Friday, October 16
“Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways. Do not stray onto her paths.”—Prov. 7:25.
The thing Solomon say about this young man just show what can happen to anybody who worshipping Jehovah. Maybe the person will commit serious sin and later on think that everything just happen quick-quick. Or maybe he will say, “I was not expecting it.” But if he think about what really happen, maybe he will see that he made some bad decisions that make him to commit that serious sin. Maybe he made friend with people who not love Jehovah. Or maybe some of the entertainment he choose, the website he use to go on, or the place them he use to go was not good for Christian. And maybe he also stop praying, reading the Bible, going to meetings or field service. That the same way the young man in Proverbs commit serious sin because he made bad decisions. What the lesson for us? We must not only avoid sin, but we must also avoid anything that will make us to sin. Solomon make that point clear after he talk the story.—Matt. 5:29, 30. w24.07 16 ¶10-11
Saturday, October 17
“We have this treasure in earthen vessels.”—2 Cor. 4:7.
Wetin Paul mean by this treasure? That the preaching work that can save people life. (2 Cor. 4:1) Who the earthen vessels? That God servants who can preach the good news to other people. During Paul day, people use to use clay pot to carry important goods like, food, wine, and money. That the same way Jehovah using us to preach the good news. With Jehovah help, we can get the strength we need to preach the good news. Sometime, we can be scary to preach to people. What can help us to not be scary? Think about the prayer the apostles made when the people told them to stop preaching. Instead of being scary, they ask Jehovah to help them to keep speaking with boldness. Right away, Jehovah answer their prayer. (Acts 4:18, 29, 31) If you can be scary to preach to people sometime, ask Jehovah to help you get strong love for people so you can’t be scare to preach to them. w24.04 16 ¶8-9
Sunday, October 18
“Our Father in heaven, let your name be holy.”—Matt. 6:9.
Our love for Jehovah can move us to make his name holy. We can make Jehovah name holy by helping people to know that all the things Satan say about Jehovah, that so-so lies. (Gen. 3:1-5; Job 2:4; John 8:44) When we preaching, we can be happy to tell people who want listen to us the truth about Jehovah and the kind na person he is. We want everyone to know that his main quality that love, and his way of ruling righteous and fair. And his Kingdom will soon end all the suffering and bring peace and happiness to everybody. (Ps. 37:10, 11, 29; 1 John 4:8) When we tell people this thing them about Jehovah, we making his name holy. And we happy because we know what we doing, show that we Jehovah Witnesses. w24.05 18 ¶12