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The great tribulation will come. This kindna tribulation never happen before since the world start up to now.—Matt. 24:21.

We pray that plenty people will accept this warning and join us to serve Jehovah now. But what about people who will not listen to us now-now? Maybe Jehovah will save people who will start putting faith in him, when they see how they destroy Babylon the Great. If that what will happen, then it even more important that we continue warning them now-now. The thing we will tell them now, maybe that what they will remember during that time. (Compare Ezekiel 33:33.) It possible that they will remember the warning they hear from us and it will move them to join us to worship Jehovah before it get too late. The man who was minding the jail in Philippi, change his heart only after “a great earthquake occurred.” Maybe that just how some people who will not listen to us now, will change their heart when they see how they destroy Babylon the Great.—Acts 16:​25-34. w24.05 17 ¶9-10

Christ is the end of the Law.—Rom. 10:4.

We can learn good lesson from what the apostle Paul wrote to the Hebrew Christians. Some of them were not growing spiritually. In fact, they had “gone back to needing milk, not solid [spiritual] food.” (Heb. 5:12) They refuse to learn and accept the new things that Jehovah was teaching them through the congregation. (Prov. 4:18) For example, plenty Jewish Christians were still going by the Mosaic law even though Jesus sacrifice put end to it 30 years before that time. (Titus 1:10) Paul was trying to help them to accept the deep truths that he was teaching them. His letter help them to see that the new way of worship that Jehovah put in place through Jesus, was better than the one they were doing before. It also gave them the courage to continue preaching.— Heb. 10:​19-23. w24.04 6 ¶15

The people dem who righteous and the people dem who not righteous will come back to life.—Acts 24:15.

From the time Adam and Eve join Satan and go against Jehovah God, plenty-plenty people na die. What will happen to all this people them? From among them, one small group of people, the 144,000, Christ faithful followers will be resurrected to live in heaven forever. (Rev. 14:1) And Plenty other faithful men and women who love Jehovah will be part of the “resurrection of . . . the righteous.” And they will live forever on earth if they remain righteous during Jesus One Thousand Year Rule and during the final test. (Dan. 12:13; Heb. 12:1) Also, during Jesus One Thousand Year Rule, “the unrighteous”that mean people who never serve Jehovah and even practiced bad things will get the opportunity to change their ways and serve Jehovah. (John 5:29; Luke 23:​42, 43) But some people were really wicked so He decide that they will never be resurrected.—Luke 12:​4, 5w24.05 2 ¶3; 5 ¶15; 6 ¶17

They honor me with their lips, but their heart is far removed from me.—Isa. 29:13.

Somebody who want Jehovah to be happy with them must be “speaking the truth in his heart.” (Ps. 15:2) It not only mean that we must not lie. Jehovah want us to be honest in everything we can say and do. (Heb. 13:18) That one important, “for Jehovah detests a devious person, but his close friendship is with the upright.” (Prov. 3:32) Those who can ‘speak the truth in their heart’ can’t pretend to obey God law when they among people but break his law when they by their self. They can’t act tricky. Someone who tricky can start thinking that some of Jehovah law not always the best. (Jas. 1:​5-8) He can disobey Jehovah law on things that he feel not important to him. And when he see that he not getting any punishment for disobeying, it can make him to start breaking God law more and more. And even though he pretend that he serving God, God will not accept his worship. (Eccl. 8:11) So we want be honest in everything. w24.06 10 ¶7-8

Stand firm . . . with the belt of truth fastened around your waist.—Eph. 6:14.

Jehovah people love the truth they learn from the Bible. We base our faith on it. (Rom. 10:17) We convince that Jehovah set up the Christian congregation to be “a pillar and support of the truth.” (1 Tim. 3:15) 3:15) Satan really want us to stop trusting the Bible or the direction we can get from God organization. (Eph. 4:14.) Satan the Devil will soon use lie-lie information to fool countries to join him to go against Jehovah. (Rev. 16:​13, 14) We must also expect that Satan will really be fighting hard to fool Jehovah people. (Rev. 12:9) So that why it important for us to train our self to know the difference between truth and lies, and obey the truth. (Rom. 6:17; 1 Pet. 1:22) This one will help us to survive during the great tribulation! w24.07 8 ¶1-3

This commandment that I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it beyond your reach.—Deut. 30:11.

