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“Stand still and show yourself attentive to the wonderful works of God.”—JOB 37:14. ??????? Behold the Doer of Wonderful Things! ??????? David wrote: “Many things you yourself have done, O Jehovah my God, even your wonderful works . . . Were I inclined to tell and speak of them, they have become more numerous than I can recount.” (Psalm 40:5) ??????? He certainly did not mean, though, that he would keep silent about these grand works. David proved this by his determination expressed at Psalm 9:1: “I will laud you, O Jehovah, with all my heart; I will declare all your wonderful works." ??????? Mishaka pond, Nagano, Japan via GANREF | 静寂の刻 IMG_4178.mov

Give Attention to God’s Wonderful Works “Many things you yourself have done, O Jehovah my God, even your wonderful works and your thoughts toward us; there is none to be compared to you.”—PSALM 40:5. ??????? WHEN you read the Bible, you can readily see that God did wonderful things for his ancient people, Israel. (Joshua 3:5; Psalm 106:7, 21, 22) ??????? Even if Jehovah is not presently intervening in that way in human affairs, we find around us abundant proof of his wonderful works. So we have reason to join the psalmist in saying: “How many your works are, O Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions.”—Psalm 104:24; 148:1-5. ??????? Many today ignore or reject such clear evidence of the Creator’s activities. (Romans 1:20) ??????? We, however, do well to reflect on them and to draw conclusions relative to our position before and duty toward our Maker. Job chapters 38 to 41 are excellent aids in this, for Jehovah there called to Job’s attention certain aspects of His wonderful works. ??????? https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2001281?q=job+38&p=par

Do You Share Jehovah’s Sense of Justice? ⚖️⚖️⚖️ “I will declare the name of Jehovah . . . , a God of faithfulness who is never unjust.”—DEUTERONOMY 32:3, 4. ⚖️ 25 "Trembling at men is a snare, But the one trusting in Jehovah will be protected." (Proverbs 29:25) ⚖️ Humility protects us from losing our faith in Jehovah ⚖️ Clearly, Naboth was obedient to Jehovah ⚖️ TWO bad men accuse a man of a very serious crime. What they say is a lie. But the man is found guilty and is to be executed. Imagine how people who loved justice felt as they watched this innocent man and his sons being stoned to death! This is not just a story. It is what really happened to a faithful servant of Jehovah named Naboth, who lived when King Ahab ruled Israel.—1 Kings 21:11-13; 2 Kings 9:26. ⚖️ Naboth was faithful to Jehovah at a time when most Israelites were following the bad example of King Ahab and his wife, wicked Queen Jezebel. They worshipped the false god Baal and did not respect Jehovah or his laws. But Naboth valued his relationship with Jehovah even more than his own life. ⚖️ Read 1 Kings 21:1-3. When Ahab offered to buy Naboth’s vineyard or to give him a better vineyard in exchange, Naboth refused. ⚖️ Why? He respectfully explained: “It is unthinkable, from Jehovah’s standpoint, for me to give you the inheritance of my forefathers.” Naboth refused King Ahab’s offer because it was against Jehovah’s law for Israelites to sell their family inheritance permanently. (Leviticus 25:23;Numbers 36:7) ⚖️ Clearly, Naboth was obedient to Jehovah. ⚖️ When Naboth refused to sell his vineyard, King Ahab and his wife did terrible things. In order to get the vineyard, Queen Jezebel asked two men to accuse Naboth of a crime he had not committed. As a result, both Naboth and his sons were killed. What did Jehovah do about this tragic injustice? ⚖️ Right away Jehovah sent Elijah to confront Ahab. Elijah told Ahab that he was a murderer and a thief. What was Jehovah’s decision? Ahab, his wife, and his sons would be killed, as had been Naboth and his sons.—1 Kings 21:17-25. ⚖️ Naboth’s family and friends grieved over the terrible things Ahab had done. But Jehovah saw the injustice and quickly responded to it. That must have been comforting to them. However, their humility and trust in Jehovah were probably tested by what happened next. ⚖️ When Ahab heard what Jehovah had decided to do to him, “he ripped his garments apart and put sackcloth on his body; and he went on a fast and kept lying down in sackcloth and walking despondently.” Ahab humbled himself! ⚖️ What was the result? Jehovah told Elijah: “Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the calamity during his lifetime. I will bring the calamity upon his house in the days of his son.” (1 Kings 21:27-29; 2 Kings 10:10, 11, 17) ⚖️ Jehovah, “the examiner of hearts,” the one who can see who we really are, showed mercy to Ahab.—Proverbs 17:3. ⚖️ When Naboth’s family and friends heard that Ahab’s family would not be punished until after Ahab died, that may have tested their faith in God. But humility would have helped them to protect their faith. Why? ⚖️ If they were humble, they would continue worshipping Jehovah, trusting that it is impossible for God to be unfair. (Read Deuteronomy 32:3, 4.) ⚖️ In the future, Naboth’s family will experience the blessing of seeing their loved ones in the resurrection. There will be perfect justice for Naboth and his sons. (Job 14:14, 15; John 5:28, 29) ⚖️ A humble person knows that “the true God will judge every deed, including every hidden thing, as to whether it is good or bad.” (Ecclesiastes 12:14) ⚖️ Jehovah considers facts that are not known to us. So humility protects us from losing our faith in Jehovah. ⚖️ https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/402017370?q=prov+29%3A25&p=par

