Baptism - How to Get Ready - KEEP GROWING IN YOUR LOVE FOR JEHOVAH - Conclusion

 In time, your love for Jehovah will move  you to say a special prayer.  You will dedicated  yourself to God.  Remember, once you are dedicated to Jehovah, you have this marvelous prospect: You can belong to him for all e0ternity. A vow of dedication to Jehovah endures beyond life's ups and downs. It never needs to be renewed. True, when we make a dedication, we are taking a serious step. Consider this, though: You will make many decisions in your life, some of them very good, but you never make a better one than that of dedicating your life to Jehovah.  (Psalm 50:14) Satan will try to weaken your love for your Father, hoping that you will give up your integrity. Never let Satan win!   (Job 27:5)  Your strong love for Jehovah will help you live up to your dedication and grow ever closer to your heavenly Father.

After you make your dedication to Jehovah, talk to the elders in  your congregation about taking that next step. Always remember, though, that baptism  is not the end but the beginning.  It begins an endless course of serving Jehovah. So strengthen your love for your Father now. Set goals that your love can grow stronger day by day. Such a course will lead you to baptism. That will be a wonderful day. But this is just the beginning. May your love for Jehovah and for his Son keep on growing forever!  

Next time: Questions From Readers -Why Did the Man Called "S0-and-So" Say It Would "Ruin" His Own Inheritance If He Married Ruth? (Ruth 4:1, 6) 

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