are friars!

Even at 77 years old, I admit to not being very knowledgeable about a lot of things "out there" in the world. And this is one of them. Recently a brother in my congregation came by for a visit an told me of a nice weekend getaway he and his wife had recently. They had spent the weekend at a large city about 100 miles away, and he said that one of the things they really enjoyed was going out one night to a Hookah Lounge. Not being familiar with the term, I later looked online to find out what the term referred to. Without further comment, I am asking if anyone here is familiar with the subject, and if it would be a fitting practice for a true Christian.

I really enjoyed the reminders in this policy. I hope some of the AI users in JWTalk take them to heart. Personally, I have never used AI. And I hope I never will. It doesn't make sense to me to use something artificial when the real thing is right at hand!

Ep1 of the Good News is on the home page of jw.org at the moment. Make good use of it in the ministry this week. The preview trailer is still available as well. You can show that on the door and encourage them to watch the full episode. And Ep2 and 3 will be openly available from January.

This line under subheading Membership needs updating. However, should you become “no longer one of Jehovah’s Witnesses” via disassociation or disfellowshipping, to something like However, should you be removed as one Jehovah's Witnesses or disassociate yourself ...

Sunday, December 21 Continue . . . forgiving one another freely.—Col. 3:13. The apostle Paul knew that his Christian brothers and sisters were imperfect. For example, he was misjudged soon after he started to associate with the congregation. (Acts 9:26) Later, some spoke about him behind his back to damage his reputation. (2 Cor. 10:10) Paul saw a responsible brother make a wrong decision that may have stumbled others. (Gal. 2:11, 12) And one of Paul’s close companions, Mark, greatly disappointed him. (Acts 15:37, 38) Paul could have allowed any one of these situations to cause him to refuse to associate with the offenders. Yet, he maintained a positive view of his brothers and sisters and remained active in Jehovah’s service. What helped Paul to persevere? Paul loved his brothers and sisters. Paul’s love for others helped him to focus, not on their imperfections, but on their fine qualities. Love also helped Paul to do what is mentioned in today’s text. w24.0315 ¶4-5

Episode 8 'is a wrap'. It's in the can - so to speak. {Keep in mind there is a lot to do in editing Audio & Visual & translation to 500+ languages'} Filming for the next sequence will begin next month.

I see this is new: JWTalk Guidlines on A.I. Usage Policy

Unlike Jesus, I am neither perfect, nor in peak physical condition. As indicated above, imperfect people can fast for 40 days with a doctor's help. It therefore stands to reason a perfect human could do so without assistance. Yes, I imagine Adam, in his perfect state, could fast for 40 days. I am reasoning this way because of what the Bible teaches about Jesus sacrifice. He had to be equal to Adam in every sense for his sacrifice to be of equal value. If Jesus had superior abilities or if Jehovah caused him to be immortal or eternal for that time, then that would actually proved Satan was correct in his accusations. The fact Jesus could perform miracles does not indicate he was more than human during his earthly ministry. The prophets and apostles all performed miracles just as powerful as the ones Jesus performed. In fact, it appears that both Moses and Elijah fasted for 40 days. The Bible does not indicate they had divine intervention to help sustain them during this time. We had a circuit overseer who would say that after those 40 days Jesus was perfectly hungry. When you think about it, it makes sense Satan would tempt Jesus with loaves of bread if Jesus was very hungry.

Smoking is not a healthy or Christian activity. I'd have a quiet word with anyone I knew of who attended such an establishment...

Hookah pipes were, and in some places still are, originally used for smoking opium. Sometimes tobacco was mixed with opium. The connotations associated with that would keep me away. Even if I had no intention of participating, what would it look like to others?

It'll be nice to make jw drive available to us all so we can sync all instances of jw library on our devices at once.

If I knew what "verse mapping" was I might be able to answer that. But whatever it entails, it doesn't sound like it's something that involves actually digging deep to find out what Jehovah intended us to understand about that scripture. Do you remember the concordance? Would that help in verse mapping? I was merely referring to the fact that I don't trust AI to tell me what Jehovah meant us to understand about Bible doctrine, principles and his standards. Even a scripture as simple as John 1:1 will not be correctly understood by AI or the creative days in Genesis. If I want to dig deep I'm not using AI.

Monday, December 22 A slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all.—2 Tim. 2:24. The Bible contains many accounts that highlight the value of mildness. Take the example of Isaac. When he settled in the Philistine territory of Gerar, his envious neighbors stopped up wells that his father’s servants had dug. Instead of fighting for his rights, Isaac moved his household farther away and dug other wells. (Gen. 26:12-18) But the Philistines claimed that the water in this location was also theirs. Despite this, Isaac acted peacefully. (Gen. 26:19-25) What helped him to remain mild even when others seemed determined to provoke him? He surely observed the example of his parents, learning much from the peaceful ways of Abraham and “the quiet and mild spirit” of Sarah.—1 Pet. 3:4-6;Gen. 21:22-34. w23.09 15 ¶4

We received 1024 Kingdom tracts Thursday. We have about 100 publishers. The brothers asked us to limit our first selection to 5 each. This one tract is all we have so far.

The apostle Paul knew that imperfect people hurt one another in the congregation. He was misjudged, spoken against, disappointed by close associates, and affected by decisions that caused harm. These were not minor, yet Paul did not allow it to poison his view of his brothers. What helped him? Love. Paul chose to focus on their fine qualities and on how Jehovah viewed them. He maintained a positive outlook and remained active in Jehovah’s service. Forgiveness can't mean pretending that faulty actions never occurred, but refusing to let it bother you. Love enables us to look beyond the offense and recognize that Jehovah is patient, merciful, and still working with imperfect people. Continue to forgive requires effort, but brings peace.

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This made me want to use the movies in the ministry

This update is less than 12 minutes long - goes to show just how much good information can be included in something that is not overly wordy and drawn out

People who live forever, such as those with the earthly hope, will still have basic biological needs that must be met in order to live. They will need to eat, breathe, get rest when tired, and so forth. They can still be injured. Such people, even though they have everlasting life, could still starve to death if they never ate food, suffocate to death if they can't breathe, and so forth. Yes, they will live forever but only if they keep filling their needs. Their lives depend on food, water, sleep etc... People who are immortal, such as Jehovah, the resurrected Jesus Christ, and the 144,000 once they go to heaven have no needs. The will never get hungry or thirsty, never need to sleep. They can never be hurt or damaged to the point that they die. Their life depends upon nothing. When on earth Jesus was a perfect man. Since he was born sinless, he had the prospect of everlasting life because he did not inherit Adamic sin. Still, he did not live forever. It was possible to kill Jesus by damaging his body to the point it could no longer fill Jesus needs. That is what life will be like for those with the earthly hope. We will have needs that must be filled if we want to continue living. But, just like Jesus when on Earth, if we are deprived of those needs, we could die unless Jehovah interferes.

People here have been asking for bro Teklemariam's full interview, well there it is

What do you see ?

Just another of Satan's ploys to distract the world and keep their eyes and hearts veiled from the real life. Even in perfection, humans will never be immortal.

Any update on this? Will Tucker Carlson say "oops, my mistake"?

Now back to our regularly scheduled program. . .

I am sorry, brother, if something like this is happening in our brotherhood, something that should never happen. But look at the text of 2 Timothy 3:1 to 9 APPLY THIS TO CONGREGATIONS AROUND THE WORLD! For men will love only themselves, they will love money, they will be conceited, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, disloyal, unnatural, unable to make agreements, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love for what is good, traitors, stubborn, full of pride, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, and will maintain an appearance of devotion to God, but will reject the power of that devotion. Avoid such people.  Among them are men who slyly worm their way into families and captivate weak women, burdened with sins, led astray by various desires, who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth. These men have completely corrupt minds and are disapproved in regard to the faith. 9 However, they will not go very far, for their folly* will be clear to all, as in the case of those two men. Note that Paul also applied this to the congregation because he mentioned two people who were members of Israel and were with Moses. There is a Watchtower from 1988, 15/8 pp. 28-30, with the theme “How to Maintain Our Christian Unity,” which addresses two sides of living with brothers: Social Contacts. “By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35) “Keep your foot from your neighbor’s house, lest he be weary of you.” — Proverbs 25:17. In other words, be loving But keep your distance! The reality is that we are approaching the Great Tribulation, and it will happen!