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ARTICLE 32

How Jehovah Can Help Us

to Bear Our Problem Dem?
SONG 38 “He will make you firm, he will make you strong, he will firmly
He Will Make You Strong ground you.”—1 PET. 5:10.

WHAT THE MAIN POINT? WE REALLY need help to bear the different-different problem
The thing dem Jehovah na dem we going through in this last days that hard to deal with.
give us that can help us to For example, some people suffering from serious sickness.
bear our problem dem and For other people, their family member na die from them. And
what we can do to benefit other people facing problem from their family member dem
from them. or government officials. (Matt. 10:18, 36, 37) But no matter
what problem you going through, you can be sure that Jeho-
vah will help you to bear it.—Read 1 Peter 5:10.
2 We able to bear it and continue to get hope even if we fac-

ing problem, going through persecutions, trials, or facing

temptations. Why? Because that Jehovah can give us the
“power beyond what is normal” and not our own strength.
(2 Cor. 4:7) In this article, we will talk about four thing dem
that Jehovah na give us to help us bear our problem. We will
also see what we can do to benefit from each of this thing
dem.
PRAYER
3 Jehovah na perform one miracle that can help us to bear
1. Why it can’t be easy to bear our problem dem, and who can help us to bear
them? (1 Peter 5:10)
2. Why we able to bear our problem dem?
3. Why we can say prayer that real miracle?

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our problem dem. He make it possible for strength in behalf of those whose heart is
us to talk with him even though we sinners. complete toward him.” (2 Chron. 16:9) So we
(Heb. 4:16) Think about this one: We can can be sure that Jehovah get the power and
pray to Jehovah anytime and ask him for any- he really want help us to bear our problem
thing. He can hear us in any language and dem.—Isa. 30:18; 41:10; Luke 11:13.
anywhere we eh. He can hear us even if we 5 The Bible say that when we pray from

not with our brother and sister dem or we in our heart, “the peace of God that surpasses
jail. (Jonah 2:1, 2; Acts 16:25, 26) Even if we all understanding will guard [our] hearts and
really worrying about something and we not [our] mental powers.” (Phil. 4:7) What this
able to tell Jehovah how we feeling, he still one mean? When people who not serving Je-
able to understand the thing we want tell him. hovah face problem, they can do all kindna
(Rom. 8:26, 27) For true-true, prayer that thing dem just for their heart to lay down. But
real miracle! the peace that Jehovah can give when we
4 In the Bible, Jehovah tell us that “no mat- pray, better pass any peace somebody can
ter what we ask according to his will, he hears get when they do this thing dem. When we
us.” (1 John 5:14) You think we can ask Jeho- pray to Jehovah, we show that we really trust
vah to help us bear our problem dem? Yes! him and he can give us “continuous peace.”
Because it in line with his will. How we know? (Read Isaiah 26:3.) One way Jehovah can
When we bear our problem dem, Jehovah can do it, that by helping us to remember Bible
be able to answer Satan the Devil who say we verse dem that can comfort us. This Bible
will not remain faithful when we face prob- verse dem can make our heart to lay down
lem. (Prov. 27:11) Beside that one, the Bi- because we know that Jehovah love us and he
ble say that Jehovah really want “show his want help us.—Ps. 62:1, 2.
4. How we know that when we pray to bear our problem 5. How prayer can make our heart to lay down? (Isaiah
dem, it in line with Jehovah will? 26:3)

When you praying, you

talking to Jehovah. When
you reading the Bible,
Jehovah talking to you
(See paragraph 6)

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 Wetin you must do? When you going
6 what we read, it will be easy to remember Bi-
through problem, “throw your burden on Je- ble advice when we need it.
hovah” and pray for your heart to lay down. 9 The Bible also get true-true story dem

(Ps. 55:22) Also pray for wisdom so you can about people who trust in Jehovah and how
know what to do when you going through he help them. (Heb. 11:32-34; Jas. 5:17)
problem. (Prov. 2:10, 11) When you praying When we think good-good on how Jehovah
for Jehovah to help you bear your problem, help this people dem, it can convince us that
don’t forget to tell him thank you. (Phil. 4:6) Jehovah that “our refuge and strength, a help
Look for different-different way dem that that is readily found in times of distress.” (Ps.
Jehovah helping you to bear your problem, 46:1) When we think on how they wor faith-
and tell him thank you for his help. Don’t let ful to Jehovah, it can encourage us to follow
your problem to stop you from seeing the their example and bear our problem dem too.
way that Jehovah already helping you.—Ps. —Jas. 5:10, 11.
16:5, 6. 10 Wetin you must do? Read the Bible every

THE BIBLE day, and write some Bible verse dem that you
Jehovah na give us the Bible to help us
7 think can really help you. Plenty people say
bear our problem dem. The Bible get plenty the daily text that good way to start their
verse dem that convince us that Jehovah will day because it can give them something en-
help us. Let see one example. Matthew 6:8 couraging to think about for the day. That
say: “Your Father know what you need even what help one sister name Marie when the
before you ask him.” That Jesus say this one doctor dem say her ma and pa wor having
here, because he know Jehovah good-good cancer. Wetin help her to bear it when she
more than anybody. So, we must be convince wor taking care of them before they die? She
that Jehovah able to help us when we going say, “Every morning, I use to read the Daily
through problem. The Bible get plenty prom- Text and think on it. This one help me to get
ise dem that can give us the strength to bear something good to be thinking about during
our problem.—Ps. 94:19. the day instead of thinking too much about
8 Bible advice can help us to bear our prob- myself and the problem I wor going through.”
lem dem because it can give us the wisdom —Ps. 61:2.
that can help us to make good decisions. OUR BROTHER AND SISTER DEM
(Prov. 2:6, 7) For example, the Bible encour- Jehovah na give us our brother and sister
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age us to depend on Jehovah and to not wor- dem to help us bear our problem. Just know-
ry too much about the next day. (Matt. 6:34)
If we read the Bible every day and think on  They change some name dem in this article.

6. Wetin all we can pray for? (Also see the picture.) 9. How the story dem in the Bible can really convince us
that Jehovah will help us?
7. How studying the Bible can help us to bear our prob-
lem dem? 10. How you can use the Bible to help you bear your
8. (a) Give one example of Bible advice that can help us problem?
bear our problem. (b) Wetin can help us to remember Bi- 11. How it can make us feel to know that, that not our
ble advice when we facing problem? one going through problem?

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ing that they theirself too going through “the 13 The brother and sister dem in Russia real-
same kind of sufferings,” can make our heart ly encourage one sister name Maya. In 2020,
to lay down. (1 Pet. 5:9) So no matter what the police people enter her house and start
kindna problem we facing, other people na go checking all over. Later on, they put her in jail
through the same thing and they wor able to for preaching. Maya say, “During that time, I
bear it. That mean we able to bear our prob- use to feel tire and sad. But the brother and
lem dem too!—Acts 14:22. sister dem use to call me, write me letter, and
12 When we going through problem, our tell me that they love me. I always knew that
brother and sister dem can encourage us. the brother and sister dem that my family and
That just what happen to the apostle Paul. they love me. But when I think on all the thing
The brother dem use to help him when he dem they do for me, it make me to be more
wor not able to leave his house. They use to convince that they love me for true.”
14 Wetin you must do? When you going
encourage him, comfort him, and do some
small-small thing dem for him. So most of the through problem, continue to be close to
time he use to tell them thank you for helping your brother and sister dem. Don’t be scare
to ask the elder dem for help. They can be just
him and he even use to call them by their
like “shelter from the wind, a refuge from
name. (Phil. 2:25, 29, 30; Col. 4:10, 11) That
the rainstorm.” (Isa. 32:2, ftn.) Also remem-
the same way it can happen today. When we
ber that your brother and sister dem going
need help to bear our problem, our brother
through problem too. So when you do small-
and sister dem can be there for us. And when
small thing dem for somebody who need help,
they need help, we can be there for them.
—Read 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4. 13. Wetin help one sister name Maya to bear her prob-
lem?
12. How our brother and sister dem can help us, and we- 14. Wetin we can do to benefit from the help our brother
tin we can do for them? (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4) and sister dem can give us? (Also see the picture.)

