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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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Choose Your Friends Wisely

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“Choose Your Friends Wisely”: (15 min.) Discussion. Play the video Warning Examples for Our Day—Excerpt. Encourage all to view the video in its entirety.

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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Interview With Brother Dmitriy Mikhaylov

Interview With Brother Dmitriy Mikhaylov

Brother Mikhaylov recalls how he was unlawfully arrested and detained in May 2018.

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Why True Christians Need Courage—To Preach

Why True Christians Need Courage—To Preach: (8 min.) Discussion. Play the video. Then ask the audience: What struggle did Kitty Kelly have? What helped her to develop courage? What blessings resulted from having courage?

What struggle did Kitty Kelly have?

When she was little Kitty studied the Bible but she did not want to be different from others, so she became ashamed of her beliefs, she explains that she had an internal struggle because she knew it was the right thing to do but she lacked the courage to do it. And the fact is, she didn’t want to be different from other girls so it was an inner struggle.

What helped her to develop courage?

She read the experiences of other siblings, pondered what she learned, and also used the insight book to deepen her personal study.

Well, without a doubt, it was the personal study. She says that when she was 12 years old, she began to read a magazine on her own and she enjoyed reading and realized that there were very interesting publications, so the personal study of the Bible strengthened her.

If we see that thanks to this she could see Jehovah as someone real and she also prayed to him before defending her beliefs and that gave her a lot of value.

And something practical also at the beginning of each year she identified to her schoolmates that she was a Jehovah’s Witness.

What blessings resulted from having courage?

Well now, by making yourself known as a Jehovah’s Witness, you can help your classmates when they have a problem trying to find a publication principle that helps them. You have also been able to do auxiliary pioneering in upper secondary education and when finishing regular pioneering.

And she has also had the opportunity to preach to her classmates, she mentions that on one occasion she had to expose a topic and she took that opportunity to preach and if we think about it she had the opportunity to reach people who normally would not reach because they would not be in his house then Jehovah used it in that way.

If she felt calm by doing what Jehovah asked her to preach, her conscience was clear.

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Choose to Serve Jehovah

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Choose to Serve Jehovah

If you are a Christian youth or a Bible student, do you have the goal of baptism? Why should you want to get baptized? Dedication and baptism result in a special relationship with Jehovah. (Ps 91:1) They ( lead to salvation. (1Pe 3:21) How can you progress to these steps?

Prove to yourself that this is the truth. When questions come to your mind, do personal research. (Ro 12:2) Identify any changes you need to make, and follow through out of a desire to please Jehovah. (Pr 27:11; Eph 4:23, 24) Always pray to him for help. Be assured that Jehovah will strengthen and support you with his powerful holy spirit. (1Pe 5:10, 11) The effort you put forth is well worth it. Serving Jehovah is the best way of life!—Ps 16:11.

WATCH THE VIDEO THE ROAD TO BAPTISM, AND THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

What obstacles have some overcome in order to be baptized?
How can you develop the faith needed to dedicate yourself to Jehovah?
What has motivated some to take the steps needed for baptism?
What blessings come to those who choose to serve Jehovah?
What does dedication and baptism mean?

What obstacles have some overcome in order to be baptized?

Many people have to make drastic changes in their lives, they are aware that they do not lead healthy lives and that they have to change to improve their circumstances, but many times there are factors that prevent making those changes, such as the example of the video and the job that prevented them make these changes.

An important question that poses a great obstacle is thinking about what we want to do with our life. That question is asked by many people, do they want a life enslaved to this material system? Or do you want to look for something that goes much further? This question is asked by a brother in the video and his decision, and that of another sister, is to start studying the Bible or to resume a study that they had.

An obstacle many young people face is their family or their parents. And there is a particular case, which is when the family begins to study but the parents leave it for whatever reasons but the truth has penetrated the hearts of their children. They must continue with the study even when their parents have left it as we have seen in the video, this can be a great obstacle by not having the support and help of your parents.

How can you develop the faith needed to dedicate yourself to Jehovah?

A brother from the video to strengthen his faith what he does is pray and read the Bible every day, just like all his servants do. This habit, which continues to strengthen our faith, is very important especially for those people who are beginning to get closer to God and who are beginning their beautiful friendship with him, this will allow them to have the necessary faith to dedicate their lives to Jehovah.

