LESSON 08
You Can Be Jehovah Friend
Jehovah want you to know him better. Why? Because he want you to know his quality, the way he can do things, the way he can treat people and what he want to do for you. It will make you to want be his friend. You think you can be God friend? (Read Psalm 25:14.) Wetin you can do to be his friend? The Bible answer this question them, and show the reason why Jehovah must be your best friend.
1. Wetin Jehovah want you to do?
“Draw close to God and he will draw close to you.” (James 4:8) Wetin it mean? Jehovah calling you to be his friend. Some people feel that they not able to be Jehovah friend because they can’t see him. But in the Bible, Jehovah show us every thing that we need to know about his good-good ways so that we can draw close to him. When we read God message in the Bible, our friendship with him will be strong even though we not see him yet.
2. Why Jehovah that the best Friend you can get?
Nobody love you more than Jehovah. He want you to be happy and he want you to pray to him any time you in problem. You can “Give all your worry to him, because he care for you.” (1 Peter 5:7) Jehovah always ready to support, comfort and listen to his friend them.—Read Psalm 94:18, 19.
3. Wetin Jehovah want you to do to be his friend?
Jehovah love all people, “but He close friend to people who can do the right things.” (Proverbs 3:32) Jehovah want his friend them to try their best to do good things and stop doing bad things. Some people think it hard to stop doing bad things and do all the things that Jehovah want them to do. But Jehovah can understand. He can accept everybody who really love him and doing their best to make him happy.—Psalm 147:11; Acts 10:34, 35.
LEARN MORE
Learn more about how you can be Jehovah friend and why he the best friend you can get.
4. Abraham was Jehovah friend
The things the Bible say about Abraham who they use to call Abram, help us to understand what it mean to be God friend. Read about Abraham in Genesis 12:1-4. Then answer the question them together:
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Wetin Jehovah told Abraham to do?
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Wetin Jehovah promise to do for him?
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Wetin Abraham did about what Jehovah told him?
5. The things Jehovah want his friend them to do
Most of the time, we can want our friend them to do certain things.
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Wetin you want your friend them to do for you?
Read 1 John 5:3, and answer the question together:
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Wetin Jehovah want his friend them to do?
To obey Jehovah, we need to change our behavior and the way we use to do things. Read Isaiah 48:17, 18, and answer the question together:
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Why Jehovah can tell his friend them to change their way?
6. The things Jehovah can do to help his friend them
Jehovah can help his friend them to go through their problem. Play the VIDEO, and answer the question together.
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How Jehovah help the woman in the video to control her bad feelings?
Read Isaiah 41:10, 13, and answer the question them together:
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Wetin Jehovah promise to do for all his friend them?
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You think Jehovah can be good friend for you? Why you think so?
7. To be Jehovah friend we need to talk to him, and listen to him
Friendship can be strong when the two people talking to each other. Read Psalm 86:6, 11, and answer the question them together:
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How we can talk to Jehovah?
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How Jehovah can talk to us?
SOME PEOPLE CAN SAY: “It not possible to be close to God.”
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What Bible verse you can use to show to somebody that we can be God friend?
MAIN POINTS
Jehovah want to be your friend and he will help you to draw close to him.
Review
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How Jehovah can help his friend them?
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Why Jehovah can tell his friend them to change their way?
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You think it too hard to be Jehovah friend? Why you think so?
LEARN OTHER THINGS
When you make Jehovah your friend, how it will change your life?
“It Important to Know Jehovah” (The Watchtower, February 15, 2003)
Learn how you can be God friend.
“How I Can Be God Friend?” (Questions Young People Ask—Answers That Work, Volume 2, chapter 35)
Learn why one woman say that her life better now because she made God her friend.
Listen to what some young people say about the way they use to feel about Jehovah.