Continue to be close to your

brother and sister dem
(See paragraph 14)

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Take some time to think about the good-good thing dem
Jehovah na promise for the future
(See paragraph 17)

it will make you to be happy and bear your 16 See how the Kingdom hope help one sis-
problem.—Acts 20:35. ter in Russia name Alla. The police people ar-
rest her husband and put him in jail while they
OUR HOPE
wor waiting for them to judge the case. When
Jehovah na give us hope that we sure it
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this one happen, Alla say: “I always use to
will come true and it can help us to bear our pray and think on my hope for the future and
problem. (Rom. 15:13) Remember that hope it help me to not be too discourage. I know
help Jesus to bear it when his situation get that one day things will get better. Jehovah
worse. (Read Hebrews 12:2.) Jesus knew will destroy his enemy dem and he will help
that when he remain faithful, it wor coming us.”
help to clear Jehovah name from all the lie- 17 Wetin you must do? Take some time to
lie thing dem Satan say about Him. Jesus wor think about all the good-good thing dem that
also having the hope to go back to his Pa in Jehovah na promise for the future. Imagine
heaven, and after some time to become king yourself in God new world and think about
and rule with his anointed brother dem. That all the blessing dem we will get. And know
the same way, when we think on our hope to that any problem we going through now-now
live forever in God new world, it can help us will just be for ‘short time.’ (2 Cor. 4:17)
to bear any problem that we going through
now-now in Satan world. 16. How hope help one sister to bear her problem, and
wetin we can learn from the thing she say?
15. What hope help Jesus, and how it can help us too? 17. How we can show that we grateful for the hope Jeho-
(Hebrews 12:2) vah na give us? (Also see the picture.)

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Also, try your best to tell other people about to her how he will help her to get well? She
the thing dem God promise. Just think about will really be happy even though it will take
how it can be hard for the people dem who some time for her to get better. Now, she able
not serving Jehovah to bear their problem to bear it because she get hope that one day
dem, because they not know the thing dem she will get well. That the same way when we
God promise for the future. Maybe the small convince about our hope for the future, it will
thing you will tell them about God promise help us to bear our problem.
for the future, will make them to want learn 19 From what we na learn, Jehovah can help

more. us to bear our problem dem through prayer,

18 After Job bear all his problem and remain the Bible, our brother and sister dem, and our
faithful to Jehovah, he say: “Now I know that hope. If we really make use of all this thing
you are able to do all things and that nothing dem, Jehovah will help us no matter what
you have in mind to do is impossible for you.” kindna problem we going through now-now.
(Job 42:2) What Job say just show that no- And we will continue to bear it until He end
thing can stop Jehovah from doing what he Satan world and all the problem dem we going
get in mind. This one can make us to bear through.—Phil. 4:13.
our problem dem. For example, just think
19. How Jehovah can help us to bear our problem dem?
about this sick woman who discourage be-
cause plenty doctor dem not able to make her
well. But suppose one good doctor who plen-

ty people trust find the problem and explain
WETIN THE PICTURE SAYING? Pages 3, 5-6: The old
18. Why we can trust that Jehovah will do all the thing brother continue to bear his problem dem every day and
dem he promise? he faithful.

HOW THIS THING DEM JEHOVAH NA PROVIDE CAN HELP US BEAR OUR PROBLEM DEM?

˛ Prayer and the Bible ˛ Our brother and sister dem ˛ Our hope

SONG 33
Throw Your Burden on Jehovah
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ARTICLE 33

Be Convince That
Jehovah Love You
SONG 4
“Jehovah Is My Shepherd” “I have drawn you to me with loyal love.”—JER. 31:3.

WHAT THE MAIN POINT? YOU can remember the time you give your life to Jehovah?
We will see why we need to You make that decision because you love him and you know
be convince that Jehovah him good-good. You promise him that serving him wor com-
love us and what we can ing be the most important thing in your life. You also prom-
do to show that we really ise him that you will continue to love him with your whole
convince about it. heart, your whole life, your whole mind, and your whole
strength. (Mark 12:30) Since that time, your love for Jeho-
vah being getting more and more strong. So suppose some-
body ask you this question, “You sure that you really love Je-
hovah?” How you will answer that person? You will not waste
time seh. You will say, “I love him more than anybody or any-
thing!”
2 But suppose somebody ask you, “You sure Jehovah love

you?” How you will answer that person? If you feeling that
you not fit for Jehovah to love you, maybe you will not be
quick to answer the person. One sister who grow up the hard
way say: “I convince that I love Jehovah. But the one I not
too convince about that whether Jehovah really love me.” So
wetin can help you to know whether Jehovah really love you?
3 Jehovah want you to be convince that he love you. (Read

Jeremiah 31:3.) That the reason why Jehovah make you to

1. Wetin make you to give your life to Jehovah? (Also see the picture.)
2-3. Wetin Jehovah want us to be convince about, and wetin we will talk
about in this article? (Jeremiah 31:3)

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You can remember the way you use to love Jehovah the
time you give your life to him and get baptize?
(See paragraph 1)

be his friend. And when you give your life to 6:11) Satan will do anything he able to do just
him and get baptize, he can show loyal love to stop us from serving Jehovah. One of Sa-
to you. He can only show that kindna love to tan trick that he using that to make us feel
his servant dem. That mean he really love that Jehovah not love us. Remember that
you and he will never leave you. It can make Satan looking for any chance he get to catch
him to look at you and all his faithful servant us. Most of the time, he can do it when we
dem to be his “treasured possession.” (Mal. feeling bad because of the mistake we make
3:17, ftn.) Jehovah want you to feel the same before, when we going through problem, or
way the apostle Paul wor feeling about him. when we not sure about the future. (Prov.
Paul wor really convince that Jehovah love 24:10) He can always be looking for way to
him. So he say: “I am convinced that neither catch people who feeling discourage. He can
death nor life nor angels nor governments try to use that bad feeling to make us to stop
nor things now here nor things to come nor serving Jehovah. But if we continue to be
powers nor height nor depth nor any oth- convince that Jehovah love us, we will be
er creation will be able to separate us from prepare to take our “stand against” Satan
God’s love.” (Rom. 8:38, 39) In this article,
and his trick dem.—1 Pet. 5:8, 9; Jas. 4:7.
we will learn why it important for us to be 5 When we convince that Jehovah love us, we
convince that Jehovah love us and wetin we
can draw more close to him. Wetin make us to
can do to be sure that he love us for true.
say this one? That because Jehovah make us
WHY WE MUST BE CONVINCE in the way that we able to show love to peo-
THAT JEHOVAH LOVE US?
ple and for them to show us love too. It nor-
4 When we convince that Jehovah love us, we mal to love somebody who love us. So the
will be able to fight one of Satan ‘trick.’ (Eph.
5. Why it important for us to feel that Jehovah really love
4. How we can fight one of Satan trick? us and value us?

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more we feel that Jehovah love us and val- But Jehovah promise that when you in that
ue us, that the more we will love him too. kindna situation, he can be close to you be-
(1 John 4:19) And when our love for him get cause he know that the main time you need
more strong, his love for us will get more him. See another thing David say about Je-
strong too. The Bible make it clear. It say: hovah. He say: “Do collect my tears in your
“Draw close to God, and he will draw close to skin bottle.” (Ps. 56:8) This one just help
you.” (Jas. 4:8) But wetin can help us to be us to see that Jehovah really care for you.
more convince that Jehovah really love us? And he can feel bad when he see you suffer-
ing. Just how every small water important to
WETIN CAN HELP US TO BE CONVINCE
somebody who traveling long distance, that
THAT JEHOVAH LOVE US?
the same way our tears important to Jeho-
6 Continue praying and telling Jehovah your vah. Psalm 139:3 say: “You [Jehovah] are
main problem. (Luke 18:1; Rom. 12:12) If it familiar with all my ways.” Jehovah know all
possible, ask Jehovah plenty time during the the thing dem you can do, but he can only fo-
day to see yourself the way he see you. But cus on the good-good one dem. (Heb. 6:10)
sometime when our other heart be telling us Why? Because he really value all the thing
say we nothing, it can be hard to convince dem you doing to make Him happy.
ourself that Jehovah love us. But remem- 8 Jehovah using this Bible verse dem to
ber that Jehovah greater than your heart. comfort you. He just telling you say: “I want
(1 John 3:19, 20) He know you good-good you to know that I really love you and care
more than the way you know yourself; and he for you.” But from what we na learn, Satan
can see thing dem that you not able to see. want make you feel that Jehovah not love
(1 Sam. 16:7; 2 Chron. 6:30) So don’t be you. So sometime when you not convince
scare to tell Jehovah how you feeling. Ask that Jehovah really love you, stop and ask
him to help you to be convince that he love yourself this question, ‘That who I will be-
you. (Ps. 62:8) Then work in line with your lieve, Satan, “the father of the lie” or Jeho-
prayer by doing the thing dem we coming talk vah, “the God of truth”?’—John 8:44; Ps.
about. 31:5.
7 Trust the thing dem Jehovah say. He tell 9 Think on how Jehovah feel about the peo-

the Bible writer dem to talk about the good- ple dem who love him. Just see what Jehovah
good way he get. Just see one fine way Dav- tell Moses and the Israelite dem in Exodus
id talk about Jehovah in the book of Psalm. 20:5, 6. (Read) Jehovah promise that he will
He say, “Jehovah is close to the brokenheart- continue to show loyal love to the people
ed; he saves those who are discouraged.” (Ps. dem who love him. Because Jehovah can
34:18, ftn.) When you feeling bad, sometime stick to the thing dem he promise, we can be
you can feel that nobody get time for you.  To find more Bible verse dem that can convince you that Jeho-
vah love you, see the topic “Doubts” in the publication Scrip-
6. To be convince that Jehovah love us, wetin we must tures for Christian Living.
pray for?
7-8. How the thing dem the psalmist David say convince 9. Wetin Jehovah promise the people dem who love him?
us that Jehovah love us? (Exodus 20:5, 6)

