Thursday, April 15
We are [not] the masters over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, for it is by your faith that you are standing.—2 Cor. 1:24.
Jehovah has not given us authority to make personal decisions for others. Someone who makes needless rules is not protecting his brother’s safety—he is trying to become the master of his brother’s faith. Satan the Devil will not stop trying to persecute Jehovah’s faithful servants. (1 Pet. 5:8; Rev. 2:10) Satan and his agents will try to ban our worship of Jehovah. However, there is no reason for us to be paralyzed by fear! (Deut. 7:21) Jehovah is on our side, and he will continue to support us even if our work is banned. (2 Chron. 32:7, 8) May we have the same resolve as did our first-century brothers, who told the rulers of their day: “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves. But as for us, we cannot stop speaking about the things we have seen and heard.”—Acts 4:19, 20. w19.07 13 ¶18-20
April 12-18
NUMBERS 20-21
Song 114 and Prayer
Opening Comments (1 min.)
TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD
“Maintain Your Meekness When Under Pressure”: (10 min.)
Spiritual Gems: (10 min.)
Nu 20:23-27—What lessons can we learn from the way that Aaron reacted to discipline and from the way that Jehovah viewed him despite his mistakes? (w14 6/15 26 ¶12)
What spiritual gems from this week’s Bible reading would you like to share regarding Jehovah, the field ministry, or something else?
Bible Reading: (4 min.) Nu 20:1-13 (th study 2)
APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY
Initial Call: (3 min.) Begin with the sample conversation. Overcome a common objection. (th study 12)
Return Visit: (4 min.) Begin with the sample conversation. Offer a publication from the Teaching Toolbox. (th study 3)
Talk: (5 min.) g 1/15 9—Theme: How Can I Control My Temper? (th study 16)
LIVING AS CHRISTIANS
Speak “What Is Good for Building Up” Others: (7 min.) Discussion. Play the video. Then ask the audience: How does negative or complaining speech affect others? What helped the brother in the dramatization to make adjustments?
Stand Up to Peer Pressure!: (8 min.) Discussion. Play the whiteboard animation. Then ask the audience: What pressure do many experience? What advice is found at Exodus 23:2? What four steps can help us to deal with peer pressure?
Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) rr chap. 7 ¶16-23
Concluding Comments (3 min.)
Song 129 and Prayer