(and we have come full circle now with Matthew 6:10)
Year Texts for Jehovah’s Witnesses back to 1914
2014 “Let your Kingdom come.” (Matthew 6:10, NWT, 2013 Revision)
2013 “Be courageous and strong….Jehovah your God is with you.”(Joshua 1:9)
2012 “Your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
2011 “Take refuge in the name of Jehovah” (Zep 3:12)
2010 ‘Love endures all things. Love never fails’ (1Co 13:7,
2009 “Bear thorough witness to the good news” (Ac 20:24)
2008 “Stand firm and see the salvation of Jehovah” (Ex 14:13)
2007 “The great day of Jehovah is near” (Zep 1:14)
2006 “We must obey God as ruler rather than men” (Ac 5:29)
2005 “My help is from Jehovah” (Ps 121:2)
2004 “Keep on the watch … Prove yourselves ready” (Mt 24:42, 44)
2003 “Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you” (Jas 4:8)
2002 “Come to me, … and I will refresh you” (Mt 11:28)
2001 “Stand complete and with firm conviction in all the will of God” (Col 4:12)
2000 “We are not the sort that shrink back … but the sort that have faith” (Heb10:39)
1999 “Look! Now is the day of salvation” (2Co 6:2)
1998 “Everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved” (Ro 10:13)
1997 “Teach me to do your will” (Ps 143:10)
1996 “Become doers of the word” (Jas 1:22)
1995 “Be harmoniously joined together in love” (Col 2:2)
1994 “Trust in Jehovah with all your heart” (Pr 3:5)
1993 “Instruct me, O Jehovah … Unify my heart to fear your name” (Ps 86:11)
1992 “Rejoice in the hope. … Persevere in prayer” (Ro 12:12)
1991 “Let anyone hearing say: ‘Come!'” —Rev. 22:17
1990 “Be of good courage and say: ‘Jehovah is my helper.’” —Hebrews 13:6
1989 “Fear God and give him glory.”—Rev. 14:7.
1988 “Hope in Jehovah and keep his way” (Ps 37:34)
1987 “As for me and my household, we shall serve Jehovah.” —Joshua 24:15
1986 “Go . . . declare abroad the kingdom of God.”—Luke 9:60.
1985 “Fully accomplish your ministry.”—2 Tim. 4:5.
1984 “Speak the word of God fearlessly.”—Phil. 1:14.
1983 “Clothe yourselves with love . . . a perfect bond of union.”—Col. 3:14.
1982 “Become steadfast, unmovable, always having plenty to do in the work of the Lord.”—1 Cor. 15:58.
1981 “Your loyal ones will bless you. About the glory of your kingship they will talk.”—Ps. 145:10, 11.
1980 “And now, Jehovah, . . . grant your slaves to keep speaking your word with all boldness.”—Acts4:29.
1979 “My Father is glorified in this, that you keep bearing much fruit and prove yourselves my disciples.”—John 15:8.
1978 “They will not prevail against you, for ‘I [Jehovah] am with you . . . to deliver you.’”—Jer. 1:19.
1977 “You have need of endurance, in order that . . . you may receive the fulfillment of the promise.”—Heb. 10:36. 1976 “Awaiting these things, do your utmost to be found finally by him spotless and unblemished and in peace.”—2 Pet. 3:14.
1975 “I will say to Jehovah: ‘You are my refuge and my stronghold.’” —Ps. 91:2.
1974 “Although the fig tree itself may not blossom, . . . I will exult in Jehovah himself.”—Hab. 3:17, 18.
1973 “But we, for our part, shall walk in the name of Jehovah our God to time indefinite, even forever.”—Mic. 4:5.
1972 “Say among the nations: ‘Jehovah himself has become king.’” —Ps. 96:10.
1971 “You will be witnesses of me . . . to the most distant part of the earth.” — Acts 1:8.
1970 “Go therefore and make disciples . . .baptizing them.”—Matt. 28:19.
1969 “Lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near.” – Luke 21:28
1968 “Also, in all the nations the good news has to be preached first.” – Mark 13:10
1967 “Here I am! Send me.” – Isaiah 6:8
1966 “We shall not neglect the house of our God.” – Neh. 10:39
1965 “Do not become fearful of those who kill the body.” Matt 10:28
1964 “Filled with the holy spirit and …speaking the word of God with boldness.” -Acts 4:31
1963 “Now we are not the sort that shrink back to destruction, but the sort that have faith to the preserving alive of the soul.”—Heb. 10:39
1962 “Be courageous and let your heart be strong. Yes, hope in Jehovah,” (Ps. 27:14)
1961 “In unity I shall set them, like a flock in the pen.”—Mic. 2:12.