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sure that Jehovah will continue to love us so HOW JESUS HELP US TO BE CONVINCE
long we love him. (Neh. 1:5) So, sometime THAT JEHOVAH LOVE US?
if you not convince that Jehovah love you, 12 When Jesus wor on earth, he tell people
stop and ask yourself this question, ‘I love about the good-good way his Pa get. (Luke
Jehovah?’ Then think about this one here: If 10:22) But why we can believe the thing dem
you love him and you trying your best to Jesus say about his Pa? Because he stay long
make him happy, you can be sure that he in heaven with his Pa before he come on
really love you. (Dan. 9:4; 1 Cor. 8:3) That earth. (Col. 1:15) So Jesus wor able to see for
mean, if you sure that you love Jehovah, hisself that Jehovah really love the people
you not need to be thinking whether he love dem who faithful to him. How Jesus help us
you. You can really be sure that Jehovah will to be convince that Jehovah love us?
always love you and he will always stick to 13 Jesus want us to see Jehovah the same

you. way he see him. In the four Gospels, Jesus

10 Think good-good on the ransom. Jesus
call Jehovah “Father” more than 160 times.
ransom sacrifice that the best gift Jehovah When he wor talking to his disciple dem, he
na give to human being. (John 3:16) But you use word dem like “your Father” or “your
think this gift for you too? Yes! Think about Father who in heaven.” (Matt. 5:16; 6:26)
what happen to the apostle Paul. Remember The study note for Matthew 5:16 say: “God
that he do plenty bad-bad thing dem before servant dem way back use plenty titles to des-
he become Christian. And even after he be- cribe Jehovah. For example, they use ‘Al-
come Christian, he needed to continue fight- mighty,’ ‘the Most High,’ and ‘Grand Crea-
ing his own weakness. (Rom. 7:24, 25; 1 Tim. tor,’ but Jesus always use the simple word
1:12-14) But he still look at Jesus sacrifice to ‘Father’ to show how God close to his servant
be gift from Jehovah to him. (Read Gal- them.” It clear that Jesus want us to see Je-
atians 2:20.) Remember that Jehovah tell hovah the way he see Him. That mean he
Paul to write this one in the Bible. And Jeho- want us to see Jehovah to be our loving Fath-
vah want us to learn from everything in the er, who care for his children dem. Let look at
Bible. (Rom. 15:4) The thing Paul say show two ways Jesus use the word “Father.”
how Jehovah want you to look at the ransom. 14 First, let talk about the thing dem Jesus
He want you to look at it as gift to you. If you say in Matthew 10:29-31. (Read.) He talk
look at the ransom that way, you will be more about some kindna small bird that looking
convince that Jehovah love you. like ten-ten they call sparrow. He say that
11 We want tell Jehovah thank you plenty
this bird dem can’t worship Jehovah or love
for sending Jesus on the earth to die for us. Him. But when one of them fall down on
But another reason why Jesus come on earth the ground, our Father can know about it.
that to tell us the truth about God. (John
18:37) He also teach us the truth about how 12. Why we can believe the thing dem Jesus say about
his Pa?
Jehovah really love us.
13. How Jesus want us to see Jehovah?
10-11. How Jehovah want you to look at the ransom? 14. How Jesus show that each of us important to our
(Galatians 2:20) Father? (Matthew 10:29-31) (Also see the picture.)

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When one sparrow fall down on the ground, Jehovah can know it. So you can be
sure that he value you who faithful to him and love him!
(See paragraph 14)

You not think Jehovah value and care for all scripture for this article: “I have drawn you
his faithful servant dem who serving him be- to me with loyal love [or, have continued
cause they love him? Verse 30 say, ‘and he to show loyal love to you].” (Jer. 31:3; ftn.;
even know the number of hairs that on your compare Hosea 11:4.) Just think on what this
head.’ The study note for this verse say: “For one mean. Our loving Father in heaven con-
Jehovah to know this small-small thing dem tinue to see the good in you that you can’t
about human being, really show that he get see in yourself.
interest in each of his servant dem.” Yes, Je- 16 The way Jesus call Jehovah our Father,

sus want us to really be convince that we im- he just telling us say: “Jehovah that not just
portant to our Father Jehovah. my Pa; but that your Pa too. And I can tell you
15 See the second way Jesus use the word for true-true that he love you and really care
“Father.” (Read John 6:44.) He say that for you.” So anytime you feel that Jehovah
your Father in heaven bring you to the not really love you, remember what Jesus
truth. Why he bring you to the truth? Be- say and believe him. Why? Because he the
cause he see that you wor having good heart. one know our Pa Jehovah good-good and he
(Acts 13:48) The study note for John 6:44 can always talk the truth.—1 Pet. 2:22.
say that maybe Jesus wor talking about the
16. (a) The way Jesus call Jehovah our Father, wetin it
thing dem that Jeremiah say in the theme telling us and why we must believe him? (b) Wetin can
help you to be convince that Jehovah that the best Fath-
15. What the thing Jesus say in John 6:44 tell you about er for you? (See the box “The Kindna Father All of Us
your Father in heaven? Want Get.”)

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 CONTINUE TO CONVINCE YOURSELF “The Kindna Father All of Us
THAT JEHOVAH LOVE YOU
Want Get”
17 We must continue to convince ourself
that Jehovah love us. From what we na learn, They take this word dem from the intro-
our enemy Satan who can use different- duction in the Draw Close to Jehovah book.
different trick, will continue trying to stop Talking about the reason why they write this
us from serving Jehovah. He will continue book, it say: “We will see that Jehovah that
trying to make us feel that Jehovah not love the kindna Father all of us want get. He
us. Satan doing all this one here just to make strong, just, wise, and loving. He will never
our faith weak. But we must not allow him to leave his children dem who faithful to him.”
win!—Job 27:5. One sister explain how this book help her.
18 To be more convince that Jehovah love
She grow up with her pa who use to treat her
you, continue praying for his help to see bad. She say: “This book teach me that the
yourself the way he see you. Think on how word “Father” that not something for me to
the people dem who write the Bible des- be scare of. Now-now I understand wetin can
cribe the kindna love He get. Remember that make somebody to be good father. I know
Jehovah will always love anybody who love that Jehovah love me and I love him too as
him. Think on why you look at the ransom to my Father.” One other woman who read the
be Jehovah gift to you. And trust what Jesus book say: “Yes, Jehovah that the best Father
say, that Jehovah that your Father in heaven. for true!”
So if somebody ask you, “You sure that Jeho- To be more convince that Jehovah that the
vah really love you?” You will answer with Father you need, it will be good to study this
your who heart and say, “Yes, he love me! book.
And I will try my best every day to show that
I love him too!”
17. Why we must continue to convince ourself that Jeho-
vah love us?
18. Wetin you must do to continue to be convince that
Jehovah love you?

HOW YOU WILL ANSWER?

˛ Why we must be convince ˛ Wetin can help us to be ˛ How Jesus help us to be

that Jehovah love us? convince that Jehovah convince that Jehovah
love us? love us?

SONG 154
Unfailing Love
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ARTICLE 34

Be Convince That
SONG 3 Jehovah Na Forgive You
Our Strength, Our Hope,
Our Confidence “You pardoned the error of my sins.”—PS. 32:5.

