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STUDY ARTICLE 13

Use Things Wey Jehovah Don Make Teach Your Children About Jehovah

Use Things Wey Jehovah Don Make Teach Your Children About Jehovah

“Who make all this things?”—ISA. 40:26.

SONG 11 Jehovah, Your Work De Praise You

WETIN WE GO LEARN? a

1. Wetin papa and mama want for their pikin them?

 PAPA and mama, we know say wuna really want help wuna pikin them to know and love Jehovah. But we no fit see God. So, how wuna go fit help wuna children to see say God na real person and make them near-am?—Jas. 4:8.

2. How papa and mama fit teach their children about Jehovah better character?

2 One better way to help children near Jehovah na to teach them Bible. (2 Tim. 3:14-17) Bible still tell us another way wey young people fit learn about Jehovah. For book of Proverbs, one papa remind e son say, make e never forget Jehovah better character wey e de see from things wey Jehovah don make. (Prov. 3:19-21) We go talk about some ways wey papa and mama fit use things wey Jehovah don make, teach their children about Jehovah.

HOW YOU FIT USE THE THINGS WEY JEHOVAH DON MAKE TEACH YOUR PIKIN THEM?

3. How papa and mama fit help their children as them de go different-different place?

3 Bible talk say ‘We go fit really see Jehovah fine-fine character from the things wey e don make. We fit learn about the kind Person wey e be when we de take time look the things wey e make.’ (Rom. 1:20) Papa and mama, we know say wuna de like to go different-different place with wuna children. When wuna de do this one, help your children to see Jehovah better character from the things wey e don make. Make we see wetin papa and mama fit learn from Jesus example.

4. How Jesus use the things wey Jehovah make teach e disciples? (Luke 12:24, 27-30)

4 You don think about how Jesus use the things wey Jehovah make teach people? One time, Jesus tell e disciples make them look one bird wey e name na raven and flowers wey them de call lily. (Read Luke 12:24, 27-30.) Jesus for fit use any animal or plant, but e choose to use the kind bird and flowers wey e disciples know well-well. As Jesus de talk, e fit be say e disciples de see this birds as them de fly for up and the fine-fine flower for field. And Jesus fit de point the birds and flowers as e de talk. Wetin Jesus do after e talk about them? Jesus teach e disciples one fine lesson about e Papa for heaven, say E really dey kind and get open hand. As Jehovah de feed the birds and care for flowers, na so e go feed and care for e servants.

5. How papa and mama fit use wetin Jehovah don make teach their children about Jehovah?

5 Papa and mama, how wuna fit copy Jesus example as wuna de teach wuna children? You fit tell your children about one plant or animal wey Jehovah make wey you really like. When you do this one, make sure say you tell them wetin this one de teach us about Jehovah. You fit then ask your pikin which animal or plant e really like. If you use something wey Jehovah don make wey your pikin like, this one fit make your pikin want listen more when you de talk about the fine-fine character wey Jehovah get.

6. Wetin we fit learn from Christopher mama?

6 Papa and mama need to take time read about one plant or animal before they fit use-am teach their children about Jehovah? No. Jesus no spend plenty time to talk about the way raven de chop or how lilies de grow. Na true say sometimes, your pikin fit like make you tell-am plenty things about something wey Jehovah make, but sometimes, you fit just ask one question or tell-am small thing and e go understand wetin you de try teach-am about Jehovah. One brother wey e name na Christopher remember when e dey young and talk say: “My mama go tell us small thing about wetin Jehovah don make wey near us to help us value them more. For example, when we dey near mountain, my mama fit tell us say: ‘See how that mountain fine and e big! This one no show say Jehovah dey wonderful?’ Or when we dey near sea, e go tell us say, ‘See how the waves get power! This one no tell us say Jehovah get power?’ ” Christopher talk say: “This small things way our mama de talk de really make us think.”

7. How you fit teach your children to de think about the things wey Jehovah don make?

7 As your children de grow, you fit teach them to de think about things wey Jehovah don make to learn more about Jehovah. You fit choose one thing wey Jehovah make and ask your children say, “Wetin this one teach you about Jehovah?” Wetin them go talk fit surprise you.—Matt. 21:16.

