1-2. Which problems many servants of Jehovah de face, and wetin that one fit cause?

THINK about this three examples: Doctor tell one young brother say e get one serious sickness, and the sickness go continue to make the brother weak. They sack one brother for work, and the brother don pass 50 years. The brother try e best to find another work, but e no see. One old sister no de fit do the things wey e de do for Jehovah again as e de do before, because of old age.

² If you de face any of the things wey we talk for up, you fit de feel say you don dey useless. That kind condition fit make you dey sad, feel bad about yourself, and make you get problem with other people.

3. How Satan and the people wey e de control de treat people?

³ This world wey Satan de control no value life at all. Satan don always de treat people like say them dey useless or them no dey important. Satan wicked, e lie to Eve say Eve go get freedom, and e no go die if e no obey God. But Satan know say na death be the result. Satan don always de control business, politics, and religion of this world. So e no surprise us to see businessmen, people for politics, and leaders for religion de treat people anyhow and they no care about how people de feel.

4. Wetin we go talk about for this article?

⁴ But, Jehovah no be like that, e want make we dey happy with ourself. And when we de feel say we dey useless  because of the problem wey we de face, Jehovah de help us. (Ps. 136:23; Rom. 12:3) This article go talk about how Jehovah de help us when we de face this three situations: (1) When we de struggle with sickness, (2) when we de face money problem, and (3) when old age de make us feel say we dey useless, and we no fit do something for Jehovah again. First, make we see why we fit dey sure say each of us dey important to Jehovah.

5. Wetin show-am clear to you say people dey important to Jehovah?

⁵ Even though say Jehovah make us from dust [or, sand-sand], that one no mean say we dey useless. (Gen. 2:7) Make we see some reason why we know say we dey important to Jehovah. E make us for the way wey we go fit de copy e character. (Gen. 1:27) So because of this one, we better pass other things wey e make. And e give us the power to control the earth and the animals.​—Ps. 8:4-8.

6. Which other reason show-am clear say we dey important to Jehovah even as we get sin for body?

⁶ Even after Adam sin, Jehovah continue to see people as important. Because of how we dey important, Jehovah give us e Son, Jesus to die for our sin. (1 John 4:9, 10) Because Jesus die for our sin, Jehovah go bring back dead people to life. This people go be “righteous people and people wey no dey righteous.” (Acts 24:15) Bible show say we dey very important to Jehovah even if we de sick, de face money problem, or don old.​—Acts 10:34, 35.

7. Which other reason servants of God get to believe say them dey important to Jehovah?

⁷ We get other reasons to believe say we dey important to Jehovah. E don invite us come e side, and e see how we accept the good news. (John 6:44) As we start to draw near Jehovah, e draw near us too. (Jas. 4:8) Jehovah still de spend plenty time to teach us. This one really show say we dey important to Jehovah. E know the kind people wey we be now, and e know say we fit change and dey better. E de correct us because e love us. (Prov. 3:11, 12) This one show-am clear say we dey important to Jehovah!

8. How the thing wey Psalm 18:27-29 talk fit affect the way we de think about our problems?

⁸ Some people see King David as useless person. But Jehovah love and help David. Because David know this one, e help David use good mind endure e condition. (2 Sam. 16:5-7) When we dey sad or face problem, Jehovah fit help us face the situation and solve the problem. (Read Psalm 18:27-29.) When Jehovah dey our back to support us, nothing fit make us stop to serve Jehovah with joy. (Rom. 8:31) Now, make we see the three situation wey we talk about for up. Anytime wey we de face any of them, make we remember say we dey important to Jehovah, and e love us.

9. How sickness fit affect the way we de see ourself?

⁹ Sickness fit make us feel bad, e fit make us feel as if we dey useless. We fit even de shame when people see say we no dey fine, or when we de need make people do things for us everytime. Even  when other people no know say we de sick, we fit still de shame because we no fit do the things wey we de do before. For that kind time, Jehovah de carry us up. How e de do-am?

10. According to Proverbs 12:25, wetin fit help us when we de sick?

¹⁰ When we de sick, “good word” go encourage us. (Read Proverbs 12:25.) For Bible, Jehovah don keep plenty good word to remind us say we dey important even when we de sick. (Ps. 31:19; 41:3) If we read them again and again, Jehovah go help us face all the worry-worry wey sickness de bring.

11. How one brother get help from Jehovah?

¹¹ Make we see the example of Jorge. From when Jorge dey young e get one sickness, and the sickness just de worse de go sotey e make Jorge feel say e don dey useless. Jorge talk say: “I no expect say na so this my sickness go make me feel. Shame catch me because of the way people de look me.” E still talk say: “As my condition de worse, I think of how my life go change. This one make me sad, and I beg Jehovah make e help me.” How Jehovah help this brother? E talk say: “Because I no de fit put my mind for the thing wey I de read, they advice me say make I de read short-short verse from the book of Psalms, this verse them show say Jehovah de care for all e servants. I read the short-short verse them everyday, and they really comfort and encourage me. As time de go, people start to see say I don de smile again. This people talk say my joy de encourage them. Na that time I know say Jehovah don answer my prayer! E don help me change the way I de see myself.  I start to put my mind for the way Bible talk say Jehovah de see me, even as I de struggle with sickness.”

