1. Wetin we fit talk about our young brothers?

YOUNG brothers, wuna get plenty things to do for congregation. Many of wuna really get power. (Prov. 20:29) Wuna de do plenty things to help brothers and sisters for congregation. You fit de wait for the time wey they go make you ministerial servant. But, you fit de feel say other people de see you say you too young, or as person wey no get experience at all to care for important work. Even if you dey young, things dey wey you fit do now to make people for congregation trust and respect you.

2. Wetin we go talk about for this article?

² For this article, we go talk about the life of King David. We go still talk about some things wey happen for the life of two kings for Judah wey their name na Asa and Jehoshaphat. We go talk about some of the problem wey this three men face, how they handle-am, and wetin young brothers fit learn from their examples.

3. Wetin be one way wey young people fit help old people for congregation?

³ When David dey young, e learn things wey other people see as important. We dey sure say David get tight friendship with Jehovah. David still work hard to be better musician, and e use wetin e don learn to help the person  wey God choose as king, wey e name na Saul. (1 Sam. 16:16, 23) Young brothers, wuna get wetin wuna sabi do wey wuna fit use help people for congregation? Yes, plenty of wuna get wetin wuna sabi do. For example, you fit don see say some old brothers and sisters de really like-am when young brothers help them learn how to use their phone for their study and for meeting. You fit help this brothers and sisters because you know things about phone and computer.

4. Like David, which fine-fine character young brothers need to get? (Check picture for front cover.)

⁴ David show for the things wey e de do everyday say e be person wey they fit trust. For example, when David dey young, e work hard to care for e papa sheep. Danger dey for this work wey David do. After, David explain to King Saul say e don be shepherd for e papa before. That time, lion come carry one sheep, and bear still carry another one. But David “save the sheep” from their mouth. (1 Sam. 17:34, 35) David know say e need to take care of the sheep. So, e show strong heart and fight to protect them. Young brothers fit do like David when they do their best to care for any work wey they give them.

5. As e dey for Psalm 25:14, wetin be the number one important thing wey young brothers fit do?

⁵ David really dey tight with Jehovah when e dey young. That friendship wey e get with Jehovah dey important pass the strong heart wey e get, or the instrument wey e sabi play. Jehovah no be just the God wey David de serve, but e still be David tight Friend. (Read Psalm 25:14.) Young brothers, the number one important thing wey wuna fit do, na to make wuna friendship with Jehovah dey strong. If wuna do this one, they fit give wuna more work to do for congregation.

6. Wetin some people think about David?

⁶ One problem wey David get be say, some people think say e too young or no be person wey they fit really trust to do something well. For example, when David talk say e want fight Goliath, King Saul try to stop David. E tell David say: “You be small boy.” (1 Sam. 17:31-33) Before this time, David own brother be don tell David say they no go fit trust-am to care  for something well. (1 Sam. 17:26-30) But Jehovah no see David as person wey too young or wey no fit care for something well. Jehovah really know David, and David get the power to kill Goliath because e trust Jehovah as e Friend.​—1 Sam. 17:45, 48-51.

7. Wetin you fit learn from one story about David?

⁷ Wetin you fit learn from wetin happen to David? We learn say we need to dey patient. E fit take time for people wey know you when you dey small to begin see say you don grow. But you fit dey sure say Jehovah no de only see wetin you be for outside. E know the kind person wey you be and wetin you fit do. (1 Sam. 16:7) Make your friendship with Jehovah tight more-more. David do that one when e de sofri look the things wey Jehovah don make. When David think deep about this things, e really learn about the Person wey make them. (Ps. 8:3, 4; 139:14; Rom. 1:20) Another thing wey you fit do na to beg Jehovah make e give you the power wey you need. For example, some of your schoolmate de laugh you because you be Jehovah Witness? If na so, pray to Jehovah make e help you endure this problem. And make you follow the better advice wey you see for Bible, our book them, and videos. Anytime wey you see as Jehovah help you solve problem, your faith for Jehovah go grow more-more. Another thing na say, as other people de see say you trust Jehovah, them too go trust you.

8-9. Wetin help David to sofri wait until e start to rule as king, and wetin young brothers fit learn from e example?

⁸ Make we talk about another thing wey David face. After they anoint David to be king, e wait for many years before e start to rule as king for Judah. (1 Sam. 16:13; 2 Sam. 2:3, 4) That time, wetin help David to sofri wait? Instead of David to lose hope, e put e mind for the things wey e fit do. For example, the time wey David de hide from Saul, when e dey the land wey Philistine de control, e use the time fight people wey dey against Israel. Because of this thing wey David do, e protect the land wey Judah get.​—1 Sam. 27:1-12.

⁹ Wetin young brothers fit learn from David? Use the time wey you get to help your brothers. Think about the example of one brother wey e name na Ricardo. * From when this brother dey around ten years, e want be regular pioneer. But the elders tell Ricardo say time never reach. But this one no make Ricardo stop to do well or begin vex. Instead, e use more time for the preaching work. E talk say: “When I think about that time, I see say the change wey I make dey fine. I make sure say I go back to everybody wey want learn more about Bible, and I prepare for each return visit. I even conduct my first Bible study. The more I de preach, the more my fear de go down.” Now, Ricardo na better regular pioneer and ministerial servant.

10. Wetin David do one time before e make important decision?

¹⁰ Make we talk about another thing wey happen to David. When David and e men de hide from Saul, they leave their family for house and they go fight one war. When they no dey around, some enemies come their house and carry their family comot. Because David get experience to fight war, e for don think say e fit bring better plan  to save the people wey the enemies carry. But instead, David beg Jehovah for help. With the help wey one priest wey e name na Abiathar give David, David ask Jehovah say: “Make I pursue this people wey come attack?” Jehovah tell David make e go and say e go succeed. (1 Sam. 30:7-10) Wetin you fit learn from this story?