When Jehovah made the Israelites one nation, he made agreement with them. If they obey his laws, he promise to protect and bless them. But if they not obey him by worshipping false gods he wor coming to stop blessing them, and they wor going to suffer. But this one not mean that Jehovah turn his back on them. It wor possible for them to still come back to Jehovah and listen to his voice. (Deut. 30:​1-3, 17-20) That mean, they could still repent. If they do it, Jehovah wor coming to draw close to them and bless them again. Jehovah own people disobey him over and over. And because of that, they suffer. But Jehovah not give up on his people even though they wor hard head. He send prophets to his people over and over to encourage them to repent and come back to him.—2 Ki. 17:​13, 14. w24.08 9 ¶4-5

“They really suffer the brother and sister dem in the congregation da wor in Jerusalem.”—Acts 8:1.

Some years after Jesus die, the Hebrew Christians living in Jerusalem and Judea went through hard time. After they form the Christian congregation, it not stay long the Christians started going through persecution. Then after 20 years, the Christians started going through hard time. Maybe they were going through this hard time because of serious hunger that affect the land before. (Acts 11:​27-30) Around 61 C.E., the Christians were enjoying small peace. But that not small problem they were coming face. During that time, Jehovah made the apostle Paul to write one letter to them and that letter came the right time. The letter to the Hebrew Christians came the right time because the small peace they were enjoying was not coming stay long. So Paul gave them some good-good advice to help them bear the problem they were coming face. w24.09 8 ¶1-2

They have become a source of great comfort to me.—Col. 4:11

When we suffering, our brother and sister them can be there to comfort us and that one way here Jehovah can show that he love us. They can comfort us by spending time with us and listen to us when we telling them how we feel. They can even read Bible verse to encourage us or pray with us. (Rom. 15:4) Sometime, they can remind us about the way Jehovah can think and it can make our heart to come down. Our brothers and sisters can also do some thing them to help us, like giving us food or some other thing them. When we want other people to help us, we need to ask them. (Prov. 17:17) Sometime, they can’t know how we feeling or what we need. (Prov. 14:10) So be willing to talk with mature friends. Tell them what you need. Maybe you can talk with one or two elders who you feel close to. Some sisters can find it easy to talk with another mature sister. w24.10 10 ¶15-16

Anybody who accept the Son and show faith in him [will ] get everlasting life.—John 6:40.

Plenty people can be careful with what they eat and try to take exercise all the time so they can be alright in the body. But still, they know that they will not live forever. Maybe they can be thinking that they will not live forever because of the problem dem that can come with old age. But in John 3:16 and 5:​24, Jesus say it possible for people to live forever. One day, Jesus perform miracle to feed plenty people with bread and fish. That good thing, but the thing he say the next day wor more interesting. The people follow Jesus to Capernaum, near the seashore of Galilee. That the place they wor eh when he tell them that people will come back to life and live forever. (John 6:​39, 40) The thing Jesus say just show that plenty people who na die will come back to life. And it also show that you and your family can live forever. w24.12 8 ¶1-2

You husbands, . . assign them honor as to a weaker vessel, the feminine one.—1 Pet. 3:7.

One recent report from the World Health Organization say that plenty husbands can beat, cuss, or treat their wife bad in other ways. Sometime husband who can do this one can respect his wife in front of other people, but when they to the house, he can treat her bad. What can make some husband dem to treat their wife bad? Maybe their pa use to beat their ma, so they think that it not wrong to do the same thing too. Some men dem can treat their wife bad because that what plenty men in their culture can do. Maybe they can be harsh on their wife so that she can know that he the “boss man.” Some men dem not know how to control their feelings, even when they vex. Some of them get wrong thinking about women and sex because they can always look at naked man and naked woman picture or video. Beside that, reports show that this problem dem get worse during the Corona Virus time. But no husband must use any of this reason dem to treat their wife bad. w25.01 8 ¶2-3

Since Christ suffered in the flesh, you too arm yourselves with the same mental disposition.—1 Pet. 4:1.

