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Never Be Anxious! 
Dealing with anxiety about         your past 

3 "My whole body is sick
because of your indignation.
There is no peace within my bones because of my sin."

 4 "For my errors loom over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear."
 
8 "I have grown numb and become completely crushed; My anguished heart makes me groan aloud."

18 "I confessed my error;
I was troubled by my sin."

 5 "Finally I confessed my sin to you; I did not cover my error.
I said: “I will confess my transgressions to Jehovah.”
And you pardoned the error of my sins."
(Psalms 32:5) NWT

32 "Happy is the one whose transgression is pardoned, whose sin is covered."

 2 "Happy is the man whom Jehovah does not charge with guilt, In whose spirit there is no deceit."

 3 "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away because of my groaning all day long."
(Psalms 32:1-3) NWT

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Why We Must Be Holy 

JEHOVAH expects all of his servants to be holy. Even though holiness is mentioned throughout the entire Bible, this quality is most often referred to in the book of Leviticus. Understanding and appreciating this book will help us to know how we can be holy.

"You must be holy, because I am holy." (Leviticus 11:45)

As Jehovah’s worshippers, all of us must follow the example of Jesus, who kept his integrity to God. We must strictly obey God’s guidance found in the Bible and in this way avoid “grieving God’s holy spirit.” (Ephesians 4:30) Be determined to make “straight paths for your feet.”—Hebrews 12:13.

SOME EXPRESSIONS EXPLAINED
* To be holy: To be morally and physically pure and clean. Also, to be exclusively devoted to doing Jehovah’s will. We remain holy when we live in a way that pleases Jehovah and avoid doing anything that is condemned in the Bible

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HOLINESS IS REQUIRED BEFORE JEHOVAH! TO BE HOLY AND CLEAN! 

The washing of Aaron and his sons.

5 "Moses now said to the assembly: “This is what Jehovah has commanded us to do.6 So Moses brought Aaron and his sons near and washed them with water." NWT 

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20 hours ago, Queen Esther said:

@Bible Speaks. Thank you very much for your detailed comment !  All kids are little different after growing, but the parents are very importend, yes. Kids very good watching and imitate their parents. Many parents have luck, but also kids going away in the Teen age... maybe coming back later. It does give no system for that.  Yes, love can be a very good example.

My girlfriend has 4 children, but only her youngest boy is in the Truth and a young Elder today  she is very happy ! My son is a Brother too, but no Elder. Different reasons....   You have really luck with your 4 children ! 

In my congregation are many young mature kids, thats also a big joy ?

Queen Esther: Yes, even in a divided household we try our best to reach their hearts. We never know how they will turn out, but one thing is; Jehovah helped my youngest to see the truth of me when he left for Bethel. The love and honor he received respectively in coming to Bethel made him think about his life. Even though he pioneered for years and was used at a Branch to cover in the Dominica, Jehovah took his hand. He has brought much joy to my heart now, as circumstances made him look like I was the opposer, but coming under Jehovah's wing so to speak, for the first time hugged and said he loved me, that he only had one study all his life at home, my husband was busy with his own interests, so had no time to study with him. With my spiritual upbringing it helped him so much. He wished he could comment like I did he would say to me.  I said Jehovah is teaching you. This he is doing, he had speech problems when young and ADD, which was hard on him. Resources I used for his health, Jehovah and practice, changed him. I am happy he is now giving talks at Bethel. Perhaps one day I told him, you will have greater gifts perhaps giving talks at Assemblies. It touched my heart he finally saw his mother, Jehovah took his hand. So never give up, Jehovah reads the hearts and one day they may also do more in Jehovah's service. Jehovah gave me a present in him. I am forever grateful. He was just asked to stay another three years last Summer at Bethel. He is gifted and loved, I am happy Jehovah takes care of him now. Keep showing love to them, one day that love will come back to you. Never give up! 

19 hours ago, John Lindsay Barltrop said:

.........a dog - going places, with the Good News of God's Kingdom!

