Carol Ann Torres

Hubby gave public talk in Riverdale, CA USA
Riverdale English Cong

I mean no mail from the forum. Usually I get an email and is says. Date and sends diff topics everyday.

I have not been receiving any mail from you in my mailbox.
Wondering why.  Carol torres

•2 Kings 6:16 —"But he said: “Do not be afraid! For there are more who are with us than those who are with them.” 
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ELIJAH was a prophet who called for a test of godship at Mount Carmel. The northern kingdom was being corrupted by Baal worship. But Elijah courageously challenged 450 prophets of Baal to prove that Baal was the true God. Frantic hours of prayer on their part yielded nothing. Then Elijah laid out his sacrifice, drenched it repeatedly with water, and prayed to Jehovah. When fire promptly fell from heaven, devoured the sacrifice, and licked up the water, the people exclaimed: “Jehovah is the true God!” At that, Elijah ordered that the prophets of Baal be slaughtered.—1Ki 18:18-40.
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Nevertheless, Elijah grew fearful when he learned that Queen Jezebel was plotting to kill him. He fled some 150 km (95 mi) to Beer-sheba and then traveled another 300 km (190 mi) to Mount Sinai. Jehovah did not reject Elijah for his temporary lapse of courage but assured him that there was further prophetic work for him to do.—1Ki 19:1-18.
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Elisha was Elijah’s successor. When Elisha was surrounded by Syrian war chariots, he had faith to realize that it was really the Syrian armies that were surrounded—by a host of angelic chariots!—2Ki 6:15-17.
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FROM  THAT  PIN  I  STILL  SAW  ONE  IN  THE  INTERNET... 

Barcelona bombing, Spain
13 dead, 50 wounded
Any brother or sister of Barcelona who wishes to give information, do not hesitate to express yourself. Not known if any were Witnesses. 

#JW greetings from USA
Hello from USA
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#JW Preaching in a public place                    in the United States
Public witnessing in USA
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#JW Preaching in a public place in           East Timor
Public witnessing in East Timor, Portugal 
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor
 

REGIONAL  CONVENTION   IN   GHANA,  AFRICA...  A  wonderful  smiling  Sister    She  is  enjoying !

YES...   I  really  think  of  a  similar  WORLD  like  this,  under  Jehovah  and  with  humans,  living  in  LOVE  &  PEACE

