THE WATCHTOWER

Question: Does it seem possible to you that these words will ever be fulfilled?

Scripture: Re 21:3, 4

Offer: This issue of The Watchtower discusses how God will fulfill that promise and what it can mean for you.

THE WATCHTOWER (back page)

Question: Please notice this question. [Highlight the first question and possible answers appearing in the article on page 16.] What do you think?

Scripture: Ps 83:18

Offer: This article discusses further what the Bible says about God’s name.

BIBLE TEACH

Question: Some people think that God controls the world. But did you know that the Bible doesn’t really teach that?

Scripture: 1Jo 5:19

Offer: This book presents a clear explanation of what the Bible really teaches on this topic and many others.

BUILD YOUR OWN PRESENTATION

Use the format in the preceding examples to create your own field service presentation.

• Song 63 and Prayer

• Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “Praying for Others Pleases Jehovah”: (10 min.)

  • Job 42:7, 8​—Jehovah expected Job to pray for Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (w13 6/15 21 ¶17; w98 5/1 30 ¶3-6)

  • Job 42:10​—Jehovah restored Job’s health after he prayed for them (w98 5/1 31 ¶3)

  • Job 42:10-17​—Jehovah greatly blessed Job for his faith and endurance (w94 11/15 20 ¶19-20)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Job 38:4-7​—Who are “the morning stars,” and what do we know about them? (bh 97 ¶3)

  • Job 42:3-5​—What can we do to see God as Job did? (w15 10/15 8 ¶16-17)

  • What does this week’s Bible reading teach me about Jehovah?

  • What points from this week’s Bible reading can I use in the field ministry?

• Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Job 41:1-26

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY

• Prepare This Month’s Presentations: (15 min.) Discussion. Play each sample presentation video, and then discuss the highlights. Briefly refer to “Ways to Use JW Library” when discussing the use of a mobile device. Remind the audience to report each month the number of times they showed a video in the ministry. Encourage publishers to build their own presentation.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

• Song 60

• “Are You Using JW Library?”: (15 min.) Begin with a five-minute discussion of the article. Then play and briefly discuss the video Start Using “JW Library.” Afterward, do the same with the videos Download and Manage Publications and Customize the Reading Experience. Encourage all who can to install the JW Library app and download publications to their mobile device before the part “Ways to Use JW Library” is discussed during the week of May 16.

• Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) ia chap. 14 ¶14-22 and the chapter review

• Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

• Song 77 and Prayer

Jehovah expected Job to pray for Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar

42:7-10

• Jehovah told Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar to go to Job and offer up a burnt sacrifice

• Job was expected to pray in their behalf

• After Job prayed for them, he was blessed

Jehovah greatly blessed Job for his faith and endurance

42:10-17

• 

  Jehovah removed Job’s tribulation, restoring him to good health

• 

  Job received true comfort from friends and relatives for all that he had suffered

• 

  Jehovah restored Job’s prosperity, giving him twice the amount that he had lost

• 

  Job and his wife came to have ten more children

• 

  Job lived for another 140 years and enjoyed seeing four generations of his family line

JW Library is a free app (software application) that will allow you to download the Bible and other publications, videos, and audio programs to your phone, tablet, or computer.

HOW TO GET IT: Go online, and install JW Library from an app store. The app is available for various devices. While online, open the app and choose the items you wish to download to your device. If you cannot get online at home, perhaps you can do so at the Kingdom Hall, a public library, or a nearby coffee shop. Once publications are downloaded to your device, you do not need to connect to the Internet to access them. Because new features are regularly added to JW Library, you should go online from time to time and install app updates when they are available.

WHY GET IT? JW Library makes it very convenient to do personal study and follow along during congregation meetings. It is also useful for the ministry, especially when witnessing informally.

• Song 99 and Prayer

• Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “Peace With Jehovah Requires That We Honor His Son, Jesus”: (10 min.)

  • [Play the video Introduction to Psalms.]

  • Ps 2:1-3​—Hostility toward Jehovah and Jesus was prophesied (w04 7/15 16-17 ¶4-8; it-1 507; it-2 386 ¶3)

  • Ps 2:8-12​—Only those who honor Jehovah’s anointed King will gain life (w04 8/1 5 ¶2-3)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Ps 2:7​—What is “the decree of Jehovah”? (w06 5/15 17 ¶6)

  • Ps 3:2​—What is the meaning of Selah? (w06 5/15 18 ¶2)

  • What does this week’s Bible reading teach me about Jehovah?

