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Message Posted: Sep 10, 2011 4:10:42 PM
Do You View the Future With Fear or Hope?
The present state of the global environment is but one cause of anxiety. People throughout the world now live in fear of terrorist attacks. The deputy director of operations for Canada’s top spy agency said: “We stay up at night worrying about the threats that we don’t know about.” Why, just watching the evening news on television can produce anxiety!
Excerpt taken from, "Do You View the Future With Fear or Hope?" published by Jehovah's Witnesses/ Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
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Message Posted: Nov 21, 2010 12:52:06 AM
A Sure Guide to Happiness
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What Is the Purpose of Life?
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How Can You Find Real Peace of Mind?
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Message Posted: Dec 7, 2009 3:36:07 PM
Do You View the Future With Fear or Hope?
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Message Posted: Aug 16, 2009 9:13:24 PM
A Sure Guide to Happiness
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Message Posted: Jun 20, 2009 11:36:51 PM
The link brings out this:
Any Solid Basis for Happiness?
Like a flowering plant, happiness needs proper conditions in order to grow
To flourish, a flowering plant needs good soil, water, and a proper climate. Likewise, researchers recognize that certain conditions contribute to happiness. These include physical well-being; good work; adequate food, shelter, and clothing; fulfillment of creative desires; and true friends.
You would probably not dispute the effect those conditions have on a person’s prospects for being happy. But there is a more important factor. It is knowledge of “the happy God,” whose name is Jehovah. (1 Timothy 1:11) How does that knowledge help? Jehovah is our Creator, and he gave us the capacity for being happy. Logically, he knows what can make us truly happy. The following article describes his way of directing people in any location or circumstance to a life of enduring happiness.
Read the whole article...click the link above
published by Jehovah's Witnesses/ Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society
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Message Posted: Jan 14, 2009 2:18:18 AM
EXCERPT TAKEN FROM:
You Can Be Happy Despite Problems
Jehovah Wants You to Be Happy
We have considered two ways in which Jehovah can bolster your happiness despite your problems. First, through the Bible, he provides knowledge and guidance to help you face adversities successfully. Besides helping us cope with the sorrow of death, Bible counsel can also help us to deal with economic and health problems. It can give you strength to endure social injustice and political turmoil. And if you apply its guidance in your life, it can help you to deal with other personal problems.
The Bible’s hope of the resurrection can contribute to happiness
Second, by studying the Bible, you acquire a hope that far surpasses anything human society offers. The resurrection of friends and family is part of the hope that the Bible sets out. Revelation 21:3, 4 gives more details: “God himself will be with [mankind]. And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” This means that any source of sadness in your life will soon be gone forever. What the Bible promises will come true, and you can enjoy its fulfillment. Just knowing that better times are ahead gives relief. Knowing that you do not face suffering indefinitely after death is a reason to be happy.
To illustrate: Several years ago Maria watched her husband die a painful death from cancer. Her tears had scarcely dried when financial problems forced her and her three daughters out of the family home. Two years later, Maria discovered that she had cancer. She has had two major operations and deals with severe pain every day. Despite these problems, she is so positive in her thinking that she is moved to encourage other people. How does she maintain her happiness?
Maria says: “When I have a problem, I try not to think too much about myself. I avoid asking questions like these: ‘Why me? Why do I have to suffer like this? Why did I have to get sick?’ Negative thinking uses up energy. Instead, I direct my energy toward serving Jehovah and helping others. That brings me happiness.”
What role does hope play in Maria’s life? She has her heart set on the future when Jehovah will take away illness and other problems from mankind. When she goes to the hospital for treatment, she shares that hope with other cancer patients, who may be despondent. How important is hope to Maria? She says: “I often think of what the Bible says at Hebrews 6:19, where Paul describes hope as an anchor for the soul. Without that anchor, you will drift like a boat loose in a storm. But if you are tied to that anchor, you will be secure in spite of the stormy problems you face.” That “hope of the everlasting life which God, who cannot lie, promised” helps Maria to remain happy. It can do the same for you.—Titus 1:2.
Through a study of the Bible, you can find true happiness despite your problems. You may, though, have questions about the practical aspects of this. Jehovah’s Witnesses will be pleased to show you the Scriptural answers that you need to know if you are to be truly happy. As you await fulfillment of the hope Jehovah offers, you can be among those described in this way: “They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”—Isaiah 35:10, King James Version.text deleted
* The Encyclopædia Britannica (2003) describes Sheol as “a place of neither pain nor pleasure, punishment nor reward.”Appeared in The Watchtower June 15, 2006
PUBLISHED BY JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES/WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY
Posted by Martin
[Edited by: martini58 at 1/14/2009 2:19:44 AM EST]
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