WHAT THE MAIN POINT? KING David know how it can be when somebody feeling guil-
We will learn why we must ty because of the mistake they make before. (Ps. 40:12; 51:3;
be convince that Jehovah the small writing over Psalm 40) Why? Because he hisself
na forgive us and how the make some serious mistake dem in his life. But, he show that
Bible show that he can he really repent from his heart, and Jehovah forgive him.
forgive people who repent. (2 Sam. 12:13) Because of that, David wor happy when he
know that Jehovah na forgive him.—Ps. 32:1.
2 Like David, we ourself too can be happy when we know

that Jehovah na feel sorry for us and forgive us. When we re-
pent from our heart, confess our sin and try to not make the
same mistake again, Jehovah can forgive us even if that ser-
ious sin we commit! (Prov. 28:13; Acts 26:20; 1 John 1:9) Just
knowing this one here can make our heart to lay down. And
we can be so happy to know that when Jehovah forgive us, it
can be just like we not commit any sin.—Ezek. 33:16.
3 Sometime, it can be hard for some people to be convince

that Jehovah na forgive them. That what happen to one

woman name Jennifer, who grow up in the truth. When she
wor young, she put her hand in plenty bad-bad thing dem and
she wor living all kindna life. After some time she come back
to Jehovah and get baptize. She say: “In the past I use to get
vex bad way, drink plenty liquor, and put my hand in boy-
1-2. Wetin Jehovah can do when we repent, and how it can make us feel?
(Also see the cover picture.)
3-4. After one sister get baptize, how she wor feeling and wetin we will talk
about in this article?

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friend business. Beside that one, I also use to make us to change our ways and do the right
like material thing business. After I repent thing. (2 Cor. 7:10, 11) So it not bad to feel
and beg Jehovah to forgive me, I knew that guilty. But if we continue to feel guilty even
he forgive me because of Jesus ramson sac- after we repent from our sin, maybe it will
rifice. But I wor not really convince from my make us to stop serving Jehovah. So, con-
heart that He na forgive me.” vince yourself that Jehovah na forgive you
4 Sometime it can be hard for you to really and he will help you to stop feeling guilty.
be convince that Jehovah na forgive you for Then you can be happy and serve Jehovah
the mistake dem you make before? David wor with clean conscience because that how he
convince that Jehovah forgive him. That the want it to be. (Col. 1:10, 11; 2 Tim. 1:3) But
same way Jehovah want you to be convince how we can convince ourself that Jehovah na
that he na forgive you. In this article, we will forgive us?
learn why we must be convince that Jehovah
na forgive us and wetin can help us to do it. WETIN CAN HELP US TO CONVINCE OURSELF
THAT JEHOVAH NA FORGIVE US?
WHY WE MUST BE CONVINCE 7 Think about the way Jehovah describe his-
THAT JEHOVAH NA FORGIVE US?
self. For example, see what he tell Moses on
5 When we convince that Jehovah na forgive Mount Sinai. (Read Exodus 34:6, 7.) Even
us, we will not fall down in one of Satan trap. though Jehovah get plenty good-good ways,
Remember that Satan will do anything he able he decide to tell Moses that He God who can
to do just to stop us from serving Jehovah. feel sorry for people and show mercy. You
He want make us believe that Jehovah can’t think this kindna God will not want forgive
forgive our sin. Let talk about one brother in his servant who really repent? Yes, he will
Corinth. The elder dem move him from the
want forgive dem! If Jehovah not do it, it will
congregation because he wor loving to his
mean that he get strong heart and he can’t
step ma. (1 Cor. 5:1, 5, 13) Later on when he
feel sorry for people. And we know our God
repent, Satan wanted the brother and sister
Jehovah can’t act like that.
dem to refuse to forgive the man and to not
8 We sure that Jehovah can always say the
welcome him back in the congregation. Be-
side that one, Satan wanted the man who truth, and he can’t lie on hisself. (Ps. 31:5) So
repent to feel that nobody want forgive him we can trust him. But If you still feeling guil-
and to be “overwhelmed by excessive sad- ty because of the mistake dem you make be-
ness” until he stop serving Jehovah. Satan fore, ask yourself this question: ‘I believe that
not change his tactic dem yet. But “we are not Jehovah can really feel sorry for people and
ignorant of his designs.”—2 Cor. 2:5-11. he can forgive anybody who repent? If you
6 When we really convince that Jehovah na believe this one, then you can be sure that Je-
forgive us, we will stop feeling guilty. It normal hovah na forgive you.’
to feel guilty when we sin. (Ps. 51:17) It can  See the article “Draw Close to God—When Jehovah Described
Himself” in the May 1, 2009, Watchtower.
5. Wetin Satan want us to believe? Give one example.
6. If we continue to feel guilty because of the mistake we 7-8. How Jehovah describe hisself to Moses, and wetin it
make before, wetin we must do? make us to be convince about? (Exodus 34:6, 7)

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 9 Think on what Jehovah tell the Bible writer David write that can also convince us that Je-
dem to say about the way he can forgive. For hovah really want forgive us.
example, let see how David describe the way
WETIN JEHOVAH CAN REMEMBER
Jehovah can forgive. (Read Psalm 32:5.) He ABOUT US?
say, “You pardoned the error of my sins.” The 12 Read Psalm 103:14. David give one rea-
Hebrew word they use for “pardon” can mean
son why Jehovah can always be ready to for-
“lift up,” “take away,” or “carry.” It wor just
give people who repent. He say that Jehovah
like Jehovah lift up heavy load from on Dav-
remember that we dust. This one mean that
id head and carry far off. (Ps. 32:2-4) David
Jehovah always know that we can make mis-
wor happy and he wor not feeling guilty again.
take. To understand this one good-good, let
We can be happy the same way too. When we
talk more about what David say.
repent from our heart, we must not continue 13 David say that Jehovah “well knows how
to feel guilty for the sins that Jehovah na al-
we are formed.” Jehovah make Adam “out of
ready forgive.
10 Read Psalm 86:5. In this Bible verse,
dust from the ground,” so he know how hu-
man being wor made and what they need. For
David say Jehovah always “ready to forgive.”
example, they need to eat, sleep, and breathe.
To explain what this one mean, one book des-
Even perfect human being need this thing
cribe Jehovah like this. It say: “It just part of
them. (Gen. 2:7) But when Adam and Eve sin,
Jehovah to always forgive. ” Why it part of
the word dust get another meaning. It can
Jehovah to always forgive? The next part of
also mean, the sin we born with that can make
the verse say: “You abound in loyal love for
us to do wrong things because we Adam and
all those who call on you.” From what we
Eve children. Jehovah know this one here
learn in the article before this one, loyal love
good-good. So when David say that Jehovah
can make Jehovah to stick to his faithful ser-
remember that we dust, he also mean that Je-
vant dem. That this kindna love can make him
hovah know that we can make mistake some-
to “freely forgive” anybody who repent from
time. But when he see that we repent from
their heart. (Isa. 55:7, ftn.) If it hard for you
our heart, he will feel sorry for us and forgive
to be convince that Jehovah na forgive you,
us.—Ps. 78:38, 39.
you can ask yourself this question: ‘I really
14 How far Jehovah can forgive our sin?
believe that Jehovah ready to forgive every-
(Read Psalm 103:12.) David say when Jeho-
body who repent from their heart? If yes,
vah forgive our sin, He can put it “as far off as
then it will good for me to be convince that he
the sunrise is from the sunset.” The place the
na feel sorry for me and forgive me.’
11 It can comfort us to know that Jehovah
sun can come from and the place it can go, far
from each other and they will never meet.
really understand that we can make mistake.
(Ps. 139:1, 2) So let see another psalm that 12-13. According to Psalm 103:14, wetin Jehovah can re-
member about us, and wetin it make him to do?
9. Wetin we can learn from Psalm 32:5 about the way Je- 14. (a) According to what David say, how far Jehovah
hovah can forgive our sin? can forgive our sin? (Psalm 103:12) (b) Wetin we can
10-11. What this word dem, “ready to forgive” tell us learn from the way Jehovah forgive David? (See the box
about Jehovah? (Psalm 86:5) “How Jehovah Can Forgive and Forget?”)