“Jesus tell us the most important command in the Bible. He say, “You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole strength, and with your whole mind.” (Luke 10:27) So he wor saying that we must love Jehovah with our everything. That mean our feelings, desires, strength and even the way we can think. That true, we not really able to understand everything about the way Jehovah can think. But we can try to think like Jehovah by studying “the mind of Christ,” because Jesus can think just like his Pa.—1 Cor. 2:16. w25.03 8 ¶1

By means of him we have the release by ransom through the blood of that one, yes, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his undeserved kindness.—Eph.1:7.

Jesus wor perfect just like Adam before Adam sin. (1 Cor. 15:45) So Jesus death wor able to cover Adam sin and replace what Adam lost. (Rom. 5:19) That the reason why the Bible call Jesus “the last Adam.” So no need for another perfect person to come again and pay for what Adam lost. Jesus die “once for all time.” (Heb. 7:27; 10:12) What the difference between the atonement arrangement and the ransom? The atonement arrangement that the thing Jehovah do for human being to get good friendship with him again. The ransom that the price God pay to forgive our sins and for us to be his friends again. This price stand for Jesus life that he sacrifice for us.—Heb. 9:14. w25.02 5 ¶12-13

God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but along with the temptation he will also make the way out so that you may be able to endure it.—1 Cor. 10:13.

When we take Jehovah to be real Person it will help us to look at our problems the right way. How? When we going through problem, we must focus on the most important thing. The Devil say when we going through problem, we will leave Jehovah. (Job 1:​10, 11; Prov. 27:11) But when we bear our problem, we can show our love for Jehovah and we can prove that Satan that liar. You in area where the government against Jehovah people, money business hard on you, people can’t listen to the good news in your area or you facing other problems? If so, remember that your situation giving you the opportunity to make Jehovah happy. Also Remember that Jehovah will never allow you to go through any problem that you not able to bear. He will give you the strength to endure. w24.06 22 ¶9

Each one is tried by being drawn out and enticed by his own desire.—Jas. 1:14.

You know the thing them that can really tempt you? We will be fooling our self if we think that we not get any weakness, or we too strong to commit sin. (1 John 1:8) Remember, Paul say that if those “who have spiritual qualifications” not protect their self, it possible for them to sin when they face temptation. (Gal. 6:1) We must be honest with our self and know our weakness. (2 Cor. 13:5) When we know the thing them that can really tempt us, wetin we must do? We must work hard to fight against the temptations! For example, in Bible time, the city gate was the easy place for enemy to pass. That the reason why plenty soldier people use to guard the gate. That the same way we must really pay attention to anything that can tempt us.—1 Cor. 9:27. w24.07 15 ¶5-7

Go on bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the accurate knowledge of God.—Col. 1:10.

The good work that the scripture for today daily text talk about, include preaching the good news. So when we read God Word and think on it, our faith in Jehovah will be strong and we will know that the preaching work really important. To benefit from our Bible reading, we must not rush when we reading, studying, and when we thinking about what we read. Take your time. If you see any Bible verse that you not understand, don’t jump over it. Use the Watch Tower Publications Index or the Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses to see how they explain the verse. If you take your own time when you studying, it will make your trust in the Bible more strong. (1 Thess. 5:21) The more you convince yourself, that the more you will enjoy telling people what you learning. w24.04 15 ¶4-5

I wrote to you: to determine whether you would give proof of your obedience in all things.—2 Cor. 2:9.

