Queen Esther

GREETINGS  FROM  CONGRESS  IN  CHINA.....

"MY PERSONAL SUMMARY OF THE ATALAYA STUDY".....

Help "strangers" to serve Jehovah happily
"The LORD is keeping the strangers from the city" (SALT 146: 9).

Many of our brothers are REFUGEES, that is, people displaced from their homes by armed conflicts, persecutions or disasters. They lose their families and their belongings. How can we help them to continue to serve Jehovah?

Jesus himself was a refugee in Egypt when he suffered the persecution of Herod in his childhood. The disciples themselves were refugees when they were persecuted, for they fled through Judea and Samaria.

As they flee, the refugees go through many dangers along the way, from persecutors, sickness and hunger. It has been reported that some camps serve as recruiting camps for militants. Refugee camps are idle places where nothing good is practiced, so the brothers remain very busy in theocratic jobs. Many are precursors in there.

The extreme needs of our people should motivate us to help them in a hospitable way. Many go hungry and congregations organize to feed them. Recently many of our brothers from the Crimea area in Eastern Ukraine fled the war and were welcomed by both Ukrainian and Russian brothers who were not their enemies because they were neutral.

The customs of the new country to which a refugee fled can be very strange to him, even in the food. Clothing that can be worn also creates problems. Learning the new language is important, but it costs a lot.

Our refugee brothers are under great pressure in their new countries, such as threatening to take their work from them if they attend our meetings. Some give in to the pressures. The organization recommends visiting them urgently to encourage them.

In a primary way the refugee brothers need clothes and food. Some medicine. They are very grateful without demanding anything. As long as they can not fend for themselves, their basic needs will be met.

Time and interest are what the refugees most need to help. They need help to handle public transportation, buy cheap food, or get professional tools to make a living. They must be helped to join the congregation. We orient them and they put their own effort

Getting money at the cost of the relationship with Jehovah is a great temptation for refugees.

It is very helpful for the elders to obtain publications in their native language and the entire congregation can facilitate a loving relationship. Showing empathy, compassion, and affection can help them not to look for compatriots who do not serve Jehovah.

The waves of refugees are taking them to countries where they hear the Truth for the first time in their lives. Spiritual relief they feel when attending meetings.

Preaching refugees requires insight. You should patiently listen to your problems  WITHOUT  POLITICAL TALKING. Avoid sensitive issues of your culture and religion. Our sisters wear appropriate clothing to preach to those who come from countries where women are very restricted in their clothing.

Loving and showing it to our refugees helps them to be sure that they are in the true people of Jehovah, and that we are all brothers and sisters no matter where we are.

( translated  from  Spanish )

SOME  OF  OUR  ESCAPEES....   NOT  ALL  LIVING  IN  A  FLAT,  ALONE  OR  WITH  FAMILY  -  MANY  IN  SMALL  OR  BIG  TENT'S  -  OR  IN  A  GYM. - HALL  IN  A  SCHOOL....   STEP  BY  STEP  THEY  GET  FLAT'S  -  NOT  SO  EASY  BY  AROUND  800,000  THOUSAND  AND  MORE  HUMANS !    IN  MY  TOWN  ALSO  MANY  LIVING  IN  BIG  WHITE  TENT'S,  IN  BIG  HALLS,  OR  ALREADY  IN  FLATS,  WHEN  ITS  A  FAMILY  WITH  LITTLE  KIDDIES  OR  OLDER  PERSON'S !  THEY  GET  ALOT  AID  AND  ASSISTANCE  -  SPECIAL  BROTHERS  AND  SISTERS  REGULAR  IN  THESE  AREA'S  WITH  ALOT  LITERATURE  IN  DIFFERENT  LANGUAGES 

Regional Assembly in Spanish - Utah,  United States....

Looking  pretty  empty  now,  mabe  its  just  lunch - time  pause

                          You Can Fight Satan—And Win !

Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom.—1 Cor. 6:9, 10.