THINK OF A WORLD AS THIS..
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-Just think of a world, a world without tears 
Where a man can live for a million years. 
With never a grief, ache, or a pain 
And never a thought of dying again. 
(Revelation 21:4) 
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-Think of a world when a man plants a vine 
He can sit in its shade and say, "this is mine." 
He will live in his house, his own hand has made, 
And none shall molest or make him afraid. 
(Micah 4:4) 
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-Think of a world without bloodshed or strife 
Where no man dare take another man's life. 
Where man unto man will unite in peace 
And malice and hatred forevermore cease. 
(Psalms 46:9; Isaiah 2:4) 
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-Think of the earth as a global paradise 
Where mountains and deserts will dazzle your eyes 
With beautiful flowers and shrubbery and trees, 
With  butterflies, song birds, and bees. 
(Isaiah 35:1) 
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-Think just as sure as God's Word is the truth, 
A man shall return to the days of his youth. 
His flesh shall become as the flesh of a child 
And the words that he speaks will be cheerful and mild. 
(Job 33:25) 
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-Think of a world where a lame man will leap 
From crag to crag like a deer or a sheep. 
Where none will be deaf or none will be blind 
And the dumb shall speak and joyfully sing
(Isaiah 35:5,6) 
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-Think of a world where each man is his brother,
Not esteeming himself above that of another. 
Where man unto man will be friend to friend 
In a world without tears that will never end. 
(Psalms 133:1; Acts 10:34, 35) 
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-Think of a world where the dead will have risen 
From their silent tombs that held them in prison. 
To forever live, to love, and care 
With their loved ones and friends everywhere. 
(1 Thessalonians 4:9)(John 11:23-26)
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-Now a world without tears is not just a dream 
As many a person might make it to seem. 
For just as sure as the Bible is true, 
A world without tears now lies before you. 
(Isaiah 25:8) 
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-And since such a world before you now lies, 
Wouldn't you like to live in such a paradise? 
And share all the blessings that God has in store 
For all who would do his will forevermore. 
(Isaiah 65:17) 
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-Good news of the Kingdom is still being sung 
Throughout every nation, kingdom and tongue
And all who are thirsty for truth are invited, 
To join the New World Society and be united. 
(Revelation 7:9; 22:17; Matthew 24:14; 1 Corinthians 1:10) 
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-In praising our God, our Savior and King 
And giving Him all we have, everything! 
That we might live throughout endless years 
In a world without sorrow, a world without tears. 
(Revelation 21:3,4)
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Yes..A world like this is possible.. 
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A United Nations representative in Sierra Leone said Wednesday he is losing hope that rescuers will find survivors after deadly mudslides in Sierra Leone's capital killed more than 300 people.
Sunil Saigal, the U.N. Resident Coordinator for Sierra Leone, told British broadcaster Sky News he believes rescue operations will soon cease as "the hope of finding further survivors diminishes."
"It remains a priority to recover the remains of those who perished in the landslide, but also equally to help survivors and help the community," Saigal said.
He said the U.N. is working with the government to provide "physical protection" for those thousands of people displaced or otherwise affected by the landslide.
Family of victims of heavy flooding and mudslides that killed more than 300 people in Regent wait to identify their bodies at Connaught hospital morgue in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Aug. 16 , 2017. "We're working with the authorities to prevent disease outbreaks, cholera. You know we're in the rainy season, waterborne diseases are rife, mosquitoes, malaria is a risk," Saigal said.
Searchers told VOA's English to Africa service there is little hope of finding more survivors.
A Freetown mortuary is overwhelmed with bodies. While some families have identified some of the dead, officials are planning to begin mass burials Thursday.
A spokesman for the Red Cross told the French News Agency that the group had accounted for at least 312 dead. Officials say thousands of others have been left homeless.
The mudslide occurred early Monday while many Freetown residents were sleeping, after hours of heavy rains. Witnesses described a particularly hard-hit area in the Regent district, saying roads became "churning rivers of mud." 
Photos and video posted by local residents showed people chest deep in mud trying to traverse the roads.
Officials expect corpses to pop up in unexpected places for months to come, as many bodies were carried away from the Regent area by floodwaters.
Freetown is often hit by heavy rain and flooding for several months a year.
UN: Finding Survivors in Sierra Leone Mudslide Unlikely https://www.voanews.com/a/3988644.html via @VOANews

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/14/sierra-leone-landslide-hundreds-feared-buried-houses-submerged/
 

Sierra Leone, Africa
We are waiting to know the situation of our brothers to the more than 400 people killed by floods. ??????

The Creation: The Earth is a Witness  -  WONDERFUL  NEW  CREATION  VIDEO....   ENJOY
Watch "The Creation: The Earth is a Witness," a day-by-day account of the biblical creation week, beginning with darkness before God created light and ending with Moses, the author of the Genesis account of creation, and his son, worshipping God on the seventh-day Sabbath.

