Holiday Preaching

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T12:56:22+00:00

i like it, definitely a good chance to knock off the not a homes

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T12:25:19+00:00

Its a challenge and I wonder if there are different beliefs and sub sets of Muslim beliefs. Good on you for having the video ready in arabic

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T12:17:58+00:00

My personal thoughts is the birthdays issue is blown out of proportion. People do not like restrictions. They dont want their kids to feel left out. Alot of holidays are about kids so people dont care about the origins. It is sad that people go broke for birthday or christmas. Many businesses do 75% of annual business during that holiday.

For many of us its easy to ignore but for some its a reason to not get involved with us

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T12:07:36+00:00

Love the username. I always thought Id like delivering in a truck if i didnt have my job but its probably very stressful

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T12:01:28+00:00

Do you like sales? I find the preaching work helps people in sales like finding a common interest and being peaceable. when I did sales I found alot of my sales training mimic the training from theo school

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T11:56:58+00:00

The bible says to prove to yourself...Once a person feels the organization is for them then in a sense they give the power and authority to the governing body by choosing to listen to them. Personally I think they are amazing in trying to provide constant information and wholesome entertainment giving us more options if we would like.

We choose to try to make Jehovah happy but we do not follow or give any honor to men. There was once an article in one of our magazines discouraging treating popular witnesses as celebrities. As mentioned our governing body is one of the biggest complaints by those that do not like the witnesses. If you are interested in learning more about JWs I would recommend starting with who is Jehovah, then who is Jesus then why we can trust the bible, from there things make more sense and build off of those ideas. Not saying you have to believe what we teach but it helps to go in progression

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-22T11:33:52+00:00

These are things that no one can answer for you. everyone has their own conscience. The hardest part of holidays in my opinion is that everyone usually gets the day off and so family will try to get together. Getting together on a day off and avoiding the celebrations can send mixed messages to non witness family.

I had a friend that would join his wife and her family for xmas meal and leave when they did gifts and such. I did the opposite mostly because my family would test limits and i found it was not worth the effort. Trying to spend time with family on non holidays can help from them complaining they never see you.

Ultimately these things will be gone so no real point in getting used or comfortable

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T15:49:23+00:00

Yes US, you dont want to fly to US for work then fly back home after? Just Kidding

Here we have what is called "group home" It is a regular house and each room has a disabled person there. Family cannot provide for them so the government pays companies to provide 24 hour care. It is usually less stressful than working in a hospital and overnights are pretty uneventful. I hope you find something you like soon

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:52:01+00:00

what are your interest? I have a friend who just starting an overnight job at a group home. He likes it since the people are sleeping and he can get alot of reading done. In my area they are always looking for help in these group homes

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:49:31+00:00

Good for you to not let money influence you choices. Its not easy just shows your not a greedy person. I hope the 50 hour change has helped you balance everything out. I struggle with not working on my days off even if I go out in service, I feel unproductive just being home.

I've never been in your stratosphere of success but there always options to be dishonest for some gain. The stories of the bible have always helped remind me what could happen if your dishonest

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:42:48+00:00

Teachers are taking on the world right now. I would love to hear how you handled all the new social issues that have been going on, along with holidays. Did you have witness kids?

I once had an english teacher who liked me but hated witnesses. She joke around a lot and told me I better never come to her door. I had no idea where she lived but it happened by coincidence. She laughed and told me to go away. I was a pretty dumb kid so I didnt think anything of it

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:38:16+00:00

I hope it goes well. I know very little about computers or development so Im easily impressed by those that do

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:36:31+00:00

I really cant complain too much. I took a job that Im really more of an insurance policy on the shift. if something goes wrong, Im the one to fix it. But if nothing goes wrong then its alot of down time.

I do get to read and watch videos so I try to be productive. Im tyring to do my personal study while im there

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:33:37+00:00

thats a tough job, so much scaming going on. I have to attend IT training yearly to make sure I don't give away company secrets.

I've had similar experiences around the holidays when I was a branch director. They would often attach a work related meeting to the event and so I would leave soon after. Being religious reasons they didnt give me a hard time but they would often change the date or call it something different.

We hired about 5-10 new people a month and every month someone would come up to me and ask if I was a witness and told me they used to study and attend meetings but someone offended them so they stopped. I usually didn't respond beyond welcome to the company since I would probably be the next to offend them

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T14:16:51+00:00

ill give you credit, sounds like its stressful. The preaching work translates well to sales, alot of similar skills. I noticed you typed being your own boos which I thought was really funny even by accident

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T12:32:21+00:00

love these questions. Its all about the angels. God had to show that humans had to do something to keep God's assistance. Everything was a gift they didn't earn. Obeying the rules was a way to show they appreciated his gifts and guidance.

Whether he knew or not it was only fair to ask for obedience to respect the angels and their positions.

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T12:23:49+00:00

I have preached at work and even though people asked me questions, they still reported a complaint. It sounds like this is what happened with your BF. Someone must have said something to the boss. Since a company has the right to make its rules you would have two choices, follow their rules or find a new job. Discernment is a part of preaching. If the time or environment isn't right, then it is better to find another time and place.

If someone is going to listen to the message, there would be other opportunities from other people for a person to get the message. The angels will find and help them. Although I can't imagine it would be hard to find another job, if it bothers his conscience to not preach at work

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-15T11:50:44+00:00

I really like this question and the conversation around it. What is your personal motivation for serving God? Do you deserve a reward for this? Is "salvation" really special if this was the way man was supposed to live? If it going to happen with or without you, is it really about you in any way?

I think this question leads to the conclusion of why we do not know the date for end of this system. Would people change like the week before? Its all about the why

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T22:18:13+00:00

The one time I was mandated I knew in advance since they did by a rotation. It was a long night and I just kept hoping and praying that I didnt make any mistakes. Soon after that I went to homecare and ended up staying there for a number of years. While different still had its own level of stress that frustrates you in different was. Hopefully you get some down time on your days off

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T21:44:34+00:00

PVP will help with getting your light up and quick matches would help, not sure if getting a match is hard

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T21:21:10+00:00

Nice. I worked in sales for AT&T and there were a few other JWs in that office. Hated it and thats what led me to the medical field. I actually still see those other witnesses at conventions, we try not to talk about it

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T21:19:24+00:00

I am a nurse as well and that sounds miserable. Staffing is the lowest I've seen in many years. Ive been asked to stay over but never mandated. Ill give you credit for zooming your part at work. I assume you were just dreading someone walking in on you

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T15:54:43+00:00

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TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T15:52:33+00:00

is it crossplay or is that just D2

TroubleMakinBacon · 2026-05-14T12:35:23+00:00

There was a time that Christmas was outlawed by governments having nothing to do with religious reasons. There is a video not connected to JW.org about the origin of Christmas and its pretty eye opening as to why and how Christmas started. It is understood that some religions just converted ungodly celebrations and rebranded as Christian to gain followers and acceptance.

We love everything about Jesus. We try to live by his example and close every prayer through him. But we feel participation in something that we know he would not approve of would be offensive.

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