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How Jehovah Can Forgive
and Forget?
When Jehovah forgive our sin, he can forget about he say that David wor faithful and always use to do
it. That mean he can’t punish us for it in the future. the right thing. And because he wor faithful, Jeho-
(Isa. 43:25) Think about King David. His example vah bless him.—Ps. 13:6.
show that we can get good friendship with Jeho- What the lesson for us? When Jehovah forgive us,
vah again even if we na make serious mistake. he can’t continue thinking on our mistake. He can
David commit serious sin, like adultery and killing. only focus on the good-good thing dem we can
But because he repent with his whole heart, Jeho- do and bless us for it. (Heb. 11:6) So we must
vah forgive him. David accept the correction, not continue feeling guilty about the mistake dem
change his ways and continue serving Jehovah we make before that Jehovah already na decide to
the right way.—2 Sam. 11:1-27; 12:13. forget about.
Later on, Jehovah tell Solomon say: “Walk before
me as your father David walked, with integrity of
heart and with uprightness.” (1 Ki. 9:4, 5) Jehovah
not even talk about the sin dem David commit. But

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The driver suppose to focus more on the road that in front of him, instead of the mirror that
can make him to see behind. That the same way we must focus more on the blessing dem
that we will get in the future instead of the mistake dem we make before
(See paragraph 16)

Wetin this one tell us about the sin dem Jeho- about it. (Ps. 130:3) When we convince that
vah na forgive? One book that talk about this Jehovah na forgive us, we will stop feeling
verse say: “When Jehovah forgive our sin, it guilty and continue to be happy serving Jeho-
just like something stop smelling.” Sometime vah.
when we smell certain scent, it can remind 16 Think about this example. When we con-

us about something that happen before. But tinue to feel guilty about the mistake dem
when Jehovah forgive our sin, nothing can we make before, it will be just like some-
make him to think about it again or punish us body driving car and they continue looking in
for it.—Ezek. 18:21, 22; Acts 3:19. the mirror that can help them to see behind.
15 How the thing David say in Psalm 103 can
It not bad to be looking in the mirror one-
help us to be convince that Jehovah na for- one time to see whether something bad be-
give us? If we continue to feel bad about the hind you. But for you to be safe while you
sins that we commit before, we must think driving, you must focus on the road that in
on this one here: ‘Jehovah know that we front of you. That the same way it not bad to
not perfect. He can forgive anybody who re- think one-one time about the mistake dem
pent from their sin, and that what you na do. we make before. Why? Because we can learn
Also remember that Jehovah na decide to not from them and it can help us to not do the
think about your sin or remind you about it same thing again. But if we continue think-
again because he already na forgive you.’ So, ing about the sin that Jehovah na already
he will never punish you for it. Jehovah can’t forgive, we will not be happy and we will not
be thinking about the sin dem we commit be able to serve Jehovah the way we suppose
before. So we ourself must not be thinking
16. Why it not good to continue feeling guilty about the
15. If we continue to feel guilty because of the mistake mistake dem we make before? Give example. (Also See
dem we make before, wetin we must think on? the picture.)

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to do it. So let continue to focus on serving vah love you, do the thing dem that we talk
Jehovah and thinking on the future that he about in the article before this one. To con-
na promise where all the mistake dem we vince yourself that Jehovah na forgive you,
make before “will not be called to mind.” think on how Jehovah describe hisself. Think
—Isa. 65:17; Prov. 4:25. good-good on what the Bible writer dem say
about the way Jehovah can forgive. Remem-
CONTINUE TO CONVINCE YOURSELF
ber, Jehovah know that you not perfect, and
17 We must continue convincing ourself that he will feel sorry for you and forgive you.
Jehovah love us and he na forgive us. (1 John Also remember that when he forgive, he can
3:19, ftn.) Why? Because Satan will continue forgive altogether. Then you will be happy
to make us feel that Jehovah not love us and that Jehovah na show you mercy. And like
He will never forgive us. Anything Satan do, David you will be able to say, “Thank you, Je-
we know his goal that to stop us from serving hovah, for pardoning ‘the error of my sins’!”
Jehovah. We must know that Satan will con- —Ps. 32:5.
tinue putting more effort because he know
that his time short. (Rev. 12:12) So we must
not let him win!
18 For you to be more convince that Jeho-

17. Why we must continue convincing ourself that Jeho- 

vah love us and he na forgive us? WETIN THE COVER PICTURE SAYING: King David write
18. Wetin you can do to convince yourself that Jehovah plenty thing dem in the Book of Psalms that describe the
love you and he na forgive you? way Jehovah can forgive.

HOW YOU WILL ANSWER?

˛ Why we must be convince ˛ Wetin can help you to be ˛ Why we must continue con-
that Jehovah na forgive us? convince that Jehovah na vincing ourself that Jehovah
forgive you? na forgive us?

SONG 1
Jehovah’s Attributes
STUDY
ARTICLE 35
How to Overcome
Wrong Desires?
SONG 121 “Do not let sin continue to rule as king in your mortal bodies so
We Need Self-Control that you should obey their desires.”—ROM. 6:12.

WHAT THE MAIN POINT? YOU na ever feel like doing something that Jehovah not like?
To help us (1) fight dis- If so, don’t be discourage because everybody going through
couragement and (2) learn the same thing too. The Bible say: “No temptation has come
how to overcome temp- upon you except what is common to men.” (1 Cor. 10:13)
tation. This one mean that any wrong desire you fighting with, other
people fighting with it too. So just know that Jehovah can
help you to overcome it.
2 The Bible also say: “Each one is tried by being drawn out

and enticed by his own desire.” (Jas. 1:14) This verse help us
to see that everybody can’t face the same temptation. For ex-
ample, some people can face the temptation to put their hand
in man and woman business that against God will, like man
loving to man or woman loving to woman. Sometime, some
people who na stop looking at naked people picture or video
can still want look at it again. And plenty people who na stop
taking drugs or drinking plenty liquor can face the same prob-
lem too. That just some of the thing dem here that some Chris-
tians and Bible student dem fighting with. And some kindna
way, all of us na feel like the way the apostle Paul wor feeling.
He say: “When I wish to do what is right, what is bad is pre-
sent with me.”—Rom. 7:21.
3 If you na stay long fighting with any wrong desire, some-

time you can feel that you not get any strength, and it can be
 The International Standard Version translate this verse like this: “No temptation has
overtaken you that is unusual for human beings.”

1. Wetin all of us fighting with?

2. What kindna temptation some Christians and Bible student dem fighting
with? (Also see the pictures.)
3. When somebody stay long fighting wrong desire, how it can make them
feel?

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We can face temptation anytime and anywhere
(See paragraph 2)

just like you not able to overcome that temp- that temptation wor coming overcome God
tation. You can also feel that you not get perfect Son! (Matt. 4:8, 9) But you think we
hope, and it can be just like Jehovah not hap- not really able to overcome wrong desires?
py with you just because you fighting with Yes, we able to overcome it! We agree with
that wrong desire. But that way of thinking the apostle Paul who say: “For all things I
not correct! To explain why we say it not cor- have the strength through the one who gives
rect, this article will answer two questions: me power.”—Phil. 4:13.
(1) Who want you to think like that? (2) How 5 Jehovah not looking like Satan. Jehovah

you can overcome wrong desires? trust us that we able to overcome wrong de-
sires. How we know that one? Because Jeho-
HOW SATAN WANT US TO THINK
vah say that plenty people who remain faith-
4 Satan want us to think that we not able to ful will survive the great tribulation. Think
overcome temptation. Jesus knew this one. about what this one mean. Jehovah, who
So when he wor teaching his disciple dem to can’t lie, say that plenty people who will
pray he say: “don’t allow us to fall in tempta- enter paradise, will be people who “washed
tion, but save us from Satan.” (Matt. 6:13) their robes and made them white in the blood
Satan say that human being will not obey of the Lamb.” That mean, Jehovah look at
Jehovah when they face temptation. (Job them to be clean. (Rev. 7:9, 13, 14) So it clear
2:4, 5) Why Satan feel like that? Because he that Jehovah know that we able to overcome
hisself allow his wrong desire to overcome wrong desires.
him and he not remain faithful to Jehovah. 6 Satan also want us to feel that we not get

So, he believe that we just like him, that we hope. He want us to feel that Jehovah not
will not remain faithful to Jehovah anytime happy with us just because we fighting with
we face temptation. Satan wor even thinking
5. How we know that Jehovah trust us that we able to
4. (a) Wetin make Satan to think that we not able to overcome wrong desires?
overcome wrong desire? (b) Why we able to overcome 6-7. Why Satan want us to feel that we not get hope to
temptation? overcome temptation?