1960 “Seek peace and pursue it. For Jehovah’s eyes are upon the righteous.” (1 Peter 3:11, 12)
1959 “Happy is the one that stays awake and keeps his outer garments.” -(Rev 16:15)
1958 “As for me, in my integrity I shall walk.” -(Psalm 26:11)
1957 “From day to day tell the good news of salvation by him,”- Ps. 96.2
1956 “Prove me now here with, said Jehovah of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing.” -(Malachi 3:10 AS)
1955 “He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in Jehovah.”- (Ps. 112:7 ASV)
1954 “Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever” -(Ps. 145:2, CB)
1953 “Worship Jehovah in holy array”- (Ps 29:2, AS)
1952 “Say to the prisoners, Go forth.”—Isa. 49:9.
1951 “Praise Jah, you people, because Jehovah our God, the Almighty, has begun to rule as king.”- (Rev. 19:6, NW)
1950 “Preach the word” -(2 Timothy 4:2)
1949 “I . . . will yet praise thee more and more.- (Ps. 71:14)
1948 “I will sing praises unto the among the nations.” -(Ps. 57:9, A.S.V.)
1947 “Oh praise Jehovah, all the nations”.- (Ps. 117:1, Am. Stan. Ver.)
1946 “Be Glad, Ye Nations, with His People.” Romans 15:10, Rotherham.
1945 “Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.” – (Matthew 28:19, Am. Stan. Ver.)
1944 “Teach me to do your will, For you are my God” – (Psalm 143:10)
1943 “More than conquerors through him that loved us”.- (Romans 8: 37)
1942 “Blameless in the day of our Lord” – (1Cor. 1 :8 KJV)
1941 “Salvation unto our God . . . and unto the Lamb”- (Rev. 7:10, A.R.V.)
1940 “My heart shall rejoice in the salvation.”- (Ps. 13:5)
1939 “But they shall not prevail against them.” – (Jer 1:19)
1938 ‘Fear not; for the battle is God’s’ –(2 Chron. 20:15)
1937 “Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.”- (Obadiah 1)
1936 “For Jehovah and for Gideon” – (Judg. 7:18) (Again, same as 1935)
1935 “For Jehovah and for Gideon” – (Judg. 7:18)
1934 “In his name shall [the] nations hope.” –(Matt. 12:21)
1933 “The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it, and is safe.”-(Prov. 18: 10)
1932 “They shall know that I am Jehovah” (Eze 6:10)
1931 “The Lord preserve all them that love him ; but all the wicked will he destroy.”-(Ps. 145:20)
1930 “Sing unto the Lord a new song.” –(Isa 42:10)
1929 “I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.” – (Psalm 104:33)
1928 “Sing forth the honor of his name.” – (Psalm 66: 2)
1927 “O Lord, how manifold are thy works !” – (Psalm 104:24)
1926 “Blessed be the Lord out of Zion.” – ( Psalm 135:21)
1925 “Comfort all that mourn.” – (Isa 61:2)
1924 “The kingdom of heaven is at hand” – (Matt 10:7)
1923 “We all, with open face beholding as a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit of the Lord. –(2 Cor 3:18)
1922 “Thanks be to God, who give us the victory through our lord Jesus Christ.” –( 1 Cor 15:57)
1921 “I will triumph in the works of the hands.” –(Psalm 92:4)
1920 “The Lord is my strength and song.” – (Psalm 118: 14)
1919 “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; Lord, and righteousness which is of me, saith the Lord.” –(Isa 54:17)
1918 “The end of all things is at hand: Be therefore sober and watch unto prayer; and above all things have fervent love among yourselves. -(1 Peter 4:7,8)
1917 “The Lord bless them, and keep them; the Lord make his face shine upon them, and be gracious unto them; the Lord lift up his countenance upon them, and give them peace.”-(Numbers 6:24-26) (Chosen by Brother Russell before his death)
1916 “Strong in faith.” – ( Romans 4:20)
1915 “Are you able to drink of My cup?” – (Mt 20:22)
1914 “Let your Kingdom come.”- (Matthew 6:10)