November 10-16
SONG OF SOLOMON 3-5
Song 31 and Prayer | Opening Comments (1 min.)
1. The Importance of Inner Beauty
(10 min.)
The Shulammite girl’s speech reflected her inner beauty (Ca 4:3, 11; w15 1/15 30 ¶8)
Her moral purity was compared to a garden of rare beauty (Ca 4:12; w00 11/1 11 ¶17)
Inner beauty, which is more important than outer beauty, is within the reach of all (g04 12/22 9 ¶2-5)
ASK YOURSELF, ‘What spiritual qualities do I appreciate most in others?’
2. Spiritual Gems
(10 min.)
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Ca 3:5—Why are the “daughters of Jerusalem” put under oath “by the gazelles and the does of the field”? (w06 11/15 18 ¶4)
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What spiritual gems from this week’s Bible reading would you like to share?
3. Bible Reading
(4 min.) Ca 4:1-16 (th study 2)
4. Starting a Conversation
(3 min.) HOUSE TO HOUSE. Use the direct approach to offer a Bible study. (lmd lesson 6 point 4)
5. Starting a Conversation
(4 min.) INFORMAL WITNESSING. Show the person how to find information in his language on jw.org. (lmd lesson 4 point 3)
6. Talk
(5 min.) ijwbq article 131—Theme: What Does the Bible Say About Wearing Makeup and Jewelry? (th study 1)
Song 36
7. Marry Only in the Lord (Ge 28:2)
(8 min.)
8. Would You Make a Good Marriage Mate?
(7 min.) Discussion.
Are you looking for a marriage mate? When other Christians who want to marry observe you, do they see someone with beautiful spiritual qualities? Although someone may be able to act like a spiritual person for a time, eventually what he or she is on the inside will become apparent.
Write down a scripture that corresponds to each of the following qualities that a spiritual person displays.
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Love for Jehovah and faith in him
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Ability to exercise headship or to submit to it
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Unselfishness and self-sacrificing love
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Good judgment, balance, and reasonableness
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Diligence and industriousness
9. Congregation Bible Study
(30 min.) lfb lessons 34-35
