Sunday, January 17
Love Jehovah, all you who are loyal to him!—Ps. 31:23.
Jehovah expects his worshippers to separate themselves from Babylon the Great. However, this requires more than our cutting ties with false religion. We must be determined to uphold true religion—the pure worship of Jehovah. Consider two ways that we can do that. First, we must remain firm for Jehovah’s righteous moral standards. We cannot accept the world’s values and standards. For example, we do not approve of sexual immorality of any kind, including marriage between people of the same sex and other homosexual lifestyles. (Matt. 19:4, 5; Rom. 1:26, 27) Second, we must continue worshipping with our fellow Christians. We do this wherever we can, whether in our Kingdom Halls or, when necessary, in private homes or even in secret. No matter what happens, we cannot let up in our routine of meeting together for worship. In fact, we need to meet together “all the more so as [we] see the day drawing near.”—Heb. 10:24, 25. w19.10 16 ¶6-7
January 11-17
LEVITICUS 20-21
Song 80 and Prayer
Opening Comments (1 min.)
TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD
“Jehovah Sets His People Apart”: (10 min.)
Spiritual Gems: (10 min.)
Bible Reading: (4 min.) Le 20:1-13 (th study 5)
APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY
Return Visit Video: (5 min.) Discussion. Play the video Return Visit: Prayer—1Jo 5:14. Stop the video at each pause, and ask the questions that appear in the video.
Return Visit: (3 min.) Use the sample conversation. (th study 6)
Return Visit: (5 min.) Begin with the sample conversation. Offer the Good News brochure, and start a Bible study in lesson 12. (th study 19)
LIVING AS CHRISTIANS
“Safeguard Your Marriage”: (15 min.) Discussion. Play the video We Must “Run With Endurance”—Obey the Rules of the Contest.
Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) rr section 1, chap. 3 ¶1-10, intro video, box 3A
Concluding Comments (3 min.)
Song 94 and Prayer