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wrong desires. Why Satan want us to feel like
that? That because he hisself not get hope.
Jehovah already na judge him that he will not
get everlasting life. (Gen. 3:15; Rev. 20:10)
So, Satan want us to feel the same way too.
But we not looking like him, we get hope
to live forever. In fact, the Bible say that
Jehovah want help us so we can live forev-
er. It say: He “does not desire anyone to be
destroyed but desires all to attain to repent-
ance.”—2 Pet. 3:9.
7 So, if we believe that we not get hope or Sin make Adam and Eve to feel guilty,
worry, scare, and shame
that we not able to overcome wrong desires, (See paragraph 9)
we will be thinking the way Satan want us to
think. When we understand this one good-
good, we will do our best to not let Satan win.
wor not possible for Adam and Eve to get
—1 Pet. 5:8, 9.
close friendship with Jehovah again. No mat-
HOW WE CAN FEEL BECAUSE ter what they wor coming do, they wor always
WE NOT PERFECT? coming feel guilty, worry, scare, and shame
8 Beside Satan, something else can make us because they wor not perfect again.
to feel that we not get hope and that we not 10 That true, we not in the same situation

able to overcome wrong desires. That wetin? that Adam and Eve wor in. Why? That be-
That the sin that all of us get from our first cause the ransom not apply to them. But for
parents.—Job 14:4; read Psalm 51:5. us, Jehovah can forgive our sins because of
9 Just think on how sin affect Adam and the ransom and we can get clean conscience.
Eve. After they disobey Jehovah, they hide (1 Cor. 6:11) But still, we get sin from Adam
theirself and try to cover their body. The and Eve. So that the reason why we ourself
book Insight on the Scriptures, talk something too can feel guilty, worry, scare, and shame.
about what they do. It say: “Sin make them In fact, the Bible say that sin continue to con-
to feel guilty, worry, scare, and shame.” It trol human being. And it even controlling
 MEANING FOR SOME WORDS: In the Bible, most of the time
“those who [have] not sinned in the same way
the word “sin” can mean to do something wrong like stealing, that Adam transgressed.” (Rom. 5:14) Even
adultery, or killing. (Ex. 20:13-15; 1 Cor. 6:18) But in some verse
dem, “sin” can mean the condition that we get from Adam and
though we wor born with sin, we must not feel
Eve that we can be born with, even though we not do anything that we not get hope and that we not able to
wrong yet. overcome wrong desires. So wetin we can do
8. What else can make us to feel that we not get hope for this feeling to not overcome us?
and that we not able to overcome wrong desires? (Psalm 11 Because we not perfect, sometime we can
51:5) (Also see “Meaning for Some Words”)
9-10. (a) How sin affect Adam and Eve? (Also see the 11. According to Romans 6:12, wetin we must do if we
picture.) (b) How sin affect us too? feel that we not able to overcome wrong desire?

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feel that we not able to overcome wrong de- think this one mean that they never use to be
sires. It can be just like something inside us having that wrong desire again? We can’t say
telling us that we will never be able to over- so, because they wor inside it for long time
come wrong desires. But we must not lis- before they become Christian. But Jehovah
ten to it. Why? Because the Bible say that wor happy with the Christian dem who con-
we must not let sin to continue to “rule as trol their wrong desire and not do it. He look
king” over us. (Read Romans 6:12.) This one at them to be “washed clean.” (1 Cor. 6:9-11)
mean that we can decide to not let wrong de- 14 That the same way it looking today. No

sires to control us. (Gal. 5:16) Jehovah trust matter what kindna wrong desire you fighting
us that we able to overcome temptation. If he with, you able to overcome it. Even if you not
wor not having that trust in us, he wor not able to stop thinking about it altogether, you
coming tell us to do it. (Deut. 30:11-14; Rom. able to control it and stop yourself from “car-
6:6; 1 Thess. 4:3) So it clear that we able to rying out the will of the flesh and of [your]
overcome wrong desires. thoughts.” (Eph. 2:3) So what some thing
12 That the same way it can be when we feel dem you can do to help you overcome wrong
that we not get hope. It can be just like Jeho- desires?
vah not happy with us because we fighting to HOW TO OVERCOME WRONG DESIRES?
overcome wrong desires. When it happen like 15 To overcome wrong desires, you need to
that we must look at it just like that some- be honest with yourself and know your weak
thing inside us “talking,” and we must not lis- point. Don’t fool yourself with “false rea-
ten to it. Why? Because the Bible say that Je- soning.” (Jas. 1:22) For example, somebody
hovah know that we not perfect. (Ps. 103:13, who get problem with drinking plenty liquor
14) He know everything about us and the will say, ‘But other people can drink more
different-different ways that sin can affect than me.’ Or somebody who get problem with
each of us. (1 John 3:19, 20) So long we con- looking at naked people pictures or videos
tinue to fight to overcome wrong desires, Je- will blame their wife and say, ‘If my wife wor
hovah will look at us to be clean. Why we can coming show me more love, I wor not coming
be sure about this one? be looking at this kindna thing dem.’ So ac-
13 The Bible tell us the difference between
cept it when you do the wrong thing and don’t
having wrong desire and doing it. We not al- try to give excuse.—Gal. 6:7.
ways able to stop ourself from having wrong 16 Beside knowing your weak point, you

desire but we able to stop ourself from doing must also fight hard to not let it overcome
it. For example, way back before some peo- you. (1 Cor. 9:26, 27; 1 Thess. 4:4; 1 Pet.
ple in the Corinthian Congregation become 1:15, 16) Try to know wetin can make you to
Christians, they use to be gay or lesbian. Paul want do that wrong thing and when you can
say: “That is what some of you were.” You feel like doing it. Maybe that certain kindna
12. Wetin we must do if we feel that we not get hope, and 15. If we want overcome wrong desires, why we must be
why? honest with ourself?
13-14. You think that having wrong desire mean that Je- 16. How you can make your desire to do the right thing
hovah not happy with you? Explain. more strong?

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Like Joseph, be quick to
say no to temptation!
(See paragraph 17)

temptation or that certain time of the day continue checking yourself all the time to see
you can really face that temptation. For ex- how you doing. (Read 2 Corinthians 13:5.)
ample, maybe that in the night or when you From time to time, try to look at the thing
tire? Prepare yourself and decide what you dem you being thinking on and the thing
will do when you face the temptation. The dem you being doing and see if you need
best time to do this one here, that before you to work on anything. For example, even if
face the temptation.—Prov. 22:3. you wor able to overcome certain tempta-
17 Think about what Joseph do when Poti- tion, you can still ask yourself this question
phar wife try to force him to sleep with her. here: ‘How long it take for me to say no?’ If
He not waste time, right on the spot he tell you feel that you waste time to say no, don’t
her no. (Read Genesis 39:7-9.) Wetin this be discourage. But think about what you can
one show? Joseph already knew that it wor do to improve the next time. Also ask your-
wrong to lay down with another man wife self question dem like: ‘When wrong thinking
even before Potiphar wife try to force him to come in my head, wetin I can do to take it
from there quick-quick? The thing dem I can
lay down with her. That the same way you can
enjoy myself with, making it hard for me to
prepare yourself and decide what to do even
overcome temptation? If I see rude-rude pic-
before you face the temptation. Like that,
tures or video, I can take my eye from there
when you face the temptation it will be more
quick-quick? I understand that obeying Jeho-
easy for you to do the thing that you already
vah that the best thing for me even if it mean
na decide to do.
that I need to control myself?’—Ps. 101:3.
“KEEP TESTING” 19 It not good to give excuse for any wrong

To overcome wrong desire, you must

18 behavior. The Bible say: “The heart is more
“keep testing” yourself. That mean, you must treacherous than anything else and is desper-
ate.” (Jer. 17:9) Jesus say that it can make us
17. Wetin we can learn from Joseph example? (Genesis to get “wicked thinking.” (Matt. 15:19) For
39:7-9) (Also see the pictures.)
18. How you can overcome wrong desires? (2 Corinthi- 19. How making small-small wrong decisions can make it
ans 13:5) more hard to overcome wrong desires?

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example, let say somebody use to look at From what we na learn, we able to over-
20

naked people picture or video and they stop. come temptation by Jehovah help. Also, we
But maybe after some time, the person will want tell him thank you plenty for feeling sor-
start thinking that nothing wrong with look- ry for us and giving us the hope to get ever-
ing at picture or video that can make people lasting life in the new world. We will be happy
to get feeling to do man and woman business. because during that time we will be free to
They feel like that because the people not serve Jehovah and we will not be fighting to
naked inside. Or maybe he will start thinking, overcome any wrong desire again! But until
‘Nothing wrong with thinking about wrong that time reach, we can be sure that we get
thing so long I not doing it.’ When some- hope and that we able to overcome wrong
body start thinking like that it mean their desire. And with Jehovah help, we able to
heart “planning ahead for the desires of the do it!
flesh.” (Rom. 13:14) How you can stop think-
20. What hope we get for the future, and what will help
ing like that? Know and avoid making small- us to overcome wrong desire now-now?
small wrong decisions. When you do it, it will
help you to avoid making big decisions that
will cause serious problem for you. Don’t al-
low any “wicked thinking,” that will make you
to give excuse for your wrong behavior. 

