Queen Esther

I spent 11 years up in Canada in British Columbia. We went out in up to 30 below  weather.

Kitties  are  so amazing  and  cute...   ?  ?  ?    NO  day  without  laughing !
They're  brave  &  have  always  crazy  idea's - jumping & making fun before a mirror,  haha
THANK  YOU  JEHOVAH  FOR  CREATING  CATS      ( I  will  look  for  more !)

Our Brother suffers from a very serious   bleeding tumor (suspected cancer). ?
The authorities have also denied him the medical attention he urgently needs. ?
Please put him in your prayers. ? ?????
KAZAKHSTAN SUPREME COURT REFUSES  TO CONSIDER TEYMUR AKHMEDOV’S APPEAL. 
The Supreme Court of Kazakhstan rejected Teymur AkhmedovÂ’s appeal of his unjust conviction....... .He was convicted for merely sharing his personal religious beliefs with others.
Mr. Akhmedov has been detained since the time of his arrest on January 18, 2017.He was convicted by a district court in May and sentenced to a five-year prison term..... He is the first of JehovahÂ’s Witnesses in Kazakhstan to be criminally convicted for his religious activity since the nationÂ’s independence in 1991.
In considering his appeal, the Supreme Court ignored the recent decision of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which found Kazakhstan guilty of unjustly detaining Mr. Akhmedov and violating his religious freedom. Despite his poor health, Mr. Akhmedov maintains his strong faith and full trust in Jehovah.(Romans 8:35-39)Mr. Akhmedov is grateful for the efforts put in by brothers and sisters to obtain his early release, although thus far they have been unsuccessful, and he is thankful that his fellow believers worldwide continue to pray for his release.
Mr. Akhmedov is 61 years old, married and the father of three sons, and in poor health.He suffers from a very serious   bleeding tumor (suspected cancer). ?
The authorities have also denied him the medical attention he urgently needs. ?
Please keep him in your prayers..  ? 
https://www.jw.org/en/news/legal/by-region/kazakhstan/supreme-court-refusal-20171221/
 

Myth 3:  All Good People Go to Heaven....
What is the origin of the myth? After the death of Jesus’ apostles, by the beginning of the second century C.E., the early Church Fathers gained prominence. Describing their teachings, the New Catholic Encyclopedia (2003), Volume 6, page 687, says: “The general stream of teaching was that heavenly bliss is granted to the disembodied soul immediately after whatever necessary purification follows death.”
What does the Bible say? “Happy are the mild-tempered ones, since they will inherit the earth.”—Matthew 5:5.
Although Jesus promised his disciples that he would “prepare a place” for them in heaven, he indicated that the righteous do not automatically go there.)(John 3:13; 14:2, 3 Did he not pray that God’s will take place “as in heaven, also upon earth”? (Matthew 6:9, 10) In reality, one of two destinies awaits the righteous. A minority will rule in heaven with Christ, but the majority will live forever on earth.—Revelation 5:10.
Over time, the early church changed its view of its own role on the earth. With what result? “The institutional church increasingly replaced the expected Kingdom of God,” states The New Encyclopædia Britannica. The church began solidifying its power by becoming mixed up in politics, ignoring Jesus’ explicit statements that his followers were to be “no part of the world.” (John 15:19; 17:14-16; 18:36) Under the influence of the Roman Emperor Constantine, the church compromised some of its beliefs, one of which involved the very nature of God.
Compare these Bible verses: Psalm 37:10, 11, 29; John 17:3; 2 Timothy 2:11, 12
FACT:
The majority of good people will live forever on earth—not in heaven....

Myth 1:  The Soul Is Immortal...       ( following  2  and  3...)
What is the origin of the myth? “The early Christian philosophers adopted the Greek concept of the soul’s immortality and thought of the soul as being created by God and infused into the body at conception.”— The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1988), Volume 11, page 25.
What does the Bible say? “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”—Ezekiel 18:4, King James Version.
Regarding the creation of the first human soul, the Bible says: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul [Hebrew, ne?phesh].”—Genesis 2:7.
The Hebrew word ne?phesh, translated “soul,” means ‘a creature that breathes.’ When God created the first man, Adam, He did not infuse into him an immortal soul but the life force that is maintained by breathing. Therefore, “soul” in the Biblical sense refers to the entire living being. If separated from the life force originally given by God, the soul dies.—Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:20.
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul raised questions: Where do souls go after death? What happens to the souls of the wicked? When nominal Christians adopted the myth of the immortal soul, this led them to accept another myth—the teaching of hellfire.
Compare these Bible verses: Ecclesiastes 3:19; Matthew 10:28; Acts 3:23
FACT:
At death a person ceases to exist !