John Lindsay Barltrop: Ok got this! I'd share a bag anyway with a puppie dog  like this! He would make me "smile" and "laugh!" Sometimes a dog is called a "man's best friend!" However, can it also be a "woman's best friend?" Ha! I'd travel around the world without my husband, he was like never leave the chair waiting for work to come in...So I would go and travel!! I would have loved to have this puppy dog as my companion! Do you think like I could count time with his advertising sign? 

14 hours ago, John Lindsay Barltrop said:

................slaves, but there will be no buyer.” (Deut.68:28) NWT 

Dear sister.........a slip of the mind, no doubt.........Deut. 28:68, not the other way around.........sorry, just being pedantic!!!!

 

New World Translation quote?

John Lindsay? 

2 hours ago, David Normand said:

A couple of Jehovah's Witnesses and a Jehovah's Witnesses couple are both correct. Low-cut is in the eye of the beholder. Unless the brother officiating at the wedding objects then there should not be any problem.  

You see more cleavage in a bathing suit, correct? Modesty is what we should have everyday! My 2 cents! ???

28 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

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Bible Speaks:

First of all I have been on the Archive for somewhere around 5 years and more, and made over 6,400 comments, and you must have just discovered my postings.  My outrageous sense of humor is certainly an acquired taste... if EVER adjusted for. 

Some people enjoy my satirical, biting comments some don't ..... but I try to give insight in to how people work, and WHY people do things ... of COURSE based on my particular life experiences and observations.

With some people, having similar perspectives and life experiences as my own, they will INSTANTLY get what I was trying to say with this post, REALIZE it's only a joke, laugh, and move on and have a nice day.

Other people will have reactions from mild entertainment, to understanding NOTHING .. the worst being the convening of a witch hunt.

..and as far a something upsetting me .... in the case of Global Thermonuclear War, I plan to get a lawn chair, and a case of beer, and sit out in the middle of my street, and watch the show!

 

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James: I understand you having humor! We need to "smile" admist a wicked world. All my life I was raised very strict on Jehovah and his ways. This grounds me to many of the worlds ways. Much today is only meant to break our integrity to Jehovah and his Government under Christ. I pray for so many having problems and attacks by Satan and his enemies. Yes life will be better soon! Thank you for responding and I know you are a respected member. I will just leave you with some encouragement from an article I read on the end of this wicked world if you don't mind me?

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Jesus states in his prophecy about the conclusion of this system of things: “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and its agitation. People will become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.” (Luke 21:25-27.

Will the fulfillment of this prophecy include frightening signs and events in the literal heavens? We will have to wait and see. But whatever the case, the signs will cause terror and panic in the hearts of God’s enemies.
he resulting war of Armageddon will lead to the magnifying of Jehovah’s holy name. (Rev. 16:16) At that time, all goatlike ones “will depart into everlasting cutting-off.” The earth will finally be cleansed of all wickedness, and the great crowd will pass through the final part of the great tribulation. 

With these exciting events ahead of us, what should each of us now be doing? The apostle Peter was inspired to write: “Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, consider what sort of people you ought to be in holy acts of conduct and deeds of godly devotion, as you await and keep close in mind the presence of the day of Jehovah . . . Therefore, beloved ones, since you are awaiting these things, do your utmost to be found finally by him spotless and unblemished and in peace.” (2 Pet. 3:11, 12, 14) Let us, then, be resolved to remain spiritually clean, supporting the King of Peace.

Thank you, James Thomas          ???

10 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

.WARNING!   If you have absolutely NO sense of humor, please do not continue ....

... and now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT , depending on your perceptive abilities ...

A Meme' from the 1982 Movie by Mel Brooks -  "History of the World - Part I"

 

 

James: Perhaps you have a wrong conception of this site and post? We love one another and are grateful for pictures around the world that encourage us and help others to learn more about Jehovah God. No matter who is President, Jesus Christ is King. Some of "the Bride" are still on earth. We know that. So we know that administration will be true and bring blessings to all mankind. Are you not grateful for that administration? No human government can bring peace and happiness to humankind. If a picture shows one of this "Bride", no worries you may never see this person again if indeed he dies and goes to heaven to rule with Christ. We respect and men and women of all "sorts". Gratitude is humbling and so is love and respect for others. If this picture upset you, just scroll by? It might be your personal opinion but not of the majority. May you find peace and joy in this New Government by Christ as God's King Designate. 

