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93 year old Brother Manuel from Texas practicing and giving his first Bible reading on the Theocratic Ministry School.
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Local cong in BsAs made the “Jehovah will help you be Bold and brave ” drama. Lil'Abril played the young Israely girl wich fit her like a glove because at her young age she defends the truth just like the young Israely girl.
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Things Are Looking Up! (by Henrik Anker Bjerregaard Lundh III)
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May you all find joy in pleasing Jehovah God today whether by door to door or by telephone or via your choice, it is a day to rejoice and praise His name and Kingdom by His Son Christ Jesus coming ever so quickly! 
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When we praise our Father in Heaven we have myriads and myriads of angels also praising Him! Shout it loud! The only answer for all mankind!
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"He is guarding the souls of his loyal ones; out of the hand of the wicked ones he delivers them."—Ps. 97:10.
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102008068?q=ps+97%3A10&p=par

IMAGINE A NEW WORLD ? WITHOUT PAIN ??????
Earthly life without corruption. What about others of mankind who do not receive heavenly life? The apostle John quotes Jesus as saying: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.” (Joh 3:16) In his parable of the sheep and the goats, those of the nations separated on Jesus’ right side as sheep enter “into everlasting life.” (Mt 25:46) Paul speaks of “God’s sons” and “joint heirs with Christ” and says that “the eager expectation of the creation is waiting for the revealing of the sons of God.” Then he says, “the creation itself also will be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God.” (Ro 8:14-23) Adam when created as a perfect human was a “son [or child] of God.” (Lu 3:38) The prophetic vision of Revelation 21:1-4 points to the time of “a new heaven” and “a new earth” and gives the promise that then “death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore.” Since this promise is given, not to spirit creatures, but specifically to “mankind,” it gives assurance that a newearthly society of humankind living under the “newheaven” will experience restoration of mind and body to fullness of health and everlasting life as earthly “children of God.”
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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200002739?q=new+world+without+pain&p=par
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) accepted the Republic of Georgia’s admission that they violated the rights of ten of JehovahÂ’s Witnesses.
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One of the day's postcards in the assembly hall El Trébol. During the 2017 Regional Convention Program Do not Give Up! Santiago, Chile.
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Jehovah said to Joseph: “Get up, take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I give you word, for Herod is about to search for the young child to kill him.” Interestingly, Jehovah had always spoken directly to Mary before she became engaged to Joseph. 
Why did Jehovah now only communicate through Joseph? 
It is because Jehovah respects the headship arrangement. Certainly a good example for all of us to do likewise. 
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Thank you ????? Song 52 "Christian Dedication"
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WAY  OF  A  FAIR  IN  TEXAS,  USA  -  A  big  group  just  going  for  Cart - witnessing
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THE BIBLE CHANGES LIVES
I Never Went Anywhere Without My Gun
As told by Annunziato Lugarà
        YEAR BORN: 1958         COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY         HISTORY: VIOLENT GANG MEMBER MY PAST:
I was born and raised in the suburbs of Rome, in an area made up of the poor working class. Life was tough. I never knew my real mother, and I didnÂ’t have a good relationship with my father. I grew up learning the rules of the streets.
By the time I was ten years old, I had already started stealing. At age 12, I ran away from home for the first time. On more than one occasion, my father had to pick me up at police headquarters and take me home. I argued with people constantly—I was violent and angry with the whole world. When I was 14, I left home for good. I started taking drugs and living on the street. Not having anywhere to sleep, I would break into a car and stay in it until the early morning hours. Then I would look for a water fountain so that I could wash up.
I became really good at stealing—anything from bag snatching to robbing apartments and villas during the night. I started to gain a bad reputation and was soon invited to join a notorious gang, which allowed me the “opportunity” to upgrade to robbing banks. Because of my aggressive personality, I was soon a respected member of the gang. I never went anywhere without my gun; in fact, I slept with it under my pillow. Violence, drugs, stealing, foul language, and immorality became my way of life. The police were constantly on my heels. I was arrested several times, and I spent years in and out of prison.
 
