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    LIVING AS CHRISTIANS

    Stand Firm as the End Approaches

    WHY IMPORTANT: Awe-inspiring events will soon test our courage and trust in Jehovah as never before. The great tribulation will begin with the destruction of false religion. (Mt 24:21; Re 17:16, 17) During that tumultuous time, we may well deliver a hard-hitting judgment message. (Re 16:21) We will face an attack by Gog of Magog. (Eze 38:10-12, 14-16) In response, Jehovah will bring “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.” (Re 16:14, 16) To strengthen our courage for these future events, we need to stand firm during current tests of faith.

    HOW TO DO IT:

    • Courageously uphold Jehovah’s high moral standards.​—Isa 5:20

    • Continue worshipping with fellow Christians.​—Heb 10:24, 25

    • Readily obey direction from Jehovah’s organization.​—Heb 13:17

    • Meditate on how Jehovah saved his people in the past.​—2Pe 2:9

    • Pray to Jehovah, and trust in him.​—Ps 112:7, 8

    WATCH THE DRAMATIZATION FUTURE EVENTS THAT WILL REQUIRE COURAGE​—EXCERPT, AND THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

    • A scene from the video ‘Future Events That Will Require Courage.’ At the Kingdom Hall, a concerned sister gazes ahead after reading congregation assignments for a pending merger.

      What test of obedience did publishers face when the congregation they attended was merged with other congregations?

    • A scene from the video ‘Future Events That Will Require Courage.’ The same sister discusses the new congregation assignments with two other sisters.

      How are courage and obedience linked?

    • A scene from the video ‘Future Events That Will Require Courage.’ A young boy is worried after meditating on a depiction of Armageddon in the book ‘God’s Kingdom Rules!’

      Why will courage be needed when Armageddon comes?

    • A scene from the video ‘Future Events That Will Require Courage.’ Jehoshaphat and others from Judah arrive at a battlefield to find that not a single opposing soldier is alive.

      Prepare now for future events that will require courage

      What Bible account can help us to strengthen our faith in Jehovah’s saving power?​—2Ch 20:1-24