Anything that can interfere with meeting attendance is good. My son had to work out of town for several weeks this winter and missed meetings. He has been showing signs of independant thinking ever since! Never lose hope.
Blithe
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Daughter has to go to a KH meeting to see what is going on....
by cawshun inmy daughter told my husband that she and her husband have to go to a meeting tomorrow night to find out what is going on.
it sounds like the kh in my town and the kh in the next town may merge.
i have heard others on here talk about how low attendance is causing neighboring halls to meet in one hall.
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could somebody post about the pain of one in and one out marriage??
by oompa ingeeze it has been awhile....... and robert7 and wife newlite are sooooo dammm lucky......nice fam and friends too.....thanks for the awesome party guys.........oompa.
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Blithe Freshman
Hi Oompa,
I understand your pain, it's very lonely in a divided relationship. It took 11 years, my husband is out now.We are in marriage counciling trying to build a relationship.
Blithe
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May 15th WT- " Wife's Dedication to Jehovah more Important than Marriage "
by flipper ini wanted to make just a thread for this statement of mind control as it was very blatant .
in the may 15th witness only wt under the article "husbands, imitate christ's love !
" it states, " if you are a christian husband, remember that your wife is also your christian sister.
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Blithe Freshman
From my own experience a husband wanted (by local elders)on the RBC, is more important than the wife/ marriage or children. It was suggested I could seek a divorce and have the full support of the congregation ,if I felt his giving his time to the RBC was causing me to suffer spiritually. This was the deciding moment for me that my family & I were not in the truth. I had naively thought they would not allow him to serve, if they knew he was neglecting his family.
Blithe
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Did you loose your faith after leaving the false?
by wtfmidoing innew to this and as a nonbeliever i would like to ask how many people lost their belief in a god after leaving the wts.
what opened your eyes?
what made the light get brighter?
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Blithe Freshman
Before my wasted years with the WT , I had been reading my Bible searching for answers. Not the answeres the JW's taught, but how I might have help with the difficulties of life. I recognized a need for GOD 's help. As a JW all I got was more problems and they came from the Wt's twisted teachings or elders unscriptural advice .
I never lost my faith in GOD or the Bible, left the WT and for 11 years put off doing anything spiritual. I had so many things in my life to correct , mariage on the brink of divorce, kids lives needed to go forward, finances a mess, health problems, a never ending list of to dos. Always telling myself, next year, after school starts up etc. Last fall I found out a daughter had returned to a meeting thinking she could get some help with a few problems. So I determined to put a stop to it and went online , all I knew about was the Silent Lambs site. When I had seen it before I didn't know how to hide my searches, have an e-mail account , but I remembered it and hoped it would get my daughter to think twice about going back to the WT. I read & read and 3 weeks later went out for some shopping for a wedding present , some fall candles and , stopped in a book store for a Bible. I had wanted to check some verses. When I walked out of the shop something happened to me. it was like an invisable pair of Wt glasses came off. Something I was not aware of sudenly was gone. A judgemental ,I'm a an arse hole attitude was lifted from me and I saw people as people and I was smileing and glad to be alive.I took it as a sign I was heading down the right path.
2 weeks later I went to a Witness for Jesus convention, on the second day it was mentioned there would be communion. I asked few questions about what would qualify me to partake. That night I got on my knees to pray to Jesus. I was not yet convinced of things but thought what the heck, what do I have to loose? I didn't believe GOD would punish me for praying to Jesus, but it was still verging on the unthinkable. I had not prayed in many years, didn't know were to begin, so I asked for help to pray without confusion and to be able to say what was really in my heart.Instanly a presence was there and I was wrapped in a calming spirit. I prayed like I had never been able to pray before. I also asked a question and after wards was given the answer.It has been a life changing experience to know GOD has heard me and answered my prayers.
Over next few months a read, researched, and prayed , looking for what I had always needed from GOD. I was half way through reading "What's So Amazing About Grace" by Philip Yancey and sitting in church about to say a silent prayer for a little grace this week to help me with husband & kids. I prayed"Jesus, I need some grace to....." That's all the further I got, the sensation of a waterfall of Holy Spirit pouring down from above and envelopeing me froze me in my seat. A week went by until I really understood what happened. I was reading a list of the Fruits of the Spirit and began to examine my life. I jumped up and google the fruits and read about them. Every one had increased in me and without effort onmy part. Now when I am facing something difficult, having a bad day or what ever I say a quick prayer and ask for more. There is no feeling of Spirit being poured out on me , but inside I grow stronger . I have learned as in the song "to be more than I could be".
Two of the biggest changes have been a change in my generosity. I was always a penney pincher and not inclined to give money to anything if I did I regretted it.I give very freely now. the other change could be described as an empty place in my heart I tried to fill with things and pleaseing people.My heart is full now and I don't have a constant need for more. I am content.
I was not expecting this, I am humbled by how much the LORD has blessed me. Counting my husband , kids, sons and daugher inlaws and grand children and myself there are 20 in my family. I have a lot of work to do.
Blithe
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Do you ever get a JW Kingdom Hall song stuck in your head??
by ziddina inanyway, i can't get "i'll go no more a-rovin'" out of my head.... .
mark well what i do say,.
- i'll go no more a ro -oovin' with you, fair maid!.
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Blithe Freshman
Last winter I had the Green Acres theme song stuck for 2 weeks. Thought that was about as bad as it could get. But House to House, Door to Door would make me insane.
Blithe
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Baptism valid or not?
by RaraAvis ini am curious to those of you who were baptised as jws and who have left the organization, but still consider yourselves christians, do you consider your baptism valid?
how many of you out there felt the need to be rebaptised?.
ra.
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Blithe Freshman
Congratulations BTS!
I do not consider my JW baptism valid for the Christian faith. I am planning to be baptised soon too.
Blithe
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What Was The Very First Thing That Came Across Your Eyes That Lead You Down The Road To Doubt?
by Yizuman inany of you remember what was exactly the first thing that crossed your eyeballs to lead you into doubting the wts?.
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Blithe Freshman
My baptism woke me up. The Father , Son & Org. did it. I went down under the water screaming in my mind, "No, forgive me Jehovah". I attended meetings for a year & a half after that. I listened and learned a lot I had missed in my studies. Stopped attending when I had surgery. I wasn't missed. My family excepted my excuses.
Blithe
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Blithe Freshman
You could check out this site & see if they have anything to interest you.
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Have you ever personally known anyone who DA him/herself?
by lavendar inwondering something else:.
while a jw, did you ever know anyone who disassociated?
and if so, did you ever talk to that person afterwards to find out why they disassociated?.
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Blithe Freshman
One of my daughters DA'd. I asked and she said " because she didn't want to talk to the pervs about my personal life any more".
A young man in our cong Da'd and joined the military. His joining was mentioned, the elder announcing had a letter in his hand , but did not read it.We still spoke to him and asked his family about him and how he was doing.
Blithe