Saturday, August 9
“If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake day after day and keep following me.”—Luke 9:23.
Maybe you na face problems from your family or maybe you na forget about getting more money or more material things because you want put God Kingdom first. (Matt. 6:33) If that what you na do, know that Jehovah see everything you na do for him. (Heb. 6:10) Maybe you na see for yourself that what Jesus say here that true: “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 news who 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.” (Mark 10:29, 30) The blessings you na get really plenty pass any sacrifice you na make.—Ps. 37:4. w24.03 9 ¶5
Sunday, August 10
“A true friend shows love at all times and is a brother who is born for times of distress.”—Prov. 17:17.
When food business was hard for the Christian them in Judea, the congregation in Antioch Syria hear the news, and they were feeling sorry for their brother them in Judea. So they decided to do something for their brother them. Each of them decided to give anything they were having to send for the brothers living in Judea. (Acts 11:27-30) The Christian them in Antioch were willing to help their brother them who were suffering even though they were living far off. (1 John 3:17, 18) Today when something bad happen to our brother them, we too can show that we get sorrowful heart. We can show that we willing to help maybe by asking the elder them if we can work on one project. Or by making contribution to the worldwide work or by praying for our brother them who bad thing happen to. Maybe, our brother and sister them will need help to get the thing them they need. When our King, Jesus Christ come to judge people, we hope he will find us helping our brother them and invite us to “inherit the Kingdom.”—Matt. 25:34-40. w23.07 4 ¶9-10; 6 ¶12
Monday, August 11
“Let your reasonableness become known to all men.”—Phil. 4:5.
Jesus follow Jehovah example and show that he reasonable. Jehovah sent him to the earth to preach to “the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But he show that he was reasonable when he was preaching to the people. For example, one woman who was not Israelite beg Jesus to heal her daughter who the demon was suffering bad way. Jesus feel sorry for the woman and heal her daughter. (Matt. 15:21-28) Yor let look at another example. When Jesus started his ministry, he say: “Whoever disowns me . . . , I will also disown him.” (Matt. 10:33) But you think he disown Peter when he deny him three times? No. Jesus knew that Peter was faithful man and Peter really felt sorry for what he did. After Jesus came back to life, he appear to Peter and told him that he na forgive him and still love him. (Luke 24:33, 34) Jehovah God and Jesus Christ reasonable. How about us? Jehovah expecting us to be reasonable. w23.07 21 ¶6-7