Hello everyone,
I do hope that all its fine with you, and allow me to post
an example for someone special:
"w61 6/15 p. 373 § 20 Progressing Toward Maturity
How can one show the proper mental attitude?
20 Another way to progress toward maturity is to develop a proper
mental attitude. Paul had the right attitude as expressed at
Philippians 3:14, 15: “I am pursuing down toward the goal for
the prize of the calling above and which God extends in Christ
Jesus. Let us, then, as many of us as are mature, be of this
mental attitude; and if you are mentally inclined otherwise in
any respect, God will reveal the above attitude to you.”
Can you honestly say that you are pursuing the goal of
everlasting life? Or are you pursuing the things of the old-
world society? (1 John 2:16) What is your immediate goal?
To buy a new automobile, or to buy out opportunities to s
erve Jehovah? (Eph. 5:16) To spend money on an expensive
vacation, seeing the sights of the dying old world, or to become
a vacation pioneer, locating new friends, yes, everlasting
acquaintances to join with you in the New World society?
To retire and settle down in a place where there is a ratio of
one witness of Jehovah to less than one thousand of the population,
or to serve where the need for Kingdom witnesses is really great?
If you are really pursuing everlasting life, then your record of
field ministry should indicate that.
Do you spend at least ten hours each month preaching
and teaching the Bible truth to others?
Can you imagine Paul being contented with less than ten hours a
month even when he found it necessary to work full time making tents?
What do you suppose he was doing on weekends, evenings?
Studying God’s Word, doing God’s work, or attending a contest
between the gladiators in the local coliseum, saying he had
no time for the ministry?—Acts 18:3, 4.
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NB article written nearly 62 years ago !
Greeting to all the older ones and the younger ones
JC Mac Hislopp