Bible Speaks

I was born a Roman Catholic. I had been devoted to God since I was a child and was serving him since I was in high school. I was planning on becoming a Catholic Nun. In high school I read Matthew, which taught me many interesting things about the future that I was not being taught. Then at 17, when I was babysitting, there were Jehovah’s Witnesses' books and brochures at the home, which I read while babysitting. I saw the pictures showing how bad people would become. I said to myself, “People will NEVER get THAT bad". But at that point, I decided that I could NOT become a Nun because what I had read was so VERY different from anything taught by the Church. I always wanted to serve God, but before I devoted my life to God, I wanted to be sure that I was serving the TRUE God. So I began searching to find the truth.
 
I had ALWAYS believed that the Bible was truly God's Word and not man's, so I knew that the truth would be in the Bible. I spent the next two decades studying the Bible and searching for early copies of the Bible to learn what was REALLY God's message. It became impossible to learn the truth.
 
I always respected the way Jehovah’s Witnesses knew and used the Bible so thoroughly. So I began accepting regular "informal" return visits from two sisters who gave me the NWT Bible. But I was still not ready to study formally.
 
Many years passed. Then one day a brother came to the door and showed me the book What Does the Bible REALLY Teach?  When I saw that the Jehovah’s Witnesses had a book that actually taught what the Bible REALLY teaches, I immediately started a formal Bible study, believing that I had FINALLY found the TRUTH!!! As I started learning what the Bible REALLY says, I quickly learned that (1) "JEHOVAH"  was God's name! And I saw similar pictures to what I had seen when I was young which show how bad people would become. Since it was decades since I last saw those pictures, I could see that (2) this prophesy had COME TRUE! These two things proved to me that Jehovah’s Witnesses MUST have God’s truth!

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Very nice! Thank you for Sharing! The Truth will set us Free! ? John 8:3. 

ME MARRY YOU?  NEVER! ~ ????
Our young sister of six years old told her father that she would like to marry the circuit overseer that visits their congregation at that time.
The father met the C.O. at the meeting and told him what his daughter had said. The C.O. smiled at her then she smiled back at him.
After some months the circuit overseer returned to the little sister's congregation. When our young sister saw him she frowned and refused to say a greeting to him.
The C.O. noticed this and walk up to the young girl and said : Hello, you remember the promise you made? That you are going to marry me?
Our little sister said : Me marry you? Never! I can't marry someone that comes to the meeting once or twice in a year. You are weak and won't make a good husband for me.”
The circuit overseer laughed. Our little sister does not know that circuit overseer's only visit a congregation once in 6 months!!!! 
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FROZEN IN TIME? ~ ?????
Photography by @stephenwilkes. Thinking of the bitter cold of the last 10 days and watching the massive winter storm Grayson, the" bomb cyclone" pound the East Coast with heavy snow and strong winds. I photographed the Hudson River from the air and found this lone boat trapped by the frozen ice. The patterns created by the ice reminded me of a mosaic. Ice (in its most common form) floats on liquid water, which is an important feature in Earth's biosphere, but it also creates abstract beauty. Hoping everyone stays safe and warm. 
#GOESEast #BombCyclone #noreaster #blizzard2018

I’m just getting ready you say storm is over? - Crazy just found my Sweater! - ???????

Yes...every day since I have known the truth!!

He never fails to give us hope and his promises will never fail!