Myth 2: The Wicked Suffer in Hell....
What is the origin of the myth? “Of all classical Greek philosophers, the one who has had the greatest influence on traditional views of Hell is Plato.”—Histoire des enfers (The History of Hell), by Georges Minois, page 50.
“From the middle of the 2nd century AD Christians who had some training in Greek philosophy began to feel the need to express their faith in its terms . . . The philosophy that suited them best was Platonism [the teachings of Plato].”—The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1988), Volume 25, page 890.
“The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, ‘eternal fire.’ The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God.”—Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1994 edition, page 270.
What does the Bible say? “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, . . . for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.”—Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10, Revised Standard Version.
The Hebrew word Sheol, which referred to the “abode of the dead,” is translated “hell” in some versions of the Bible. What does this passage reveal about the condition of the dead? Do they suffer in Sheol in order to atone for their errors? No, for they “know nothing.” That is why the patriarch Job, when suffering terribly because of a severe illness, begged God: “Protect me in hell [Hebrew, Sheol].” (Job 14:13; Douay-Rheims Version) What meaning would his request have had if Sheol was a place of eternal torment? Hell, in the Biblical sense, is simply the common grave of mankind, where all activity has ceased.
Is not this definition of hell more logical and in harmony with Scripture? What crime, however horrible, could cause a God of love to torture a person endlessly? (1 John 4:8) But if hellfire is a myth, what about heaven?
Compare these Bible verses: Psalm 146:3, 4; Acts 2:25-27; Romans 6:7, 23
FACT:
God does not punish people in hell....

Myth 1:  The Soul Is Immortal...       ( following  2  and  3...)
What is the origin of the myth? “The early Christian philosophers adopted the Greek concept of the soul’s immortality and thought of the soul as being created by God and infused into the body at conception.”— The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1988), Volume 11, page 25.
What does the Bible say? “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”—Ezekiel 18:4, King James Version.
Regarding the creation of the first human soul, the Bible says: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came to be a living soul [Hebrew, ne?phesh].”—Genesis 2:7.
The Hebrew word ne?phesh, translated “soul,” means ‘a creature that breathes.’ When God created the first man, Adam, He did not infuse into him an immortal soul but the life force that is maintained by breathing. Therefore, “soul” in the Biblical sense refers to the entire living being. If separated from the life force originally given by God, the soul dies.—Genesis 3:19; Ezekiel 18:20.
The doctrine of the immortality of the soul raised questions: Where do souls go after death? What happens to the souls of the wicked? When nominal Christians adopted the myth of the immortal soul, this led them to accept another myth—the teaching of hellfire.
Compare these Bible verses: Ecclesiastes 3:19; Matthew 10:28; Acts 3:23
FACT:
At death a person ceases to exist !

A  song  of  victory  -  No. 132 !!

How To Draw a realistic Eye painting in dry brush.....   WOW,  what  a  talent !!
BEAUTIFUL  DRAWING  

How Do You React to Warnings That Come From God Himself ?
The Bible vividly described long in advance the events that mark the last days. In connection with that, it urges us to consider “the days of Noah.” “In those days before the flood,” people were busy with the customary activities of life, though they were no doubt concerned about the prevalence of violence. As for the warning that God gave through his servant Noah, “they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.” (Matthew 24:37-39) Would you have heeded the warning? Do you do so now?
What if you had lived in Sodom, near the Dead Sea, in the days of the man Lot, a nephew of Abraham? The countryside was like a paradise. The city was prosperous. The people were carefree. In the days of Lot, “they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.” The society in which they lived was also grossly immoral. Would you have taken to heart the warning when Lot spoke out against bad practices? Would you have listened when he told you that God had determined to bring the city of Sodom to ruin? Or would you have treated it as a joke, as did Lot’s prospective sons-in-law? Might you possibly have begun to flee but then turned back, as did Lot’s wife? Though others did not take the warning seriously, on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, “it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.”—Luke 17:28, 29.
The majority in our day take no note. But these examples have been preserved in God’s Word as a warning to us, to encourage us to  KEEP ON THE WATCH !
( a good  example...)