David say: Jehovah “good and ready to forgive.” (Ps. 86:5) Micah say: “Who is a God like you, pardoning error and passing over the transgression?” (Mic. 7:18) And Isaiah say: “Let the wicked man leave his way and the evil man his thoughts; let him return to Jehovah, who will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will forgive in a large way.” (Isa. 55:7) To follow Jehovah example, the apostle Paul tell the congregation in Corinth to welcome the man that repent back and show him love. If they follow Paul direction, they will show their “obedience in all things.” That true, only few months pass since they move the man from the congregation, but the discipline help him to repent. So no need for the elder dem to waste time to reinstate the man in the congregation. w24.08 17-18 ¶12-13

God will take one person and he will leave the other person behind.Matt. 24:40.

We living in the time that some big-big thing them happening! Jesus will soon judge everybody who living on earth. Jesus tell his disciples about some thing them they will see happening to show that he king in heaven and that “the conclusion of the system of things” na start. (Matt. 24:3) We can see what Jesus say in Matthew chapters 24 and 25, Mark chapter 13 and Luke chapter 21. Jesus use three parables that can help us. That the parables about the sheep and the goats, the discreet and the foolish virgins, and the talents. Each of this parable will help us to understand how somebody behavior will affect the way Jesus will judge them. w24.09 20 ¶1-2

Let everything you do be done with love.—1 Cor. 16:14.

Jesus Christ set good example for us. Everything he use to do show that he love his Father and he love people. That love make him to work hard and do other small-small work for people. (Matt. 20:28; John 13:​5, 14, 15) Brothers, if that love making you to want reach your spiritual goals, then Jehovah will bless you and help you, to reach your spiritual goal them like to be ministerial servant. (1 Pet. 5:5) People in the world today can really like other people who can make their self important. But Jehovah people not looking like that. Brother who get love for people just like Jesus, will not make his self important, be fighting for power, or try to rule over other people. If they appoint somebody who like power business to be ministerial servant or elder, he will not want do any kindna small work to take care of Jehovah people. He will feel that the work too local for him.—John 10:12. w24.11 15 ¶6-7

The holy spirit na choose yor to be overseers.—Acts 20:28.

All around the world, we need more brothers to serve as “gifts in men.” (Eph. 4:8) If you baptize brother, you able to help? (Prov. 3:27) You willing to be ministerial servant? You think you can try hard to be elder to help your brothers and sisters? You able to make some changes so you can attend the School for Kingdom Evangelizers? That school will train you so you can be able to do more work in Jehovah service. If you feel that you not qualify, pray to Jehovah. Ask him to help you with his holy spirit so you can be able to do any assignment they give you. (Luke 11:13) The brother them who Jesus na appoint as “gifts in men” prove that he really leading us during this last days. (Matt. 28:20) Ehn you grateful that we get King who free handed, love us, and give us qualify brothers that can take care of us? w24.10 23 ¶16-17

The former things will not be called to mind.—Isa. 65:17.

What about all the things that can make God people to suffer and feel pain? Well, everything “will be forgotten [and] concealed from [God’s] eyes.” (Isa. 65:16) Jehovah will move all our problems, and we will not even remember how it use to make us feel. Our meetings can make us to feel good, and it can help us to relax and put all our problems behind us. We can help our brothers and sisters to feel good in this spiritual paradise when we show the fruitage of the spirit in our life, like love, joy, peace, kindness, and mildness. (Gal. 5:​22, 23) That not small blessing to be part of God organization! Those who remain in the spiritual paradise will see the time when God will fulfill all the promise he made about the “new heavens and the new earth.” w24.04 22 ¶9-10

It is a snare for a man to cry out rashly, “Holy!” And only later to give consideration to what he vowed.—Prov. 20:25.

Even though dating can be enjoyable, but it serious because it possible that it can lead to marriage. On their wedding day, marry people can vow before Jehovah, that throughout their life, they will love and respect each other. Before we make any vow, we must think about it good-good. That the same thing with marriage vow. Dating can allow two people to get to know each other and to make good decision. Sometime that decision can be to get marry, and sometime it can be to end the relationship. If the two people who dating break up, it not mean that their dating fail. But it can help them to decide whether they must get marry or not. Why it important to get the right view about dating? If single people get the right view about dating, they will not start dating somebody who they know they will not marry. w24.05 26-27 ¶3-4

“Do not become ashamed. . . of the witness about our Lord.”—2 Tim. 1:8.

