ATTITUDES (Mental)

(See also Spirit)

attitudes to avoid: rs 190-191

judging by outward appearances: mwb25.11 15; w20.04 14-19; w18.08 6-12; w18.12 9; w16.06 7-8; w12 3/1 10-12; g98 5/8 31; w89 11/1 28-30

toward unbelievers: w98 12/1 10, 15; g97 9/8 12-13

attitudes to discard: w98 5/15 25-26; w91 2/1 23-24

avoiding extremes in: w88 8/15 29

broadening one’s: w99 6/15 10-13

dangerous attitudes: w86 3/15 16-18

discussion: g16.1 3-6

“dominant mental attitude” (Eph 4:23): w19.06 10-12

during last days: w15 5/1 6; jy 218-219; w03 12/15 20-21; gt chapter 93; w90 4/15 14-15; w89 6/15 8-9

effect on happiness: g16.1 3-6

effect on health: w08 8/1 3; g96 12/22 28

effect on traffic accidents: g90 4/22 28-29

elderly:

toward care by their children: w87 6/1 18; w87 6/15 26-27

lazy person: it-2 227

me-first:

effect on manners: w89 6/15 10-11

not fostering in one’s children: g 1/13 8-11

Roaring Twenties and Great Depression: g87 3/22 25-26

optimism: w08 8/1 3; g 9/08 30; g 9/07 26; g04 4/22 5-6; w98 2/1 3-6; g96 12/22 28

personal superiority: w12 5/15 28; w95 10/15 29-30

pessimism: g16.1 5; g04 4/22 7-8

positive: g16.1 5; w09 12/15 9; w00 9/1 7, 10-12, 14; w90 5/1 11-12; w86 6/15 21-22

despite physically stunted child: g 11/10 25

importance for elderly: w15 6/1 9; g03 9/8 28; g89 9/8 29

keeping: w14 3/15 12-16; w11 1/15 31-32; w89 12/1 22; w86 6/1 28-30

toward field ministry: w25.03 18-19; w21.05 14-19; w19.07 21; km 7/06 1; yb00 140-142; km 3/00 1; km 8/94 1; km 5/88 8

toward territory: w08 7/15 11; w88 7/15 12-14

under difficulties: scl 39; w12 10/15 9; w04 8/15 21; g97 1/8 8-9

under persecution: w86 8/15 30

when privileges lost: w86 6/1 29

possessiveness and sharing: g87 3/22 23

throwaway mentality: g02 8/22 7-8

toward—

adjustments in understanding: w25.07 16; w17.06 13; w14 5/15 29-30; kr 104; w11 5/15 27; w11 7/15 30; w11 9/15 14; w08 12/15 10; w03 3/15 25; w00 3/15 14; w98 5/15 16-17, 19

assignments: mwb24.09 4; w19.08 24-25, 30-31; w17.01 19-20, 23-24; w15 4/15 12-13; w15 8/15 20-21; w14 10/15 24-26; w13 8/15 28-29

being alone: g87 11/8 26

being anointed: w20.01 22-23, 27-28; w16.01 20, 23-24; w11 9/15 12; w09 6/15 23-24; w07 5/1 31

being a Witness: km 10/97 7

being great: w04 8/1 13-18

being in prison: bt 216-217

being poor: yp2 164-170; g92 1/22 18-20; g92 2/22 25-27

being seriously ill: w11 12/15 30

Bible study: w23.02 12-13; w16.08 18-19; w14 11/15 16-17; w02 12/1 14-15; be 27-28; w90 8/1 17; w86 5/15 16-18

Bible understanding: w06 4/1 5-7

change: w18.10 27-31; g16.4 10-11

childbearing: w88 3/1 18-27

children: g86 12/22 8-9

Christian requirements: w95 7/15 23-24; km 3/95 1

contributions: od 204; w18.01 18-19; kr 194-199; w13 8/15 4-5; w13 12/15 14; w94 9/1 16-17; w87 12/1 29-31; je 8, 15, 28

counsel from Jehovah’s organization: w98 5/15 19; w98 10/15 16

counsel seeming not to apply locally: w08 10/15 24; w88 8/15 29

death: w05 8/15 3-4

differences: w00 8/15 23-24

discipline: mwb21.05 7; w03 10/1 23

elders: scl 87; od 45, 203; w17.03 11-12; w15 4/15 13; lv 46-49; w12 10/15 13-15; w11 6/15 24-28; w08 6/15 21-22; w02 3/15 15-17; w01 6/15 20; w88 10/1 15-20

error by one in authority: w00 9/1 12

failure: w00 2/1 5

fellow Christians: cf 54-55; lff lesson 56; w00 2/15 18-20; w99 6/15 11-12; w99 12/15 20; w94 2/1 18

field ministry: w25.03 18-19; scl 97; w17.06 10-12; km 9/11 1; w10 10/15 12-15; km 7/10 1; jd 64; w05 1/1 13-17; yb00 139-142; w99 1/15 6; w98 5/15 18-19; om 8-11; rs 15-16; w88 6/15 30; w88 7/15 12-14; km 5/88 8; w86 9/1 5

goals in life: w97 8/15 12-17; w94 12/15 16-17

good news: w90 1/1 10-15

immorality of world: w90 4/15 17, 21

imperfections of fellow servants: w22.03 30-31; w19.08 10; lvs 38-39; w15 9/15 6; lv 33-34; w10 6/15 17-18; w09 9/15 7-9; w97 6/1 27; w87 10/15 31; w86 6/1 24-25