How Do You React to Warnings That Come From God Himself ?
The Bible vividly described long in advance the events that mark the last days. In connection with that, it urges us to consider “the days of Noah.” “In those days before the flood,” people were busy with the customary activities of life, though they were no doubt concerned about the prevalence of violence. As for the warning that God gave through his servant Noah, “they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.” (Matthew 24:37-39) Would you have heeded the warning? Do you do so now?
What if you had lived in Sodom, near the Dead Sea, in the days of the man Lot, a nephew of Abraham? The countryside was like a paradise. The city was prosperous. The people were carefree. In the days of Lot, “they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.” The society in which they lived was also grossly immoral. Would you have taken to heart the warning when Lot spoke out against bad practices? Would you have listened when he told you that God had determined to bring the city of Sodom to ruin? Or would you have treated it as a joke, as did Lot’s prospective sons-in-law? Might you possibly have begun to flee but then turned back, as did Lot’s wife? Though others did not take the warning seriously, on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, “it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.”—Luke 17:28, 29.
The majority in our day take no note. But these examples have been preserved in God’s Word as a warning to us, to encourage us to  KEEP ON THE WATCH !
( a good  example...)

How Do You React to Warnings That Come From God Himself ?
The Bible vividly described long in advance the events that mark the last days. In connection with that, it urges us to consider “the days of Noah.” “In those days before the flood,” people were busy with the customary activities of life, though they were no doubt concerned about the prevalence of violence. As for the warning that God gave through his servant Noah, “they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.” (Matthew 24:37-39) Would you have heeded the warning? Do you do so now?
What if you had lived in Sodom, near the Dead Sea, in the days of the man Lot, a nephew of Abraham? The countryside was like a paradise. The city was prosperous. The people were carefree. In the days of Lot, “they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.” The society in which they lived was also grossly immoral. Would you have taken to heart the warning when Lot spoke out against bad practices? Would you have listened when he told you that God had determined to bring the city of Sodom to ruin? Or would you have treated it as a joke, as did Lot’s prospective sons-in-law? Might you possibly have begun to flee but then turned back, as did Lot’s wife? Though others did not take the warning seriously, on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, “it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.”—Luke 17:28, 29.
The majority in our day take no note. But these examples have been preserved in God’s Word as a warning to us, to encourage us to  KEEP ON THE WATCH !
( a good  example...)

How Do You React to Warnings That Come From God Himself ?
The Bible vividly described long in advance the events that mark the last days. In connection with that, it urges us to consider “the days of Noah.” “In those days before the flood,” people were busy with the customary activities of life, though they were no doubt concerned about the prevalence of violence. As for the warning that God gave through his servant Noah, “they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away.” (Matthew 24:37-39) Would you have heeded the warning? Do you do so now?
What if you had lived in Sodom, near the Dead Sea, in the days of the man Lot, a nephew of Abraham? The countryside was like a paradise. The city was prosperous. The people were carefree. In the days of Lot, “they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building.” The society in which they lived was also grossly immoral. Would you have taken to heart the warning when Lot spoke out against bad practices? Would you have listened when he told you that God had determined to bring the city of Sodom to ruin? Or would you have treated it as a joke, as did Lot’s prospective sons-in-law? Might you possibly have begun to flee but then turned back, as did Lot’s wife? Though others did not take the warning seriously, on the day that Lot came out of Sodom, “it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed them all.”—Luke 17:28, 29.
The majority in our day take no note. But these examples have been preserved in God’s Word as a warning to us, to encourage us to  KEEP ON THE WATCH !
( a good  example...)

A  VERY  NEW,  NICE  AND  MODERN  KINGDOM - HALL  IN  DANMARK....  NEVER  SEEN  BEFORE,
BEAUTIFUL   ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

OUR  DEAR  SMILING  SISTERS,  ON  THE  WAY  PREACHING  IN  COLD  WASHINGTON,  USA
THEY'RE  IN  A  GOOD  MOOD !        ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ?
TOGETHER  ITS  MORE  FUN,  ALL  ENJOYING 

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

A  VERY  NEW,  NICE  AND  MODERN  KINGDOM - HALL  IN  DANMARK....  NEVER  SEEN  BEFORE,
BEAUTIFUL   ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

A  VERY  NEW,  NICE  AND  MODERN  KINGDOM - HALL  IN  DANMARK....  NEVER  SEEN  BEFORE,
BEAUTIFUL   ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

Wednesday, December 27.  Daily text
I and the Father are one.—John 10:30.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2017/12/27

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

A  VERY  NEW,  NICE  AND  MODERN  KINGDOM - HALL  IN  DANMARK....  NEVER  SEEN  BEFORE,
BEAUTIFUL   ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?

LOOK  OUR  LITTLE  SISTER....   SHE  WAS  NOT  DRAWING  A  FIR - TREE... / Xmas TREE...  NO,  SHE  WAS  DRAWING  A  WONDERFUL  APPLE -  OR   FANTASY - TREE    AND  ITS  TOTALLY  OKAY  FOR  ALL  OTHER  KIDDIES 
BRAVO,  LITTLE  GIRL  -  JEHOVAH  WILL  BLESS  YOU      ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•. ? ? ?