If you struggle with temptation to engage in sexual immorality, what can you do? Acknowledge your weakness. (Rom. 7:22, 23) Pray to God for strength. (Phil. 4:6, 7, 13) Avoid situations that could lead to immorality. (Prov. 22:3) And when a temptation arises, reject it without delay. (Gen. 39:12) Jesus set a powerful example for us in resisting temptations. He was not fooled by Satan’s promises, nor did he have to take time to weigh the pros and cons. Rather, he immediately responded with the words: “It is written.” (Matt. 4:4-10) Jesus knew God’s Word, and that made it possible for him to act quickly and quote scriptures in the face of temptation. To fight Satan and win, we must not allow ourselves to be tempted to engage in sexual immorality. w15 5/15 2:15, 16

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/7/11

A   NICE  GLEANINGS  PICTURE  FOR  - MONDAY,  10. JULY  2017

I'm  confused  too  -  JW  Insider  said,  the  graphic  were  wrong   I  don't  know  that, sorry.  Perhaps  more  informing  by  google ?   Thank  you,  @John Houston   Greetings  from  Germany

Study of the Bible under a palm tree....   Alania. Turkey  -  I  like  such  of  serving

Judges and legal professionals hoping that recent lower court acquittals for objection are reflected in Supreme and Constitutional courts  -

Posted on : July  10.  2017

“My grandfather also went to prison for refusing military conscription during the Japanese occupation. They always talk about how the human rights situation is supposed to be better now, nearly 80 years later, but conscientious objectors are still having to go to jail. If only because of what happened with my grandfather, I‘m going to continue proclaiming our innocence.”

In 1939,  Ok  Gyu-bin’s grandfather  Ok Ji-jun and great-uncle  Ok Rye-jun were jailed along with their wives while protesting the draft and war being waged by imperialist Japan.  For Jehovah‘s Witnesses committed to honoring the Bible’s instruction to “love thy neighbor and thy enemy,” war was something they could not be part of in any way. The four were among 38 Korean Jehovah‘s Witnesses arrested for opposing the war. In the history books, the “Witness incident” is listed as one example of Korean resistance against Japan.

South Korea’s human rights situation may have improved enough since liberation and democratization for it to serve as chair country for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). But the situation for Ok Gyu-bin, 22, isn‘t much different from what his grandfather faced. He is currently on trial at Busan District Court for refusing to report for his induction day on Aug. 8 of last year. Ok is charged with violating Article 88-1 of the Military Service Act, which states that “Any person who . . . fails to enlist in the military or to comply with the call . . . without justifiable grounds, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three years.”

“I’m not refusing military service because I want to take it easy,” Ok told the Hankyoreh on July 9. “People like my grandfather and me have spoken out to uphold our conscience no matter the country,  people,  system, political situation,  or social atmosphere.”

Ok  resolutely maintained that he had definite “justifiable grounds” as prescribed by the Act‘s terms.

Around the same time that Ok’s grandfather was in prison, Jehovah‘s Witnesses in Germany - then caught up in its own wave of militarism - were also persecuted for conscientious refusal to serve. After the war ended, however, Germany instituted alternative means of service, before ultimately adopting a volunteer system.

In South Korea, conscientious objectors still face prison time. A UNHRC report found South Korea to account for 669 out of 723 cases of individuals being jailed for conscientious objection as of 2013,  or 92.5%.

“Since it’s the practice to sentence conscientious objectors to one year and six months in prison, the police investigations and trials have traditionally been formalities. These days, though, there are more and more cases of lower courts ruling to acquit, and we’re looking forward to [similar rulings from] the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court,” Ok said.

Despite the lower court acquittals, the Supreme Court has consistently delivered guilty verdicts against conscientious objectors. On June 15, it upheld an original court ruling sentencing one objector to eighteen months in prison. Yet the lower court acquittals have continued ever since, including rulings by Cheongju District Court on June 22 and Seoul Nambu District Court on June 27.

The areas where the Supreme Court rulings to convict and the lower court rulings to acquit diverge concern whether conscientious objection should be viewed as “justifiable grounds” and whether it is recognized according to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which South Korea is a signatory.

