guys, .
since leaving the wt, i been trying my best to draw close to god.
i found my prayers really were lacking.
Try praying in the morning, rather than the evening. It seems to make it easier!
Use the "structure" of the Lord's prayer(Bible example), then talk to God after that, telling him your thoughts and what you are feeling (have a conversation with him), give him a few minutes of silence, then end.
I becomes easier as time goes on.
wow!
"i knew they would answer".
about a month or so ago i posted about a "witness" who was a white supremicist/racist who told me i was not allowed to go to the local kingdom hall, could not have a copy of the watchtower or awake, & that the bible was not for blacks.
Wow! "I knew they would answer"
About a month or so ago I posted about a "witness" who was a white supremicist/racist who told me I was not allowed to go to the local Kingdom Hall, could not have a copy of the Watchtower or Awake, & that the Bible was not for Blacks. Her & a friend of her's(an old lady) were running a scam ad in the local newspaper. Her son lived next door, so I saw her all the time.... and she was in general "a pain" to deal with.
I "reported her" un-Christian-like behavior to the Watchtower Society. I just got a letter back in the mail from them!
In general they say "they are sorry to learn about my experience", then say "Jehovah's Witnesses do not espose to "white suprremacist" ideals, then quote a scripture from Acts 10:34-35... then they say "we can not say with certainly if these persons are Jehovah's Witnesses"... then they provided the address, phone number and schedule of the closest Kingdon Hall to my address.
The letter I got back was from "Patterson, New York". And although I would have loved to have seen her get thrown out, it was still nice to get a response to my letter.
i was reading a "bible teaching sheet" printed of the cbn website this morning.
i went to look up a scripture they refered to, romans 3:34 in my father's black j.w.
bible, and it was not there.
I was reading a "Bible teaching sheet" printed of the CBN website this morning. I went to look up a scripture they refered to, Romans 3:34 in my Father's Black J.W. Bible, and it was not there. Roman's 3 stopped before #34, not 34 verses to it!
Have things been ommmitted from the J.W. Bible vs. the King James Version?
i am wondering if or how your method of prayer has changed?
this question is for everyone, including never-been dubs (which i am).
what does prayer mean to you, not what others have told you it means.
I "attempt" to pray everday, & my goal is often met! I seem to do a bit better without the structured format of the "Witnesses" program. I occasionally read, some of the articles in the Watchtower & Awake, but do not feel obligated to do it, nor do I answer the questions. I make sure my focus is on the "Bible", not the "study aid", & I look up as many scriptures as needed that they reference if I am using one for some reason. .... and I also uses study aids (if you want to call them that) from my own religion.... Then I draw my own conclusions.
I keep a log of how many days I do "pray", so that it becomes a comfortable & wanted habit! I found that I prefer to pray in the morning. After I do my "reading", I have a breif personal conversation with God.
When I was with the "Witnesses" ( I studied with then for about 8 months), I just sat there at the meetings & listened. I did attend the Bible studies on Wednesday, to socialize. I did not understand what the purpose of the other meeting during the week was for, so I only attended one.
My study ended with them as a result of "not getting answers to my questions" & the don't ask questions, just do it attitude. (I am not a follower by nature, so it became difficult to "blindly" follow the rules)
The group I was with were still friendly with me after I stopped attending. I had no problems with that! (unlike many on this board)
we were discussing this on a previous post!
i just had a chance to look at the "april 8, 2004" awake, with several articles on moses>.
again, i must say, speaking as an artist & an art teacher at the college level, "this pictures/drawings are of excellent quality".
I disagree! I think the "good artwork" adds to the value of the article. I read the ones on Moses that had the "good pictures". I would have read it anyway, & I am not a "Witness".
"Bad artwork", (or no artwork) can make an article go flat. Same principal works with children's books. There were a "series" of articles on Moses. You can't read that long (pages) without a visual brreak (a picture) comfortably..... it kind of structures you through reading the enture thing.
some bible references to "babylonian king belshazzar"?
i have always been curious if there are any references in the bible to his physical apperance.
"rembrandt" did a famous religious painting of him, and ever since then when you see a picture of him used for something/anything he always looks just like the rembrandt painting.
You have to make the pictures correctly!
For example I was recently reading Acts 10:1-30. There is a mention of "race". "....Peter approaches a man of another race".
I have seen examples of pictures of this story, animals coming down on a sheet, and everyone in the picture with the same look. Cornelius, or the "assembled people" need to look different than Peter, in some way.
some bible references to "babylonian king belshazzar"?
i have always been curious if there are any references in the bible to his physical apperance.
"rembrandt" did a famous religious painting of him, and ever since then when you see a picture of him used for something/anything he always looks just like the rembrandt painting.
But we do know what some Biblical figures looked like! They have a description of "Noha"s" physical apperance in the Bible, & a couple of others(there is a couple of references to race also)
So if you do not draw them looking the way they are described, your art work would be a bit off???
I will take a look at the book of Daniel. Thanks for the tip!
some bible references to "babylonian king belshazzar"?
i have always been curious if there are any references in the bible to his physical apperance.
"rembrandt" did a famous religious painting of him, and ever since then when you see a picture of him used for something/anything he always looks just like the rembrandt painting.
some Bible references to "Babylonian King Belshazzar"? I have always been curious if there are ANY references in the Bible to his physical apperance. "Rembrandt" did a famous religious painting of him, and ever since then when you see a picture of him used for something/anything he always looks just like the Rembrandt painting. There is even a children's cartoon with a character called "Belshazzar" who looks like the Rembrandt painting. Did he just "make up a face for him" & it caught on, or was that what he really looked like?
we were discussing this on a previous post!
i just had a chance to look at the "april 8, 2004" awake, with several articles on moses>.
again, i must say, speaking as an artist & an art teacher at the college level, "this pictures/drawings are of excellent quality".
I have no "scanner", so I can't post a pic."
has anyone else ever watched televangelist joel osteen, pastor of the lakewood church in houston, tx?
i believe he is aired pretty much throughout the u.s. even being the faithless slug that i am, his sermons never, ever fail to move me.
he is so inspiring, so positive.
"But is he real?" He is from my religion, a Born Again Christian. He may be little more than an "actor", someone who just delivers some "rehersed" words.
