WHEN HOMELESSNESS AND POVERTY WILL BE NO MORE

 Jesus made God's Kingdom the focus of his teaching. (Luke 4:43) He even taught people to pray: "Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done in heaven as on earth." (Matthew 6:9, 10) What will life on earth be like when God's Kingdom is in full control?? The Bible gives us appealing previews. For example, it says of the subjects of God's Kingdom:

. "They will build houses and live in them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruitage. They will not build for someone else to inhabit, nor will they plant for others to eat. . . . The work of their hands my chosen ones will enjoy to the full." - ISAIAH 65:21, 22. 

. "They will sit, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, and no one will make them afraid, for the mouth of Jehovah of armies has spoken." -MICAH 4:4.

That sure hope can buoy us up during our trials. At the same time, Bible principles can help us to live meaningful and satisfying lives even now as Joe Martin, and many other have discovered. Indeed, our Creator, Jehovah God, gives us this guarantee: "The one listening to me will dwell in security and be undisturbed by the dread of calamity." (Proverbs 1:33) May those words prove to be true your life!

Next time: Hope for the Homeless and the Poor -PRINCIPLES THAT CAN IMPROVE ECONOMIC SECURITY

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