WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM JEHIOVAH?

 Jehovah promises to listen to our prayers. (Read Jeremiah 29:12.) Our God loves his faithful worshippers, so he will never ignore their prayers.  (Psalm 10:17; 37:28) However, this does not mean that he will grant us all our requests. We may have to wait until the new world before we receive some of the things we ask for. 

Jehovah considers how our requests relate to his overall purpose. (Isaiah 55:8, 9) Part of that purpose includes filling the earth with men and women who are joyfully united under his rulership. But Satan claims that humans would better off ruling themselves. (well, you saw what happened with that, don't you, because if you don't, you are wearing rose colored glasses.) (Genesis 3:1-5) To prove that the Devi's claim is a lie, Jehovah has allowed humans to govern themselves. Yet, human rule has caused many of the problems we have today. (Ecclesiastes 8:9) We understand that Jehovah will not remove all these problems at this time. If he were to do so, some might conclude that human rule does work, that it is able to solve mankind's problems. 

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