  • What points from this week’s Bible reading can I use in the field ministry?

• Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Ps 8:1–9:10

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY

• Initial Call: (2 min. or less) wp16.3 cover​—Read a scripture from a mobile device.

• Return Visit: (4 min. or less) wp16.3 cover​—Have the householder object to your use of the New World Translation, and then use JW Library to show the rendering in another translation.

• Bible Study: (6 min. or less) bh 12 ¶12-13​—Encourage the student to download JW Library to his mobile device.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

• Song 138

• Respect Jehovah’s House: (5 min.) Discussion. Play the jw.org video Become Jehovah’s Friend​—Respect Jehovah’s House. (Go to BIBLE TEACHINGS > CHILDREN.) Afterward, invite young children to the stage, and ask them questions about the video.

• The Divine Name in the Hebrew Scriptures: (10 min.) Talk based on appendix A4 of the revised New World Translation.

• Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) ia chap. 15 ¶1-14 and the box “Questions About Esther” in chapter 16

• Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

• Song 11 and Prayer

Hostility toward Jehovah and Jesus was prophesied

2:1-3

• It was prophesied that the nations would not accept Jesus’ authority but would insist on their own

• This prophecy had fulfillment during Jesus’ time on earth and has a greater fulfillment today

• The psalmist says that the nations mutter an empty thing, meaning that their purpose is empty and doomed to failure

Only those who honor Jehovah’s anointed King will gain life

2:8-12

• All who oppose the Messianic King will be destroyed

• By honoring the Son, Jesus, individuals can find safety and peace

• Song 106 and Prayer

• Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “Who May Be a Guest in Jehovah’s Tent?”: (10 min.)

  • Ps 15:1, 2​—We must speak the truth in our heart (w03 8/1 14 ¶18; w89 9/15 26 ¶7)

  • Ps 15:3​—We must be upright in our speech (w89 10/15 12 ¶10-11; w89 9/15 27 ¶2-3; it-2 779)

  • Ps 15:4, 5​—We must be loyal in all our conduct (w06 5/15 19 ¶2; w89 9/15 29-30; it-1 1211 ¶3)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Ps 11:3​—What is the meaning of this verse? (w06 5/15 18 ¶3; w05 5/15 32 ¶2)

  • Ps 16:10​—How was this prophecy fulfilled in Jesus Christ? (w11 8/15 16 ¶19; w05 5/1 14 ¶9)

  • What does this week’s Bible reading teach me about Jehovah?

  • What points from this week’s Bible reading can I use in the field ministry?

• Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Ps 18:1-19

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY

• Initial Call: (2 min. or less) wp16.3 16​—Read a scripture from a mobile device.

• Return Visit: (4 min. or less) wp16.3 16​—Read scriptures from JW Library so that the householder can see the rendering in his mother tongue.

• Bible Study: (6 min. or less) bh 100-101 ¶10-11​—Briefly show the student how he can use JW Library to research a question he raised.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

• Song 70

• “Ways to Use JW Library”​—Part 1: (15 min.) Discussion. Play and briefly discuss the videos Set and Manage Bookmarks and Use History. Then discuss the first two subheadings of the article. Invite those in the audience to relate additional ways they have used JW Library for personal study and at congregation meetings.

• Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) ia chap. 15 ¶15-26 and the chapter review

• Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

• Song 43 and Prayer

To be a guest in Jehovah’s tent means that a person is a friend of God, one who trusts in him and obeys him. Psalm 15 describes what Jehovah looks for in a friend.

JEHOVAH’S GUEST MUST . . .

• have integrity

• speak the truth, even in his heart

• show honor to fellow servants of Jehovah

• keep his word, even if it is difficult

• help those in need without expecting anything in return

JEHOVAH’S GUEST AVOIDS . . .