10 Reasons Your Children Should Own a Pet ~ ??????????????
10 Reasons Your Children Should Own a Pet
1. Responsibility
Children with pets develop a sense of responsibility and care for others early on in life. Pets need care and attention all the time. They depend on their humans to feed, entertain, and exercise them. Children who are active in raising their pets usually learn how to be empathetic and compassionate. Learning how to be responsible for another creature will allow the youngsters to better take care of themselves as well.
It is important for pet owners to help their children take care of the pets, gradually releasing responsibility to them over time. When they are young, children can help their parents fill the water or food bowls. As they get older, the assistance can gradually increase.
2. Self-Confidence
Along with responsibility for a pet comes the building of self-confidence. When children are successful at raising their pets, they feel good about themselves.
In turn, their self-esteem increases and they carry a confident air about them. They are, in a sense, proud of their accomplishments.
3. Less Prone to Allergies and Asthma
Multiple studies over the years have shown that children who grow up with pets are less prone to develop allergies and asthma. When exposed to pet dander and other allergens before the age of one, children tend to develop stronger immune systems.
Results published inClinical and Experimental Allergy state that boys who grew up with indoor pets were half as likely to develop severe allergies later on in life.
4. Exercise and Play
Pets, especially dogs, need exercise and play. The activities that children participate in with their pets are usually physical.
This allows boys and girls to stay fit. In general, families spend more time outside when they have pets. The sunshine and fresh air are good for everyone. Learning about the need for exercise for pets to stay healthy helps children apply the same concepts to their own wellbeing.
5. Calm
Pets tend to bring about a sense of calm for children. Some youngsters are more relaxed around their pets than other humans. Like adults, children turn to their pets when they are feeling sad, angry, or otherwise upset. Magically, pets will bring peace to the situation and provide their humans with unconditional love.
6. Relieve Stress
Along the same lines of keeping children calm, dogs are also great to have around as stress relievers. Being around dogs can be extremely therapeutic for the entire family. Just cuddling with the family pooch can bring about a sense of safety and security for children, let alone the rest of the family. Often, people turn to their dogs for comfort. They make good sounding boards as they are good listeners and never talk back. They never try to give advice when it is not wanted. They are simply there as calming influences for people who are flustered and stressed out.
Although cats are not as compassionate, as pets, they can still help relieve undue stress. There is something to be said when cats cuddle up. Their soft coats and purring can help their owners feels a sense of calm. There are gentle sides to cats – they just donÂ’t like to show it very often.
7. Improve Reading Skills
Many children are more comfortable reading aloud to pets than they are other humans. Perhaps it is because pets do not judge – pets do not correct the children and make them reread. The bottom line to improving reading skills is to practice it repeatedly. The more children read, the better they get at it. At younger ages, it is best for children to read aloud so that they can hear themselves.
When pets are used to help children read, they essentially support the improvement of fluency. The oral practice children experience when reading to their pets helps them become fluent readers, resulting in better comprehension of what they are reading.
8. Learn About Consequences
Caring for pets can teach children a great deal about consequences. When pets are not cared for properly, the results are real and easy for children to grasp. If fish are not fed, they die.
If dogs donÂ’t exercise, they get agitated. When cats are ignored, they will seek revenge and do something mean. If a gerbil or hamsterÂ’s cage does not get cleaned out, it will start to really smell bad.
9. Learn About Commitment
Growing up with a pet is a huge commitment on the part of the human. Pets are not things children can just put on shelves when they get tired of taking care of them. They need to be fed, cleaned, exercised, played with, and otherwise loved every single day. Having a pet is a total commitment and cannot ever be treated as a part-time job.
This teaches children to commit and follow through with the task.
10. Discipline
When growing up with a pet, children learn a great deal about discipline. If they have a dog at home, they learn to train it and teach it how to listen. ItÂ’s been scientifically proven that having a dog helps children learn about discipline. Some would argue that cats discipline their owners naturally.
There are many sound reasons why children benefit from owning pets. There are many life skills they learn as a result of caring for another being and committing to the responsibility. As an added bonus, children would be able to share their youths with automatic best friends.
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HAPPY TIMES FOR YOUNG AND OLD! ????

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Just For YOU! ~ Only 73 Days Till Spring! ~ March 20, 2018 in USA ~ A Foregleem Of Tulips ? and a New Spring!  
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We  know,  its  very  very  cold  on the  moon !  Nobody  can  breathe  there,  without  a  special  space-travel  suit !  YOUR  HEAD - LINE  IS  A  JOKE  @Bible Speaks  hahaha

Somebody quickly build a Starbucks there or those pioneers will never survive.

