September 16-22
PSALMS 85-87
Song 41 and Prayer | Opening Comments (1 min.)
1. Prayer Helps Us to Endure
(10 min.)
Ask Jehovah to give you joy (Ps 86:4)
Ask Jehovah to help you remain faithful (Ps 86:11, 12; w12 5/15 25 ¶10)
Trust that Jehovah will answer your prayers (Ps 86:6, 7; w23.05 13 ¶17-18)
ASK YOURSELF, ‘Do my prayers increase in length and frequency when I face trials?’—Ps 86:3.
2. Spiritual Gems
(10 min.)
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Ps 86:11—What does David’s prayer suggest about a person’s heart? (it-1 1058 ¶5)
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What spiritual gems from this week’s Bible reading would you like to share?
3. Bible Reading
(4 min.) Ps 86:1–87:7 (th study 12)
4. Starting a Conversation
(3 min.) INFORMAL WITNESSING. Offer a Bible study. (lmd lesson 3 point 5)
5. Following Up
(4 min.) INFORMAL WITNESSING. Offer a Bible study to a person who previously expressed concern about a current event. (lmd lesson 7 point 4)
6. Making Disciples
(5 min.) lff lesson 15 point 5. Discuss arrangements for your student to have his study while you are away next week. (lmd lesson 10 point 4)
Song 83
7. Don’t Give Up
(5 min.) Discussion.
Play the VIDEO. Then ask the audience:
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Why may we at times feel like giving up in the ministry?
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Why should we not give up?
8. Keep Offering Bible Studies!
(10 min.) Discussion.
Have you started a Bible study using the Enjoy Life Forever! brochure during this month’s special campaign? If so, you must be excited! Likely, others are also encouraged by your results. On the other hand, if you have not yet started a Bible study, you may be wondering if your efforts are really worthwhile. What can you do if you feel discouraged about your results?
Play the VIDEO DRAMATIZATION “We Recommend Ourselves as God’s Ministers . . . by Patience”—When Preaching. Then ask the audience:
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How can 2 Corinthians 6:4, 6 help us if ever our ministry seems like a “black hole”?
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What adjustments could you make if you feel as though your efforts to start a Bible study have been unproductive?
Remember, our joy does not depend on how many Bible studies we start or conduct. Rather, joy is the result of knowing that Jehovah is pleased with our efforts. (Lu 10:17-20) So continue to participate in this special campaign wholeheartedly, knowing that “your labor is not in vain in connection with the Lord”!—1Co 15:58.
9. Congregation Bible Study
(30 min.) bt chap. 15 ¶13-14, box on p. 121