• gossip and slander

• doing what is bad to his neighbor

• taking advantage of Christian brothers

• associating with those not serving or obeying Jehovah

• taking a bribe

FOR STUDY:

• Read the Bible and the daily text

• Read the Yearbook, magazines, and other publications. Use the bookmark feature

• Prepare for congregation meetings, and highlight the answers

• Watch videos

AT MEETINGS:

• Look up scriptures referred to by the speaker. Use the history feature to return to a scripture

• Instead of bringing multiple printed publications to the meeting, use your device to follow the various parts and to sing the songs. JW Library has the new songs that are not yet in the printed songbook

IN THE MINISTRY:

• Show an interested person something from JW Library, and then help him download the app and publications to his own device

• Use the search feature to locate a Bible verse. If a phrase does not appear in the revised New World Translation, switch to the Reference Bible and search again

• Show a video. If the householder has children, you can play one of the Become Jehovah’s Friend videos. Or you can show the video Why Study the Bible? to stimulate interest in a Bible study. If someone speaks another language, show a video in his language

• Show someone a scripture in another language, using a translation that you previously downloaded. Go to the scripture, tap the verse number, and then tap the parallel rendering icon

• Song 116 and Prayer

• Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “Prophecies Give Details About the Messiah”: (10 min.)

  • Ps 22:1​—The Messiah would seem forsaken by God (w11 8/15 15 ¶16)

  • Ps 22:7, 8​—The Messiah would be reviled (w11 8/15 15 ¶13)

  • Ps 22:18​—Lots were to be cast for the Messiah’s clothing (w11 8/15 15 ¶14)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Ps 19:14​—What practical lesson can we learn from this verse? (w06 5/15 19 ¶8)

  • Ps 23:1, 2​—How is Jehovah a loving Shepherd? (w02 9/15 32 ¶1-2)

  • What does this week’s Bible reading teach me about Jehovah?

  • What points from this week’s Bible reading can I use in the field ministry?

• Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Ps 25:1-22

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY

• Initial Call: (2 min. or less) bh​—Read a scripture from a mobile device.

• Return Visit: (4 min. or less) bh​—Use the search feature of JW Library to locate a Bible verse that answers a question raised by the householder.

• Bible Study: (6 min. or less) bh 129-130 ¶11-12​—Briefly show the student how he can use JW Library to prepare for the study using a mobile device.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

• Song 55

• “Ways to Use JW Library”​—Part 2: (15 min.) Discussion. Play and briefly discuss the videos Download and Manage Bibles and Search in a Bible or Publication. Then discuss the last subheading of the article. Invite those in the audience to relate additional ways they have used JW Library in the ministry.

• Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) ia chap. 16 ¶1-15

• Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

• Song 139 and Prayer

• Song 23 and Prayer

• Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD

• “Look to Jehovah for Courage”: (10 min.)

  • Ps 27:1-3​—Thinking about how Jehovah is our light will give us courage (w12 7/15 22-23 ¶3-6)

  • Ps 27:4​—Appreciation for true worship fortifies us (w12 7/15 24 ¶7)

  • Ps 27:10​—Jehovah is ready to support his servants when others desert them (w12 7/15 24 ¶9-10)

• Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

  • Ps 26:6​—How do we, like David, figuratively march around Jehovah’s altar? (w06 5/15 19 ¶11)

  • Ps 32:8​—What is one benefit of receiving insight from Jehovah? (w09 6/1 5 ¶3)

  • What does this week’s Bible reading teach me about Jehovah?

  • What points from this week’s Bible reading can I use in the field ministry?

• Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Ps 32:1–33:8

APPLY YOURSELF TO THE FIELD MINISTRY

• Initial Call: (2 min. or less) kt​—Read a scripture from a mobile device.

• Return Visit: (4 min. or less) Demonstrate how to offer a Bible study to someone on your magazine route by showing the video What Happens at a Bible Study? from JW Library.

• Bible Study: (6 min. or less) jl lesson 9​—Briefly show the student how he can use JW Library to prepare for the meetings.

LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

• Song 130

• Local needs: (15 min.) As an option, discuss the lessons learned from the Yearbook. (yb16 112-113; 135-136)

• Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) ia chap. 16 ¶16-29, the box “A Prophecy Fulfilled,” and the chapter review

• Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

• Song 16 and Prayer

Remembering Jehovah’s saving acts gave David courage

27:1-3

• Jehovah saved young David from a lion

• Jehovah helped David kill a bear to protect the flock

• Jehovah supported David when he killed Goliath

What can help us to have courage like David?

27:4, 7, 11

• Prayer

• Preaching

• Attending meetings

• Personal study and family worship

• Encouraging others

• Remembering how Jehovah helped us in the past