“In the past, judges kept waiting for an unconstitutionality ruling from the Constitutional Court. But with growing support for the idea that conscientious objection represents ‘justifiable grounds’ and legal interpretation being left to the authority of judicial officers, a more active environment has taken shape,” explained a judge who ruled to acquit one conscientious objector.

“As the lower court acquittals add up, the Supreme Court precedent could change,” the judge predicted.

Ok explained that Jehovah’s Witnesses “have long testified  to their conscience with their actions, like my grandfather did.”

“Our Constitution guarantees freedom of conscience, and I am convinced that I am not guilty according to the Constitution,” he said.

Four months after arguments in Ok‘s  trial concluded in March,  no sentencing date has been set.

Many  games  are  okay....   Children  playing  the  whole  day  alot  different  games,  togehter  and  alone  -  they  need  games  for  their  growing  up  well   CHESS  belongs  to  the  good  games,  we  have  so  many  good  games  for  families  with  kiddies.  In  the  past,  we  played  every  week  any  games  with  my  parents,  I  won't  missing  that  time  together !   Today  its  nearly  over,  playing  together  in  families,  so  sorry

Kiddies  SO  love  "role-playings"...   deepened  into  other  persons  -  also  Bible  persons !  What  a  wonderful  game    TODAY,  whole  families  behind  their  comp. - games  etc. !   We  all  have  a  conscience  and  can  decide  which  game  is  okay,   OR  NOT ??    Jesus  also  drank  wine  on  earth  and  was  funny  to  the  right  time....    A  VERY  GOOD  PATTERN  FOR  US  ALL !    THANK  YOU  JEHOVAH,  YOUR  BELOVED  SON  SHOWED  US  SO  MANY  NICE  THINGS  WE  CAN  DO....   WHAT  A  JOY

MYANMAR.....   10  kiddies  very  interesting  outdoor  watching  to  Caleb & Sophia

The  first  kingdom  seeds  they  got  today ❤

Thanks for your comment, @JW Insider  Seems so, you have a little knowledge in the Hebrew language...  Its not so easy to translate Hebrew. The name Jehovah has many spellings, we all know that. In Germany, we write Jehova, without the h...  In many countries, Jehovah has another spelling and in the past more different ! The most humans don't know the Hebrew language. But a good explanation may help. Thank you 

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Animated DAILY TEXT Monday, July 10, 2017  -  Enjoy !

11 minutes ago, Arauna said:

Very  good reasoning... is there any way i can save this to my profile so i can use it in field service?

We  have  different  possibilities  for  sharing,  Arauna.  Do  you  see  the  color - buttons  over  my  post ?  That  f  is  for  FB,  the  black  one  to  put  into  your  computer,  you  can  print  it,  also  per  email  and  still   more !  Go  with  your  mouse  on  the  white - cross  button,  you  will  see  a  little  window  with  many  possibiities....

I  can  bring  it  to  your  private  message  -  or  you  go  on  my  profile - page  and  click  on  to  follow  me,  like  just  now  71  other  Follower  on  my  page .....   then  you  get  daily  emais  from  my  postings  and  have  all  what  you  want.   Maybe  you  want  it  quickly,   I  try  bring  it  per  message  to  you.  On  your  profile  it  takes  too  much  place,  I  think !  Tell  me  when  you  got  it  please,  thank  you !

WISH  YOU  ALL  A  WONDERFUL  DAY....    GREETINGS  FROM  GERMANY !

Animated DAILY TEXT Monday, July 10, 2017   Enjoy !

Animated  DAILY TEXT  Monday,  July  10,  2017   Enjoy !

Jesús reducirá a nada al que tiene el medio para causar la muerte, es decir, al Diablo (Heb. 2:14).