In the FACE of Danger Where Do YOU Run? - What Tower is the ONLY Tower YOU Can Run to? - 
Just Saying is NOT Running!! - See Why –
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(Proverbs 18:10) . . .The name of Jehovah is a strong tower. Into it the righteous runs and is given protection."
David understood even though his heart grew feeble, there is no strength in anyone else! 
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(Psalm 28:7) "Jehovah is my strength and my shield. In him my heart has trusted, And I have been helped, so that my heart exults, And with my song I shall laud him.'
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(Psalm 61:superscription-8) To the director on stringed instruments. Of David. 61 Do hear, O God, my entreating cry. Do pay attention to my prayer. 2 From the extremity of the earth I shall cry, even to you, when my heart grows feeble. Onto a rock that is higher than I am may you lead me. 3 For you have proved to be a refuge for me, A strong tower in the face of the enemy. 4 I will be a guest in your tent for times indefinite; I will take refuge in the concealment of your wings. Se?lah. 5 For you yourself, O God, have listened to my vows. You have given [me] the possession of those fearing your name. 6 Days you will add to the days of the king; His years will be like generation after generation. 7 He will dwell to time indefinite before God; O assign loving-kindness and trueness, that these may safeguard him. 8 So I will make melody to your name forever, That I may pay my vows day after day."
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(1 Samuel 17:46) This day Jehovah will surrender you into my hand, and I shall certainly strike you down and remove your head off you; and I shall certainly give the carcasses of the camp of the Phi·lis?tines this day to the fowls of the heavens and to the wild beasts of the earth; and people of all the earth will know that there exists a God belonging to Israel."
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(Psalm 33:21) For in him our heart rejoices; For in his holy name we have put our trust."
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(Psalm 18:2) Jehovah is my crag and my stronghold and the Provider of escape for me. My God is my rock. I shall take refuge in him, My shield and my horn of salvation, my secure height."
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(Psalm 71:3) Become to me a rock fortress into which to enter constantly. You must command to save me, For you are my crag and my stronghold."
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(Psalm 91:14) Because on me he has set his affection, I shall also provide him with escape. I shall protect him because he has come to know my name."
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In Bible times, towers were sometimes built in the wilderness as safe places of refuge. But it was up to the one in danger to flee to such a tower to find safety. It is similar with finding refuge in God’s name. This involves more than just repeating God’s name; the divine name itself is no magic charm. 
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Rather, we need to know and trust the Bearer of that name and live in harmony with his righteous standards. How kind of Jehovah to reassure us that if we turn to him in faith, he will be a tower of protection for us! 
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Was Zipporah the Cushite wife of Moses in Numbers 12:1?
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Zipporah, is the Cushite wife mentioned in Numbers 12:1
Numbers 12:1 in the Authorized Version reads: “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” 
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The New World Translation reads: “Now Miriam and Aaron began to speak against Moses on account of the Cushite wife whom he had taken, because it was a Cushite wife he had taken.” 
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This started off a controversy that quickly led into the complaint by Miriam and Aaron that Moses took too much upon himself as JehovahÂ’s spokesman. It was more than an objection against MosesÂ’ choice of a wife. The real motive behind it was a desire by Miriam and Aaron for more power in the camp, and especially on MiriamÂ’s part.
Some Bible commentators say that since Moses had been married to Zipporah for a long time she was not the one involved here, as any objection against her would have been raised long before. So they reason that Zipporah had died and Moses had remarried, this time selecting an Ethiopian woman, and that this remarriage was recent and raised the controversy. 
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But the Bible does not say this, and the circumstances do not require such reasoning. Zipporah had been away from Moses, and now she rejoined him in the camp near Mount Sinai. It was soon after the camp began to move that the contention arose. Hence, while the marriage was not recent, the presence of Zipporah in the camp was.—Ex. 18:1-5.
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Miriam feared being replaced as first lady in the camp, now that Zipporah had arrived. She got Aaron to join with her in complaining against Moses, first on the grounds of his wife, and then on the related but more general contention that Moses took too much authority to himself. Jealous ambition was involved in both aspects of the complaint, and logically ties together the first verse of Numbers chapter twelve with what follows. 