WISDOM FROM THE BIBLE The Bible acknowledges . . . “Money is a protection.”—ECCLESIASTES 7:12. However, the Bible warns . . . “The one hastening to get rich will not remain innocent.”—PROVERBS 28:20. “Those who are determined to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many senseless and harmful desires.”—1 TIMOTHY 6:9. Therefore, the Bible recommends . . . “Let your way of life be free of the love of money.”—HEBREWS 13:5. “Guard against every sort of greed, because even when a person has an abundance, his life does not result from the things he possesses.”—LUKE 12:15. “Do not forget to do good and to share what you have with others.”—HEBREWS 13:16. What are the benefits? “There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.”—ACTS 20:35. “The generous person will prosper, and whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”—PROVERBS 11:25. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102015324?q=money&p=par#h=49

Do You Love Money? - Is Money Your Master or Your Servant? ? DO YOU suffer from money sickness syndrome? Reportedly, this condition afflicts a large percentage of the world’s population. What is it? ? “The love of money is the root of all evil.” (1 Timothy 6:10, King James Version) ? Some people have indeed developed a fondness for money and have devoted themselves to the accumulation of riches. Some have become slaves of money and have reaped tragic consequences. ? When managed properly, however, money can be a useful tool. The Bible acknowledges that “money solves a lot of problems.”—Ecclesiastes 10:19, (Holy Bible—Easy-to-Read Version) ? Although the Bible does not claim to be a financial handbook, it does contain practical advice that can help you to manage money wisely. The following five steps are commonly recommended by financial advisers, and they are consistent with principles recorded in the Bible long ago. ? What is your attitude toward money? How does the volatile nature of the world’s economy affect you? Is money your master or your servant? Perhaps you do not experience the symptoms of the so-called money sickness syndrome. ? Still, whether wealthy or poor, we are all vulnerable to the ill effects of money worries. Consider how adjustments in the way you handle your finances may bring you more peace of mind and a happier life. ? Money may be your master if . . . ?□ You avoid discussing finances because of the anxiety it causes ?□ Money is often the subject of family squabbles ?□ You spend compulsively ?□ You worry constantly about bills ?□ You are not sure how much you earn ?□ You are not sure how much you spend ?□ You are not sure how much you owe ?□ Your bills are often bigger than what you expect ?□ You often pay your bills late ?□ You are able to make only the minimum payment on credit card bills ?□ You pay your bills with money earmarked for other things ?□ You take on extra work just to pay bills ?□ You have taken out new loans to pay off old ones ?□ You use savings to pay routine bills ?□ You find it nearly impossible to get to the end of the month without running out of money ?□ You feel pressure to accumulate large sums of money ?□ You suffer physical and/or psychological symptoms resulting from money-related stress

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“I will call forth against [Gog] throughout all my mountainous region a sword,” is the utterance of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. “Against his own brother the sword of each one will come to be.”—Ezek. 38:21

7 "Look! I am coming quickly... !(Rev.22:7) With regard to Christ’s coming, the Bible says: “Look! He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him.” (Revelation 1:7) People will not see him with their literal eyes. Since his ascension to heaven, Jesus is a spirit person “who dwells in unapproachable light, whom not one of men has seen or can see.”—1 Timothy 6:16. Jesus does not need to take on a human form to be “seen” by the inhabitants of the earth any more than Jehovah needed to do so when he brought the Ten Plagues on the Egyptians in the days of Moses. The people of that time had no doubt that Jehovah was causing the plagues, and they were forced to recognize his power. (Exodus 12:31) In a similar way, when Christ takes action as God’s Executioner, the wicked will be forced to “see,” or perceive, that Jesus is being used by God to judge them. They will know this because mankind will have been warned in advance. Yes, “every eye will see [Jesus], and all the tribes of the earth will beat themselves in grief because of him.”—Revelation 1:7. The destruction of the wicked and the removal of wicked rulership are essential before true peace and prosperity can be restored to the earth. Christ will accomplish that. Then he will take full control of all affairs on the earth, and momentous changes will follow. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007201#h=8:0-9:692 IMG_1705.mov IMG_2572.mov IMG_3860.mov