HOW THE BIBLE CHANGED MY LIFE:
On one occasion when I was let out of prison, I decided to go and visit one of my aunts. Unbeknownst to me, my aunt and two of my cousins had become JehovahÂ’s Witnesses. They invited me to attend a meeting of the Witnesses. Out of curiosity, I decided to go with them. When we arrived at the Kingdom Hall, I insisted on sitting near the door so that I could keep an eye on those who came in and out. Of course, I was armed.
That meeting changed my life. I remember thinking that I must be on a different planet. I was greeted by people with warm, friendly smiling faces. I still have a vivid picture in my mind of the kind, honest look the Witnesses had in their eyes. This was certainly a million miles away from the world I was used to!
I started to study the Bible with the Witnesses. The more I learned, the clearer it became that I had to change my lifestyle completely. I took to heart the words recorded at Proverbs 13:20: “The one walking with the wise will become wise, but the one who has dealings with the stupid will fare badly.” I realized that I needed to distance myself from the gang. That was not easy to do, but with Jehovah’s help, I succeeded.
For the first time in my life, I started to have control over my actions
I also cleaned myself up physically. With much effort, I stopped smoking cigarettes and using drugs. I cut my long hair, got rid of my earrings, and stopped using bad language. For the first time in my life, I started to have control over my actions.
I had never enjoyed reading and studying, so it was a real challenge to concentrate and apply myself to Bible study. However, as I made the effort, I gradually came to love Jehovah, and something started to change inside me—my conscience began to bother me. I often had negative feelings about myself, doubting that Jehovah could ever forgive me for all the bad that I had done. In those moments I found a lot of comfort in reading about Jehovah forgiving King David after he had committed serious sins.—2 Samuel 11:1–12:13.
Another challenge was sharing my faith with others in the door-to-door ministry. (Matthew 28:19, 20) I was terrified that I would meet someone whom I had hurt or wronged in some way in the past! But gradually I was able to overcome my fear. I began to find real satisfaction in helping others learn about our wonderful heavenly Father, who forgives so abundantly.
HOW I HAVE BENEFITED:
Learning about Jehovah saved my life! Most of my former companions are dead or in prison, but I have a truly satisfying life and a future to look forward to. I have learned to be humble and obedient and to control my volcanic temper. As a result, I enjoy better relationships with the people around me. I am happily married to my beautiful wife, Carmen. Together, we find great joy in helping others learn about the Bible.
Oh, and I now do honest work—it sometimes still involves banks, but instead of robbing them, I clean them!
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2014485?q=the+bible+changes+lives&p=par#h=13

The  best  food  for  every  day...  All  people  never  will  getting  fat !  Enjoy    And  after  that, 

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Admire and look at God's Creation, HE is endless in power and wisdom, can you imagine what HE may do at the end of the 1000 years ?  What new things HE may create for us  to love him more and more        ? ? ? .•*¨`*•..¸???¸.•*¨`*•.  ? ? ?

Jehovah's  Witnesses  -  The  wonderful  Paradise - train......
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The Miracles of Jehovah! ?????
? Giant Tortoises — Average Life Span 100 Years
Making it to 100 if you’re a human is quite an accomplishment. For giant tortoises, however, it might not be such a big deal — their average life span is 100 years.
In fact, several reptilian centenarians have made headlines recently. Lonesome George, an iconic Galapagos tortoise who was the last of his kind, passed away last week at age 100. Meanwhile, the giant turtle couple pictured above recently decided that after 115 years together, it was time to split up.
Possibly the most headline-grabbing giant tortoise of all, though, was Harriet, a Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise who lived to the ripe old age of 175 (give or take a year or two). Born in the 1830s, Harriet was collected by Charles Darwin when he visited the Galapagos Islands in 1835. After a brief stay in England, she was taken to Australia where the weather was more suitable for her.
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Why did Jesus come to the earth?
God sent his Son to earth by transferring his life from heaven to the womb of a virgin Jewess named Mary. So Jesus did not have a human father. (Luke 1:30-35) Jesus came to the earth (1) to teach the truth about God, (2) to set us an example in how to do God’s will even when we are in difficulties, and (3) to give his perfect life as “a ransom.”—Read Matthew 20:28.
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102012186

VERY  VERY  SAD.......
RUSSIA....  OUR  BROTHERS  BEGIN  TO  REMOVE  SIGNS  FROM  THE  KINGDOM  HALLS ;-(
Soon they will all belong to the government