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Some commentators fail to see this relationship and therefore argue that verse one does not fit with what follows and must be an interpolation.For these reasons, and in the absence of any record of Zipporah’s death and a remarriage on Moses’ part, it can be concluded that the Cushite woman was Zipporah. But she was the daughter of priest Reuel of the land of Midian, where the descendants of Abraham by Midian lived. She was not an Ethiopian. She was not a Cushite in the sense of being a descendant of Ham’s son Cush, the forefather of the Ethiopians. 
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There were Arabians on the Arabian peninsula called Kusi or Kushim not Ethiopians. This is shown by Habakkuk 3:7 (AT): “The tent-hangings of Cushan were torn to shreds; the hangings of the land of Midian fluttered wildly.” Cushan is made parallel to Midian as the same place. So it seems that “Cushite” was not always limited to descendants of Ham through Cush, but also was applied to some of the peoples of the land of Midian. Therefore Zipporah could be referred to as a Cushite at Numbers 12:1.
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 Psalm 72:8
"He will have subjects from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth."
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Who Is the Right Leader for Today?
Psalm 72 gives us some prophetic details of how this perfect, immortal King will rule. In Ps 72 verses 7 and 8, we read: “In his days the righteous one will sprout, and the abundance of peace until the moon is no more. And he will have subjects from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.” Under his beneficial rule, earth’s inhabitants will enjoy everlasting and unbroken security. He will destroy all existing weapons and will remove from man’s heart even the desire for conflict. Those men who today attack others like voracious lions or who act like ill-tempered bears toward their neighbors will have changed their dispositions completely. (Isaiah 11:1-9) Peace will be abundant.
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Psalm 72 further says in Ps 72 verses 12 through 14: “He will deliver the poor one crying for help, also the afflicted one and whoever has no helper. He will feel sorry for the lowly one and the poor one, and the souls of the poor ones he will save. From oppression and from violence he will redeem their soul, and their blood will be precious in his eyes.” The lowly, poor, and afflicted will become part of one happy human family, unified under the leadership of the King Jesus Christ. Joy, not pain and despair, will characterize their lives.—Isaiah 35:10.
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Ps 72 Verse 16 promises: “There will come to be plenty of grain on the earth; on the top of the mountains there will be an overflow.” Hunger is the constant companion of millions on earth today. Politics and greed often prevent the fair distribution of sufficient food, so that multitudes, especially children, die of starvation. But under the rule of Jesus Christ, this problem will vanish. The earth will be blessed with good harvests of delicious food. All mankind will be well fed.
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The Watchman’s Heavy Responsibility Literal watchmen were often stationed on the city walls and towers to warn of approaching danger. Jehovah appointed Ezekiel as a figurative “watchman to the house of Israel.”
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Jehovah appointed Ezekiel as a watchman – Eze.33:7.
Eze 33:8, 9—The watchman avoided bloodguilt by sounding the warning
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Jehovah raised up prophets who served as figurative watchmen to the nation of Israel (Jer 6:17), and they, in turn, sometimes spoke of watchmen in a symbolic way. (Isa 21:6, 8; 52:8; 62:6; Ho 9:8) 
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These prophet-watchmen had the responsibility to warn the wicked of impending destruction, and if they failed to do so, they were held accountable. Of course, if the people were unresponsive and failed to heed the warning, their blood was upon themselves. (Eze 3:17-21;33:1-9) 
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An unfaithful prophet was about as worthless as a blind watchman or a voiceless dog. —Isa 56:10.
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That reminds me of the story of the Grasshopper, and the Ant.
Springtime came, and food was abundant.
The Ant spent all summer and fall working industriously digging tunnels and caverns and bringing back food to store there.  He worked all day, everyday ... so that when Winter came, he would not starve, but would have plenty to eat, and filled his underground storehouses with plenty of good food for the Winter.
But all summer long the Grasshopper just sat under a tree, and walked around, playing his violin ... not doing anything to prepare for Winter ... and was warned by the Ant that he better get hoppin' or he would starve to death ... but the Grasshopper ignored him, and continued to play music, and lay about, napping and eating grass.
And then the Snow came, and killed all the grass, and covered the ground .... and the Grasshopper hitchhiked on a Bus to Florida, and someone stepped on the Ant.
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Seems as if everyone is selling this pins nowadays.
We used to be discouraged from identifying ourselves with Watchtower pins or logos in the past. 
How do you feel about our modern wearing of pins? 
What would be the arguments for / against such displaying of logos?

Greetings from Venezuela-State Anzoátegui, yesterday was the last day of the Regional Convention – Don't Give Up!' 2017 – 4276 attendees.