Daily text, Thursday, August 4. 2016

[Queen Esther]

Jehovah gives the command; the women proclaiming the good news are a large army.—Ps. 68:11.

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/dt/r1/lp-e/2016/8/4

In the late 1800’s, a few men and women showed keen interest in true worship. They were forerunners of those who now share in the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophetic words: “This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matt. 24:14) The small group of Bible Students has grown to some 8,000,000 Witnesses of Jehovah today. More than 11,000,000 other individuals show interest in the Bible and our work by attending the annual Memorial of Jesus’ death. In most lands, the majority of those present are women. Also, women make up the greater number of over 1,000,000 full-time Kingdom proclaimers worldwide. God has indeed granted faithful women the privilege of participating in the fulfillment of the psalmist’s words, as recorded in today’s text. w14 8/15 1:18, 19