Song 4 and Prayer

Opening Comments (3 min. or less)

“Jesus Offered Refreshment”: (10 min.)

• Mt 10:29, 30​—Jesus’ assurance that Jehovah is keenly interested in each of us is refreshing (“sparrows,” “for a coin of small value,” “even the hairs of your head are all numbered” study notes and “Sparrow” media on Mt 10:29, 30, nwtsty)

• Mt 11:28​—Serving Jehovah is refreshing (“loaded down,” “I will refresh you” study notes on Mt 11:28, nwtsty)

• Mt 11:29, 30​—Submission to Christ’s authority and direction brings refreshment (“Take my yoke upon you” study note on Mt 11:29, nwtsty)

Digging for Spiritual Gems: (8 min.)

• Mt 11:2, 3​—Why did John the Baptist ask this question? (jy 96 ¶2-3)

• Mt 11:16-19​—How are we to understand these verses? (jy 98 ¶1-2)

• What has this week’s Bible reading taught you about Jehovah?

• What other spiritual gems have you discovered in this week’s Bible reading?

Bible Reading: (4 min. or less) Mt 11:1-19

Second Return Visit: (3 min. or less) See Sample Conversations.

Third Return Visit: (3 min. or less) Choose your own scripture and linking question.

Bible Study: (6 min. or less) bhs 45-46 ¶15-16​—Invite the person to the meeting.

Song 87

Refreshing Those “Toiling and Loaded Down”: (15 min.) Play the video. Afterward, discuss the following questions:

• What recent events have caused some to be in need of refreshment?

• How have Jehovah and Jesus provided refreshment through the organization?

• How are the Scriptures a source of refreshment?

• How can each one of us refresh others?

Congregation Bible Study: (30 min.) jy chap. 6, box “The Time Came for Purifying Them”

Review Followed by Preview of Next Week (3 min.)

Song 138 and Prayer