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Hey ! this witnessing stuff works.

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good work whoever it was!.

posted 09-12-2001 02:35 pm .

it's really a sad, i was up all nite watching the news, and dosing off and waking up.

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First extract the rafter from your own eye.

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taken from wol, they do keep me amused,.

we here in the san diego area have many in our territories who are retired military folks.

the brothers are instructing us to (as always) keep very very neutral and try not to get into very "heavy" discussions about this.. we are being told (and our conductor says the society also was saying this yesterday from ny) to just tell the people we are bringing a message of hope, the message of peace.. another brother tells us his radio station was saying for everyone to put their flags out and show support for their country.

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There are none so blind, as those who will not see

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this was taken from wol, the topic is "why are we lied to?".

it started out mainly as a discussion on relationships, but justifications were inserted on "when" lying was ok,.

this is the short answer to that question about the patriachs evading the truth in those occasions: because they were protecting and furthering kingdom interests and not their own, they were backed up by jehovah.. jehovah reveals truth to whom it is owing... he reserves the right to withhold it from those who have no right to it.. for instance, when the brothers under ban hide printing equipment, literature, or even fugitives from persecution, they decieve and lie to protect them, and jehovah blesses them.

No apostates?

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http://www.greatcrowd.com/159ubb/forum22/html/000237.html.

maybe it could be bought, and turned into jehovahs-witness.com 2,. the final journey.

or the light got brighter?

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They need more money, can anyone help?

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we had our local needs part on this tonight!

it was truly an excellent part, he literally made me cry it was so touching...i won't name the whole list he named, but he gave different examples of zeal...it isn't just going out in service, it means much more..here are some of the points he brought out..... 1.zeal is the older sister who despite her chronic illnesses which keep her feeling her worst, is never missing from the meeting, even though she might be more comfortable at home.. 2. zeal is the young child who has the courage to go up to the watchtower study conductor and ask to called on in a specific paragraph, and raises his hand anyway even though he knows the comment is already his or hers.. 3. zeal is the old couple in the hall whose only means of living is social security, but yet they always find something to give jehovah during each month.. 4. zeal is the single publisher or pioneer servant, who is drained of energy from working, but who is always in service no matter how tired they are.. those are just a few of the ones he mentioned.. can you give some examples of what zeal is?

i think this is a great subject!