When Jehovah make us, e give us one fine gift. The gift na to talk. How we de use-am dey important to Jehovah? Yes e dey important! (Read James 1:26.) So how we fit use the gift to talk for way wey go make Jehovah happy?

1. The gift to talk, how we fit use-am?

Bible tell us say: “Make wuna continue de encourage each other and de make each other strong.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11) You fit think of some people wey you fit encourage? Wetin you fit do to make them feel better? Do something to make them know say them dey important to you. You fit tell them wetin you like about them. You know any verse wey you fit use encourage person? Plenty verses dey wey you fit choose from. Still remember say wetin you talk and the words wey you use fit affect other people. So, make we always try to talk for kind and gentle way.—Proverbs 15:1.

2. Which kind talk we suppose avoid?

Bible talk say: “Make rotten word no come out of wuna mouth.” (Read Ephesians 4:29.) E mean say we no go use bad words or dey harsh when we de talk or we no go talk something to make person feel bad. And too, we no go de talk bad things about people or lie about them to spoil their name.—Read Proverbs 16:28.

3. Wetin go help us to talk for way wey go make other people strong?

Plenty times the things wey we de talk about de show how we de really feel and wetin we de think about. (Luke 6:45) So make we train ourself to de think about good things—things wey dey correct, dey clean, dey fine, and wey people de praise. (Philippians 4:8) If we want de think about good things, we must use sense choose our friends and the things wey we de use enjoy ourself. (Proverbs 13:20) E go still help if you think well about wetin you go talk, when you go talk, and how you go talk-am. Think about how wetin you talk go affect other people. Bible talk say: “Wetin person no use sense talk be like when they use knife chuk person. But wetin they use sense talk de make person well.”—Proverbs 12:18.

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4. Control wetin you de talk, how you de talk and when you de talk

Sometimes, we de talk things wey we de regret after. (James 3:2) Read Galatians 5:22, 23, and talk about this questions:

• Which of this qualities you go pray make God give you to help you control how you de talk? How this qualities fit help you?

Read 1 Corinthians 15:33, and talk about this question:

• How your friends and the things wey you choose to enjoy yourself fit affect the way you de talk?

Read Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7, and talk about this question:

• Which time e go good make you no talk anything or wait for the correct time before you talk something?

 5. Talk good things about other people

6. De talk to your family for kind way

 WETIN THIS LESSON TEACH

Wetin we talk fit help person or make person feel bad. We need to think well about wetin we go talk, how we go talk, and when we go talk-am.

Wetin You Don Learn

• Wetin be some ways wey you fit use wetin you de talk to help other people?

• Which kind of talk you suppose avoid?

• Wetin fit help us to talk for kind way and encourage people?