Russia's president signed the missionary activity law!!?

[Omoyeme]

Psalm 97:10. 

Edited July 26, 2016 by Omo_Yeme

[Tbs77]

From this week's treasure from God's Word

Jeremiah 1:19 And they will certainly fight against you, But they will not prevail against you, For ‘I am with you,’ declares Jehovah, ‘to save you.’”

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[Victoria]

To my mind the point was frightening JWs and their guests. Will they don't know us very well. Or maybe they brought some forbidden books and just didn't have an opportunity to put it somewhere.

On 26.07.2016 at 8:03 AM, Gregexplore said:

Sorry, I cannot use internet. I didn't have it when a child. So I don't know how to quote or delete something.

[Ahuvah]

Just lovely to hear from you again Victoria ... tell us how things are from the perspective of a person experiencing it?

[Adelin]

How hard must be for our friends to have a christian attitude toward their persecutors. I've just watched a video from a Kingdom Hall in Georgia and only watching made me feel such a bitterness toward that guys ... I gotta work on this

[hatcheckgirl]

I agree with Adelin.  It is so hard to watch your fellow Christians being treated badly.  However, when we are actually experiencing that, Jehovah's spirit helps us to be able to stay calm, endure and wait on him.

[Victoria]

You know things are not very bad here where I live. Policemen don't abuse or beat brothers and sisters. Some brothers had to pay fines but nobody was in jail.  But the authorities do their best to stop our preaching work. They forbade all the publications we could use for conducting Bible studies. Our website is forbidden and each publication or video with the name of our website is forbidden too. They created a special law to stop public witness with carts. So I would say they don't hate us but really hate our preaching work.

[Victoria]

8 hours ago, Adelin said:

How hard must be for our friends to have a christian attitude toward their persecutors. I've just watched a video from a Kingdom Hall in Georgia and only watching made me feel such a bitterness toward that guys ... I gotta work on this  

Yes, it is especially hard to respect those who fabricate evidence against us. So please pray for us, especially for elderly brothers and sisters to respect the police.

[Tbs77]

How hard must be for our friends to have a christian attitude toward their persecutors. I've just watched a video from a Kingdom Hall in Georgia and only watching made me feel such a bitterness toward that guys ... I gotta work on this

Me too! To be like Christ is a miracle!

May Jah's spirit be with us all as we stay focused on the Christ!

New World Translation

1Pe 2:23When he was being insulted, he did not insult in return. When he was suffering, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the One who judges righteously.

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[Ahuvah]

30 minutes ago, Victoria said:

Yes, it is especially hard to respect those who fabricate evidence against us. So please pray for us, especially for elderly brothers and sisters to respect the police.

Oh we are, we are! Lotsa of virtual hugs too going your way too and share them around please. Just a little while longer my darling sis. xxx

[Victoria]

Thank you very much dear Mandi!

[Ahuvah]

Just saying what many of us will be thinking.  You are all very dear to us.

[rocket]

38 minutes ago, Victoria said:

Yes, it is especially hard to respect those who fabricate evidence against us. So please pray for us, especially for elderly brothers and sisters to respect the police.

 

Are there many old-timers that endured the Soviet era in your vicinity that can give good encouragement for the hard times ahead.

[Victoria]

7 hours ago, rocket said:

 

Are there many old-timers that endured the Soviet era in your vicinity that can give good encouragement for the hard times ahead.

There are 2 couples in our congregation that endured the Soviet era. And I have many friends who are serving in the country where JWs are banned.

[Shawnster]

 

From 2001

 

[Sheep]

On 7/27/2016 at 7:37 PM, Victoria said:

Yes, it is especially hard to respect those who fabricate evidence against us. So please pray for us, especially for elderly brothers and sisters to respect the police.

 

On 7/27/2016 at 8:37 PM, Victoria said:

There are 2 couples in our congregation that endured the Soviet era. And I have many friends who are serving in the country where JWs are banned.

 

Thank you for the updates, Victoria. You are very special to us here. Your endurance in the face of government opposition is an encouragement to me, and I think I can speak for the rest here too. Yes, indeed, we do pray earnestly for brothers and sisters in your situation. Please keep up your good example.

 

For the rest of my comment, look in the Regional Convention topic (providing you've had your convention already).

[Adelin]

maybe this is what sister Victoria was talking about

22.06.2016 was trespassing on police service (the Jehovah's Witnesses congress) in Khabarovsk. In order to disrupt a peaceful assembly of believers.

 

[Victoria]

7 hours ago, Adelin said:

maybe this is what sister Victoria was talking about

22.06.2016 was trespassing on police service (the Jehovah's Witnesses congress) in Khabarovsk. In order to disrupt a peaceful assembly of believers.

Yes, it is.

[hatcheckgirl]

Oh wow! 

[Victoria]

7 hours ago, Adelin said:

maybe this is what sister Victoria was talking about

22.06.2016 was trespassing on police service (the Jehovah's Witnesses congress) in Khabarovsk. In order to disrupt a peaceful assembly of believers.

 

Oh, I believe there is a mistake here. It was 22.07.2016

[Omoyeme]

I watched the whole thing.  My attempts to quell my anger and disgust unfortunately failed.

 

We'll keep praying for you all Sister Victoria. (Psalm97:10).

[cricket246]

What in the world?!?! Did the police have two worldy teens to go thru and unlock the doors?! Who threwa water verywhere, that one boy? I really need to work on keeping my cool if crazy teens like that came in our hall...

[Fiona]

I pray for our brothers but im sure the governing body has it all on order. They have done it before and will do it again. They have jehovah directing them. Not an egotistical madman.

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[Sally]

WOW, the video is a sample for all of us of what is to come shortly. In my Bible reading I came across a scripture that has new meaning to me.  Acts 8:  ³²  Now this was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: “Like a sheep he was brought to the slaughter, and like a lamb that is silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.+ ³³  During his humiliation, justice was taken away from him.

 

So we see that Jehovah will allow justice to be taken away for a little while. Let us all follow our exemplar, Jesus Christ who also was humiliated by not only the political officials but God's own people.

 

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you my Brother's and Sisters!  It was so encouraging to hear you singing to the song that we too sing here. Of course we know of the unity among us but to actually hear it takes it to another level at least for me.

 

Agape love to all!

 

Sally

[New World Explorer]

I would love to see the translation of this video ....   Terrible what happened though