Growing Up As A Jehovah’s Witness

When you’re a kid, there’s nothing better than waking up early on Saturday and watching your favorite cartoons (Mine were Pokémon & Yu-Gi-Oh!). Instead of doing that, though, I would wake up at 5:30 AM, put on a suit, and get ready to spend the day knocking on doors. It’s safe to say my childhood …

Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 1 Everything Is Meaningless 1) The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: 2) “Meaningless! Meaningless!”     says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless!    Everything is meaningless.” 3) What do people gain from all their labors     at which they toil under the sun?4) Generations come and generations go,     but the earth remains forever.5) The sun rises and the …

Saul’s Growing Fear of David

1 Samuel:18 1) After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself. 2) From that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return home to his family. 3) And Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as …

David and Goliath

1 Samuel 17 1) Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Sokoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Sokoh and Azekah. 2) Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. 3) The Philistines occupied …

Temptations

Genesis Chapter 3 “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of …