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| Even if my own father and mother abandon me, Jehovah himself will take me in. |
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| Do not think I came to bring peace to the earth; I came to bring, not peace, but a sword.35For I came to cause division, with a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.36Indeed, a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.37Whoever has greater affection for father or mother than for me is not worthy of me; and whoever has greater affection for son or daughter than for me is not worthy of me. |
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| Jesus said: “Truly I say to you, no one has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the good news30who will not get 100 times more now in this period of time—houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields, with persecutions—and in the coming system of things, everlasting life. |
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| Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, And do not forsake the instruction of your mother. |
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| True, no discipline seems for the present to be joyous, but it is painful; yet afterward, it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. |
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| Jehovah will sustain him on his sickbed; During his sickness you will completely change his bed. |
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| Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you.29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves.30For my yoke is kindly, and my load is light.” |
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| Rejoice in the hope. Endure under tribulation. Persevere in prayer. |
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| I was once young and now I am old, But I have not seen anyone righteous abandoned, Nor his children looking for bread. |
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| “Happy are those conscious of their spiritual need, since the Kingdom of the heavens belongs to them. |
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| Throw your burden on Jehovah, And he will sustain you. Never will he allow the righteous one to fall. |
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| I have said these things to you so that by means of me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but take courage! I have conquered the world.” |
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Prov. 15:28
Personal Study |
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| The heart of the righteous one meditates before answering, But the mouth of the wicked blurts out bad things. |
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2 Tim. 2:15
Personal Study |
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| Do your utmost to present yourself approved to God, a workman with nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of the truth aright. |
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1 Cor. 15:33
Christian association |
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| Do not be misled. Bad associations spoil useful habits. |
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Heb. 10:24,25
Christian Association |
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| And let us consider one another so as to incite to love and fine works,25not forsaking our meeting together, as some have the custom, but encouraging one another, and all the more so as you see the day drawing near. |
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| And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. |
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Matt. 28:19,20
Field service |
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| Go, therefore, and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,20teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.” |
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| Jehovah is far away from the wicked, But he hears the prayer of the righteous. |
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1 Tim. 1:18,19
Good conscience |
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| This instruction I entrust to you, my child Timothy, in harmony with the prophecies that were made about you, that by these you may go on waging the fine warfare,19holding faith and a good conscience, which some have thrust aside, resulting in the shipwreck of their faith. |
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1 Pet. 3:16
Good conscience |
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| Maintain a good conscience, so that in whatever way you are spoken against, those who speak against you may be put to shame because of your good conduct as followers of Christ. |
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Jas. 1:3,4
Complete its work |
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| knowing as you do that this tested quality of your faith produces endurance.4But let endurance complete its work, so that you may be complete and sound in all respects, not lacking in anything. |
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Matt. 5:48
Let endurance complete its work |
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| You must accordingly be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. |
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| By enduring trial after trial, we repeatedly exercise godly qualities and, at the same time, new qualities are awakened. As a result of this, we will not be lacking or defective in faith or in any of the other qualities we should have as Christians |
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| But whoever does observe his word, in this person the love of God has truly been made perfect. By this we know that we are in union with him. |
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Rom. 8:38,39
Love helps one to endure trial |
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| For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here nor things to come nor powers39nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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1 Cor. 13:7,8
Love helps us to endure trials |
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| It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.8Love never fails. But if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. |
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1 Thess. 1:3
Paula commends the brothers |
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| for we continually remember your faithful work, your loving labor, and your endurance because of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father. |
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2 Thess. 1:4,5
Paula commends the brothers |
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| As a result we ourselves take pride in you among the congregations of God because of your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the hardships that you are suffering.5This is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, leading to your being counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you are indeed suffering. |
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Luke 21:19
Our reward for enduring |
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| By your endurance you will preserve your lives. |
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James 1:12
Our reward for enduring |
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| Happy is the man who keeps on enduring trial, because on becoming approved he will receive the crown of life, which Jehovah promised to those who continue loving Him. |
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| Fight the fine fight of the faith; get a firm hold on the everlasting life for which you were called and you offered the fine public declaration in front of many witnesses. |
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| And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, just as Jehovah has said, The survivors whom Jehovah calls.” |
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| On the contrary, this is what was said through the prophet Joel: 17 ‘“And in the last days,” God says, “I will pour out some of my spirit on every sort of flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams,+ 18 and even on my male slaves and on my female slaves I will pour out some of my spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.+ 19 And I will give wonders in heaven above and signs on earth below—blood and fire and clouds of smoke. 20 The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the great and illustrious day of Jehovah comes. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved. |
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