Mother Rarámuri prevents blood transfusion to her daughter with leukemia and opens debate in Mexico
The case comes to the Supreme Court at a time when the girl is already at risk of dying
Mother Rarámuri prevents blood transfusion to her daughter with leukemia and open debate in Mexico The Jehovah's Witnesses do not accept blood transfusions.
 BY: GARDENIA MENDOZA 20 OCTOBER 2017
MEXICO CITY - The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) analyzes the case of the mother of a Rarámuri girl suffering from leukemia, who opposes having her daughter receive blood transfusions because her religion (Jehovah's Witnesses) prohibits because of a biblical interpretation that "God has commanded Christians to abstain from blood."
In order to prevent doctors and authorities from insisting on transfusion, the woman, whose name remains anonymous, filed an amparo (legal remedy that proceeds in case of human rights violations) against the Comprehensive Family System (DIF) of Chihuahua, the institution of the government that took custody of the child to follow the medical recommendations.
Through her lawyers, she argued that the Assistant Attorney General for Child and Adolescent Protection "discriminated" her for not accepting her proposal to use "alternative means" for transfusion, although she did not clarify what those means would be.
Judge Mauricio Fernández Mora granted the amparo and ordered that all "alternative means" be applied first before the transfusion and asked the three powers of Chihuahua - executive, legislative and judicial - to carry out reforms and create a protocol for doctors to be heard by the courts when a parent refuses to administer treatments to children.
Conformed by this resolution, the Chihuahua authorities took the case to the SCJN where it is discussed in the last hours and against time because the girl, who already received chemo, is not receiving any transfusion and her life is in danger.
The Network for Children's Rights in Mexico, one of the organizations with the greatest impact on public policies in favor of children, reminded Supreme Court justices that "there are already international instruments" and "national laws" that they consider to children as citizens with full rights, among which, the most important is the right to life.
"In Mexico we have a cultural problem of considering children as parents' property and it is not," said Juan Martín Pérez, president of the Network.
The activist questioned the fact that, in the case of the Rarámuri girl, the parents' faith is extended to their children because not even the law of customs and customs of the native peoples forbids transfusions.
"The supreme court is going to have to listen with the help of the professionals also to the girl and to obtain the position in the subject. I believe that at the heart of the debate and the legal challenge is to make it clear that children are the property of parents. Or not".
Translated from Spanish 
https://laraza.com/2017/10/20/madre-raramuri-impide-transfusion-de-sangre-a-su-hija-con-leucemia-y-abre-debate-en-mexico/

Do You Know Elephants Can Sense Thunderstorms From 186Miles Away? – ???????
Researchers who followed fourteen different elephant herds in Western Namibia for seven years have concluded that the animals have the ability to sense thunderstorms up to 186 miles away — most likely from rain system generated infrasound — and can predict approaching rain up to twelve days before it occurs.
Western Namibia is a vast expanse of land with a protracted dry season, and different herds in disparate locations, which desperately need the water and the vegetation that comes with it, will simultaneously change their migratory path, and pace, to head towards rain that is pending or falling great distances away.
This discovery could have major implications for conservation efforts, helping wildlife officials to better predict the location and movement of elephant herds sought by poachers. more than 100 thousand african elephants were killed for their ivory, and with many experts estimating there to be no more than 400 thousand left, the animal could be extinct within the decade.
Soon God's Kingdom will save the whole earth. Humans and all creatures great and small.
(Matthew 6:10).
Remember: “An Elephant ? Never Forgets”

@blunderbuster a little over a year ago I had the pleasure to attend Grandpa’s last public talk..He was 91 years old. He got to give it in Guatemala., where him and grandma got to serve for many years.
In the same Kingdom Hall He gave his first talk in Guatemala. And that He also helped built.
The basis of his talk centered around our beautiful earth, and our lives in the new world. What we would want to do there, where we would want to live, what you would accomplish, and who you would like to see in the new world.
I can honestly say I can’t hardly wait to welcome him back. I look forward to building a home and incorporating some brick to it. So Him and I can work side by side. And He can show me some brick laying skills. He was a beautiful man, with an amazing story..His whole life centered around Jehovah and making the name known. 
If I ever had to compare his life story to anyone in the Bible. I would most likely pick Abraham. Abraham was a man of faith and honor, a man always wanted to please Jehovah. Grandpa had a good run of 92 years. 64 years of faithful service!!!
Almost all of which was a pioneer with his wife Mary 1 month shy of his 70th year of marriage to Mary. 
I am going to miss you and your story’s for now grandpa…I love you! I will see you later!! 
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HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... 
WHY DO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES  CALL THEIR MEETING PLACE A KINGDOM HALL RATHER THAN A CHURCH? 
The bible answers.... 
In the Bible, the Greek term that is sometimes translated “church” refers to a group of worshippers, not to the building they meet in.
Note this example: When the apostle Paul wrote to the Christians in Rome, he sent greetings to a couple named Aquila and Priscilla and added: “Greet the church that meets in their home.” (Romans 16:5, Contemporary English Version) Paul didn’t intend for his greetings to be conveyed to a building. Rather, he was sending his greetings to people—the congregation that met in that home. 
So instead of calling our place of worship a church, we use the term “Kingdom Hall.”
Why “Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses”?
This term is fitting for a number of reasons:
> The building is a hall, or meeting place.
> We meet to worship Jehovah, the God of the Bible, and to witness, or testify, about him.—Psalm 83:18; Isaiah 43:12.
> We also meet to learn about God’s Kingdom, of which Jesus often spoke.—Matthew 6:9, 10; 24:14; Luke 4:43.
You are welcome to visit a Kingdom Hall near you and see for yourself how JehovahÂ’s Witnesses conduct their meetings.
https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/jehovahs-witnesses-church-kingdom-hall/

