Many people today want to know what the future holds. It’s still dark out when I leave for work and on my way in to the office I pass by a very well lit up establishment that has a big neon sign that says “Palm Readings”. These kind of places try to predict your future …
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Author:Joe Beckman
Evidence of God in the world around us
One dictionary defines Evidence as “the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid”. So, if we wanted to see if something was true or valid, we would want to look at the available body of facts or information available. What if the question we’re seeking to …
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Be wrathful, but do not sin
The other day I was at the Kingdom Hall and a friend of mine walked up to talk to me. We briefly talked about a difficult situation I am working through in my personal life and he could see that it was causing me some angst. Perhaps also through my words he could see I …
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What makes a family?
When you think of family, who do you think of? Perhaps your mother or father? Siblings? Maybe you are a mother or father yourself and you think of your spouse and your own children. Many instinctively think that a family is defined by those traditional roles that we’ve given titles to. Society often considers those …
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Be happy with what you have
I have had this idealized version of life that I have strived to achieve. A life of travel, excitement, wonder and adventure. I’ve often dreamt of seeing the world by boat, and it has been such a big dream that when I started working that the goal of one day setting sail motivated me to …
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Perfect love casts fear out
Has anyone ever felt inadequate when approaching Jehovah in prayer? I have. Jehovah knows my thoughts. He knows all the things I’ve done. He knows the deepest parts of me that still struggles with the thoughts that 40-years of worldly living brings. Sometimes those thoughts can cause us anguish, they can cause us to hold …
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Renounce unrighteousness
As Jehovah’s people we are expected to renounce unrighteousness. One definition of renounce is “to declare that one will no longer engage in or support”. So, this scripture is telling us that if we are calling on the name of Jehovah that we are to no longer engage in, or support, unrighteousness. One might even …
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What’s on the menu?
I have been very grateful to Jehovah for the many blessings he has given me. One of them was the help he gave me in making many changes in my life as I was learning about him and forming a friendship. I had to overcome many bad personal habits in this journey to live by …
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Ribs!
One of my favorite meats to smoke is plain ole’ pork ribs. If doing spare ribs I prefer the St. Louis Style which basically just trims the ends off so you have rib bones and not all of that cartilage that holds them together. So just meat, and bones, and in an easy to eat …
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