‘Keep Close in Mind the Awe inspiring Day’ is the #publictalk Speaker uncontrollably yawns toward end of talk. When he does it a second time—Ha! it is not ‘uncontrollable.’ It is a gimmick to convey not being lulled to sleep during perilous times.
Haven’t heard ‘Preachers Present Arms’ in a while, the sociologist Ray Abrams books of clergy support, even cheerleading, during the World Wars. “Clergy gave the war its passionate spirit and drive,” the speaker reads the quote.
#watchtowerstudy ‘Listen to the Voice of the Fine Shepherd’ Theme verse: “They will listen to my voice.”—JOHN 10:16. “In this article, we will consider two outstanding teachings of Jesus, namely, to stop being anxious about material things and to stop judging others.”
Of course, Jesus’ phrasing ‘stop being anxious’ and ‘stop judging’ acknowledges that people were already doing it.
“In some parts of the world people are so poor” one sis says. “They don’t even have food stamps.” Nor have they been called ‘food stamps’ for many a year.
Para 6: Lots of chatter on Peter starting to sink after doing it right for a time. One sis invokes “modern science” on how you can “structurally change” your brain by how you interact—what you focus upon. …1/2
Another bro opines that Jesus could have calmed those waters but didn’t to let the lesson [um—sorry—“sink in”]….2/2. (‘sink in’ mine)…2/2
Para 10: ‘I always worried about what would happen if we had nothing’ one bro quotes someone saying somewhere. ‘And then we have nothing. And you know what happened? Nothing.’ …1/2
‘When we give in to our fears & anxieties instead of trusting in Jehovah,’ one sis says,’ that’s when we have the most trouble…..2/2
Para 11: “Stop judging that you may not be judged; for with the judgment you are judging, you will be judged, and with the measure that you are measuring out, they will measure out to you.” Matt 7:1,2….1/2
Yeah, it’s enough for me to keep my judging in check—save only for the bro wearing his used car salesman jacket. And the bro who follows me on Twitter so I reward him with the observation he is the worst speaker in the circuit and maybe the world….2/2
Para 12: Ha! One bro says how on a volunteer project he worked with a bro who was brusque & hard to get along with, but he pushed through it and ended up liking the guy a lot. “I may have worked with that bro too,” says the conductor, who was on the same project.
Review: The bro who says he was for a long time “an outsider looking in” expresses appreciation for the study. Look, you can only benefit by considering applications of scripture. Over time it makes one a better person, teaches one how to live.
#Midweekmeeting Bible reading: 1Samuel 1-3. I suppose it is considerate that Eli knows God is speaking to Samuel before the boy does. That way he knows it is not just some mouthy kid telling him off, besides giving Samuel the guts to do it. 1 Samuel 3:8-9
One bro made the point that if you strike a people with piles (hemorrhoids) he guesses it shows who’s boss. (1 Samuel 5:9)
In ‘I Don’t Know Why We Persecute Jehovah’s Witnesses: Searching for the Why’ I did play with the notion of piles striking those who took the Branch buildings, but it did not survive the final editing. (1 Samuel 5:9)
Ha! The sis doing the return visit said to her householder, ‘Turn on your mic.’
Re land apportionment of Ezekiel 45, the study conductor just happens to know—how, I have no idea—that for the Oklahoma Sooners sports teams (football, baseball, basketball), the ‘sooner’ comes because their forebears were sooner than others for land grab.
That bro pictured cleaning the sink: When heading a cleaning crew, I used to say ‘Privilege opening up soon in connection with cleaning a toilet!”
Para 14: Foreigner very much 2nd class in (Lev. 19:33, 34) —don’t mistreat them, even ‘love’ them, but in (Ezek. 47:22, 23) they fully have an equal share.
Para 15: I recall Mack saying that for Haggai 2:7 to be true (I will shake all the nations, and the precious things of all the nations will come in; and I will fill this house with glory,’ says Jehovah of armies.) there must be some ‘in’ for them to come into.
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