lapsed Witnesses: jd 144-149

material things: scl 74-75; w22.01 4-5; w21.08 6-7; w19.11 17-18; w18.11 10-11; w11 11/15 19-20; g 12/11 20; w08 4/15 22-23; w06 1/1 22-24; w06 8/1 16; g99 3/22 12-14

meeting parts: w87 12/1 20

meetings: jd 64-65

ministry: w00 11/15 19-20

missionary assignment: w19.02 27; w88 9/15 29; w87 11/15 28-29; g86 6/8 25-27

money: w24.06 13; w19.10 27-29; w16.04 10-11; g 9/15 3-6; g 3/09 3-4; yp2 153-155; w98 1/15 17; g88 4/22 3-10; w87 10/1 5-6

moral requirements: w87 6/15 20

nearness of end of wicked system: w18.07 21; w15 8/15 15-18; w11 3/15 3-5; w09 3/15 19; w04 10/1 23; ip-2 103-104; w00 6/1 15; w00 9/1 13; w99 11/15 30; w97 8/15 16-22; w97 9/1 22; w94 12/15 16-17; w89 10/1 30-31

old age: w16.07 20; w15 6/1 8-10; g 2/06 3; g01 8/22 11-14

one’s congregation: w95 2/1 27-28

oneself: ijwbq article 134; g24.1 13-15; w22.05 23-25; w19.05 23-25; w19.12 28; yp1 85-90; w05 6/1 12-14; w02 2/15 6; w00 1/15 20-22; w89 4/15 24; yp 98-103; g87 10/22 7-15

one’s limitations: w24.10 28-29; mwb24.09 15; scl 20; w22.04 11; w10 10/15 15; km 7/10 2; w06 6/1 12-13

one’s position: w86 9/1 28-30

one’s works: w05 6/1 14-19

past times seemingly better: mrt article 39; w20.11 25-26; w12 3/15 26-27; w02 12/1 32

people during last days: w03 7/15 15-20

people in field ministry: w14 5/15 12-13

persecution: scl 91-92; w22.12 20; bt 40-41, 60-61; lff lesson 59; w19.02 10-11; it-2 610-611; jy 124; w14 9/15 13-14; jr 84-85; w09 2/15 10; w05 12/15 23-24; w04 11/1 13-18; w03 10/1 14; w02 2/1 16-17; w02 11/1 19; yb02 3-4, 192, 203-204, 220-221, 227; w01 6/1 15; w01 6/15 20; w01 7/15 16-17, 19-20; w97 5/15 25; gt chapter 50; rs 118-119; yb88 254; w87 8/1 8; w86 6/1 28-30; je 29

personal sacrifices: g87 8/22 12-15

pornography: g86 12/22 8-11

prayer: w22.07 20-21; w14 12/1 5; kl 150-152; w87 7/15 10-14

privacy: g88 2/22 4-9

punctuality: g16.6 14; km 5/14 2; w90 6/15 26-29

reaching out (1Ti 3:1): scl 76; lff lesson 55; w17.09 32; w16.08 21; w14 9/15 3-6; w11 6/15 23; w11 11/15 32; w90 9/1 18-23; w86 12/1 20

reinstated: w12 11/15 29-30; w10 6/15 13-14; jr 178; jd 147-148

removed ones: w24.08 27

reproof: it-2 781; w04 7/15 29-30; w01 9/15 25; w97 8/15 26-27; w97 12/15 32

ridicule: it-2 807-808; jr 84-85

sacred service: w07 10/1 22-24; w87 12/1 19-20

sacrifices: w12 1/15 17-19, 24-25

self-sacrifice: w24.02 15-16; w22.02 22-25; ia 28-29; w92 2/1 25-28

sex: w19.05 21-23; yp1 214, 218; g 4/07 3-4, 6-7; g00 4/8 5-6; g98 4/8 30; g97 6/8 3-10; g86 7/8 9-10; g86 12/22 8

singleness: w87 11/15 16-19

smoking: g88 8/22 14

spiritual paradise: w86 3/15 10-11

suffering: wt 66-69; w87 2/15 22-25

technology: w21.06 32; w13 1/15 17-18

territory: w20.04 8-13; w20.12 26-27; w12 3/15 11; km 11/10 1-2; km 3/90 4; w88 7/15 12-14

theocratic procedures: w98 5/15 18

trials: mwb25.09 14; w22.06 23; it-1 725; w10 7/15 10-11; w02 9/1 29-31; w97 5/15 22-25

women: w21.02 2; w12 9/1 4; g92 7/8 3-17; g86 12/22 8

work: ijwbv article 15; scl 114; w22.05 22-23; g21.1 8; w19.12 5, 7; lvs 202, 204; g18.2 14; w17.11 23; w15 2/1 3; lv 174-175; g 2/14 8; nwt 24; w05 6/15 3-8; g97 12/22 10-12; w89 7/15 3-7

world: w12 5/1 4, 6-9; w07 12/15 14; w02 3/1 14-15; w02 11/1 17; w97 11/1 8-13; g97 9/8 12-13; w89 7/15 11

wrongdoers: w09 9/15 16-17

waiting attitude: w21.08 8-13; w13 11/15 10-14; w12 5/15 21; jd 39-40, 152, 155-158, 161-162; w04 10/1 20-23; w03 7/15 10-15; w03 8/15 24; w00 9/1 11-16

willingness: km 8/95 3-4; w87 8/1 26-29

wrong attitudes: scl 118-120