12. If you de sick, how you fit get help from Jehovah?

¹² If you de struggle with sickness, make you dey sure say Jehovah know your problem. Beg Jehovah to help you use better eye look your condition. Then read Bible to see the better-better things wey Jehovah don keep to comfort you. Put mind for the verse them wey show say all of us dey important to Jehovah. If you do this one, you go see say Jehovah dey good to all e true servants.​—Ps. 84:11.

13. How family head fit feel if e no get job again?

¹³ Each family head want make sure say e provide the thing wey e family need. But what if they just sack one brother for work and the brother no do any bad thing. E try e best to get another work, but e no see. For this kind condition, the brother fit feel say e dey useless. How this brother fit get help if e de think about the things wey Jehovah don promise?

14. Why Jehovah de do the things wey e don promise?

¹⁴ Jehovah de always do the things wey e don promise. (Josh. 21:45; 23:14) E de do this one because of plenty reasons. Number one, e go affect e good name or the kind person wey e be. Jehovah don promise say e go care for e true servants, and e really want do the thing wey e don promise. (Ps. 31:1-3) Jehovah know say we go really dey sad if e no care for us because we be part of  e family. E don promise say e go give us the things wey we need to live and worship him. And nothing go fit stop Jehovah make e no do the thing wey e don promise!​—Matt. 6:30-33; 24:45.

15. (a) Which problem Christians for the time of the apostles face? (b) Wetin Psalm 37:18, 19 make us dey sure of?

¹⁵ When we remember why Jehovah de do the things wey e don promise, we fit dey sure say e go help us when we get money problem. Make we see the example of Christians for the time of the apostles. When people dey against the congregation for Jerusalem, “everybody scatter . . . but na only the apostles remain.” (Acts 8:1) Just think wetin that one fit mean. They face money problem because their house and business no dey again. But Jehovah no abandon them, and they no stop to get joy. (Acts 8:4; Heb. 13:5, 6; Jas. 1:2, 3) Jehovah help the Christians that time, and e go help us too.​—Read Psalm 37:18, 19.

16. Which condition fit make us de think whether Jehovah de accept our worship?

¹⁶ As we de old, we fit start to feel say we no de fit do things for Jehovah again like before. King David fit don think like that too when e don old. (Ps. 71:9) How Jehovah fit help us?

17. Wetin the example of one sister teach us?

¹⁷ Make we talk about the example of Sister Jheri. They invite this sister to come maintenance training for Kingdom Hall, but e no want go. E talk say: “I don old, my husband don die, and I no get any skill or handwork wey I fit use for Jehovah. I dey useless.” The night before the training day, the sister pour  e heart to Jehovah for prayer. When e reach Kingdom Hall the next day, e still de think whether make e join the training. As the training start, one of the brothers wey they send to come do the training really talk about the number one important skill wey person suppose get. E talk say this skill na to dey ready for Jehovah to teach us. Sister Jheri talk say: “Then I remember, ‘I get that skill!’ I start to cry as I see say Jehovah de answer my prayer. Jehovah make me dey sure say I get important thing wey I fit give, and say e dey ready to teach me!” Sister Jheri still talk say: “I dey sad when I go the training, and fear de catch me. But when the training finish I dey happy, I know say I no dey useless, and I dey important to Jehovah!”

18. How Bible show say Jehovah no de stop to value our worship as we de old?

¹⁸ As we de old, we fit dey sure say Jehovah still get work for us to do. (Ps. 92:12-15) Jesus teach us say no matter how we feel say our power small reach, Jehovah value anything wey we fit do for e service. (Luke 21:2-4) So put mind for the thing wey you fit do. See example of some things wey you fit do: You fit tell people about Jehovah, pray for our brothers and sisters, and encourage other people to continue to serve Jehovah well. Jehovah de see you as person wey wuna de work together. And the reason no be because of wetin you fit do, but na because you dey ready to do wetin e want.​—1 Cor. 3:5-9.

19. Wetin Romans 8:38, 39 make us believe?

¹⁹ We really dey happy say we de worship Jehovah God. E de see all e servants as important! E make us so that we go do the things wey e want. And na true worship de really make us dey happy for life. (Rev. 4:11) The world fit de feel say we dey useless, but Jehovah no de see us like that, we dey important for e eye. (Heb. 11:16, 38) When we dey sad because of sickness, money problem, or old age, make we remember say nothing fit separate us from the love wey Jehovah our Papa for heaven get for us.​—Read Romans 8:38, 39.