Why We Attend the Memorial - Are You Planning Ahead for the Memorial Season?

 HOW WE ALL BENEFIT FROM ATTENDING

We draw closer to Jehovah. (James 4:8) As we have learned, the Memorial gives us an opportunity to think about the hope Jehovah has given us and to meditate on the great love he has shown us. (Jeremiah 29:11; 1 John 4:8-10) When we reflect on our sure hope for the future and on God's unfailing love forus, we deepen our own love for Jehovah and strengthen our bond with him. - ROMANS 8:38, 39.

We are moved to imitate Jesus' example.  (1 Peter 2:21)In the days leading up to the Memorial, we focus on Bible accounts about Jesus' final week on earth, his death, and his resurrection.  Then on the evening of the Memorial, the discourse  reminds us of Jesus' love for us. (Ephesiann 5:2; 1 John 3:16) As we read about Jesus' self-sacrificing example and meditate on it, we feel compelled to "go on walking  just as that one walked." - 1 JOHN 2:6.

We are even more determined to remain in God's love. (Jude 20, 21) We remain in God's love by doing all we can to obey him, sanctify his name, and bring joy to his heart.  (Proverbs 27:11; Matthew 6:9; 1 John 5:3) The Memorial observance moves us to be more determned to live each day in a way that says to  Jehovah, "I want to remain in your love forever!" 

Whether our hope is to live forever in heaven or on earth, we have sound reasons  to attend the Memorial. Each year, when gather together on that date, we remember the death of someone we love,  Jesus Christ. Above all, we remember the greatest act of love-the love that Jehovah showed us by giving his Son as a ransom. We love Jehovah and his Son, so on the anniversary of Jesus' death, nothing be more important to us then being present at the Memorial.

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