Quotes from God’s Word
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Quotes from God’s Word
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When we fear Jehovah, the supreme God, we also want to serve and please Him fully. When we come together in a house, hall, kingdom hall or temple to serve God, we want to come together united as brothers and sisters to complete a full assembly in Christ’s name.
So you can endear yourself to Jehovah and become more useful to the church as you work on qualities that God loves. If we completely hand ourselves over to God, He will guide us to move forward.
“He keeps the humble in the straight track, The simple He shows His path;” (Psalms 25:9)
“Highly exalted is Jehovah: yet He looks down on the humble, And knows the proud from afar!” (Psalms 138:6)
Think under prayer about where there is still room for improvement in your personality. Choose one specific property you want to focus on.
Could you work on your empathy? Can you try to become more peaceful? Do you have to work on your willingness to forgive?
Meeting regularly is an excellent opportunity to develop a love for each other. We look forward to helping everyone around us grow into someone who, in turn, can also bring others to Christ. The meeting is an opportunity to meet each other, and exchange ideas, but also to share the same love with each other. Sharing love also means being there for each other and having the best for each other.
You could ask a good friend for suggestions for improvement.
Out of loyalty, a friend inflicts wounds, but an enemy overwhelms you with kisses. (Proverbs 27:6)
When we meet together, it comes down to supporting and building each other. Everyone must show full respect to each other. In the house of God, there is no room for contempt or jealousy. It must be done in full love if one wants something clear to someone else. And the person who is rightly pointed out for something must regard it as a helping hand. Everyone must be diligent and help the others. As brothers and sisters, we must be attached to each other and responsible for each other’s growth, by helping to lead the Scriptures and correcting them where necessary.
“I rebuke and chastise all that I love. So do your best and repent.” (Revelation 3:19)
If we are busy in the ecclesia to be at the service of others, we will also feel good. Jesus himself has said:
“Giving makes you happier than receiving.”’
Everyone who comes together in the House of God should aim to give Jehovah the best he or she has in him. One must be careful not to compare oneself with others or try to be ‘better’ or ‘more’ than someone else. Be grateful to Jehovah, whatever it is, that with your health, education or talent you are able to do. Does some aspect of the service go better than you? Then be glad that they use their talents to praise Jehovah.
“Let everyone investigate his own behavior; then at most he will be able to boast of himself, but certainly not by comparison with others;” (Galatians 6:4)
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