Examining the Scriptures Daily - 2017

[katielou]

Keep alert, expectation

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[katielou]

Spirituality produces joy

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[dilip kumar]

Spiritual goals must

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Spiritual goals a joy

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[GrumpysWife]

Saturday, January 14

The fruitage of the spirit is love.—Gal. 5:22.

Other aspects of the fruitage of the spirit—such as mildness, self-control, and patience—are important too. (Gal. 5:23) They can help a mature Christian to handle difficult situations without becoming irritated and to endure heartbreaking disappointments without losing hope. In his program of personal study, he continually searches for Scriptural principles that can help him to distinguish right from wrong. Thereafter, when he makes decisions, he gives evidence of spiritual maturity. For instance, he listens to his Bible-trained conscience. The mature Christian shows humility in that he recognizes that Jehovah’s ways and standards are always better than his own. He zealously preaches the good news and contributes to the unity of the congregation. No matter how long we have been serving Jehovah, each of us can ask, ‘Are there areas where I yet should model myself more closely after Jesus, thus continuing to progress spiritually?’ w15 9/15 1:6, 7?

[dilip kumar]

Principles progress decision



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Bible based decision

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[Alexa]

Distinguish thru Bible

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[Miss Bea]

Scrutinize self. Act.

[Vido]

Its interesting that a recent watchtower, in enumerating things that lead to happiness, would make a direct reference to the book of Galathians 5:22, 23

 

The listed qualities are; love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, mildness and self-control; and goes further by annotating each of these wonderful qualities;

 

* Love:-----Moves others to love you in return.

 

*Peace: ---Gives you the strength to cope with challenges.

 

*Long-suffering:--enables you to stay happy when under trials;

 

* Kindness:---Draws others to you.

 

* Goodness:--- on your part makes others  to respond when you need help.

 

* Faith:----will assure you of God's loving direction.

 

* Mildness:---Will bring you calmness of heart, mind and body.

 

*Self-control:---Means that your mistakes will be fewer.

 

So these composite qualities as today's text mentions, help us help us to handle difficult situations without unduly complaining and to endure disappointments without losing hope.

 

[rbrown1205]

Love like Jehovah

[katielou]

Demonstrate spiritual fruitage

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[GrumpysWife]

Sunday, January 15

You with little faith, why did you give way to doubt?—Matt. 14:31.

The disciples see Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee. Peter calls out to Jesus, asking if he could walk across the water to his Master. When Jesus tells him to come, Peter gets out of the boat and miraculously walks toward Jesus on the choppy surface. Moments later, though, Peter starts to sink. Why? He looked at the windstorm and became afraid. Peter cries out to Jesus, who quickly catches hold of him and says the words quoted above. (Matt. 14:24-32) When Peter climbed out of the boat to walk on the water, he did so in faith. Jesus had called him, and Peter trusted that God’s power would support him just as it was supporting Jesus. Similarly, when we dedicated ourselves to Jehovah and got baptized, we did so because of our faith. Jesus called us to be his followers, to walk in his footsteps. We had to exercise faith in both Jesus and God, trusting that they would support us in various ways.—John 14:1; 1 Pet. 2:21. w15 9/15 3:1, 3

[Vido]

Though it's hardly expected for us to walk on sea, we need to show faith to Jehovah and Jesus and guard ourselves from giving way to doubt.

 

Doubt can be a powerful, destructive force. If we yield to it, it can eat away at our faith and cause us to sink spiritually. We need to fight back vigorously! How? By keeping the right focus. If we dwell on what scares us, what discourages us, what distracts us from Jehovah and his Son, we will find our doubts growing. If we focus on Jehovah and his Son, on what they have done, are doing, and will do for those who love them, we will keep corrosive doubts at bay.
 

[Alexa]

Peter focused clouds  

[dilip kumar]

Trust Jah Jesus

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Little faith kills

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[katielou]

Don't lose faith

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[GrumpysWife]

Monday, January 16

He is guarding the lives of his loyal ones; he rescues them from the hand of the wicked.—Ps. 97:10.

Certainly, one of a loving father’s priorities is that of protecting and safeguarding his family against any possible harm or serious danger. Jehovah, our heavenly Father, does no less. Consider an example. How precious your eyes are to you! That is how Jehovah feels about his people. (Zech. 2:8) How precious God’s people are to him! Jehovah has on occasion allowed enemies to take the life of a faithful one, such as Stephen. Yet, God protects his people overall by providing timely warnings against Satan’s crafty acts. (Eph. 6:10-12) Through his Word and Bible-based publications from his organization, we are helped to see the truth about deceptive riches, immoral and violent entertainment, misuse of the Internet, and so on. Clearly, as a loving Father, Jehovah looks after the safety and well-being of his people. w15 9/15 4:15, 17

[katielou]

Precious to Jehovah

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[Miss Bea]

Jehovah's watchfulness, cherish.

[Alexa]

Jehovah's practical teachings  

[Vido]

He does not look/ peer over us to criticize and to find fault, he does that to protect and to provide his loving care

[Tia]

Jehovah lovingly provides...

[GrumpysWife]

Tuesday, January 17

The hand of Jehovah is not too short to save.—Isa. 59:1.

The fact that Jehovah’s Witnesses have been successful in “defending and legally establishing” the good news is proof of support from Jehovah’s mighty hand. (Phil. 1:7) Some governments have tried to stop the work of God’s people completely. But when we look back and see that Jehovah’s Witnesses have received at least 268 high-court victories, including 24 cases won in the European Court of Human Rights just since the year 2000, it becomes clear that no one can hold back God’s hand. (Isa. 54:17) The preaching of the good news worldwide is accomplished only with God’s help. (Matt. 24:14; Acts 1:8) Add to that the unified, multinational brotherhood of Jehovah’s people today—something the world cannot imitate—and we can see why even outsiders admit: “God is really among you.” (1 Cor. 14:25) So as a whole, we have abundant proof that God is working in behalf of his people.—Isa. 66:14. w15 10/15 1:13, 14

[Alexa]

Just since 2000  

[Omoyeme]

A good scripture to remember...just in case you find yourself confined in a basement during the great tribulation! 

[katielou]

Onward Christian soldiers

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