Friday, March 15th - A righteous man’s supplication has a powerful effect

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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
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.

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.

 
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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.

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.

The daily text is taken from the partially quoted scripture at James 5:16. When you read the whole text it reads:
“Therefore, openly confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. A righteous man’s supplication has a powerful effect.”

We might add that James here would be telling these men of the GB to be confessing their sins to one another. Their sins are ‘massing clear up to heaven‘ as far as Jehovah is concerned. How arrogant of them to never point to themselves as needing to repent. They only ask that we pray for their protection when their protection is that ivory tower/ castle they are living in.
 

William Tyndale:
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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.

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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.
ouderlingen op je lip in de gaten houden controleren elders scrutiny .jpeg
 
There is a new JW video update today and women can now wear pants. I wasn’t sure if anyone else already posted it.

He sure didn't wait to grow his beard to show support for our new follicle freedom. It's going to take me a while to get used to Witnesses wearing beards after so long a time of shunning them. Women in pants. What is the world coming to? If they OK the younger brothers to wear those skinny pant suits I think it will be too much. A bridge too far so to speak.
 
He sure didn't wait to grow his beard to show support for our new follicle freedom. It's going to take me a while to get used to Witnesses wearing beards after so long a time of shunning them. Women in pants. What is the world coming to? If they OK the younger brothers to wear those skinny pant suits I think it will be too much. A bridge too far so to speak.
What gets me Bill is that the lovely bro's and sis' who gave me so much in the truth their wonderful wisdom; How can they not see?!!!!! I have tried so hard to contact them and to no avail!
 
What gets me Bill is that the lovely bro's and sis' who gave me so much in the truth their wonderful wisdom; How can they not see?!!!!! I have tried so hard to contact them and to no avail!
As much as I love George Galloway and his pronouncement against British Democracy; His seventh return to Parliament shows how much his knowledgable wisdom is damaged by doing the same thing over and over again expecting the result to be different!
 
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.
May our persistent prayers induce Him to continue giving you the juice. Glad you no longer feel a solo gig. https://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/in...you-into-all-the-truth.1681/page-5#post-66173
I know this website will fail during the tribulation with all it's server and memory yet Jehovah's hard drive at Mal3:16 will not.... https://e-jehovahs-witnesses.com/in...you-into-all-the-truth.1681/page-5#post-66249
You were hurtful and un Christian to us Robert...Yet we still love and pray for you for what Jehovah and Christ is and has achieved through you. We pray they continue. The Apostle Paul welcomed, commended and appreciated help. Looks though you are starting to open your heart to us?
 
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