Watchtower January 2024

[Sofia]

6 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

I think this is interesting. In a footnote in the second study article it says:

Use the search feature found on jw.org to locate the articles and the videos referred to in this article.

 

That is the first time I have seen that instead of a link.

Maybe its makes sense on the paper version.

[Tortuga]

Still no videos included as part of the study...😟

[TheKid23]

Love the way in the new WT it’s not called preview, it’s now “focus” 

[Tortuga]

1 minute ago, TheKid23 said:

Love the way in the new WT it’s not called preview, it’s now “focus” 

That matches what the ELF book does at the beginning of each section. Nice!

[TheKid23]

5 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

That matches what the ELF book does at the beginning of each section. Nice!

Yeah, to be honest I sometimes forget to look at the preview 🙈but I’ll make more of an effort now as it sets up the wt study nicely 

[Sofia]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Still no videos included as part of the study...😟

Last week the conductor asked to play a video for the second time

so we are now used to watch videos at watchtower study at meeting 🙏☺️💖

[Landon1285]

1 hour ago, Tortuga said:

Still no videos included as part of the study...😟

Yup as of now it's up to the discernment of the conductor to show a video. Due to certain time constraints some have sped up the video to 1.1 x speed. 

[jwhess]

16 minutes ago, Sofia said:

Last week the conductor asked to play a video for the second time

so we are now used to watch videos at watchtower study at meeting 🙏☺️💖

Last Sunday's video was quite long.  It takes out time that prevents a lot of comments.  The video was almost 6 minutes long.  That is 1/10th of the whole study.  It was a "footnote"

[Pikachu]

2 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Still no videos included as part of the study...😟

No videos yet... Let's keep hoping!

[Sofia]

36 minutes ago, jwhess said:

Last Sunday's video was quite long.  It takes out time that prevents a lot of comments.  The video was almost 6 minutes long.  That is 1/10th of the whole study.  It was a "footnote"

You are right brother john

thats why the resume questions at the end weren’t done 🙄

[Fallbrookian]

3 hours ago, Sete said:

This new layout is very beautiful, and those little boxes! Finally! Loved this new version.

Yes! Love the layout with the boxes for our comments/thoughts!

[Sheep]

3 hours ago, TheKid23 said:

Love the way in the new WT it’s not called preview, it’s now “focus” 

 

2 hours ago, TheKid23 said:

Yeah, to be honest I sometimes forget to look at the preview 🙈but I’ll make more of an effort now as it sets up the wt study nicely 

Yes. That "Focus" feature is a more brief preview of the study than before.

[Dhanyel]

I really liked this part of the first study in paragraph 14 ...

2 Timothy 3:1-5 might be worded differently if those verses foretold what it would be like in Paradise: “In the new world the happiest of times will be here. For men will be lovers of others, lovers of spiritual treasures, modest, humble, praisers of God, obedient to parents, thankful, loyal, having great affection for their families, open to agreement, always speaking well of others, self-controlled, mild, lovers of goodness, trustworthy, yielding, lowly in mind, lovers of God rather than lovers of pleasures, motivated by genuine godly devotion; and to these people stick closely.”

[Lee49]

5 hours ago, Sofia said:

The article about treating women the way Jehovah does is simply precious ❤️ 

My son in laws brothers wife is in the picture of all the sisters, she's on the left side second from the right in the back ground. 😁

[Tortuga]

6 minutes ago, Dhanyel said:

I really liked this part of the first study in paragraph 14 ...

2 Timothy 3:1-5 might be worded differently if those verses foretold what it would be like in Paradise: “In the new world the happiest of times will be here. For men will be lovers of others, lovers of spiritual treasures, modest, humble, praisers of God, obedient to parents, thankful, loyal, having great affection for their families, open to agreement, always speaking well of others, self-controlled, mild, lovers of goodness, trustworthy, yielding, lowly in mind, lovers of God rather than lovers of pleasures, motivated by genuine godly devotion; and to these people stick closely.”

Someone at WHQ has been reading my comments again....🤣

[Sheep]

1 minute ago, Tortuga said:

Someone at WHQ has been reading my comments again....🤣

Ahh! I knew it!

[Tortuga]

2 minutes ago, Sheep said:

Ahh! I knew it!

"Into these very things, WHQ is desiring to peer" - 1 Peterish 1:12

Edited October 20, 2023 by Tortuga

[BLEmom]

13 minutes ago, Dhanyel said:

I really liked this part of the first study in paragraph 14 ...

2 Timothy 3:1-5 might be worded differently if those verses foretold what it would be like in Paradise: “In the new world the happiest of times will be here. For men will be lovers of others, lovers of spiritual treasures, modest, humble, praisers of God, obedient to parents, thankful, loyal, having great affection for their families, open to agreement, always speaking well of others, self-controlled, mild, lovers of goodness, trustworthy, yielding, lowly in mind, lovers of God rather than lovers of pleasures, motivated by genuine godly devotion; and to these people stick closely.”

I feel I need to print it and post it somewhere as a daily reminder of how we will and should be. 

[Tortuga]

I like the article about the Ethiopian eunuchs chariot. We could mistakenly assume that the eunuch was in a war chariot, so Jehovah apparently gave Phillip power of the holy spirit to run alongside the chariot, then we could mistakenly apply that to Jehovah giving us the power of the holy spirit to find interested ones, however that conclusion would be based on a wrong assumption. Its better to stick to the facts and realize that he probably wasn't in a war chariot.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Tortuga

[Sofia]

2 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Someone at WHQ has been reading my comments again....🤣

There you went prophetizing again brother Richard 😂

[Doug]

2 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I like the article about the Ethiopian eunuchs chariot.  he probably wasn't in a war chariot.

 

So, as chariots go ,  more a VW Beetle than a Mustang Shelby?     

[Hope]

4 hours ago, Tortuga said:

I like the article about the Ethiopian eunuchs chariot. We could mistakenly assume that the eunuch was in a war chariot, so Jehovah apparently gave Phillip power of the holy spirit to run alongside the chariot, then we could mistakenly apply that to Jehovah giving us the power of the holy spirit to find interested ones, however that conclusion would be based on a wrong assumption. Its better to stick to the facts and realize that he probably wasn't in a war chariot.

 

It never occurred to me that he was in war chariot.  It says plainly he was on his way home from Jerusalem, where he'd gone to worship.  Why would he be in a war chariot?  He was just fortunate to have wheels to ride in rather than walking or riding a donkey.

11 hours ago, Sofia said:

The article about treating women the way Jehovah does is simply precious ❤️ 

 

I wish that was a study article... it's so good.. ❤️ 

[Luigi62]

2 hours ago, Doug said:

 

So, as chariots go ,  more a VW Beetle than a Mustang Shelby?     

 

With only 2 horsepower

[Luigi62]

I love the 

12 hours ago, TheKid23 said:

Love the way in the new WT it’s not called preview, it’s now “focus” 

 

I like how it's not a paragraph only one sentence. Plus to the point.

 

9 hours ago, Goldenstate cruiser said:

Yes! Love the layout with the boxes for our comments/thoughts!

 

I just wanted them for the preview questions, but having them for each question is nice.

 

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Hope said:

It never occurred to me that he was in war chariot.  It says plainly he was on his way home from Jerusalem, where he'd gone to worship.  Why would he be in a war chariot?  He was just fortunate to have wheels to ride in rather than walking or riding a donkey.

This is the image that was used in the Bible Teach book. Maybe not a war chariot but not a 4 door luxury chariot either..

Edited October 21, 2023 by Tortuga