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4 hours ago, Blind Boy Grunt said:

Looks like you can't help running this photo once again expressing your feelings AGAINST the Branch & FDS for producing these amazing videos and encouraging us to use them.

Once the organization says do our ministry in a certain way, then we do it. If personal preferences entered into it, some would still be using phonographs.

The chariot's on the move. Better get on board.

Blind Boy: Some people enjoy photos, some do not have iPads or iPhones to upload videos like they want. A picture says a thousand words. Be joyful in any encouragement you receive these days. The end is soon. So love, kindness and understanding to others. Both ways will work this site goes all around the world, I am joyful and thank Jehovah for any encouragement or picture or video that we can share. We are a united people, be happy and show love for others. Your name might change right?  

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2 hours ago, Micael Frost said:

I have 4 adult children. Two of them were particularly "mature". Doing bible reading at 6 etc etc. I regret A LOT and wish I had more knowledge and wisdom at that time. I know exactly what I am talking about. What is your personal experience? 

Michael: I also raised four children. I had to set a good example, my husband was not a spiritual man and didn't study with the children. I could not usurp his position before God as the head of the house. I tried my best to teach them by example and I see now they are grown it was very good for them. I was raised as a Witness and loved to teach and help people. I taught my children to love others too. Even that quality of Jehovah is one of his greatest attributes. If there is Love that is the laws fulfillment. So children mimic what they see. I was not a perfect parent, but love I learned from my Father, Jehovah, if that's all a child learns that will complete them. My four children are grown, one at Bethel, one an Elder, one a MS servant, one a full time pioneer, her husband an Elder. I would say, love Jehovah, love your children, set a good example, if as a man you direct them to grow and mature in a Godly way, then you will have success. If you can't do much, love is the laws fulfillment and that in itself will be the nurturing direction and you will be blessed. That was my experience from a 45 year marriage. Thank you, Bible Speaks ???

What is important in your life? What Highway are YOU on? Hopefully the Highway of Holiness? 
(Isaiah 35:9-10)

35:8 "And a highway will be there,
Yes, a way called the Way of Holiness.
The unclean one will not travel on it.
It is reserved for the one walking on the way;
No one foolish will stray onto it.
 9 No lion will be there,
And no vicious wild beasts will come on it.
They will not be found there;
Only the repurchased ones will walk there.
10 Those redeemed by Jehovah will return and come to Zion with a joyful cry.
Unending joy will crown their heads.
Exultation and rejoicing will be theirs,
And grief and sighing will flee away." NWT

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8 “Remember, please, the word that you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples. 9 But if you return to me and observe my commandments and obey them, though your dispersed people should be at the end of the heavens, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place that I have chosen to have my name reside.’" (Neh.1:8,9)  

68 "And Jehovah will certainly bring you back to Egypt by ship,  by the way that I told you, ‘You    will never see it again, and there you will have to sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.” (Deut.68:28) NWT 

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17 "Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, coming down from the Father of the celestial lights, who does not vary or change like the shifting shadows." (James 1:17) NWT 

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Have Faith in God’s Prophetic Word!

“We have the prophetic word made more sure.”—2 Peter 1:19.

"In the days of those kings,” said the prophecy, “the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite.” (Daniel 2:44)

When “the appointed times of the nations” ended in 1914, God established the heavenly Kingdom under Christ. (Luke 21:24;Revelation 12:1-5)

By divine power the Messianic Kingdom “stone” was then cut out of the “mountain” of God’s universal sovereignty.

At Armageddon that stone will strike the image and grind it to powder. As a governmental mountain affecting “the whole earth,” the Messianic Kingdom will stand forever.—Daniel 2:35, 45; Revelation 16:14, 16.

What are the prospects of loyal supporters of the anointed? They too have faith in God’s prophetic word, and their hope rests on entering the earthly Paradise. (Luke 23:39-43)

There they will drink from a life-sustaining “river of water of life” and will find healing from “the leaves of the trees” planted alongside it. (Revelation 22:1, 2)

If you have such a wonderful hope, may you continue to demonstrate deep love for Jehovah and faith in his prophetic word.