Sometime, some young Christians can be scary to tell other people about the things they believe. When the teacher be teaching the theory of evolution that say everything come by chance, maybe your child will be scary to talk. Why? Because the teacher can make it look like that true thing he teaching. If you parent, how you can help your child to be brave to talk about the thing dem he believe? Help your child know that he not need to be shame because he know the truth about creation. Why? Because plenty scientists know that life not come by chance. They know that somebody who get plenty sense design all this thing dem. For this reason, plenty of them not believe the teaching that everything come by chance. Your child can be more brave by thinking on the reasons why other brothers and sisters believe that somebody made everything. w24.12 18 ¶14-15

The holy spirit really made him happy.—Luke 10:21.

Jesus wor convince that some people wor coming listen to the good news. That what help him to continue to preach with zeal. For example, to the end of 30 C.E., he notice that plenty people wor willing to listen to the good news, so he compare it to farm that wor ready for people to harvest. (John 4:35) One year after that, he tell his disciples say: “We get plenty thing dem to harvest.” (Matt. 9:​37, 38) Then later on he say the same thing again. He say: “We get plenty thing dem to harvest. . . So beg the master for the harvest to send more workers on his farm to harvest.” (Luke 10:2) Jesus wor sure that people wor coming listen to the good news, so he wor happy to preach. Jesus tell his disciples that it wor still possible for some people to accept the good news, so it encourage them to continue preaching with zeal. w25.03 18-19 ¶15-16

My God is my rock of refuge.—Ps. 94:22.

Jehovah can protect us. Just how big rock can protect us when heavy breeze blowing that the same way Jehovah can protect us when we going through problem. He can help us to protect our friendship with him and he also promise that nothing we suffering from now-now will last forever. And he also promise that in the future he will move anything that can make us to worry or suffer. (Ezek. 34:​25, 26) One way we can make Jehovah our Protector that by praying to him. When we pray to Jehovah, he can give us “the peace of God” that can protect our heart and mind. (Phil. 4:​6, 7) Jehovah will always be there for us. We can trust him because he “the eternal Rock.” (Isa. 26:​3, 4) He will always be living to keep his promise them, hear our prayers, and give us the support we need. We can also depend on Jehovah because he loyal to those who serving him. (2 Sam. 22:26) He will never forget what we do, and he will always bless us.—Heb. 6:10; 11:6. w24.06 27 ¶4-6

Safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life.—Prov. 4:23.

When we not careful, the things we choose to enjoy our self with can make us to not worship Jehovah with our whole heart. Bad friends and thinking too much on material things can also affect us. If we notice that something want make our love for Jehovah weak, we must be quick to put stop to it. (Matt. 5:​29, 30) We must not let anything to stop us from serving Jehovah with our whole heart. We can start thinking that nothing bad can affect us because we doing more in Jehovah service. For example, imagine that you outside and heavy breeze blowing and the place really cold. When you enter your house, the whole house warm. But what you think will happen if you leave the door open? The whole house will get cold. What the lesson? We must not only take in spiritual food to get good friendship with Jehovah. But we must also stay away from anything in this world that can make us to not serve Jehovah with our whole heart.—Eph. 2:2. w24.07 21 ¶6-7

Continue to love your enemies and pray for people who can treat you bad.Matt. 5:44.

It hard to imagine the pain Jesus feel and the disgrace and injustice that he bear. But he not allow the injustice he suffer to overcome him. Instead of cussing the soldier dem who nail him on the stake, he pray: “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34) When we pray for people who treat us bad, it can help us to not keep grudge or be vex with them. It can even change the way we feel about them. We will continue to face injustice until this system end. No matter what kindna problem we face, we must never stop praying to Jehovah to help us. Also, let try our best to follow the way Jesus act when people not treat him fair and continue to apply Bible principles. If we do it, we can be sure that Jehovah will bless us.—1 Pet. 3:​8, 9w24.11 6 ¶16; 7 ¶17, 19

You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; no one bad may remain with you.—Ps. 5:4.

