LESSON 49

How You Fit Make Your Family Happy?—Part 1

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When husband and wife marry, them de hope to dey happy forever just as for their wedding day. And e dey possible. Christians wey don marry for long time and de work hard to follow Bible advice, know say this one dey possible.

1. Which advice Bible de give husband?

Jehovah don choose husband as head of the family. (Read Ephesians 5:23.) E want make husband make decisions wey e family go gain from. Bible advice husbands say: “Make wuna continue to love wuna wife.” (Ephesians 5:25) Wetin this one mean? Husband wey love e wife de treat e wife for kind way when them dey for house and with other people. E de protect e wife from danger, de make the wife happy, and de give the wife wetin e need. (1 Timothy 5:8) The one wey dey important pass na say, e de help e wife to dey close to Jehovah. (Matthew 4:4) For example, e fit pray and read Bible with e wife. When husband de care for e wife with love, e de make e friendship with Jehovah strong.—Read 1 Peter 3:7.

2. Which advice Bible give wife?

Bible talk say make wife show “deep respect for e husband.” (Ephesians 5:33) How wife fit do this one? E fit think about the good qualities of e husband and how e de work hard to care for the family. E fit still show respect as e de support the decisions wey e husband make, and as e de talk for kind way to e husband and about e husband, even if e husband no de serve Jehovah.

3. How husband and wife fit make their marriage strong?

Bible talk about husband and wife say: “The two of them go be one flesh.” (Matthew 19:5) E mean say they must fight anything wey fit make their love weak. Them de do this one as them de always spend time together, and de use love talk to each other about wetin them de think and how them de feel. They no de allow anything or anybody apart from Jehovah dey important pass their husband or wife. Them dey careful say they no go dey too close with another person.

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Learn about some advice for Bible wey you fit use to make your marriage strong.

4. Husband—love and care for your wife

Bible talk say:“Make husbands love their wives as their own body.” (Ephesians 5:28, 29) Wetin this one mean? Play the VIDEO, and talk about the question for under.

VIDEO: Husbands, Love Your Wife as You Love Yourself (9:53)

Wetin be some ways wey husband fit show say e love and de care for e wife?

Read Colossians 3:12, and talk about this question:

How husband fit show this qualities for e marriage?

5. Wife—love and respect your husband

Bible talk say make wife respect e husband, whether the husband de serve Jehovah or e no de serve Jehovah. Read 1 Peter 3:1, 2, and talk about this questions:

If your husband no de serve Jehovah, we dey sure say you want make e de serve Jehovah. Which one be the best way to help your husband? You think say na to always de preach to your husband or e better make you be good wife, dey kind and de show respect to your husband? Why you answer like that?

Husband and wife fit make good decisions together. But sometimes, wife fit no agree with wetin e husband talk. So the wife go talk wetin e de think, with respect and for calm way. But e must know say Jehovah don give e husband the work to make decision wey e family go gain from. Make wife do e best to support the decision wey e husband don make. If e do this one, e go make their family happy. Read 1 Peter 3:3-5, and talk about this question:

How Jehovah de feel when wife show respect for e husband?

6. Wuna fit solve the problems for wuna marriage

No marriage dey perfect. So husband and wife must work together to solve the problems for their marriage. Play the VIDEO, and talk about the questions for under.

VIDEO: How to Make Marriage Strong (5:44)

For the video which signs show say the husband and e wife no dey close to each other again?
Wetin them do to make their marriage strong?

Read 1 Corinthians 10:24 and Colossians 3:13. After you read each verse, talk about this question:

If husband and wife follow this advice, how e go make their marriage strong?

Bible talk say make we de show honor to one another. To show honor mean say we go treat person with respect and for kind way. Read Romans 12:10, and talk about this questions: