"Taste" Jehovah's Goodness - How?

 Each time we apply what we learn from Jehovah, we see the good effects in our life.  As we learned about him and came to love him, he helped us overcome thinking and practices that once separated us from him. (Colossians 1:21)  And when we dedicated ourselves to Jehovah and got baptized, we experienced his goodness even more as he gave us a good conscience and drew us into a close relationship with him.  - 1 PETER 3:21. 

We continue to experience Jehovah's goodness as we engage in the ministry.  Are you a shy person?  Many of Jehovah's people are. Perhaps before you became one of Jehovah's servants, you could never have imagined yourself knocking on the door of a perfect stranger and sharing an unpopular  message with him. Yet, today you do that on a regular basis.  What is more, with Jehovah's help, you learned to enjoy the preaching work!  You have felt Jehovah's support in a number of ways . He has helped you to keep calm when faced with an opposer. he has also helped you to recall the just the right scripture to share with an interested householder.  And he has given you the strength to continue when you have been met with indifference in the territory.  - JEREMIAH 20:7-9.

Jehovah has also shown us his goodness by training  us for the ministry.  (John6:45)  At our midweek meeting, we listen to well-thought-out-sample conversations, and we are encouraged to use them in the ministry. At first, we may be a lit bit apprehensive about trying something new, but when we do, we may find that the new approach appeals to those in our territory. We are encouraged  at meetings and conventions  to engage in forms of   the ministry that we might never have tried before.  Once again, they will mean  leaving our comfort zone, but  when we do, we give Jehovah something to bless.  Let us consider some of the blessings that resulted when we explore new ways to give Jehovah our best, regardless of our circumstances.  Then let us review ways in which we might expand our ministry.

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