Jehovah can’t accept all kindna behavior. He really hate sin. (Ps. 5:​4-6) He want us to do the thing dem he say in his Word the Bible. But he not expect us to be perfect. (Ps. 130:​3, 4) At the same time, he can’t accept ‘ungodly men who turn his undeserved kindness into an excuse for brazen conduct.’ (Jude 4) Yes, the Bible say God will destroy ungodly people during Armageddon. (2 Pet. 3:7; Rev. 16:16) But Jehovah not want anybody to be destroy. The Bible make it clear that he “desires all to attain to repentance.” (2 Pet. 3:9) Like Jehovah, the elder dem can be patient when they trying to help somebody who sin to get good friendship with Jehovah again. w24.08 26 ¶1-2

You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.—Ps. 145:16.

Like Jehovah, we too can give things to people because we love them. For example, you know any brother or sister who need food or clothes? Jehovah can use you to help that person. People know Jehovah Witnesses to be people who can give when bad things happen. For example, during the corona virus time, brothers and sisters give food, clothes, and other thing them to people who were in need. Plenty people also made contributions to the worldwide work. This contribution them help for the relief work to go on all over the world. They do what Hebrews 13:16 say: “Do not forget to do good and to share what you have with others, for God is well-pleased with such sacrifices.” w24.09 27 ¶6-7

Make sure of the more important things.—Phil. 1:10.

Think about this situation. Let say you looking for work to support your family. Then you find two work. You think about all the information, like the type of work, the schedule, the time you will take to go to work, and so on. The two work not against the Bible. Maybe you like one of them because of the type of work or because you will get good pay. But you need to look at other thing dem before making decision. For example, any of this work will make you to miss some of the meetings? Any of this work will not give you time to help your family to be happy and draw close to Jehovah? When you ask yourself question dem like this, it will help you to put “the more important things”first instead of money. And the more important things, thatyour friendship with God and taking care of your family. When you put “the more important things first, you will be able to make decision that Jehovah will bless. w25.01 17 ¶11-13

Jehovah is close to the brokenhearted.—Ps 34:18.

Even if other people not treat you good, you can be sure that Jehovah love you and you important to him. If you feeling discourage, remember that Jehovah see your good-good ways and draw you close to him. (John 6:44) He always ready to help you because you important to him. We can learn how Jehovah can feel by looking at Jesus example. When Jesus was on the earth, he was kind to people who feel that they were nothing because of the way other people use to treat them. (Matt. 9:​9-12) One woman who was suffering from some kindna bad sickness touch Jesus clothes. She was having hope that when she touch his clothes, she will get well. So Jesus comfort her and praise her for her faith. (Mark 5:​25-34) This one show that Jesus just like his Pa. (John 14:9) So you can be sure that you important to Jehovah and he know all your good-good ways. He even know your faith and the love you get for him. w24.10 7 ¶4-5

Do collect my tears in your skin bottle.—Ps. 56:8.

David go through plenty problems in his life that make him to cry. Some people use to hate him and even the people he trust let him down. (1 Sam. 19:​10, 11; 2 Sam. 15:​10-14, 30) So one time he say: “I have grown weary with my sighing; all night long I soak my bed with tears; I flood my couch with weeping.” (Ps. 6:6) Even though David wor going through all this different-different problem dem, he wor convince that Jehovah love him. He say: “Jehovah will hear the sound of my weeping.” (Ps. 6:8) The scripture for today just show that Jehovah really care for us. David wor feeling like, Jehovah wor collecting his tears and putting them in one bottle or writing them in one book. David wor sure that Jehovah see and remember the pain he wor going through. He wor convince that his loving Father in heaven wor not only seeing the thing dem he wor going through, but also know how it wor affecting him. w24.12 22 ¶11-12