William Tyndale can certainly be considered a righteous man. He devoted his life to translating the Bible into English, which was considered a crime at the time. Tyndale's work first introduced the English to the name Jehovah. Tyndall paid with his life. He was betrayed and imprisoned. He was unrepentant. On October 6, 1536, William Tyndale was strangled and his body burned at the stake. The last thing he said was a prayer: "Lord, open the King of England's eyes." His prayer was answered. In 1604 the King of England authorized the translation of the Bible into English. And in 1611 the Authorized King James Bible was published, much of it based on Tyndale's work. Reading the Bible in English was no longer illegal, all because of William Tyndale's prayer.A righteous man’s supplication has a powerful effect.—Jas. 5:16.
We can ask Jehovah to help our fellow worshippers to endure sickness, natural disasters, civil war, persecution, or other difficulties. We can also pray for our self-sacrificing brothers and sisters who provide relief for those in need. You may personally know some who are facing such challenges. Why not mention them by name in your personal prayers? We show genuine brotherly love by asking Jehovah to help them to endure. Those who take the lead in the congregation greatly appreciate the prayers of others and benefit from them. That was true of the apostle Paul. He wrote: “Pray also for me, that the words may be given to me when I open my mouth, so that I may be able to speak boldly in making known the sacred secret of the good news.” (Eph. 6:19) Today, too, we have many hardworking brothers who take the lead among us. We show love for them by asking Jehovah to bless their work. w22.07 23-24 ¶14-16
Since Jehovah is the Hearer of prayer we ought to follow the advice offered in the Daily Text, except I encourage you to widen out. Following Tyndale's example, I pray that Jehovah will open the eyes of responsible brothers at Bethel, at least one or two. I pray that the growing numbers of Jehovah's Witnesses who are becoming discouraged and sickened by the Watchtower's hypocrisy might not be stumbled from the path of life.
I know many of you pray for me that I can keep doing what I am doing. I thank you. I know Jehovah listens to you. He keeps giving me the juice to keep going.
Elders need to think seriously about what they are doing. Jehovah expects you to look after his sheep, especially the sickened and lost ones. He expects you to look for the lost ones, not hunt them down to entrap them, not punish them, not disfellowship them in absentia because they refuse to meet with a judicial tribunal to discuss why they do not believe the Kingdom was put in place in 1914. Why not pray for them and pray for wisdom to discern why they feel the way that they do? Better yet, follow the apostolic exhortation and make sure of all things.
If you are facing intense scrutiny by the elders, perhaps they have heard you are not all on board with the Governing Body and their vaccine mandate, pray for strength to explain to them your position. Pray for an opportunity to give them a witness. There isn't much time left. The storm is getting closer and closer by the day. Pray for the strength to be able to stand firm to be able to help others when the hour of darkness arrives. Read the Psalms. Most of them are prayers inspired by the holy spirit. Pray that your flight is not in wintertime? I don't know. Maybe I'll give the Preterists that one.
Psalms #6 – Jehovah will accept my prayer
Keeping in mind that many of the Psalms are prayers to God, because the Psalms were produced as a result of God’s spirit the recorded words are part of the living word of God, which the apostle described as being sharper than a two-edged sword.
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The Prayer of Aspah
Sunday, June 5 Many are the hardships of the righteous one, but Jehovah rescues him from them all.—Ps. 34:19. Because we know that our loving God is always ready to help those who are faithful to him, we feel secure as part of ‘the flock
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Do not throw away your freeness of speech
Jesus personally invited some men to be his followers. And they immediately responded and followed him—quite literally. They literally walked behind him as Christ traveled the countryside and visited villages, preaching and healing the sick. They followed him right up to the moment Jesus was...
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