WHEN YOU FIT USE THE THINGS WEY GOD MAKE TEACH YOUR CHILDREN?

8. Which chance the papa and mama them for Israel be get as them de travel “for road”?

8 Jehovah command papa and mama for Israel say make them teach their children Jehovah law when them de “waka for road.” (Deut. 11:19) Road connect different-different place wey no be city for Israel, where person fit see different-different animal, bird, and flower as e de waka. When families for Israel de travel for road, the papa and mama them get chance to talk to their children about the things wey Jehovah don make. Papa and mama, wuna get the same chance to use the things wey God don make teach wuna pikin them. Make we talk about how some papa and mama don do this one.

9. Wetin you fit learn from Punitha and Katya?

9 One woman wey e name na Punitha wey de live for one big city for India talk say: “When me, my husband and children go visit our family for village, we de see this one as chance to help our children learn about the wonderful things wey Jehovah don make. I see say my children de learn more about the things wey Jehovah don make when we comot from city life wey motor and people full everywhere.” Papa and mama, wuna children fit no ever forget the time wey wuna go visit one fine area. One sister for Moldova wey e name na Katya talk say: “The thing wey I de remember well-well about when I dey young na the time wey me and my papa and mama go village. I dey happy say them teach me to take time look the things wey Jehovah don make to learn about Jehovah since when I dey small.”

Even for city, you fit see some things wey Jehovah don make wey you fit use teach your children about Jehovah (Check paragraph 10)

10. Wetin papa and mama fit do if e no dey possible to go outside city where they fit see plenty tree and animal? (Check the box “Things Wey Fit Help Papa and Mama.”)

10 Wetin you fit do if e no dey possible for you to go outside city where you go fit see plenty tree and animal? One man for India, wey e name na Amol talk say: “For the place wey I de live, because of work, papa and mama no de get time to carry their children go where they fit see plenty things wey Jehovah make. And another thing be say the money to travel go where them fit see plenty things wey Jehovah don make too high. But we fit go where them de keep animals or look from upstairs to see things wey Jehovah don make and talk about Jehovah.” When you look around your house, you fit still see plenty things wey Jehovah don make wey you fit show your children. (Ps. 104:24) You fit see birds, plants, insects and other things. Karina wey come from Germany talk say: “My mama like flowers, so when I still be young girl, my mama go show me fine-fine flowers as we de waka together.” Papa and mama, wuna fit still use books and videos wey our organization don make, teach wuna children. No matter where you de stay, you fit still help your children to take time look the things wey God don make. Now, make we talk about some of Jehovah better character wey you fit teach your children.

LEARN ABOUT JEHOVAH FINE-FINE CHARACTER

11. How papa and mama fit help their children learn about Jehovah love?

11 To help your children learn about how Jehovah de show love, you fit show them how different-different animals de sofri care for their children. (Matt. 23:37) You fit still talk about the plenty different types of things wey Jehovah don make wey we de enjoy. Karina, wey we talk about before talk say: “When me and my mama de stroll, my mama go tell me say make I stop and look how one flower take different from another and how the way the flower fine de teach us about Jehovah love. Many years after, I still de take time look flowers, and I de see say their color and the way Jehovah make each of them dey different. Them de remind me say Jehovah really love us.”

You fit talk about the wonderful way Jehovah make our body to teach your children about the kind sense wey Jehovah get (Check paragraph 12)

12. How papa and mama fit help their children see say Jehovah really get sense? (Psalm 139:14) (Still check the picture.)

12 Help your children see say Jehovah get sense. Jehovah sense pass our own by far. (Rom. 11:33) For example, you fit tell your pikin how water de move go up to form cloud and how the cloud de carry the water from one place go another. (Job 38:36, 37) You fit still talk about the wonderful way wey Jehovah make our body. (Read Psalm 139:14.) See how one papa wey e name na Vladimir do this one. E talk say: “One day our only son wey dey 5 years fall from e bicycle and wound e self. After some days, the wound heal. Me and my wife tell our son say, Jehovah make our body to fit repair e self. We help our son see say, people no fit make something wey be like that. For example, if motor get accident, e no fit repair e self. This one help our son see say Jehovah really get sense.”