11. Wetin you fit do before you decide something?

¹¹ Ask other people for advice before you make decision. Talk with your papa and mama. You fit still get good advice from elders with experience when you talk with them. Jehovah trust them, and you fit trust them too. Jehovah de see the elders as “gift” wey e give congregation. (Eph. 4:⁠8) You go gain when you copy their faith and when you listen to the better advice wey them de give. Now make we talk about wetin we fit learn from King Asa.

12. Which fine-fine character King Asa get when e start to rule?

¹² When King Asa dey young, e dey humble and e get strong heart. For example, after e papa wey e name na Abijah die, Asa come be king and e start to remove the idols from the land. E still “tell the people of Judah say make them look for Jehovah, the God of their grand papa them. And make them obey the Law and the commandment.” (2 Chron. 14:1-7) And when Zerah from Ethiopia attack Judah with 1,000,000 soldiers, Asa show say e get sense when e beg Jehovah for help. E talk say: “O Jehovah, e no matter to you whether people wey you want help dey plenty or they no get power. Abeg, help us Jehovah our God, because na you we trust.” This fine thing wey Asa talk, show say e really get faith for Jehovah say e go save all of them. Asa trust Jehovah and “Jehovah win Ethiopia people.”​—2 Chron. 14:8-12.

13. Wetin happen to Asa after, and why?

¹³ To fight 1,000,000 soldiers no easy, no be so? But Asa succeed because e trust Jehovah. But the sad thing be say, when Asa face different problem wey e no big reach the first one, e no trust Jehovah. When wicked King Baasha of Israel threaten Asa, Asa go meet king of Syria for help. The result of this decision wey  Asa make no good at all! Jehovah use prophet Hanani, tell Asa say: “Because you trust the king of Syria and you no trust Jehovah your God, the army wey the king of Syria get don escape from your hand.” From that time na so-so war Asa begin fight. (2 Chron. 16:7, 9; 1 Ki. 15:32) Wetin we learn?

14. How you fit trust Jehovah, and as e dey for 1 Timothy 4:12, wetin you go be if you do like that?

¹⁴ Continue to dey humble and de trust Jehovah. The time wey you baptize you show say, you get strong faith and you trust Jehovah. And Jehovah really dey happy to welcome you as part of e family. The thing wey you need to do now na to continue to trust Jehovah. E fit easy to trust Jehovah when you need to make big decision for your life. But wetin you go do for other situation? E really dey important make you trust Jehovah when you de make decision even if na decision about wetin you de use relax and enjoy yourself, the kind work wey you go do to survive, and the things wey you plan to use your life do! No trust the sense wey you get. Instead, check inside Bible to look for things wey fit guide you to make better decision and then follow the direction wey Bible give you. (Prov. 3:5, 6) If you do like that, you go make Jehovah dey happy and people for congregation go respect you.​—Read 1 Timothy 4:12.

15. As e dey for 2 Chronicles 18:1-3; 19:2, which mistakes King Jehoshaphat make?

¹⁵ The truth na say, like all of us, they born you with sin and sometimes you go make mistake. But no allow this one stop you make you no do your best for the service of Jehovah. Think about the example of King Jehoshaphat. E get plenty fine-fine character. When Jehoshaphat dey young, “e look for the God of e papa and follow e commandment.” Another thing wey e do na say, e send the chief them make they travel go different-different city for Judah so that they go teach the people about Jehovah. (2 Chron. 17:4, 7) Even as Jehoshaphat try to do good reach, e still make bad decisions sometimes. Because of one bad decision wey Jehoshaphat make, Jehovah send person make e go give Jehoshaphat  correction. (Read 2 Chronicles 18: 1-3; 19:2.) Wetin you fit learn from that story?

16. Wetin you fit learn from Rajeev experience?

¹⁶ Make you accept and follow advice wey they give you. E fit be say like many young men, e de hard you to make the service of Jehovah the number one important thing for your life. No allow this one make you tire. Think about the example of one young brother wey e name na Rajeev. E talk about when e be dey young, say: “That time, I de confuse with wetin I want use my life do. Like many other young people, I like sport and other enjoyment pass to go meeting or preaching.” Wetin help this young brother? One elder wey care about Rajeev give Rajeev advice. Rajeev talk say: “E help me think about wetin dey 1 Timothy 4:⁠8.” Rajeev dey humble, e follow the advice, and e think about wetin e de put as number one important thing for e life. E talk say: “I decide say I go put the service of Jehovah as the number one important thing for my life.” Wetin be the result? Rajeev talk say: “Some years after I receive that advice, I qualify to serve as ministerial servant.”

17. How the mature people for congregation de feel about the young brothers wey de serve Jehovah?

¹⁷ Young brothers, as wuna de serve Jehovah “as one” with people wey pass wuna for age, make wuna know say they really value wuna! (Zeph. 3:⁠9) They love you as you de put all your heart and de use all your power de do the work wey you don receive. Them de see you as better person.​—1 John 2:14.

18. With wetin dey Proverbs 27:11, how Jehovah de feel about young brothers wey de serve-am?

¹⁸ Young brothers, make wuna no ever forget say Jehovah love wuna and e trust wuna. E talk say for last days, plenty young men go dey ready to support the work with all their heart. (Ps. 110:​1-3) Jehovah know say you love-am and you want do your best for e service. So dey patient with people, and dey patient with yourself. When you make mistake, accept the training and the correction wey they give you. Make you know say, na from Jehovah. (Heb. 12:6) Work hard to care for any work wey they give you. And the number one important thing be say, de make your Papa for heaven de glad for everything wey you de do.​—Read Proverbs 27:11.