1. Wetin Jesus talk about the things wey get value for heaven?

NO BE every better thing we fit see. The truth be say, we no fit see many of the better things wey dey important pass. For the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus talk about some things for heaven wey their value high pass money or property by far. Then e talk say: “The place wey wuna keep things wey wuna value, na there wuna heart go dey too.” (Matt. 6:19-21) When something really get high value for our eye, we go do everything wey we fit do to get-am. We de keep ‘things wey get value for heaven’ when we try our best to make God dey happy. Jesus talk say this kind better things no go fit ever spoil and nobody go fit thief them.

2. (a) As e dey for 2 Corinthians 4:17, 18, wetin Paul advice us make we de think about? (b) Wetin we go talk about for this topic?

² Apostle Paul advice us make we “de think about things wey we no de see.” (Read 2 Corinthians 4:17, 18.) Part of the things wey we no de see na all the good things wey we go enjoy for Paradise. For this topic, we go talk about four better gift wey we no de see but wey we fit gain from even now. This gifts na: friendship with God, prayer, the help wey we de get from holy spirit, and the support wey we de receive from heaven when we de preach. We go still talk about how we fit show say we like this gifts wey we no de see.

3. Wetin be the number one important gift wey we no de see, and how e dey possible for us to get-am?

³ The number one important gift wey we no de see na our  friendship with Jehovah God. (Ps. 25:14) How e dey possible for God to make friend with us even as they born us with sin, and still dey holy with no single stain? God fit do this one because the sacrifice of Jesus don “take away the sin of the world.” (John 1:29) Even before Jesus die, Jehovah don already know say Jesus go dey faithful till e die so that we fit get life. Because of this one, God fit be friend to people wey live before Jesus come die.​—Rom. 3:25.

4. Give example of some friends of God wey live before the time of Jesus.

⁴ Make we talk about some men wey become friend of God. This men live before time of Jesus. One of them na Abraham. This man show say e faith really dey strong. More than 1,000 years after Abraham don die, Jehovah call Abraham “my friend.” (Isa. 41:8) So even when person don die, Jehovah still see the person as e tight friend. Jehovah no go forget Abraham. (Luke 20:37, 38) Another example na Job. When the angels gather together for heaven, Jehovah talk good things about Job. Jehovah talk say Job dey “good, e de fear God, and e no de put hand for bad thing.” (Job 1:6-8) And how Jehovah feel about Daniel, as e serve God well for about 80 years for place wey the people no de serve Jehovah? The angel tell Daniel three times say Daniel “really get high value” for the eyes of God. (Dan. 9:23; 10:11, 19) True-true, we fit dey sure say Jehovah really want bring e friends wey don die back to life.​—Job 14:15.

5. Wetin we need to do to enjoy tight friendship with Jehovah?

⁵ How many people today de enjoy tight friendship with God? We get millions of people wey be friends of Jehovah today. We know this one because plenty men, women and children for the whole world de live their life for the way wey show say they be friends of God. Bible talk say Jehovah de make “righteous person e tight friend.” (Prov. 3:32) This kind friendship fit dey possible because they get faith for Jesus as their savior. So because Jesus die for us to save us, that na why Jehovah fit allow us to be e friend. And we give our life to Jehovah and baptize. When we baptize, we de join millions of brothers and sisters wey don already de enjoy “tight friendship” with the highest Person for heaven and earth!

6. How we fit show say we value our friendship with God?

⁶ How we fit show say our friendship with God dey important? E pass one hundred years wey Abraham and Job continue to serve Jehovah well. So no matter how long we don de serve Jehovah for this world wey Satan de control, we too must continue to serve Jehovah well. Like Daniel, we must value our friendship with God pass our life. (Dan. 6:7, 10, 16, 22) With help from Jehovah, we go fit endure any problem wey we fit face and continue to be tight friend with God.​—Phil. 4:13.

7. (a) As Proverbs 15:8 talk, how Jehovah de feel about our prayer? (b) How Jehovah de answer our prayer?