If you ever feel depressed, lonely, helpless, hopeless, worthless or simply you thought you did not have any value ..  look how a different thinks about you Jehovah, our beloved God.
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Life Story - A MUST READ!!
Awaiting a Kingdom That Is “No Part of This World”
As told by Nikolai Gutsulyak
For 41 days and nights, I had been caught in the middle of a prison uprising. Suddenly, I was jolted from sleep by cannon fire. Tanks and soldiers burst into the prison camp, attacking the prisoners. My life hung in the balance.
HOW did I come to be in this situation? Let me explain. This event happened in 1954. At the time, I was 30 years old. Like many of Jehovah’s Witnesses living under the Soviet regime, I was incarcerated for remaining neutral in political issues and for telling others about the Kingdom of God. 
Our group of imprisoned Witnesses was made up of 46 men and 34 women. We were held in a labor camp near the village of Kengir in central Kazakhstan. There we lived in the midst of thousands of other prisoners.
Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union, had died the preceding year. Many prisoners hoped that the new regime in Moscow might listen to their complaints about the harsh prison conditions. 
Prisoner discontent eventually boiled over into open prison rebellion. During the ensuing confrontation, we Witnesses had to make our position clear to the agitated rebels and also explain our stand to the military guards. For us to take that neutral position required faith in God.
Pressured to Join
At that time, two rebels approached me. One held out a freshly sharpened knife. “Take this!” he ordered. “You’ll be needing it for protection.” Silently, I asked Jehovah to help me stay calm. I replied: “I am a Christian, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. 
Other Witnesses and I are serving time here because we fight, not against people, but against invisible spirit forces. Our weapons against them are our faith and our hope in God’s Kingdom.”—Ephesians 6:12
To my surprise, the man nodded that he understood. However, the other man hit me hard. Then they left. The rebels went from barracks to barracks, attempting to force the Witnesses to join the uprising. But all of our Christian brothers and sisters refused.
The neutral position of Jehovah’s Witnesses was discussed at a meeting of the rebel committee. “Members of all faiths—Pentecostals, Adventists, Baptists, and everyone else—are joining the uprising. Only Jehovah’s Witnesses have refused,” they noted. “What will we do with them?” 
Someone suggested throwing one Witness into the prison oven to put some fear into us. But a former military official, a prisoner respected by the others, stood up and said: “That is unwise. We should put them all in one barracks right on the edge of the camp, next to the gate. That way, if the army attacks us with tanks, the Witnesses will be the first ones to be run over. And we will not be the ones guilty of killing them.” The others accepted his suggestion.
Put in HarmÂ’s Way
Before long, prisoners walked around the camp shouting, “Jehovah’s Witnesses, get out!” Then they herded all 80 of us toward a barracks at the edge of the camp. They dragged the bunk beds out of the barracks to make more room inside and ordered us to enter. That barracks became our prison within the prison.
To provide some privacy, the Christian sisters in our group stitched sheets together, and we used them to divide the barracks into two sections—one for the men and the other for the women. (Later, a Witness in Russia made a drawing of this barracks, which is shown below.) While living in those cramped quarters, we often prayed together, fervently asking Jehovah to give us wisdom and “power beyond what is normal.”—2 Corinthians 4:7
All that time, we were dangerously situated between the rebels and the Soviet army. None of us knew what either side might do next. “Don’t keep trying to guess,” urged an older, faithful Christian brother. “Jehovah will not abandon us.”
Our dear Christian sisters—both young and old—showed exceptional endurance. One was about 80 years old and needed extra help. Others were sick and in need of medical attention. Throughout that time, the doors of the barracks had to remain open so that the rebels could monitor us constantly. At night, armed prisoners came into the barracks. Sometimes they were heard to say, “The Kingdom of God is asleep.” During the day, when they allowed us to go to the camp mess hall, we always stayed together and prayed that Jehovah would protect us from violent men.