WETIN THE PICTURE SAYING?Page 21 Left: The young

 Note that the young man Proverbs 7:7-23 talk about, make
some small-small wrong decisions before he make big-big brother sitting down in the tea shop, and he see the two
wrong decision that make him to put his hand in boyfriend and men dem playing love. Right: The sister see two people
girlfriend business. smoking.

HOW YOU WILL ANSWER?

˛ What can help us when we ˛ What we can do to ˛ How we can “keep testing”
feel that we not get hope overcome wrong desires? ourself?
and that we not able to
overcome wrong desires?

SONG 122
Be Steadfast, Immovable!
 LIFE STORY

Even Though I Wor

Get Shame Face
I Become Missionary
MARIANNE WERTHOLZ TELL US HER LIFE STORY

WHEN I wor small, I use to get shame be pioneers. But during that time, pioneering wor
face and I wor scare of people. But not my goal.
Jehovah help me to love people and STARTING FULL-TIME SERVICE
become missionary. How? First, he help I get baptize in 1965 when I wor 14 years
me through my pa who teach me plenty old. But it use to be hard for me to preach to peo-
good-good things. Next, he help me ple I not know. I also use to think that other young
people wor better pass me and I really wanted
through the fine example of one young them to like me. So when I get baptize, it not
sister. Then he help me through my stay long I start making friend with people who
husband who wor kind and patient with not serving Jehovah. Even though I use to like
me. Let me tell you small thing about their friendship, but my conscience use to bother
me because I wor spending plenty time with peo-
myself.

Me and my sister, Elisabeth (on the left)

I wor born in Vienna, Austria in 1951 and my fami-

ly wor Catholic. I use to be shame to talk with
people, but I always use to pray to God. When I
wor nine years old, my pa start studying with
Jehovah Witnesses; and my ma join him later on.
It not stay long, we start attending meeting
¨
in the Dobling Congregation in Vienna. Our family
use to do plenty things together. We use to read
and study the Bible together, go to meetings, and
volunteer to assemblies. From the time I wor
small, my pa help me to get deep love for Jeho-
vah. In fact, he use to pray for me and my sister to

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ple who wor not Jehovah Witness. But it wor real-
ly hard for me to stop going around them. Wetin
help me?
Around that time, one 16-year-old girl name
´
Dorothee become publisher in our congregation.
The zeal she wor having for preaching from
house-to-house really touch my heart. I wor old-
er than her small, but I not use to go field ser- A
vice all the time. I start thinking: ‘My parents
´
that Jehovah Witness, but Dorothee that the only
Jehovah Witness in her family. She taking care
of her ma who sick but still she always in field ser-
vice!’ Her good example encourage me to do more
´
for Jehovah. It not stay long, me and Dorothee
start pioneering together. First, we start auxiliary
pioneering, then later on, we start regular
´
pioneering. Because Dorothee use to like preach-
ing, myself too I start liking it. She help me to
start my first Bible study. After some time, it wor
easy for me to talk to people from house to house,
on the street, and anywhere.
The first year I start regular pioneering, one B
brother name Heinz came to our congregation. ´
A. I learn plenty things from Dorothee (on the left)
He learn the truth when he went to visit his broth-
B. Heinz conducting the Watchtower Study in one
er in Canada, who wor Jehovah Witness. They
small congregation in Yugoslavian in Salzburg,
assign Heinz to our congregation in Vienna as Austria, 1974
special pioneer. I use to like him. But he wanted to
be missionary, and I not wanted to be missionary.
That the reason why I not show him from the be-
ginning that I like him. But later on, me and Heinz courage me to focus more on helping people than
start dating. We get marry and we start pioneer- to be worrying about myself. His advice really
ing together in Austria. help me.
Small-small, I start getting the desire to be mis-
I START SETTING THE GOAL sionary, so we apply for Gilead School. But one
TO BE MISSIONARY
brother to the branch say I must learn English
Heinz always use to tell me that he want be mis- good-good, so I follow his advice. They give us as-
sionary. He never use to make me feel that I must signment to go to one Yugoslavian congregation in
be missionary. But he help me to think about it by Salzburg, Austria. We preach in that area for seven
asking me question like, “Since we not get child- years and my husband wor circuit overseer for one
ren, you think we can do more for Jehovah?” Be- year. Even though the Serbo-Croatian language
cause I wor get shame face, I wor scare to be mis- wor hard, we wor having plenty Bible studies.
sionary. That true I wor pioneering, but to be Then in 1979 the brother dem ask us to act like
missionary wor looking too hard for me. But Heinz we going for vacation in Bulgaria. We wor not able
wor patient with me and he continue helping me to preach there because the government put stop
to think about becoming missionary. He also en- to our preaching work. But when we wor going,

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 C D

C. Cooking the time we wor living with the Waiswa family

D. Me and Heinz with Tatjana (in the middle)

we hide some of our literature dem to carry for ing. People wor not even able to use their
the five sister dem who living in Sofia, the capital phones because the network wor down in the
city. I wor really scary, but Jehovah help me with country. People just use to shoot other people
this assignment. This five sister dem wor really and steal things, especially in the night. So when
brave and happy even though the police could ar- it dark, everybody will stay home and even be
rest them anytime. This one make me brave to do praying that nobody will come steal from them
my best to do anything that Jehovah organization or kill them. Even though life wor hard, the broth-
ask me to do. er and sister dem wor having strong faith and they
After some time, we apply for Gilead again, and wor happy serving Jehovah!
this time they accept us. We wor thinking that In 1982, me and Heinz move to Kampala, Ugan-
they wor coming send us to America to attend the da capital city. We spent the first five months
school in English. But in November 1981, the or- with Sam and Christina Waiswa. They wor having
ganization also start having the school in the five children and four relatives staying with them.
branch office in Wiesbaden, in Germany. And be- Brother and Sister Waiswa and their family only
cause the class wor in German, it wor easy for me use to eat one time everyday, but they wor still
to understand it. But where place they wor com- willing to share the small they wor having with us.
ing assign us? When we wor with them, me and Heinz learn plen-
ty good-good things from them that help us in
PREACHING IN COUNTRY WHERE our missionary work. For example, we learn how
THEY FIGHT WAR BEFORE to not waste the water when we taking bath so we
They assign us to Kenya! But the branch can keep that same water to flush commode. In
office in Kenya ask us if we want serve in Uganda. 1983, me and Heinz move on our own to one
Ten years before this one, Idi Amin overthrow the house in Kampala where it wor safe to live.
government in Uganda and take over the country. We really use to enjoy the field service. I re-
When he wor ruling, he kill plenty people and the member that in one month we place more than
country wor hard. Then in 1979 another group ov- 4,000 magazines! But the best thing, that the
erthrow his owner government. Now you can see way the people wor willing to listen. They wor hav-
why I wor scare to go to this country where they ing respect for God and they wanted to talk about
fight war before. But Gilead already help us to the Bible. Me and Heinz use to be having 10 to 15
trust in Jehovah. So we agree to go. Bible studies. And we learn plenty things from our
Life in Uganda wor too hard. Plenty thing Bible student dem. For example, even though they
dem like water supply and city current stop work- use to walk far distance every week to attend the