Oyun feels the same as this brother, when he prays to Jehovah he feels that he is talking to his best friend. Prayer is very important and love of neighbor is also, and this is what has helped Mimi to strengthen her faith, ministry, preach the name of God to other people together with her brothers, it has made her see the Kingdom of God real and very close. This facet of ministry, which is a very important step for all Bible students, goes a long way toward strengthening faith and having the faith necessary to dedicate oneself to Jehovah.

What has motivated some to take the steps needed for baptism?

The day we are baptized is a day that we engrave in our minds and hearts because it is the most important day of our lives, it is the day where our life has meaning and purpose. All the brothers in the video feel it that way, they feel that joy and happiness.

The love we cultivate for Jehovah makes the student see the same love that God reflects for him and how his Word is the truth and this impels them to dedicate their lives to him and impels them to love other people and preach his name and the good news of her Kingdom as Sister Mimi says, this has prompted her for her baptism.

How does Jehovah bless those who choose to serve him?

For example, a brother thanks Jehovah every day because he has given him a future, he has given him hope, and what a wonderful future he has given us! A future that no one can give, only Jehovah.

As our Italian brother says, to show during all the days of our lives the same value that we demonstrate when we dedicate ourselves and baptize and keeping ourselves pure, we will not regret anything and the blessings that we will receive are many.

A great blessing is the teaching that Soten leaves us. Knowing that we have a heavenly Father who is always there with us and cares about us and our well-being is the best thing that can happen to us.

There are so many blessings that it makes our lives happier and with a greater degree of satisfaction as the brother says, and this lifestyle that he comments teaches us a lot, and it had the same effect in Lei Lei on love, God is love, This sister has already taught her a lot to love other people.

Jehovah, as one sister says, is a safe haven for us, even when our circumstances change, he will always be there with us.

What is dedication and what is baptism?

Without a doubt, as the last brother in the video says, it is the best decision he has made in his life. It is the best decision that all our students, our brothers and us have made. Dedicate our life to God, to his Kingdom, to what is really important. We dedicate our lives to God serving him and being obedient to his Word at all times and we materialize it through baptism where our new Christian personality will be reflected for the rest of our lives.

As Brother Rocky says, exercising faith in Jehovah means giving up our lives and we will never feel helpless, quite the contrary, with great hope that we all look forward to and many blessings that will make our lives happier.

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Annual Conventions—Opportunities to Show Love

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Annual Conventions—Opportunities to Show Love

Delegates from different cultural backgrounds posing together for a picture at an international convention.

Why do we enjoy our annual conventions so much? As in ancient Israel, conventions in our day often give us the opportunity to worship Jehovah with hundreds, even thousands, of fellow believers. We enjoy the banquet of rich spiritual food. We also treasure the precious time we spend with friends and family. Our deep appreciation moves us to attend all three days of the convention.

When we have occasion to gather together, we should think not only about what we can gain personally but also about how we can show love to others. (Ga 6:10; Heb 10:24, 25) When we hold a door open for our brother or sister or save only the seats we will need, we show that we are looking out for the interests of others. (Php 2:3, 4) Conventions provide wonderful opportunities for us to make new friends. Before and after the program and during the lunch break, we can make it a point to get acquainted with someone we do not know. (2Co 6:13) The friendships we develop on these occasions can last a lifetime! Above all, when onlookers see true love in action, they may decide to join us in serving Jehovah.—Joh 13:35.

WATCH THE VIDEO “LOVE NEVER FAILS”! INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, AND THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

How was love shown to visiting delegates at the 2019 international conventions?
Why is the unity and love among Jehovah’s people so remarkable?
What aspects of Christian love were highlighted by members of the Governing Body?
How can you contribute to the love displayed at our conventions?

How has Christian love triumphed in Germany and South Korea?
What should be our determination?

How was love shown to visiting delegates at the 2019 international conventions?

The assembly “Love never fails” was not only talked about love in the title of the assembly or in the speeches, but love penetrated every corner of everything that surrounded the assembly, even at airports, where there were more of 200 brothers to give a warm and loving welcome.

One sister says that she breathes love everywhere she goes, in every detail that can be seen. It is as if I were already in paradise, and our assemblies are like a temporary paradise in this world. A place where we live with our spiritual family and these moments, it is as if we were in paradise with our brothers.

The brothers were welcomed with hugs, with so much affection and affection that no brother could imagine. It was a very joyful event and a great demonstration of the love that characterizes God’s people.

The international representatives carried out a preaching motivated not only by love towards our brothers but towards our neighbor, towards all those people who still do not have faith in God, and with the help of the local brothers, they carried out a great campaign of preaching that reflected the great love of these brothers towards Jehovah through loving effort to bring God’s name and his beautiful qualities to all people.