13. How papa and mama fit help their children see say Jehovah get power? (Isaiah 40:26)

13 Jehovah de tell us say make we look sky and think about how e use e power to keep all the stars for their different-different position. (Read Isaiah 40:26.) You too fit encourage your children to look sky and think about wetin them de see. One sister from Taiwan wey e name na Tingting remember something wey happen when e dey small. E talk say: “One time, my mama carry me go one place wey far from city where we stay for tent. For there, we fit see many stars for night because city lights no dey there. That time, I de worry if I go fit continue to worship Jehovah well because my class mates be de try to make-am hard for me to obey Jehovah. My mama tell me say make I think about the power wey Jehovah use make stars and remember say, Jehovah fit use the same power to help me face any test. After I don look the things wey Jehovah make as we travel, e make me know Jehovah more and I decide say I no go ever leave Jehovah.”

14. How papa and mama fit use wetin Jehovah don make help their children see say Jehovah na happy God?

14 From the things wey Jehovah don make, we de see say, Jehovah na happy God and E want make people laugh. Science people don see say plenty animal de play, even birds and fish. (Job 40:20) You don see your children laugh before as them see animals de play? E fit be say them don see small dogs as them de fight play-play fight. Next time you see your children laugh as them de see animal de play, you fit use this chance remind them say Jehovah na happy God. —1 Tim. 1:11.

ENJOY THE THINGS WEY JEHOVAH DON MAKE WITH YOUR FAMILY

When you and your children de enjoy things wey Jehovah make together, e fit make them feel free to talk wetin dey their mind (Check paragraph 15)

15. Wetin papa and mama fit do to know wetin dey their children mind? (Proverbs 20:5) (Still check the picture.)

15 Sometimes, e no dey easy for papa and mama to make their children talk the problem wey them de face. If e be like that for you, e fit be say you go need to do something wey go help your children talk wetin dey their mind. (Read Proverbs 20:5.) E dey easy for some papa and mama to do this one when them de look the things wey Jehovah don make with their children. Why? One reason be say, them no go get plenty things wey fit comot their mind from wetin them de talk. One papa from Taiwan wey e name na Masahiko talk another reason. E talk say: “When we go climb mountain or waka for beach with our children, them de feel free. This one de make-am easy for us to make them talk wetin dey their mind.” Katya, wey we talk about before, talk say, “After school, my mama de always carry me go one fine place wey we fit see plenty things wey Jehovah don make. As we de relax for this kind place, e dey easy for me to tell my mama wetin happen for school and wetin de worry me for mind.”

16. How papa, mama and their children fit enjoy things wey Jehovah don make together?

16 When papa, mama and children de enjoy the things wey Jehovah don make together, this one de make them relax and them go love each other more. Bible talk say, we get “time to laugh” and “time to dance” (Eccl. 3:1, 4) Jehovah don make plenty fine place for this earth wey we fit go enjoy ourself. Plenty papa and mama like to go with their children to see fine place like beach, mountain, or where they fit see plenty animal. Some children like to swim, see animals or run and play where plenty grass, flowers and trees dey. We get different-different ways to fit enjoy the things wey Jehovah don make.

17. Why e good make papa and mama help their children to enjoy to learn from the things wey God make?

17 For paradise, papa, mama and children go fit enjoy the things wey Jehovah don make pass as them de do now. That time, nothing go make us fear animals and them no go fear us. (Isa. 11:6-9) We go enjoy wetin Jehovah don make forever. (Ps. 22:26) Papa and mama, wuna no need to wait till that time before wuna start to help wuna children enjoy wetin Jehovah don make. As wuna de use the things wey Jehovah make teach wuna children about Jehovah, they go fit agree with wetin King David talk when e say: “O Jehovah, nobody don do wetin you don do.”—Ps. 86:8.

SONG 134 Children Na Gift From God

a Plenty brothers and sisters remember the time wey them enjoy as them de look things wey Jehovah make with their papa and mama wey de serve Jehovah. They never forget how their papa and mama use this time teach them about Jehovah. If you get pikin them, how you fit use the things wey Jehovah don make, to teach them about Jehovah better character? This article go answer that question.