May you be among those who experience the unbounded joy of everlasting life in the Paradise earth.

The meek will inhabit the earth, and “they will indeed find their exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.” (Psalm 37:11)

Psalm 97:10

• 10 "O you who love Jehovah,  hate  what is bad. He is guarding the lives of his loyal ones; He rescues them from the hand of the wicked."
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Jehovah is the rightful Sovereign, worthy of worship and praise. “You, whose name is Jehovah, you alone are the Most High over all the earth,” we read at Psalm 83:18.

Several psalms praise Jehovah for his works of creation, such as the starry heavens, the wonders of life on earth, and the marvels of the human body. (Psalms 8, 19, 139, 148)

Others glorify Jehovah as the God who acts to save and protect those loyal to him. (Psalms 18,138) Psalm 97.

Still others exalt him as the God of justice, who brings relief to the oppressed and punishment to the wicked.—Psalms 11,68, 146.

Jehovah brings help and comfort to those who love him. 

Perhaps the most famous psalm is the 23rd, in which David describes Jehovah as a loving Shepherd, who guides, protects, and cares for his sheep. Psalm 65:2 reminds God’s worshippers that Jehovah is the “Hearer of prayer.” Many who have fallen into serious wrongdoing have found great comfort in Psalms 39 and 51, where David puts his repentance over grave errors into heartfelt words and expresses his faith in Jehovah’s forgiveness. Psalm 55:22 contains an exhortation to trust in Jehovah and to put all personal burdens on Him.

Preserve the Positive Spirit of the Congregation  

10 "Now I urge you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you should all speak in agreement and that there should be no divisions among you, but that you may be completely united in the same mind and in the same line of thought."

Each congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses today shows a certain spirit, or general attitude. Some congregations are known for being kind and loving. Others show great zeal in supporting the preaching work and the full-time ministry. When all of us work hard to have a good attitude, we help the congregation to remain united and to keep its good spirit. 

But when individuals have a bad attitude, this may influence those in the congregation to do less in God’s service, lose zeal for the ministry, and even tolerate serious sin. (1 Corinthians 5:1; Revelation 3:15, 16) 

What spirit does your congregation show? How can you help to encourage a good spirit in the congregation?

ENCOURAGE A GOOD SPIRIT IN THE CONGREGATION

When we are hospitable to our brothers and sisters, we also encourage love in the congregation. In the final chapter of his letter to the Hebrews, Paul wrote: “Let your brotherly love continue. Do not forget hospitality.” (Hebrews 13:1, 2) 

Friendship and confidentiality also strengthen the love among our brothers and sisters

BE ENTHUSIASTIC IN THE MINISTRY

If we want the congregation to have a good spirit, we should have zeal, or enthusiasm, for the field service.

DO NOT COMPLAIN OR HIDE SERIOUS SIN

ENCOURAGE “THE ONENESS OF THE SPIRIT”

When we obey the instruction that Jehovah’s organization gives us from the Bible and follow the direction of the elders, we show that we are “earnestly endeavoring to observe the oneness of the spirit in the uniting bond of peace.”—Ephesians 4:3.

SOME EXPRESSIONS EXPLAINED
• Spirit of the congregation: attitude of the congregation

• Oneness of the spirit: unity

• Zeal for the ministry: enthusiasm   for field service

• Murmuring: to make a habit of complaining

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18 hours ago, ARchiv@L said:

I also have that same question. How is it possible to see the invitation on the internet, before the official invitation !!

it means that if I see it on the internet, then someone else already had added it. 

thank you.

ARchiv@L: Not following directions though? We must respect guidelines. I shared it, then people complained so I took it down. I know Jehovah will give us everything at the right time. Agape, Bible Speaks ???

17 "For Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the God great, mighty, and awe-inspiring, who treats none with partiality and does not accept a bribe."

(Deuteronomy 10:17) NWT jw.org

8 "Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because God is love." (1 John 4:8) NWT jw.org

“In case my own father and my own mother did leave me, even Jehovah himself would take me up.” 
(Psalm 27:10) NWT jw.org

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"I will wait all the days 
of my compulsory service
Until my relief comes. You            will call, and I will answer you.      You will long for the work of         your hands."
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