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Advice

When person de give us advice

Why e good make we follow the advice wey Bible de give?

Ps 32:8; Pr 15:22; 19:20; 20:18

Still check Pr 11:14; Isa 28:29; Jer 32:19

Why e better to listen to advice than to de give excuse for wetin we don do?

Pr 12:15; 29:1

Still check Pr 1:​23-31; 15:31

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 15:​3, 9-23—When prophet Samuel de advice Saul, the king start to give excuse and e reject the advice; this one make Jehovah reject-am

    • 2Ch 25:​14-16, 27—When Jehovah prophet advice King Amaziah to correct-am for e sin, e no gree listen to the advice, this one make King Amaziah no get Jehovah blessing and protection again

Why e good to respect overseers wey de give advice?

1Th 5:12; 1Ti 5:17; Heb 13:​7, 17

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 3Jo 9, 10—Apostle John condemn Diotrephes because e no de respect the people wey de take the lead for the Christian congregation

Why e good to listen to the advice wey old people de give us?

Le 19:32; Pr 16:31

Still check Job 12:12; 32:7; Tit 2:​3-5

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 23:​16-18—As King David listen to advice from Jonathan, wey senior-am with about 30 years, e make-am strong

    • 1Ki 12:​1-17—King Rehoboam reject the better advice wey the old men give-am and e listen to the bad advice wey the young people give-am. This one cause big problem

Wetin show say women wey de hold Jehovah tight and even young people wey de serve Jehovah well fit give better advice?

Job 32:​6, 9, 10; Pr 31:​1, 10, 26; Ec 4:13

Still check Ps 119:100

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 25:​14-35—Abigail give King David advice wey make-am no kill people and e save the lives of many innocent people

    • 2Sa 20:​15-22—One woman wey get sense save everybody wey dey the city of Abel because of e advice

    • 2Ki 5:​1-14—One small girl from the land of Israel advice one big army officer about how e go cure im leprosy

Why we no suppose listen to the advice of people wey no de respect Jehovah or im Word the Bible?

Ps 1:1; Pr 4:14

Still check Lu 6:39

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Ch 10:​13, 14—King Saul go meet people wey de give or receive message from spirit instead of to go meet Jehovah for advice and e die because e no trust Jehovah

    • 2Ch 22:​2-5, 9—King Ahaziah die because e listen to bad advice

    • Job 21:​7, 14-16—Job no gree think like people wey no de respect Jehovah

When we de give advice

Why e good to de listen, know the truth about the matter, and hear from everybody wey the matter concern before we give advice?

Pr 18:​13, 17

Still check Pr 25:8

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 1:​9-16—Eli wey be High Priest give Hannah strong advice before e know wetin really happen. E be think say this woman wey de hold Jehovah tight over drink

    • Mt 16:​21-23—Because apostle Peter no know the truth about the matter, e tell Jesus to do wetin Satan want instead of to do wetin Jehovah want

Why e good to pray to Jehovah to direct us before we give person advice?

Ps 32:8; 73:​23, 24; Pr 3:​5, 6

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Ex 3:​13-18—Moses ask Jehovah about the best way to answer the questions wey other Israel people fit ask-am

    • 1Ki 3:​5-12—When King Solomon still dey young e ask Jehovah for sense instead of-am to trust imself, and this one make Jehovah really bless-am

Why we need to make sure say our advice always de come from Bible wey be God Word?

Ps 119:​24, 105; Pr 19:21; 2Ti 3:​16, 17

Still check De 17:​18-20

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Mt 4:​1-11—When Satan tempt Jesus, Jesus no use wetin e know answer-am but e use wetin dey Bible to answer

    • Joh 12:​49, 50—Jesus explain say everything wey e de teach na wetin im Papa don teach-am, this one na better example wey we fit copy

Why e good make we try to dey kind and gentle when we de advice person and still try tell the person where e de do well if e dey possible?

Ga 6:1; Col 3:12

Still check Isa 9:6; 42:​1-3; Mt 11:​28, 29

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 2Ch 19:​2, 3—Jehovah use one of Im messenger take correct King Jehoshaphat, but E still tell-am where e de do well

    • Re 2:​1-4, 8, 9, 12-14, 18-20—Jesus tell some congregations where them de do well before e give them strong correction

When brother for congregation de complain to us say another brother don cheat-am or spoil im name, why e good make we encourage-am to go meet the brother wey e think say e cheat-am or spoil im name so that the two of them go settle the matter?

Mt 18:​15-17; Lu 17:3

Still check Le 19:17

How we fit encourage brother or sister wey de feel say them no treat-am well to show pity, dey patient and de forgive?

Mt 18:​21, 22; Mr 11:25; Lu 6:36; Eph 4:32; Col 3:13

Still check Mt 6:14; 1Co 6:​1-8; 1Pe 3:​8, 9

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Mt 18:​23-35—Jesus give one better example of why e really dey important for us to de forgive

Why we need to stand for wetin Jehovah want when we de give advice?

Ps 141:5; Pr 17:10; 2Co 7:​8-11

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • 1Sa 15:​23-29—Prophet Samuel no fear King Saul when e want give-am correction

    • 1Ki 22:​19-28—Prophet Micaiah no change im warning message wey e get for King Ahab, even though say them make-am fear and treat-am for bad way

How we fit advice person for way wey no go make-am leave Jehovah?

Heb 12:​11-13

  • Some Bible story wey fit help you:

    • Lu 22:​31-34—Even though say Peter make plenty mistake, Jesus dey sure say Peter go correct the mistake wey e make and continue to serve Jehovah and still make others strong

    • Phm 21—Apostle Paul dey sure say Philemon go follow the Bible advice wey e give-am

How we fit dey kind when we de advice people wey don tire for life and no dey happy again?

How we fit show person wey don sin say we want help-am get better friendship with Jehovah again?

How we fit show say we respect the person wey we de advice no matter im age or whether e be man or woman?

Why elders need to stand their ground and give strong correction to person wey no de gree listen to the Bible advice wey them de give-am?