Be Courageous-Jehovah Is With You - REMEMBER, JEHOVAH IS WITH US!

We now have the wonderful opportunity to preach about the Kingdom and to make disciples. This is the greatest work God has ever given to his servants on earth.  (Matthew 24:14;  28:19,  20)  We are very grateful for Jesus' perfect example. He  "went journeying from city to city and from village to village, preaching and declaring the good news of the kingdom of God." (Luke 8:1)  Like him, we need faith and courage to preach about the Kingdom . With God's help;, we can be as courageous as Noah. He was "a preacher of righteousness" in "a world of ungodly people" who were going to be destroyed in a flood. -  2 PETER 2:4, 5.

Prayer helps us to do the preaching work. Some of Jesus' disciples who were being persecuted prayed that they might continue "speaking the word of God with boldness," and their prayer was answered.  (Read Acts 4:29-31.)  If you are afraid  of preaching from house to house, pray to Jehovah for greater faith and courage, and he will help you. - PSALM 66:19,20.

It is not easy to keep doing God's will in this wicked system world. But we are not alone.  God is with us. His Son, the Head of the congregation, is helping us too.  There are also morte than 7,000,000 other Witnesses of Jehovah around the world. Let us all continue to show faith and preach the good news.  The words of out 2013 year-text will help us do that: "Be courageous and strong. . . .Jehovah your God is with you." - JOSHUA 1:9.

Next time:What Is the Kingdom of God?/The Bible's Answer

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