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Learn Endurance From Creation

 
Learn Endurance From Creation: (15 min.) Discussion. Play the video. Then ask the following questions for each of the plants and animals featured in the video. What does this creation teach us about endurance? How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

The Camel (Camelus)


What does this creation teach us about endurance?

It teaches us that in good times we can store biblical knowledge so to speak for when difficulties come and we can be spiritually strong like the camel that stores fat or the water that drinks at its appropriate times. 

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

Well, like the camel, we now have a lot of information that we can also absorb like that water and that can also be kept in our mind for a long time, months or even years, as well as the camel stores its fat and this especially will help us in moments of scarcity perhaps in a persecution or when we are isolated from valuable study tools, so the fact that we now absorb all that information can help us for weeks or months of scarcity. 

The Long-Lived Pine (Pinus Longaeva)


What does this creation teach us about endurance?

This pine has the ability to grow in harsh and hostile environments where many other plants would die very easily and it is designed to make the most of a difficult environment, for example its roots extend as far as possible to capture all the possible water.

Just as those roots are what help us to stay alive, we must also analyze what our foundations are, our foundation must be solid so that our faith is strong and we can survive many adversities. 

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

As already said, now we have many difficult circumstances and it is possible that in the future we will have more, but while other trees cannot survive in the same environment that we survive, if we are well rooted, if our spiritual foundation is strong, we can surely even thrive. in the midst of situations that may make other people stagger. 

Butterflies (Lepidoptera)


What does this creation teach us about endurance?

Although perhaps they no longer have their wings complete, the video mentioned perhaps only 70% of them still fly, this teaches me that Jehovah always helps us to endure the difficulties we go through, so what I should do is trust Jehovah and always seek his help and keep holding on. 

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

Well, like the butterfly, our ability to do some things is not going to depend on having the appropriate circumstances because they also face a different climate, but rather they make their migration every year faithfully, we can achieve it through the spirit of Jehovah the help that he gives us and trusting precisely in him and not in our wings like the butterfly. 

Arctic Tern (Sterna Paradisaea)

What does this creation teach us about endurance?

If Jehovah created the Arctic tern with a biological guidance system then this teaches us that we need Jehovah’s guidance to follow the path that leads to eternal life. 

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

Like the tern, it is possible that in this system of things we have to move due to some circumstances or our constancies change drastically and we have to make journeys through this system due to diseases due to conflicts or because of our own faith we have to go through difficulties but Jehovah The Bible has given us the ability to guide ourselves with his word, so if we are always oriented with his word, the Bible with the organization and the advice that we get from it, no matter the migrations that this life makes us give, we will surely succeed.

Also the way it flies is still a mystery there is no such explanation Just as we too can go through many difficulties and for others it would be a mystery because we survive but it is always because Jehovah has acted in favor of all of us.

Armed Lapwing (Vanellus Armatus)


What does this creation teach us about endurance?

What it teaches us is that such a small animal can withstand such pressure from larger animals such as Elephants or Buffaloes, it is actually surprising to see how those guts have that courage to face them and defend their nest and their chicks.

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

This little bird taught me that it does not depend on my size or that of my enemy but on maintaining resistance and in my case facing my enemy with Jehovah because it will not be by my power but by the help that comes from Jehovah. 

Acacia


What does this creation teach us about endurance?

Acacias have long thorns and a thick and hard bark that helps them resist and protect themselves, on the other hand, they also grow in groups and become dense thickets to face the adversities of the climate.

How can we show similar endurance in our life as Christians?

Developing strong solid friendships intertwined so to speak with faithful spiritual brothers who have a good influence in our life.

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What wrong thinking did Zimri and others express to Jamin?

That the Moabites were a friendly nation with whom they could establish a relationship without having any problem, they argued, for example, that since Jehovah had told them not to eliminate them, Jehovah probably wanted them to have that relationship with them. 

If then they deceived themselves with the wrong reasoning to justify their bad desires, for example they said that they did not worship Jehovah but that they also did not oppose their worship that they could be tolerant and reasonable with them and even learn from them. 

How did Phinehas help Jamin to view matters properly?

Well, he did not scold him, he simply listened to him and reasoned through questions with him, for example he said well they follow the principles or the laws on the part of Jehovah and he himself answered said they do not follow it, well then by making him reason he allowed precisely the correct form of think and make a good decision that saved your life.

I liked seeing how Finehas gave his opinion, he was not arrogant, on the contrary, he was calm and the explanation he gave was very congruent. 

What is the difference between being friendly to an unbeliever and being his friend?

If the difference is that as Christians we are educated people, kind people and we treat people with respect, but it is a different thing to be friends, sharing ideas, thoughts, customs, and this is what the people of Israel were doing. they didn’t see that difference.

If we want to be very careful not to fall into the delusion of thinking that we are only being nice when in reality we could be crossing that fine line that could be seen as something harmless maybe how to accept something or respond to something, that could be the beginning of something that leads us to lose our friendship with Jehovah, we would lose something that is worth a lot with something that is worth nothing. 

Why should we be careful when choosing our close friends even in the congregation?

This is because friends strongly influence us, the attachment we have towards someone we appreciate as a friend can influence our way of thinking and even within the congregation there may be those who may not have developed a strong spirituality yet a close relationship with Jehovah and a strong love for his standards, so we have to choose well even within the congregation.

Phineas gave a very interesting point Jehovah has taught us to have principles and values, so it is very important that we pay attention that our friends have those same principles and those same values ​​with which Jehovah has educated us. 

Why should we avoid chat groups on social media of people we do not know personally?

Well, in the case of Jamín, he saw precisely that his same friends with whom he lived as they were expressing strange or out of place situations that made him think if what they were going to do was correct or not, now we do think in our case to be with people that we do not even know can influence our way of thinking and make wrong decisions hence the importance of completely avoiding these chat groups with the aim that we can contaminate ourselves with that negative way of thinking.

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Choose Your Friends Wisely

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Choose Your Friends Wisely

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