On June 26 we were awakened by a deafening volley of cannon fire. Tanks crushed the fence and burst into the camp. They were followed by waves of assault troops firing machine guns. Prisoners—men and women—rushed toward the oncoming tanks, yelling “Hurrah!” and hurling rocks, homemade bombs, and anything else they could get their hands on. A fierce battle ensued, and we Witnesses were caught right in the middle. How would Jehovah answer our prayers for help?
Suddenly, soldiers dashed into our barracks. “Come on out, you holy ones!” they shouted. “Quick, get yourselves outside the fence!” The officer in charge ordered the soldiers not to shoot us but to stay with us and protect us. While the battle raged, we sat on the grassy steppe beyond the perimeter of the camp. 
For four hours we listened to explosions, shots, screams, and moans coming from inside the camp. Then, all fell silent. Later, in the morning light, we saw soldiers carrying the dead out of the camp. We learned that hundreds had been wounded or had perished.
Later that day, an officer whom I knew came up to us. “So, Nikolai,” he proudly asked, “who saved you? Did we or did Jehovah?” 
We sincerely thanked him for saving our lives, adding, “We believe that our almighty God, Jehovah, moved you to spare us, as he moved others to deliver his servants in Bible times.”—Ezra 1:1, 2
The same officer also explained to us how the soldiers knew who we were and where we were located. He said that during one of the negotiation sessions between the military and the rebels, the military accused the rebels of killing prisoners who did not support them. In defense, the rebels replied that Jehovah’s Witnesses did not participate in the uprising but were not killed. 
Instead, as a punishment, all of the Witnesses were imprisoned in one barracks. The military officials took note of that statement.
We Stood Firm for the Kingdom
Well-known Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, in his book The Gulag Archipelago, mentions the prison rebellion that we experienced. Concerning that event, he writes that the rebellion started because, as he said, “we want freedom, of course, . . . but who can give it to us?”
As Witnesses of Jehovah in the same prison camp, we too longed for freedom. However, not just freedom from prison but freedom that only God’s Kingdom can provide. While in prison, we knew that we needed strength from God to stand firm on the side of his Kingdom. And Jehovah provided us with everything we needed. He gave us victory without the use of knives or grenades.—2 Corinthians 10:3
“My kingdom is no part of this world,” Jesus Christ told Pilate. “If my kingdom were part of this world, my attendants would have fought.” (John 18:36) 
As Christ’s followers, therefore, we took no part in political struggles. We were happy that during and after the uprising, our loyalty to God’s Kingdom was evident to others. 
Of our conduct during that time, Solzhenitsyn wrote: “Jehovah’s Witnesses felt free to observe their rules strictly and refused to build fortifications or stand guard.”
More than 50 years have passed since those turbulent events. However, I often look back on those times with gratitude because I learned enduring lessons, such as to wait on Jehovah and to trust fully in his mighty arm. 
Yes, like so many other dear Witnesses in the former Soviet Union, I have experienced that Jehovah truly gives freedom, protection, and deliverance to those who await a Kingdom that is “no part of this world.”
Read the whole experience, faith strengthening!!
https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2007160?q=on+the+edge&p=par
 

KEEP AWAKE - THIS IS SHOWING UP - KEEP ON THE WATCH! ?
In the Congregations The latest news reports are that five terrorist cell groups have been operating in many congregations. They have been identified as:
Bin Sleepin; Bin Arguin; BinFightin; Bin Complainin; and Bin Missin.
Their leader . . . Satan Bin Workin. He has trained these groups to destroy the Christian Congregation. The plan is to come into the congregation disguised as Christians and to work within it to discourage, disrupt, and destroy.
However, there have been reports of a sixth group. A tiny cell known by the name of Bin Prayin is actually the only effective counter terrorist force. Unlike other terrorist cells, the Bin Prayin team does not blend in with whomever and whatever comes along. Bin Prayin does whatever it needs to uplift and encourage.
We have noticed that the Bin Prayin group has different characteristics than the others. They have Bin Watchin, Bin Doin, Bin Listenin to their Master . . . Jesus Christ.You can spot them if you bin lookin and bin goin.
You Best Keep On the Watch!"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them." 
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