SPIRITUAL FOOD

(See also Spiritual Need)

abundance: w01 7/15 24; km 6/98 1

appetite for: jd 60-61; w92 8/1 9-10

appreciation for: w11 2/15 19; w06 7/15 20; km 6/98 1

aspect of spiritual paradise: cl 275-276

banned:

preserving spiritual food: w19.07 10-11; yb12 125

“banquet” (Isa 25:6): w01 3/1 16

benefiting from: w18.12 20-21; w16.05 23-27

not dependent on quantity or format: w14 8/15 3-5

danger of contaminated: w97 4/15 30

discussion: it-1 845

doing Jehovah’s will: w18.09 4; w96 1/1 30

effects:

personal changes: w96 1/1 31

elders prepare: w11 6/15 25

electronic media:

whether access is imperative: w14 8/15 5

Ezekiel eats scroll (Eze 2:9–3:3): w22.11 6-7

“faithful and discreet slave” provides (Mt 24:45; Lu 12:42): scl 111; w22.07 10-12; w22.10 8; cl 312-313; od 18-19; it-1 499, 806; w17.02 25-26; w14 1/15 13; w13 7/15 18-19; yb11 9; w09 6/15 21-22, 24; w09 8/15 23; re 16-17, 21; w04 3/1 11-12; w02 3/1 15; w02 12/1 17; w01 7/1 11-12; w00 5/1 15-16; w97 1/1 13-14; kl 161-163; w90 3/15 11, 13-16; w87 5/1 15-16; w86 5/15 12-14

being well-nourished from what is available: w14 8/15 3-5

satisfaction with: w95 3/1 16; w87 10/1 10-15

“food that remains for life” (Joh 6:27): w08 4/15 31

“form a longing for” (1Pe 2:2): w11 5/15 4; be 11; w00 5/1 15; w00 7/1 12; w99 11/1 9; w98 6/1 10; w97 4/15 31; g96 1/22 23

for Witnesses in—

Austria during Nazi era: brfi 11, 21, 31; jv 454; yb89 101-110, 129-130

Biafra during civil war (1967-1970): w19.02 26, 29; re 21; w04 3/1 27

Bosnia and Herzegovina during civil war: yb09 203

Czechoslovakia during Communist era: g 6/08 14; yb00 203-206

Denmark during Nazi era: w89 3/1 12

Dominican Republic during ban (1957-1960): yb15 110-114

East German prisons: w04 6/1 26-27

Estonia during Communist era: yb11 215-216

Europe during Nazi era: jv 450, 454

Finland during World War II: yb90 168-170

Germany during Nazi era: brfi 7, 30-31; re 21; w97 5/1 25; w91 8/1 25-29; yb87 142

Ireland during World War II: w95 3/1 27; yb88 86-87

Mozambique refugee camps: yb96 156

Nazi concentration camps: yb89 133

Netherlands during Nazi era: jv 454

Nicaragua during time of restriction: yb03 108-115, 118-120

Norway during Nazi era: yb12 125; w89 3/1 12

Romania during Communist era: yb06 131, 133-135, 137-138, 140

Siberia during exile (1949-1966): yb11 205-206

Sierra Leone and Guinea during civil war (1991-2001): yb14 133-134

Soviet Union: yb08 144-146, 149, 151-152, 197

Soviet Union prisons: w17.08 14; yb08 124-125, 156-157, 160-161, 171-174, 187, 190; w05 9/1 9

Switzerland during World War II: yb87 163-164

Tanzania refugee camps (2001-2002): w03 2/15 10-11

Trinidad during World War II: yb87 230

importance to growth: w24.04 5-6; w97 4/15 28-29; w92 8/1 9-12

importance to personal ministry: w22.11 6-7; w08 7/15 8-9

Jehovah provides (Ps 23:5): w05 11/1 20

Jehovah provides (Ps 145:15, 16): w04 1/15 18-19

Jehovah provides (Eze 34:14): rj 5

keeping up with: w91 3/15 16-17

minimum goal: km 4/92 4

“my servants will eat” (Isa 65:13): w24.04 21; kr 234-235; ip-2 379-380

need for: w22.10 7-8; w13 4/15 30; w04 2/1 13-14; km 10/01 8; g95 11/8 31; w87 10/1 10-11

besides meetings: w16.10 14-15

daily text: km 5/92 1

eating well: w16.04 14-15; w01 7/1 19-21; w97 4/15 28-31

not trying to live off reserves: w01 7/1 19-21

under persecution: jv 450, 454

‘nourished with words of the faith’ (1Ti 4:6): w09 5/15 16-17; km 1/05 1

“produce” (Isa 27:6): w01 3/1 22; ip-1 286; w95 7/1 21

provided through few: mwb18.02 5; w13 7/15 15-19

purpose: km 6/98 1

role of Witness publications: w14 8/15 4

“solid food” (Heb 5:14): w22.07 11; lvs 230-231; w15 9/15 4-6; w14 11/15 16-17; lv 201-202; w10 5/15 23; w05 7/15 23-24; w00 10/1 13; w98 1/1 8-9; w98 6/1 11; w96 1/1 29-30

songs in songbook: w17.11 4

“table of Jehovah” (1Co 10:21): w94 7/1 8-11, 13

teaching Bible students to feed themselves: mwb21.11 15