diff --git a/20-Knowledge/Spiritual Notes/Pioneer Meeting March 2026.md b/20-Knowledge/Spiritual Notes/Pioneer Meeting March 2026.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a61f68 --- /dev/null +++ b/20-Knowledge/Spiritual Notes/Pioneer Meeting March 2026.md @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +Theme: "I Will Refresh You" +**Matt 11:28** - 28 Come to me, all you who are toiling and loaded down, and I will refresh you. +## Introduction +**Matt 6:26** - 26 Observe intently the birds of heaven; they do not sow seed or reap or gather into storehouses, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than they are. + +Jehovah takes care of birds, how much more so will he take care of his faithful servents, especially pioneers and those serving. Especially those doing both. + +## Learn From Me: I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart +Infinite number of online classes that come with a cost, but no garuntee of if they'll actually benefit us. Jesus gave us a free masterclass with lasting benefits that is garunteed to help us. + +**Matt 11:29** - 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves. + +Wisdom is proved righteous by its works = I can show you better then I can tell you + +**Luke 4:22** - 22 And they all began to give favorable witness about him and to be amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth, and they were saying: “This is a son of Joseph, is it not?” + We notice the profound affect Jesus teaching had on his listeners. They were amazed. He was also patient with the people he talked to. + +Matt 9:10 - 10 Later as he was dining in the house, look! many tax collectors and sinners came and began dining with Jesus and his disciples. + Jesus was very approachable. People also brought children, those who are sick, and others. All were drawn to him + +Luke 10:21 - 21 In that very hour he became overjoyed in the holy spirit and said: “I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have carefully hidden these things from wise and intellectual ones and have revealed them to young children. Yes, O Father, because this is the way you approved. + Jesus had immense joy and satisfaction in his ministry + +### Main Point +Jesus was an amazing teacher that was kind, patient, deeply cared about the people he talked to, was very approachable, and found joy and satisfaction in his ministry. Mildness & Humility + +## Learn From Me: Enjoy the Ministry by Being Mild and Humble +We have the opportunity to learn from the greatest teacher that ever touched the earth, Jesus. If we learn from him, our ministry will improve and we'll find more joy in it. + +When Jesus was criticized and made fun of, instead of fighting fire with fire, he let his conduct speak for him. + +Jesus also witnessed to all sorts of people + +**1 Cor 9:19** - 19 For though I am free from all people, I have made myself the slave to all, so that I may gain as many people as possible. + Paul followed in Jesus footsteps, preaching to as many people as he could reach + +**Haggai 2:7** - 7 “‘And I will shake all the nations, and the precious things of all the nations will come in; and I will fill this house with glory,’ says Jehovah of armies. + Jehovah is shaking the nations, and the result is honest hearted ones are flocking from the nations into his organization. Jehovah views these people as precious. As such, we should to as well. + +Jesus was the greatest teacher on earth, yet he had humility in that he didn't expect everyone to become a discipe. He didn't expect a 100% success rate. + +**Prov 25:15** - 15 By patience a commander is won over, And a gentle tongue can break a bone. + Fighting fire with fire doesn't work. Instead, we use patience and gentle tounge as our weapons, and they will prove effective, and make Jehovah happy. + +**John 15:11** - 11 “These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be made full. + Nobody could take away the joy Jesus had in his ministry. This also applies to us + +Some may respond positilvley during the great tribulation +### Main Point +We want to imitate Jesus, preaching to people of all sorts. We also need to be humble, even Jesus didn't expect a 100% success rate. Instead, use patience and gentleness to overcome whatever stands in our way. If we do these things, we will have the same joy Jesus had in his ministry. + +## Learn From Me: Refersh Others by being Mild and Humble +Nope to busy sorry. + +## Learn From Me: Enjoy Strength in Inner Peace +Not sure on the title, kind of made that one up + +Jesus strength was not external, it was internal in the form of restraint. + +**2 Tim 2:24,25** - 24 For a slave of the Lord does not need to fight, but needs to be gentle toward all, qualified to teach, showing restraint when wronged, 25 instructing with mildness those not favorably disposed. Perhaps God may give them repentance leading to an accurate knowledge of truth, + A slave of the lord does not need to fight, showing restraint when wronged, and being gentle toward all. + Putting up with evil, without resentment + Summed up as "Mildness" + +**1 Peter 2:21-23** - 21 In fact, to this course you were called, because even Christ suffered for you, leaving a model for you to follow his steps closely. 22 He committed no sin, nor was deception found in his mouth. 23 When he was being insulted, he did not insult in return. When he was suffering, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the One who judges righteously. + Jesus had humility. He was literally the most perfect human in existence. He didn't force outcomes, he didn't demand justice, he entrusted himself to Jehovah. + +When we trust that Jehovah is going to take care of things, we have inner peace. + +**Phil 4:7** - 7 and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mental powers by means of Christ Jesus. + Peace of God guards our hearts and mental powers + Side Note: It surpasses all understanding. In other words, don't waste cylces trying to understand it. + +### Main Point +Having Mildness and Humility will result in knowing we can't do everything, and thus throwing our burdens on Jehovah. The result? We will have inner peace from Jehovah. Whenever we're facing something bigger then we can deal with, leave it in Jehovah's hands. + +## My Yolk is Kindly and my Load is Light: Accept the Load +Well thats a mouthful + +**Matt 11:29** - 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am mild-tempered and lowly in heart, and you will find refreshment for yourselves. + An invitation from Jesus, working side by side with him as fellow workers. + +We accept this invitation as baptized loyal Christians. How to? + +### Showing modesty in our work. +**Mark 6:30,31** - 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all the things they had done and taught. 