● Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1987: Publishers and pioneers, please order your Examining the Scriptures booklets through the congregation.

¹ Helpful changes are being made in connection with the daily text and Yearbook arrangement.

Beginning with 1986 the Yearbook will just cover the theocratic history of two or three countries along with the year’s worldwide service report.

Jehovah is ready to give you the wisdom needed to cope with them.

Considering the Bible text and comments in Examining the Scriptures is one means by which you can take in Jehovah’s Word on a regular basis.

20 min: Are You Examining the Scriptures Daily?

³ Examining the Scriptures helps us each day to entertain positive, upbuilding thoughts about the Kingdom.

In the past, meetings for field service might have included a brief discussion of the daily text if it related to the ministry.

2. How can we prepare our heart for the Memorial?

² Prepare Your Heart: By considering what occurred on each of the final days of Jesus’ human life, we can prepare our heart for this Memorial observance. (Ezra 7:10)

To assist us in this, a schedule of special Bible reading can be found in Examining the Scriptures​—2007 and on the 2007 Calendar.

Encourage all to make good use of Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2004.

◼ Congregations should begin requesting Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1994 with their October literature request.

● Congregations should begin ordering Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1988 with their October literature order. (See 1987 Cost List, paragraphs 7-10.)

● If congregations have not done so already, they should order Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1990 with their December literature order. (See the 1989 Cost List, paragraphs 7-10.)

15 min: Are You Examining the Scriptures Daily?

² By Reading the Bible Every Day: Proverbs 24:5 states that “a man of knowledge is reinforcing power.”

The knowledge gained from regularly reading God’s Word gives a person the inner strength needed to resist Satan’s assaults on his spirituality. (Ps. 1:1, 2)

● Congregations should begin ordering Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1989 with their October literature order. (See the 1988 Cost List, paragraphs 7-10.)

2. How can we demonstrate our appreciation for the Memorial through study and meditation?

² Prepare: We normally prepare for the things that we consider important.

We can prepare our hearts for the Memorial by considering as a family the events that occurred during Jesus’ final days on earth and by meditating on them. (Ezra 7:10)

10 min: Are You Using Examining the Scriptures Daily?

15 min: Benefit From Examining the Scriptures Daily.

20 min: Are You Examining the Scriptures Daily?

⁶ As the date of this year’s observance approaches, take time to prepare your heart for the occasion. (2 Chron. 19:3)

Those words appeared in Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2001 in the comments on the scripture text for September 11.

10 min: Benefit From Examining the Scriptures Daily.

10 min: Are You Using Examining the Scriptures Daily?

5. How may you prepare your heart for this occasion?

⁵ Prepare Your Heart: Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2008 and the 2008 Calendar contain a schedule for the special Memorial Bible reading beginning on March 17.

◼ Congregations should begin requesting Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1996 with their October literature request.

Grade-​two English: Examining the Scriptures Daily​—1993 (four volumes); Organized to Accomplish Our Ministry (five volumes; 1989 updated edition); Theocratic Ministry School Schedule for 1993 (one volume); A Peaceful New World​—Will It Come? (Tract No. 17; one volume); Jehovah’s Witnesses​—What Do They Believe? (Tract No. 18; one volume); Will This World Survive? (Tract No. 19; one volume); Comfort for the Depressed (Tract No. 20; one volume); Enjoy Family Life (Tract No. 21; one volume); Who Really Rules the World? (Tract No. 22; one volume).

2. How can we intensify our heart appreciation for the ransom sacrifice, and what effect will doing so have?

² Build Heart Appreciation: The Memorial season is an opportune time to meditate on the great love that Jehovah and Jesus showed in providing the ransom sacrifice for mankind. (John 3:16; 2 Cor. 5:14, 15)

2. How can we show our thankfulness to Jehovah?

² As the Memorial of Christ’s death approaches, how can we thank “the God of loving-kindness”? (Ps. 59:17)

◼ Congregations should begin requesting the 2003 Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2003, and 2003 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses with their next literature request.

Encourage all to follow the Memorial Bible reading scheduled for April 3-8, as outlined in Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2001.

20 min: Are You Examining the Scriptures Daily?

10 min: Benefit From Examining the Scriptures Daily.

5 min: Benefit From Examining the Scriptures Daily.

To help us build our appreciation for the ransom, a schedule for the special Memorial Bible reading can be found in a number of places, such as in appendix B12 of the revised New World Translation, the calendar, and Examining the Scriptures Daily.

³ Examining Ourselves: Jesus also warned: “Pay attention to yourselves.” (Luke 21:34, 35)

Are we living each day as Christians, imitating Jesus and walking in harmony with the principles outlined in God’s Word?

⁶ A young Witness in Colorado would ask his teacher to help him with difficult words he found when reading Examining the Scriptures booklet each day.

³ Then we had great pleasure in examining the prophetic picture of the Millennium.

In the scrutinizing of themselves some brothers have given special thought to their dedication vow and what it means to them individually.

A young brother from Michigan said that serious thinking about life made him realize that he ‘had dedicated his life to Jehovah,’ which moved him to take up the vacation pioneer work and then become a regular pioneer.

◼ Congregations should begin requesting the 2009 Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2009, and the 2009 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses with their next literature request.

◼ Congregations should begin requesting the 2008 Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2008, and the 2008 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses with their next literature request.

◼ Congregations should begin requesting the 2007 Calendar of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Examining the Scriptures Daily​—2007, and the 2007 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses with their next literature request.