⁷ Another better thing wey we no fit see na prayer. Close friends de like to tell each other wetin them de think and how them de feel. Na so our friendship with Jehovah still be. Jehovah de use Bible talk to us. And for there, e make us know the things wey e de think and how e de feel. We fit  talk to God for prayer, and we fit tell God wetin dey inside our mind and how we de really feel. Jehovah de like to listen to us when we de pray. (Read Proverbs 15:8.) Because Jehovah na our Friend and e love us, e no de only listen to our prayer but e still de answer-am. Sometimes Jehovah de answer our prayer quick-quick. For other time, we fit need to pray plenty times about the matter. Even with that one, we dey sure say Jehovah go answer us for the right time and for the best way. Na true say God fit no answer us for way wey we expect. For example, instead of God to remove the problem, e fit give us the sense and power wey we need to “endure-am.”​—1 Cor. 10:13.

8. How we fit show Jehovah say we like as e give us prayer as gift?

⁸ How we fit show say we really like this better gift wey be prayer? One way na to “pray every time” as Bible talk. (1 Thess. 5:17) Jehovah no de force us make we pray. Instead, God allow us make we do wetin we want do and e advice us make we “no tire to de pray.” (Rom. 12:12) So we fit show Jehovah say we like this gift when we de pray plenty times everyday. And make we no forget to always thank and praise Jehovah for our prayer.​—Ps. 145:2, 3.

9. How one brother de feel about prayer, and how you de feel about-am?

⁹ As the number of years wey we de serve Jehovah de add and as we de see how e de answer our prayer, na so we suppose to always like to pray. Make we talk about the example of one brother wey e name na Chris. This brother don dey full-time service for 47 years. The brother talk say: “I de enjoy to wake up early morning so that I fit pray to Jehovah. Na really wonderful thing to talk to Jehovah as the sun just de come out for morning and as everything just dey beautiful! This one de make me thank God for all e gift, and part of this gifts na prayer. As I de pray for the end of everyday, this one de make me sleep with clean conscience.”

10. Why we suppose to thank God for the holy spirit wey e give us?

¹⁰ Another gift from God wey we no fit see and wey we suppose to show say we like na the holy spirit. Jesus advice us make we continue to pray for holy spirit. (Luke 11:9, 13) Jehovah de use holy spirit to give us strong power. (2 Cor. 4:7; Acts 1:8) The spirit from God fit help us endure any problem wey we de face.

11. How holy spirit fit help us?

¹¹ Holy spirit fit help us do any assignment wey we get as we de serve God. Even though say we sabi do something well, holy spirit fit help us make we sabi do-am pass as we de do-am before. E de help us to do our work for Jehovah. We know say the better results wey we de get for our work no be because of our power, but na because holy spirit de help us.

12. As e dey for Psalm 139:23, 24, wetin we fit pray for holy spirit to help us do?

¹² How we fit show say we really like the holy spirit from God? One way na to pray to Jehovah make the spirit help us see any bad thing for our mind or wey our heart want. (Read Psalm 139:23, 24.) If we pray like that, Jehovah go use e spirit to help us know if any bad thing dey inside our mind or heart. And if e be say we see any bad thing for our mind or heart, we go pray for holy spirit from God to give us power make we fit reject the bad thing. If we do this one, we de show say we no want do anything to make Jehovah stop to help us with e spirit.​—Eph. 4:30.

13. How we fit show Jehovah say we like the holy spirit?

¹³ We fit show Jehovah say we like the holy spirit when we de think about wetin the spirit de do today. Before Jesus go heaven, e tell e disciples say: “Wuna go get power when wuna receive holy spirit. Wuna go preach about me . . . for the whole earth.” (Acts 1:8) This one na wetin de happen today. Because of the support from holy spirit, about eight and  half million people around the world don de serve Jehovah. Apart from that one, we dey as one and we de enjoy peace because holy spirit de help us make we fit get fine-fine character like love, joy, peace, patience, to dey kind, to dey good, faith, to dey gentle, and self-control. Na all this character together be “the fruit wey the spirit de produce.” (Gal. 5:22, 23) Holy spirit na really important gift!