Take Care of Your Precious Inheritance! We Are Blessed! ~ ?????????
"Sons are an inheritance from Jehovah,” the Bible says, “the fruitage of the belly is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the sons of youth.” (Psalm 127:3, 4) 
Children are a precious gift from God, and he wants them to thrive. God exhorts parents to give their children good direction in life, just as an archer carefully aims when firing his arrows. “Fathers,” God’s Word instructs, “do not be irritating your children, but go on bringing them up in the discipline and mental-regulating of Jehovah.” (Ephesians 6:4)
Another way Jehovah has shown his love for children is by teaching parents to protect their children from predators. In ancient Israel, even “the little ones” were commanded to listen to the Law, which included identification of proper and improper sexual conduct. (Deuteronomy 31:12; Leviticus 18:6-24) 
God wants parents to do everything they can to protect their children from anyone who might exploit or abuse them.
God shows his love right now by offering spiritual and emotional help for all who are exploited and abused. “The lost one I shall search for,” he promises, “and the dispersed one I shall bring back, and the broken one I shall bandage and the ailing one I shall strengthen.” (Ezekiel 34:16) 
Through his Word, his holy spirit, and the Christian congregation, Jehovah comforts children who are downtrodden and impoverished. What a joy to know that now, just as he will in the future, “the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, . . . comforts us in all our tribulation.” (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4)
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Panda Hug ? 
In the aftermath of the (Archives) Great East Japan Earthquake, a large collection of photographs and videos surfaced on the Internet. Many tragic images of the tsunami do exist, but this is not one of them. 
The picture shows a giant panda holding the leg of its feeder at the Chinese Panda Protection Center in Wolong, southwest ChinaÂ’s Sichuan Province. - Jehovah will Save all the animals and man that seek His will and this Earth! - Bible Speaks -
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Reminders for us to remain active and in a strong spiritual state are what we need to help us remain in the best condition to welcome back our wayward children when they come to their senses.
Where would the prodigal son have been if his father had not been in a condition to receive him back?” ~ ?

The Earths Axis is Shifting! ~ Learn Why? ~ ?????
Luke 21:25New English Translation (NET Bible)
The Arrival of the Son of Man
25 “And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. 
New English Translation (NET) NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.

Maybe It’s Not Cold On the Moon? ~ ?
We have been there though? - Fly me to the moon? - ??? - I like the Song too! ?

ARE YOU HAPPY? ~ WE MUST BE LOOK ? AT WHY? 
Revelation 22:6
Names of God Bible (NOG)
Jesus Says: IÂ’m Coming Soon
6 He said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants the things that must happen soon.
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.
Revelation 22:7Names of God Bible (NOG)
7 I’m coming soon! Blessed is the one who follows the words of the prophecy in this book.”
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.

Do You Have Seasoned Words? ~ ?
"Let your words always be gracious, . . . so that you will know how you should answer each person."—Col. 4:6. - Bible Speaks
Colossians 4:6American Standard Version (ASV)
6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
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Colossians 4:6 in all English translations

Maybe It’s Not Cold On the Moon? ~ ?
We have been there though? - Fly me to the moon? - ??? - I like the Song too! ?

Jehovah is Watching! 
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"I trust in your loyal love; I will sing to Jehovah, for he has richly rewarded me. Jehovah looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see whether anyone is seeking Jehovah.”
(Ps. 13,14)
Psalm 13-14Living Bible (TLB)
13 How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How long will you look the other way when I am in need? 2 How long must I be hiding daily anguish in my heart? How long shall my enemy have the upper hand?
3 Answer me, O Lord my God; give me light in my darkness lest I die. 4 Don’t let my enemies say, “We have conquered him!” Don’t let them gloat that I am down.
5 But I will always trust in you and in your mercy and shall rejoice in your salvation. 6 I will sing to the Lord because he has blessed me so richly.
14 That man is a fool who says to himself, “There is no God!” Anyone who talks like that is warped and evil and cannot really be a good person at all.
2 The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who are wise, who want to please God. 3 But no, all have strayed away; all are rotten with sin. Not one is good, not one! 4 They eat my people like bread and wouldn’t think of praying! Don’t they really know any better?
5 Terror shall grip them, for God is with those who love him. 6 He is the refuge of the poor and humble when evildoers are oppressing them. 7 Oh, that the time of their rescue were already here, that God would come from Zion now to save his people. What gladness when the Lord has rescued Israel!
Living Bible (TLB) The Living Bible copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

 
 

Preaching in Coahuila, Mexico.
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ARE YOU HAPPY? ~ WE MUST BE LOOK ? AT WHY? 
Revelation 22:6
Names of God Bible (NOG)
Jesus Says: IÂ’m Coming Soon
6 He said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants the things that must happen soon.
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.
Revelation 22:7Names of God Bible (NOG)
7 I’m coming soon! Blessed is the one who follows the words of the prophecy in this book.”
Names of God Bible (NOG)
The Names of God Bible (without notes) © 2011 by Baker Publishing Group.