Eso no significa que el Diablo mate directamente a toda la gente. Entonces, ¿qué significa? Pues bien, fue él quien engañó a Eva e hizo que Adán desobedeciera a Dios, lo cual trajo como resultado que el pecado y la muerte se extendieran a todos los hombres (Rom. 5:12). Además, es él quien ha llenado este mundo de odio y violencia asesina. Tal como dijo Jesús, el Diablo es un “homicida” (Juan 8:44). Se trata, sin duda, de un enemigo temible. Oponernos a Satanás también nos pone en contra de todos los que le han dado la espalda a Dios. Eso incluye a un buen número de ángeles rebeldes, a los que la Biblia llama demonios (Rev. 12:3, 4). Ellos han usado su fuerza sobrehumana vez tras vez para atormentar a la gente y hacerla sufrir (Mat. 8:28-32; Mar. 5:1-5). No olvidemos nunca lo poderosos que son los demonios y su gobernante, el Diablo (Mat. 9:34). Sin la ayuda de Jehová, jamás podríamos ganarles la batalla. w15 15/5 1:6, 7

https://wol.jw.org/es/wol/dt/r4/lp-s/2017/7/10

[Jesus will] bring to nothing the one having the means to cause death, that is, the Devil.—Heb. 2:14.

This does not mean that the Devil kills all people directly. However, his murderous spirit has permeated this world. Moreover, because Eve believed Satan’s lie and Adam disobeyed God, sin and death spread to all mankind. (Rom. 5:12) In that sense, the Devil has had “the means to cause death.” He is what Jesus called him—“a murderer.” (John 8:44) What a powerful enemy we have in Satan! When we oppose Satan, we align ourselves against not only him but all those who side with him in the issue of universal sovereignty. That number includes a sizable group of other spirit rebels, or demons. (Rev. 12:3, 4) Time and again, the demons have demonstrated their superhuman strength, causing great misery to those whom they have tormented. (Matt. 8:28-32; Mark 5:1-5) Never underestimate the power of such wicked angels or that of “the ruler of the demons.” (Matt. 9:34) Without help from Jehovah, we could never win our fight against Satan. w15 5/15 1:6, 7

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/7/10

Nothing  is  like  before...  we  are  more  younger  and  healthy  again !  Enjoy  the  video

 7 He stretches out the northern sky over empty space,
Suspending the earth upon nothing;

That  nice  picture  is  created  from  a  dear  sister,  living  in  Pioneer,  US.

These  special  Bible - scriptures  about  the  free  hanging  earth,   I  on  and  off  use  by  the  people  -  and  they're  very  astonished,  how  long  we  all  could  know  that !   But  their  Bible  is  mostly  alone  on  a  library - board !   NO  chance  for  learning....

The  Anderson  family  from  left,  Maria,  Steven,  Elam  and  Druce  attend  the  2017  Convention  of  Jehovah's  Witnesses  held  at  Rabobank  Area  in  Bakersfield.  The  family  traveled  from  Nipomo  to  attend  the  convention,  this  year  titled,   "DON'T  GIVE  UP"...  Tens  of  thousands  come  to  the  convention  each  year,  booking  hotel  rooms  and  filling  restaurants ! 

( I  think,  thats  in  every  town  similar... ) 

The  convention  titled,  "Don't Give Up,"  runs  through  the  weekend.

The 3-day English programs will be offered May 27-29, July 29-31 and Aug. 5-7.

The Spanish programs will be offered June 24-26, July 1-3, July 22-24 and Aug. 12-14. The morning sessions will begin at 9:20 a.m. each day and conclude at 4:50 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 3:45 p.m. on Sunday.

For more information, contact Steven LaFrance at 661-549-5590 or slafrancec@aol.com. More information and video clips are also available at jw.org.

They are probably the best-dressed, best-behaved group of convention-goers to come to Bakersfield each year.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses are holding their annual convention at the Rabobank Arena in the city's downtown business district — and local businesses are thrilled.

The  2017  "Don't  Give  Up!"  Convention runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday — but not just this weekend. The three-day schedule of presentations, symposia and Bible readings will be repeated on a total of seven weekends — four times in Spanish,  three in English —  due to the estimated  42,000 attendees coming from the Central Valley,  the Central Coast and all across Kern County.