14. Which support wey we no fit see we de get when we de do the preaching work?

¹⁴ Another important gift wey we no fit see na to “work together” with Jehovah, Jesus, and the angels. (2 Cor. 6:1) We de work with them anytime wey we de do the preaching work. Paul talk about e self and other people wey de do this work, say: “We de work with God.” (1 Cor. 3:9) When we de do the preaching work, we still de work with Jesus. Remember say after Jesus command e disciples to “make disciples of people for the whole world,” e talk say: “I dey with wuna.” (Matt. 28:19, 20) And what of the angels? Na big blessing we get say the angels de direct us as we de tell people for the earth the “everlasting good news”!​—Rev. 14:6.

15. Talk one example from Bible to show the important thing wey Jehovah de do for our preaching work.

¹⁵ Wetin we don fit do because of the support wey we de receive from heaven? As we de preach the good news about the Kingdom, some people fit listen to us, and the message fit grow for their heart like seeds wey farmer plant. (Matt. 13:18, 23) Who de make this seeds to grow and bear fruit? Jesus explain say nobody fit be e disciple unless “the Father . . . draw the person.” (John 6:44) Bible give us example of this one. Think about the time wey Paul preach to some women near the city of Philippi. See wetin Bible talk about one of them wey e name na Lydia. Bible talk say “Jehovah open e heart” well make e fit listen to the things wey Paul de talk. (Acts 16:13-15) Like Lydia, Jehovah don draw plenty-plenty people come e organization.

16. Who we suppose to praise for any better result wey we get for the preaching work?

¹⁶ Who we suppose to praise for any better result wey we get for our preaching work? Paul answer that question when e write about the congregation for Corinth, say: “I plant, Apollos put water, but na God continue to make-am grow, so no be about the person wey plant or the person wey put water, but na God wey de make-am grow.” (1 Cor. 3:6, 7) Like Paul, we suppose to always de praise Jehovah for any good result wey we get for the preaching work.

17. How we fit show say we like as we fit de “work together” with God, Jesus, and the angels?

¹⁷ How we fit show say we like as we fit de “work together” with God, Jesus, and the angels? We fit do like that when we de do everything wey we fit do to tell people the good news. Plenty ways dey to do this one; for example, we fit de preach “for public and from house to house.” (Acts 20:20) Plenty brothers and sisters still de like to preach for other time apart from house to house. When they meet stranger, they go greet the stranger well and try to start discussion. If the person ready to talk, they go use sense change the topic and preach the good news.

18-19. (a) How we de put water for the message wey we de preach to people? (b) Talk one experience to show how Jehovah help one Bible student.

 ¹⁸ As we de “work with God,” we no go only plant the truth but we still need to put water. When person show say e get interest for the message, make we do our best to go back or arrange make another person go back and try to start Bible study with the person. We de glad when we see as Jehovah de help the Bible student to change the way e de think and feel.

¹⁹ Make we talk about the example of one man for South Africa wey e name na Raphalalani. This man na witch doctor before. E really like the things wey e learn for e Bible study. But the situation no easy at all for this man when e learn for Bible say God no like-am make we de do things with dead people. (Deut. 18:10-12) Small-small, e allow God to change the way e de think. And as time de go, e stop to be witch doctor even though say na the only work wey e get be that. Now, Raphalalani dey 60 years. E talk say: “I really thank Jehovah Witness people as they don help me for different-different way, like to help me find work. The number one important one be say, I really thank Jehovah as e help me change my life. And now, I de fit go preach to people as baptize servant of Jehovah.”

20. Wetin you don decide say you go do?

²⁰ For this topic, we don learn about four important gifts wey we no de see. The number one gift out of all of them, na the blessing wey we get to be tight friend with Jehovah. This one go make us gain from the other gifts wey we no de see wey be, prayer to Jehovah, the help wey we de get from holy spirit, and the support wey God, Jesus, and the angels de give us for our preaching work. Make we do our best to show say we really like this important gifts wey we no de see. And make we no ever stop to thank Jehovah for the better friend wey e be.