31 And he said to them: “Come, you yourselves, privately into an isolated place and rest up a little.” For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure time even to eat a meal. + When the apostles had finished, he didn't send them back out to work. He instead took them on a break to rest up a bit. He was modest + +### Keeping things simple +**Luke 9:62** - 62 Jesus said to him: “No man who has put his hand to a plow and looks at the things behind is well-suited for the Kingdom of God.” + Keep our eyes on the things ahead, keep our eyes focused on our work, and keep things simple + +## My Yolk is Kindly and my Load is Light: Choose the Light Load + +**1 Cor 9:26** - 26 Therefore, the way I am running is not aimlessly; the way I am aiming my blows is so as not to be striking the air; + We want to spend our time usefully. Going where the people are, and going when the people are + +If we have many studies/RV's, may have to reevaluate on if they are truly progressing or not, and if not, cut them off. + +### Main Point +Don't make the job harder on ourselves. We have tools, we have resources, we have friends, use them all. Choose the light load, not overburden ourselves. + +## My Yolk is Kindly and my Load is Light: Throw off Heavy Loads +**Hebrews 12:1** - 1 So, then, because we have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also throw off every weight and the sin that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, + Throw off every weight. We often load ourselves up with things Jesus never asked us to deal with. We will discuss three. + +### Striving for higher standard of living then we can afford +Cost of living steadily increases. This means more work, more time, and less pioneering. + +**1 Tim 6:7,8** - 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, and neither can we carry anything out. 8 So, having food and clothing, we will be content with these things. + Focus on what matters, and what will persist through eternity, not what will exist temporarily. +### Setting a higher expectation for ourselves then is required +Jehovah does not expect more from us then we are able to give. + +I think there was a scripture but I didn't catch it. Something in Galatians. +### Excessive Guilt +**1John 3:19,20** - 19 By this we will know that we originate with the truth, and we will assure our hearts before him 20 regarding whatever our hearts may condemn us in, because God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. + Jehovah is greater then our hearts, and knows all things. If Jehovah forgives us, who are we to disagree with that? He knows all things. + +Prayer and meditation on God's word can have a big impact on forgiving ourselves, and remove excessive guilt. + +Keep in mind there is a difference between a personal responsibility, and an uneccesary load. We must distinguish them, but we can pray to Jehovah and ask for him help in figuring out which is which, and which can be thrown off. +### Main Point +Don't add things to our yoke that Jesus didn't add. As we throw them off, we will find more joy in the ministry +## My Yolk is Kindly and my Load is Light: Find Refreshement for Yourselves +**Acts 20:35** - 35 I have shown you in all things that by working hard in this way, you must assist those who are weak and must keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, when he himself said: ‘There is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving.’” + The most assured way of finding happiness is cited here. More happiness in giving then there is in receiving. + +How is Jesus Yoke a refreshment for us? +### We have the best overseers +Contrasted with worldly overseers, Jehovah and Jesus are thankful for what we do, they are merciful, and they know our limitations. They are always going to be appreciative of what we do. + +Jehovah provides both what we need, but also the power beyond what is normal to accomplish this work. Jesus provided his example on how we can accomplish this work effectivley. + +We also have local congregation elders that support others in the ministry +### We have the best companions +Contrasted with worldly coworkers, we get other pioneers who are doing the same thing we are. +### Because we have the very best work +**John 8:44** - 44 You are from your father the Devil, and you wish to do the desires of your father. That one was a murderer when he began, and he did not stand fast in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks according to his own disposition, because he is a liar and the father of the lie. + Our job is to disprove the lies about Jehovah, prove Satan a liar, and expose Satan for what he really is. + +The only work thats really going to make a difference. + +**2 Thess 2:16,17** - 16 Moreover, may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and gave everlasting comfort and good hope by means of undeserved kindness, 17 comfort your hearts and make you firm in every good deed and word. + Jehovah and Jesus provide for us everlasting comfort, making us firm, all through a good hope + +## We Have a Great High Priest +Jesus: A High Priest who Loves You + +**Heb 4:16** - 16 Let us, then, approach the throne of undeserved kindness with freeness of speech, so that we may receive mercy and find undeserved kindness to help us at the right time. + In ancient times, if someone approached the throne without an invitation, they died. Yet, we have an invitation to the most high throne. We do this through prayer. + +**John 14:27** - 27 I leave you peace; I give you my peace. I do not give it to you the way that the world gives it. Do not let your hearts be troubled nor let them shrink out of fear. + This is Jesus final night before his death. Jesus was telling his disciples that he was giving them the same peace he had, resulting from Jehovahs Approval. He was telling them that Jehovah, and Jesus, loved them, and loves us today as well. + +**Isa 41:10** - 10 Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not be anxious, for I am your God. I will fortify you, yes, I will help you, I will really hold on to you with my right hand of righteousness.’ + Jehovah does not promise to take the challenge away, he does promise to help us. + "Do not be afraid, I will help you" repeated in vs 13, and 14. Jehovah is trying to impart something, yes? Shall we listen? + +Stats for FL C-11B: +Total # of Regular ioneers: 355 +Total # of Special Pioneers: 11