PROBLEMS
(See also Difficulties; Distress; Reform; Settling Personal Differences; Stress; Trials; Woes; World)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
anxiety over: g94 4/22 7-8; w88 2/15 10-20
assistance for those with material or physical problems: w86 10/15 15-21
assisting householders: km 11/95 3
assisting others: w97 3/1 26
avoiding: wp18.1 8-9
Christians not immune: cl 72-73
coping with problems: w21.03 14-19; wp18.1 12-13; w12 8/1 29; w11 10/15 32; w06 8/15 22-24; w02 2/15 13-22; w02 4/1 19
as would a sailor: w08 7/15 31
bad circumstances: g 7/15 4
comments by T. J. Sullivan: w88 3/1 11-12
despite bad upbringing: w01 4/15 25-28
examples of Joseph and David: w04 6/1 20-23
godly fear when: w06 8/1 22-23
help for youths: g93 12/8 15-17
help from elders: w93 5/15 12-17
help from Jehovah: w24.01 20-25; w23.04 14-19; w23.05 10-11; w22.11 8-13; mwb22.03 4; w19.08 21; w19.11 9; w19.12 20; w18.01 7-11; wp18.1 13; w16.07 18-20, 24; g 3/15 5; w12 7/15 24-26; w10 11/15 17-19; w08 3/15 12-16; jd 50-51; w00 9/1 12; w97 4/15 5-6; w97 6/1 24-27; w94 9/1 15; w91 10/1 9-18; w87 4/15 18-19
Job’s experience: w95 2/15 27-30
need to use own abilities: w08 3/15 14; w06 8/1 22-23; w97 4/15 5; w87 4/15 19; w87 7/15 16-17
not blaming others: w95 2/1 26-29
not giving up: w91 12/15 13; g91 8/22 31
peacefully: w16.04 11-12; w16.05 4-6; g 8/14 3-6; g 3/12 10-11; w04 5/15 27; w03 1/15 19-20; w01 8/15 26-27; w98 11/1 4-7
seeking Jehovah’s guidance: w17.03 24; hl section 7
talking problems out: g18.2 6; w17.06 17; g16.3 10-11; g 7/08 7; w06 9/15 23-24; w88 2/15 11
when not quickly resolved: wp18.1 13
when seemingly unbearable: wp19.2 3-16
when they recur: w18.07 15
with fellow Christians: scl 29, 105-106; w21.06 21; od 141-143; w18.01 9-11; lvs 38-39; w17.06 16-20; w17.11 27; w16.04 6-7, 11-12; w16.05 3-7; w16.06 26-27; w16.11 14-15; lv 33-34; w12 7/15 28-29; w11 4/15 23-24; w11 8/15 28-30; w10 6/15 17-18, 21-22; w09 2/15 23; w09 11/15 22-24; w08 11/15 17-19; w06 8/15 27; jd 112-114; w03 3/15 15, 19-20; w02 7/15 13-14; wt 145-149; w01 8/15 27; w99 2/15 21; w97 6/1 27
endurance despite:
illustration of flowers: w94 10/15 32
field ministry despite: km 9/94 1
Jehovah not to blame: w13 8/15 13; g 1/09 28-29; w04 7/1 3-5; w98 8/1 32; w92 11/15 13-18
Jehovah’s support in dealing with: w08 6/15 5-6
Jehovah’s use of, for training: w87 6/15 29-31
Jesus’ handling of: w01 12/15 19-20
joy despite: w25.10 8-9; g 11/13 16; w01 8/15 29; w94 9/1 15; w91 12/15 10-11
life stories:
Drawing Close to God Helped Me Cope: g93 3/22 20-23
When Life Is Not Easy: g94 8/22 19-24
not evidence of Jehovah’s disfavor: w11 5/15 20; w06 8/15 27
prayers regarding personal: w23.05 5-6; wp18.1 13; w04 2/15 8-9; w04 6/15 32; w03 9/15 18; g02 9/8 27; g01 7/22 14-15; w00 3/15 7-8; w97 4/15 5-6; g97 5/22 19-20; w95 3/15 4-5; w87 7/15 13, 19-20; g87 3/22 20-22
resolving: wp18.1 10-11
response of Jehovah’s Witnesses to crises: w86 12/15 23
sleep helps solve: g05 9/8 28
telephone hot line for youths: g96 9/8 29
world problems: g22.1 3-15; g19.1 3-5; w17.11 24; w02 6/15 3-4; w01 10/15 3-4; g01 3/8 7
philanthropic approach: g 5/08 19-21
reform efforts: g04 3/22 3-9
root causes: g19.1 4-5
solution: mrt article 28; w06 5/15 28; w02 6/15 4-7
Witness attitude toward: w00 9/1 14-16
Quotations
I don’t think science is likely to solve any or many of the problems that most trouble people: g95 8/8 9