Me and My Thoughts 6

We went to the convention this weekend. We got to go to Friday and Saturday. Sunday we were all ready to go and Shawn( my husband got sick and could not get out of the bathroom) He still is not feeling that well but feeling a bit better. So if he happens to be off next Sunday we will attend the Sunday portion of next weeks convention for the other groups that are meeting.  Well we learned quite a bit in 2 days. We learned how God excepts us to act and dress in his presence( church and out in the ministry), how to present the new publications out in field service, what we should be doing for family worship night and so much more.
The theme for the whole convention was "Let God's Kingdom Come!". What a great theme for this year.  Each day had it own scriptural theme for the day. Friday was "The Kingdom of the Heavens Has Drawn Near"- Matthew 4:17. Saturday was "Keep on...Seeking First the Kingdom and His Righteousness" - Matthew 6:33 and Sunday was " There Will Be Richly Supplied to You the Entrance Into Everlasting Kingdom"- 2 Peter 1:11. 
On Friday we learned such things as:
1.Why we need God's Kingdom to come
2. How we know that God's Kingdom will come soon
3. Who are preaching the "Good News of the Kingdom"?
4.Questions about the Kingdom answered
We also had 2 great symposiums that featured a few things such as
Morning one was "How Covenants Relate to the Kingdom:
1. Jehovah's purpose is challenged
2. Covenants that identify the Seed
3.Leading God's people to the solution
4.The complete solution
Then we had an afternoon Symposium: Jesus' Miracles Portend Rich Kingdom Blessings!:
1. You have reserved the fine wine until now
2. All ate and were satisfied
3. He cured all who were faring badly
4. Lazarus, Come Out!
5. A great calm set in
6. He himself knew what was in man
 So it was great.
 We also learned a true story from the Bible the story of Naomi and Ruth. We had an audio drama about the Book of Ruth. It was great.
Then on Saturday we had learned such things as:
Let Your Light Shine!
Seek the Kingdom Not Things
Are you Behaving as a Kingdom Citizen?
The morning Symposium was: Kingdom Illustrations
1. The mustard grain
2. The leaven
3. The merchant
4. The sower who sleeps
5. The dragnet
6. The prodigal son
then we had a great Baptism Talk on: "Come...Inherit the Kingdom"
This talk was for all the people who were getting baptized as a Jehovah Witness that day.
Then in the afternoon we had another symposium on: Beware of Enemies of the Kingdom!:
1. Satan and the Demons
2.Babylon the Great
3. Apostates
4. Our imperfect flesh
Then we had a live drama: :These Words... Must Prove to Ne on Your Heart"
it was a great drama about a family who needed to learn to be more spiritual and do their family worship night more consistently and how they made changes in their lives to better fulfil this need.
We then learned we had a couple new publications out:

These are the new Publications we got. The first one is a detailed magazine on such topics as:
1.How do we listen to God?
2.Who is the true God/
3.The great flood- who listened? who did not?
4.Who is Jesus?
5.What blessing await those who listen to God?
 and much more. The second was is the same book only it is more simplified so people who can not read or for children. The first magazine is detail in that it has quoted scriptures you can look up and brief paragraph to describe the scene of each page.
The third pictures is the new book Questions Young people ask and answers that work. It is for young people who need help learning what the Bible feels about certain things and were to find the answers in the Bible. It also has a section were you can put down in writing your thoughts on that subject and any questions you like to ask your parents. I have the first volume and it is great. It helps even some adults who have some of the same questions. Questions such as:
1.How can I boost my Self-Confidence?
2. How can I explain the Bible's view on homosexuality/
3. Am I addicted to electronic media?
4. How can I make worship of God enjoyable?
5. How can I conquer the habit of masturbation?
6 Why should I care about my health?
and so much more. I love the great colorful pictures and the nice scriptural quotes they use in this book.
So even though we missed going today I am glad we made the first two days. I learned a lot  and now I need to learn to apply what we have learned.  So here is to next yrs convention hoping it is just as good.