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LESSON 38

Be Tankful Fo Da Gif Of Life

Be Tankful Fo Da Gif Of Life

Get plenny awesome kine tings we can do an have good fun doing um cuz we stay alive. Even wen get pilikia, still yet get some good stuffs about life. How us guys can show Jehovah we tankful fo his gif of life? An how come we like do dat?

1. How come we gotta be tankful fo life?

We gotta be tankful fo life cuz oua Faddah who love us, Jehovah, wen give um to us. “Da fo real kine life, all come from” Jehovah—he wen make eryting dat stay alive. (Songs Fo God 36:9) “Cuz he da One dat make all da peopo stay alive, an he give dem air fo breave, an all da odda stuff.” (Jesus Guys 17:25, 28) Jehovah give us wat we need fo live. On top of dat, he make um so dat we can live good.—Read um Jesus Guys 14:17.

2. How we can show Jehovah we tankful fo da gif of life?

From da time yoa maddah wen come hapai wit you, Jehovah wen kea about you. Jehovah wen have David put down inside da Bible: “Befo I born, you see my body come togedda.” (Songs Fo God 139:16) Yoa life stay spesho to Jehovah. (Read um Matthew 10:29-31.) If on purpose, somebody wen put one end to anodda person’s life, even his o her own one, dat would make Jehovah feel supa soa inside. a (Outa Egypt 20:13) If we live wit one ‘I no kea’ kine attitude wen come to oua lifes o odda peopo’s ones, dat goin make Jehovah’s heart soa too. Wen we take kea oua life an show respeck fo oddas’, we show oua mahalo fo da awesome gif of life.

DIG MOA DEEP

Try look some ways you can show yoa tanks fo da gif of life.

3. Take kea yoa health

Cuz we wen promise Jehovah fo always do wat he like, we use oua whole life fo serve him. Dass jalike we give oua bodies to God az one sacrifice. Read um Fo Da Rome Peopo 12:1, 2, an den talk story about dese questions:

  • How come you gotta like take kea yoa health?

  • How you can do dat?

4. Be safe so nobody get hurt o mahke

Da Bible like us fo stay away from stuffs dass danger. Play um da VIDEO fo learn some tings you can do fo be safe.

Read um Smart Guys 22:3, an den talk story about how you an oddas can be safe . . .

  • in yoa house.

  • at work.

  • wen playing sports.

  • wen you drivin o ridin in someting.

5. No hurt da life of one bebe who no stay born yet

Using nice kine words, David wen tell dat Jehovah like know eryting dat happen wen one bebe stay grow inside his maddah. Read um Songs Fo God 139:13-17, an den talk story about dis question:

  • Da way Jehovah see um, somebody’s life wen start wen dey born o wen da maddah come hapai?

Long time ago, Jehovah had rules fo da Israel peopo dat wen proteck maddahs an dea bebes who no was born yet. Read um Outa Egypt 21:22, 23, an den talk story about dese questions:

  • If somebody wen end da life of one bebe who no stay born yet on accident, how Jehovah look dat person?

  • How Jehovah feel if somebody wen do dat on purpose? b

  • How you feel about da way God see um?

Play um da VIDEO.

One wahine who know life stay spesho might still tink getting one abortion is her ony choice. Read um Isaiah 41:10, an den talk story about dese questions:

  • If one wahine get presha fo get one abortion, who she gotta ask fo help? How come?

WAT SOME PEOPO TELL: “Ony one wahine get da right fo choose if she goin get one abortion o not. Dass up to her.”

  • How you know dat da life of one maddah an her bebe who no stay born yet stay spesho to Jehovah?

WAT WE WEN TALK ABOUT

Da Bible teach us fo love, respeck, an proteck Jehovah’s gif of life. Not ony oua own life, but odda peopo’s lifes too.

Wat You Wen Learn

  • How come peopo’s lifes stay spesho to Jehovah?

  • Wen somebody end one human life on purpose, how Jehovah feel?

  • How come you stay tankful fo da gif of life?

Someting Fo Do

LEARN SOME MOA

How us can show oua tanks fo da gif of life?

Song 141​—The Miracle of Life (2:41)

God goin forgive one wahine who wen get one abortion o wat?

“What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?” (Web article)

Try learn how da way God see life goin help us choose wat we do fo fun.

“‘Extreme Sports’​—Should You Take the Risk?” (Awake!, October 8, 2000)

Try look how da Bible can help somebody who stay tinking about taking dea own life.

“I Want to Die—Can the Bible Help Me When I Have Suicidal Thoughts?” (Web article)

a Jehovah kea plenny fo da ones who stay sad an all bus up inside. (Songs Fo God 34:18) Wen somebody feel so soa inside dat dey like mahke, he undastan how dey feel an he like help dem. Fo see how he can help somebody wit dis, check out “I Want to Die—Can the Bible Help Me When I Have Suicidal Thoughts?” dat stay inside da Learn Some Moa part of dis lesson.

b Da ones who wen get one abortion no need let guilt take ova dem—Jehovah can forgive dem. Fo learn some moa, check out “What Does the Bible Say About Abortion?” dat stay inside da Learn Some Moa part.