"This is the largest group of visitors that comes to Bakersfield each year," said David Lyman, manager of Visit Bakersfield, formerly the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau.

With numbers this large, hotels, restaurants, gas stations and other venues are expecting a serious bump in earnings.

"It sells out Bakersfield," said Alexis Long, the rooms coordinator at Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center.

The Marriott is fully booked all weekend, Long said. And during her eight years in the hotel business, other top hotels in town are typically sold out as well during the convention.

"It's not just good for hotels, it's good for the community as a whole," she said. Families also go to museums, the movies and seek out other recreation.

"We're always happy to have them,"  Long said.  "They're a great bunch of people, always lively and personable."

Lyman estimated the total economic impact of the multiple-week convention at $1.15 million, with the city collecting more than $100,000 in Transient Occupancy Taxes through hotel bookings.

"If you're planning on going out to dinner this weekend,"  Lyman said,  "and you have to wait a little longer than usual, that's the sound of commerce happening."

And that translates to jobs, economic vibrancy and revenue to help support city services.

"We're not a very rowdy bunch,"  joked Larry Rau,  a Witness and coastal resident who was  at the convention helping with media services.

Indeed, they never leave a parking lot trashed, Lyman said, and according to Rau, hundreds of volunteers descended upon the arena before Friday's opening to clean it and make it shine for the weekend.

All Jehovah's Witnesses are asked to attend one three-day regional gathering — like this summer's Bakersfield convention — each year. There are hundreds of regional gatherings that have been happening across the country since May, including 27 this weekend alone.

One must admire the dedication. Rau, a San Luis Obispo resident, was just one of many who left the comfort of the Central Coast to come to the southern San Joaquin Valley during the hottest month of the year.

"When we left yesterday, the car thermometer was at 68 degrees," he said. "When we arrived, it was at 104."

Steven and Maria Anderson and their sons, Druce, 12, and Elam, 9, drove in from coastal Nipomo to attend the three-day event.

"It's a total shot in the arm," Steven Anderson said of the annual trip. "It's something we look forward to each year."  ------

He called it a "haven" in today's less than wholesome world.

"I think is really helps (the children)," said Maria Anderson, "especially in the times we're living in to be good kids, to be obedient to their parents, and to put their faith first."

Meanwhile, Martin Flores of family-owned Cafe Crepes, across the street from the arena, said the convention is expected to provide the cafe with a nice bump in business.

On Thursday night, Uricchio's downtown restaurant located a few blocks away was filled almost exclusively with convention-goers.

"The whole restaurant,"   Rau said,   "was Jehovah's Witnesses." 

For  Brothers  &  Sisters  a  little  deeper  insight  to  HEBREW...   interesting  language !

( for  better  understanding...)

http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Aleph-Bet/aleph-bet.html    =

with  sounds !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_alphabet

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/hebrew.htm

LEARN YOUR ALEF BET SONG

Hebrew  Alphabet  (Just the Letters...)

Thank  you  very  much,  dear  @David Butrim    Enjoy  my  postings !

[Jesus will] bring to nothing the one having the means to cause death, that is, the Devil.—Heb. 2:14.

This does not mean that the Devil kills all people directly. However, his murderous spirit has permeated this world. Moreover, because Eve believed Satan’s lie and Adam disobeyed God, sin and death spread to all mankind. (Rom. 5:12) In that sense, the Devil has had “the means to cause death.” He is what Jesus called him—“a murderer.” (John 8:44) What a powerful enemy we have in Satan! When we oppose Satan, we align ourselves against not only him but all those who side with him in the issue of universal sovereignty. That number includes a sizable group of other spirit rebels, or demons. (Rev. 12:3, 4) Time and again, the demons have demonstrated their superhuman strength, causing great misery to those whom they have tormented. (Matt. 8:28-32; Mark 5:1-5) Never underestimate the power of such wicked angels or that of “the ruler of the demons.” (Matt. 9:34) Without help from Jehovah, we could never win our fight against Satan. w15 5/15 1:6, 7

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/7/10