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“To the one who conquers and observes my deeds down to the end, I will give authority over the nations, and he will shepherd the people with an iron rod so that they will be broken to pieces like clay vessels, just as I have received from my Father.” (Rev. 2:26, 27) So Christ’s heavenly armies will also include his anointed brothers, who by then will have received their heavenly reward. The anointed corulers will be at his side when he accomplishes “awe-inspiring things” while shepherding the nations with an iron rod. After destroying Satan’s wicked system of things on earth, Christ ‘in his splendor’ will “go on to victory.” (Ps. 45:4) He will complete his conquest by abyssing Satan and his demons for the full length of the Thousand Year Reign. (Rev. 20:2, 3) With the Devil and his angels then in a state of deathlike inactivity, earth’s inhabitants will be free of satanic influence and will be able to live in total subjection to their victorious and glorious King. Before they see the earth gradually transformed into a global paradise, however, they will have another reason to rejoice with their King and his heavenly associates. God’s delegating vast authority and power to creatures (Mt 28:18; Re 2:26, 27; 3:21) in this way is noteworthy inasmuch as the question of the integrity of all God’s creatures, that is, their wholehearted devotion to him and their loyalty to his headship, formed a vital part of the issue raised by God’s Adversary. That God could confidently entrust any of his creatures with such remarkable authority and power would in itself be a splendid testimony to the moral strength of his rule, contributing to the vindication of Jehovah’s sovereignty and exposing the falsity of his adversary’s allegations. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200002615?q=rev+2%3A26%2C27&p=par

"For they will draw from the abundant wealth of the seas, And the hidden hoards of the sand.” (Deut.33:19). ????????? In blessing the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar, Moses said that they would “draw the abounding wealth of the seas and the hidden hoards of the sand.” (De 33:18, 19) This may mean that they would be blessed with the riches of sea and land. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200003829#h=4 2 Pictures 1 moving 1 GIF IMG_4037.MP4

"The Kingdom of the heavens is like leaven that a woman took and mixed with three large measures of flour until the whole mass was fermented."—Matt. 13:33. Leaven: That is, a small piece of fermented dough held over from a previous kneading and mixed into a new batch of dough to make it rise. Jesus here refers to the normal process of baking bread. Although the Bible often uses leaven to represent sin and corruption (see study note on Mt 16:6), it does not always have a negative connotation (Le 7:11-15). Here the fermenting process evidently pictures the spread of something good. The leaven (Mt 13:33). Again, the subject is “the kingdom of the heavens.” The “three large measures” are three saʹta, that is, three seahs, equaling a total of about 22 L (20 dry qt) of flour. The amount of leaven would be small in comparison, but it affects everything around it. What aspect of the Kingdom is illustrated in this illustration? Like leaven, spiritual growth related to the Kingdom is often unseen to human eyes, but it is constant, and it is pervasive. Like leaven in a large measure of flour, the Kingdom-preaching work that prompts spiritual growth has expanded to the point that the Kingdom is now preached “to the most distant part of the earth.”—Acts 1:8. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200002147#h=41:0-41:682 "El Reino de los cielos es como levadura que una mujer tomó y mezcló con tres grandes medidas de harina hasta que toda la masa fue fermentada". 13:33. Leaven: Es decir, un pedazo pequeño de masa fermentada se sostuvo de un amasado anterior y se mezcló en un nuevo lote de masa para hacerla subir. Jesús aquí se refiere al proceso normal de hornear el pan. Aunque la Biblia a menudo usa levadura para representar el pecado y la corrupción (ver nota de estudio en Mt 16: 6), no siempre tiene una connotación negativa (Le 7: 11-15). Aquí el proceso de fermentación evidentemente representa la difusión de algo bueno. La levadura (Mt 13:33). Una vez más, el sujeto es "el reino de los cielos". Las "tres medidas grandes" son tres sa'ta, es decir, tres seahs, igualando un total de aproximadamente 22 L (20 qt seco) de harina. La cantidad de levadura sería pequeña en comparación, pero afecta a todo lo que la rodea. ¿Qué aspecto del Reino se ilustra en esta ilustración? Como la levadura, el crecimiento espiritual relacionado con el Reino a menudo no se ve a los ojos humanos, pero es constante, y es omnipresente. Como la levadura en una gran medida de harina, la obra de predicación del Reino que impulsa el crecimiento espiritual se ha expandido hasta el punto de que el Reino es ahora predicado "hasta la parte más lejana de la tierra." - Hechos 1: 8.

"Llamaré contra [Gog] por toda mi región montañosa una espada —es la expresión del Señor Soberano Jehová—. Contra su propio hermano la espada de cada uno llegará a estar." (Ezeq. 38:21)

@Aruna I only watch weather and news some days. Nothing else any good. Even some wildlife channels are violent. Jehovah will bring even peace to the whole earth even them. "All your sons will be persons taught by Jehovah, and the peace of yoursons will be abundant.” (Isaiah 54:13) He's teaching us now how to be citizens of the New World ? Blessings! ????☀️??

Nimrod took opposition to Jehovah’s rule. Nimrod is described as being “a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah.” “[God] wiped every living thing from the surface of the earth."—Gen. 7:23.

@SHARON LEE MOYER Thank you Agape ?????

@admin when I have no wifi they can't track me. So can't use then. I also have a iPhone ? it's says forbidden ? also. Oh well..,

However, His Anger and hot to destroy his opposers! Soon a relief in Heaven and Earth ?

@Tracey Anne Smith Disney has always been dark. Sorcery is ok and witches. That's what they teach children, then beg parents to buy gifts from the movies ? to remember the evil? Big business and lies to teach children it's ok to have a dark side and to seek vengeance to others with magic and demons that fly. ????

@Kurt Thank you I will share!