This preaching campaign of the international representatives with the support of the local brothers, allowed us to share and reflect our love with all our people not only in the assemblies but also in the ministry, which allowed us to share more time, get to know our more distant brothers better. and strengthen our relationships with them.

In addition to the spiritual activity, activities were planned with the delegates in an environment of healthy enjoyment where the brothers were able to get to know each other better and strengthen their friendship relationships. A great opportunity to meet many brothers who fight day by day in this battle with the same objective.

Why is the unity and love among Jehovah’s people so remarkable?

The example of Mexico is impressive and a great exemplary sample of the unity of the People of God regardless of the many cultures that exist in Mexico and their differences. The people of God is a single people, the brothers of Mexico demonstrated this with the love that all feel towards their brothers and that it is a worthy example to be imitated by the whole world.

The example of the study with this Brazilian person is impressive and this person noticed it. The great selfless effort that our brothers make for all people out of love for our neighbor and our relationship with our more distant brothers that we hardly know but love them as if we had known each other for a lifetime, this was for this person a great testimony of the qualities of God’s people, but not only for this person, but for the whole world.

The love of our brothers has also been reflected in the effort for so long and even years to translate our new bible into all possible languages to reach our hearts in our mother tongue. An effort and work that magnifies the name of our heavenly Father and that shows how much we care about our brothers.

Another great gift that the assemblies give us are our new brothers, brothers who show the same love as all of us, and we feel so happy and happy that they are part of this loving people and help us strengthen the relationship we have.

Even the authorities saw this love reflected. There was no problem of any kind, quite the contrary … events of this magnitude imply for security reasons that certain security forces attend for anything that may happen. They did so, and more than having to do their work or be in the assembly just for work, they saw and enjoyed the love of our brothers and they realized why we differ from others.

Not only did our brothers focus their love on the brothers and people who visited the assemblies, they also showed their love and gratitude to the security forces and other emergency personnel who were doing their work. These people were participants in the love of God’s people until the phrase: “the world does not need more police, but more Jehovah’s Witnesses.”

What aspects of Christian love were highlighted by members of the Governing Body?

As members of the Governing Body emphasized in their speeches and through the Bible, we have to “clothe ourselves with love because it is a perfect bond of union.” Love identifies us, and loyal love is a very beautiful aspect of Jehovah’s personality that we should emulate.

By cultivating humility, we will foster this love both for our brothers and for our neighbor, and we will be imitating the qualities of Jehovah that the Bible says. And in this way we will be, as Jesus said, “looking for love.” Because Christian love has power, reaching the heart in a unique way where no word can reach or cause the same effect.

How has Christian love triumphed in Germany and South Korea?

In many countries, places were visited where brothers and Christians of the past suffered much and much persecution and how they stood firm out of faith and full love for Jehovah. This surely strengthened the love of these dear brothers and the efforts to keep us whole every day of our lives, as was the case in Berlin and the visit to the concentration camp.

As one brother says, even the guards and those who run the prison had to recognize that our brothers differed and were characterized as a separate people because of the love they professed towards them and towards other people, even living the difficult circumstances they were going through. , love was always there.

South Korea was another example like Germany’s, when they began jailing young brothers in 1953 for refusing military service. The delegates learned much from the unwavering faith of these young brothers and how they held firm to their beliefs and as a result, Jehovah’s power triumphed over these injustices with the release of the last Jehovah’s Witness in 2019 who was imprisoned.

What should be our determination?

Many brothers had to make great efforts, such as the delegates from Venezuela who suffer important consequences from the economic and social crisis that their country is experiencing and yet were determined to attend, because the love for Jehovah and for all our brothers, even the most distant, it is imposed far above any material crisis.

We have to be resolved like the brothers of Venezuela, even with the difficult circumstances that we may be going through personally and our country, to put what really matters first and put aside material or ephemeral things, because love overcomes all kinds of barriers. and it motivates us to praise the name of God as these brothers did.

Any sacrifice that we have to do as this brother from Venezuela said, will be worth it. Just to see the great love that characterized this assembly and that impacted the whole world, it is worth it, we have seen the great blessings that the loving people of God produce and why it is a separate people.

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2019 05 06-12 | CHAPTER 65 Teaching While Traveling to Jerusalem

CHAPTER 65

Teaching While Traveling to Jerusalem

MATTHEW 8:19-22 LUKE 9:51-62 JOHN 7:2-10

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