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meetings, they never use to complain and they cations they wor having in this language. That The
wor always happy. Truth That Leads to Eternal Life and My Book of
In 1985 and 1986, they fight two more wars Bible Stories. So it wor hard for us to start Bible
in Uganda. Most of the time, we use to see child- studies. Even though this problem dem wor there,
ren carrying big-big guns and controlling check- our small group wor having zeal and they wor
points. During that time, we always use to ask Je- making progress. The Orthodox Church wor not
hovah to help us to be wise and to not be scary happy to see us preaching so they start persecut-
when we preaching. And Jehovah answer our ing us.
prayers. And most of the time, when we see some- In 1994 the government say that they will not
body who show interest, we not use to be scare accept Jehovah Witnesses to be religion in Bul-
again. garia again. They even arrest some of our brother
We also use to enjoy preaching to foreigners. dem. They use to talk plenty lie-lie thing dem
For example, we study with one marry couple from about us in the news. They say Jehovah Witness-
Tatarstan (Central Russia) name Murat and Dilbar. es can allow their children to die because they
Murat wor doctor. Two of them get baptize and can’t take blood and they can also convince other
they still faithful to Jehovah. Later on, I meet one Jehovah Witnesses to kill theirself. So this one
woman from Ukraine name Tatjana Vileyska who make it hard for me and Heinz to preach. When we
wor thinking about killing herself. After Tatjana use to be in field service, people use to yell at us,
get baptize, she move back to Ukraine and later call the police on us, and even chunk us with
on start helping to translate our publication things. It wor not possible for the brother dem to
dem. send publication in the country. It wor hard to find
place to rent for our meeting. One time when we
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
wor having our convention, the police people even
In 1991 when me and Heinz wor on vacation in come there and stop it. Me and Heinz wor not use
Austria, the Branch office tell us that we get new to this kindna hatred because the people in Ugan-
assignment to go to Bulgaria. For plenty years da wor friendly and that what we wor use to! We-
the government stop our preaching work in some tin help us to continue to be happy in this assign-
countries in Europe. But things change and they ment?
allow Jehovah Witnesses to start preaching in this Spending time with our brother and sister
country dem. And Bulgaria wor one of them. I talk dem really help us. They wor happy that they na
before about how me and Heinz use to hide litera- find the truth and they wor grateful for the way we
ture to carry in Bulgaria the time the government wor helping them. We wor together and we use to
stop our work. But now, they sending us there to
help each other. Me and Heinz learn from the
preach.
thing dem that happen to us. We learn that we
They tell us to not go back to Uganda. So we can be happy in any assignment if we continue to
not go back to pack our things or to tell our friend love people.
dem bye-bye. We went straight to the Branch in
But after some time, things start getting bet-
Germany, get in one car, and travel to Bulgaria.
ter. In 1998 the government accept our organiza-
They assign us with one group in Sofia that wor
tion to be religion in the country again. And it not
having 20 publishers.
stay long we start getting plenty publications in
We face some new problem dem in Bulgaria. Bulgarian. Then in 2004 they dedicate the new
The first one that, we wor not able to speak the branch office building. Now-now we get 57 con-
language. Beside that one, that only two publi- gregations in Bulgaria, and 2,953 publishers. And
 See Tatjana Vileyska life story in the December 22, 2000 in 2024, 6,475 persons attend the Memorial. First,
Awake! pp. 20-24. we wor only having five sisters in Sofia, but

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 believe it that he na die. But when I think about
him, it can be just like he still living! (Luke 20:38)
Most of the time during the day, I can think about
the way he wor kind to me and the good advice he
use to give me. I really grateful for all the years we
serve Jehovah together.
I HAPPY FOR THE WAY
JEHOVAH HELP ME
Jehovah really help me to bear all my problem
dem. He help me to not be having shame face and
To the Bulgaria branch, 2007 to be missionary who love people. (2 Tim. 1:7) I
want tell Jehovah thank you that me and my small
sister in full-time service. Now-now, she and her
husband doing circuit work in Europe. Jehovah
now-now we get nine congregations! We na see
answer my pa prayer!
for true-true how “the little one . . . become a
Studying the Bible na really make my heart to
thousand.”—Isa. 60:22.
lay down. When I going through problem, I na
PROBLEM DEM I PASS THROUGH learn to pray to Jehovah “with my whole heart,”
I na suffer from different-different sickness. The the same way Jesus use to do. (Luke 22:44) One
doctor dem na find cancer in my body plenty way Jehovah can answer my prayers that through
time. One time, they even find some in my head. the brother and sister dem in my congregation in
They give me strong cancer treatment and I went Sofia. They kind to me and they can show me love.
to India and they do operation on me for 12 hours They can invite me to spend time with them and
they can always tell me that they love me. All this
to take out most of it. After the operation, we
one dem can really make me happy.
stay for some time to the branch in India. When I
get better, we went back to our assignment in Bul- Most of the time, I can think on the resurrec-
garia. tion. I can imagine my parents standing in front of
our house, looking beautiful just like the time they
When I wor going through my sickness, Heinz
get marry. I can see my sister cooking to welcome
too start suffering from some kindna sickness.
them back. Then I can see Heinz standing right
This sickness make it hard for him to walk, talk,
near his horse. When I think on this thing dem, it
or even move his body. When this sickness wor
can help me to be happy and bear my problem.
getting serious, that the more time he start de-
When I think about all the good-good thing
pending on me for help. Sometime I use to be
dem Jehovah na do for me and he still doing for
tire and I use to worry that I will not be able to
me, I can feel just like David who say: “Where
continue taking care of him. But one young broth-
would I be if I did not have faith that I would see
er name Bobi use to carry him field service all the
Jehovah’s goodness in the land of the living?
time. Bobi not use to be embarrass because of
Hope in Jehovah; be courageous and strong of
Heinz sickness. When I wor not able to help Heinz,
heart. Yes, hope in Jehovah.” Psalm 27:13, 14
Bobi wor always there to help him. Even though
Heinz and myself decide to not born children be-
cause we want do more for Jehovah, we feel that
Jehovah give us Bobi as our son!—Mark 10:29, 30.
Heinz too suffer from cancer. My dear husband
die in 2015. I miss my husband bad way. I not even

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 QUESTIONS FROM READERS

What time this preaching work will end?

ˇ Jesus say: “And they will preach this good news 2:15, 16) They hate the good news because it can
about the Kingdom all over the world. So that all show to people that the world they love so much
the nations can get the chance to hear it, and it wicked, that Satan ruling it, and it will soon be
then the end will come.” (Matt. 24:14) The Greek destroy.—John 7:7; 1 John 2:17; 5:19.
word they use to translate “end” in this verse Remember too, that the hailstorm that Revela-
and in verse 6 and 13, that telos. It mean the tion 16:21 talk about will be “unusually great.”
final end of Satan world during Armageddon. This one mean that during the great tribulation,
(Rev. 16:14, 16) So it mean that we will continue the message we will preach will be powerful. And
preaching the good news just before Armaged- because of that, more people will know Jehovah
don start. This one that new understanding. name. During that time when they destroy Baby-
We use to understand before that we will stop lon the Great, some people will like the kingdom
preaching the good news by the time the great message just how people can like something with
tribulation start with the attack on Babylon the sweet scent. (Ezek. 39:7) This one will really hap-
Great. (Rev. 17:3, 5, 15, 16) We use to believe that pen. Maybe they will remember that Jehovah Wit-
this one will mark the end of the “year of Jeho- nesses na stay long telling people that false reli-
vah’s goodwill.” (Isa. 61:2) We also use to believe gion will be destroy.
that the people who will survive the great tribula- That almost the same thing that happen
tion will be people who na prove that they wor after the Ten Plagues in Egypt. After Jehovah
faithful to Jehovah before the great tribulation. “[executed] judgment on all the gods of Egypt, a
We use to compare them to the Jews who survive vast mixed company” of non-Israelites join Jeho-
when Jerusalem wor destory in 607 B.C.E. This vah people. (Ex. 12:12, 37, 38) Maybe this people
people dem wor already mark that they wor com- dem decide to follow the Israelites when they
ing to survive because they use to worship Je- see all the thing dem Moses talk about, happen-
hovah and hate wickedness. (Ezek. 5:11; 9:4) ing one by one.
But this one not in line with what Jesus say in Anybody who come serve Jehovah after they
Matthew 24:14. This scripture show that people destroy Babylon the Great, will get the opportun-
will get the opportunity to listen to the good ity to do good to Jesus brother dem who will still
news just before the final end when Armageddon be on earth. (Matt. 25:34-36, 40) But that oppor-
start. tunity to survive will not stay long. It will end just
before Armageddon when all the anointed who
Because of the way we understand Matthew
will still be on earth finish going to heaven.
24:14 now-now, we also need to change the way
This new understanding just show that Je-
we understand Revelation 16:21 that talk about
hovah really love us and he can feel sorry for us.
the hailstorm. Doing more study na show that the
Yes, he “does not desire anyone to be destroyed
two scriptures talking about the same thing. How
but desires all to attain to repentance.”—2 Pet.
we know? We know it from the thing the apostle
3:9.
Paul say. He say, to “those who are being saved,”
the good news looking just like “fragrance of
life.” But to God enemy dem, he say that “odor of
death.” It mean that bad news to them. (2 Cor.

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Even Though I Wor Get Shame Face another Bible verse that talking about the
I Become Missionary same thing that happen. For example, see
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