Friday, August 22
Pruvim dat iu wanfala man.—1 Ki. 2:2.
Wanfala Christian brata mas lane for lisin and story gud. Man wea savve story gud, hem lisin and understandim tingting and feeling blo olketa narawan. (Prov. 20:5) Hem savve lane for understandim tu tingting and feeling blo samwan from tone blo voice, feis, and body languis. Hard for iu duim diswan if iu no spendem taem witim olketa narawan. If iu evritaem iusim email, text message, and olketa nara electronic device for story, datwan savve spoelem skill wea iu garem for story in person witim pipol. So hem gud for trae faendem olketa wei for story in person witim olketa narawan. (2 John 12) Wanfala mature Christian brata mas lane tu for sapotim hemseleva and olketa lo famili. (1 Tim. 5:8) Hem evritaem gud for lanem skill wea bae helpem iu for faendem waka. (Acts 18:2, 3; 20:34; Eph. 4:28) Waka hard and mek sure iu finisim wat iu startim. And olketa narawan bae luksavve and tinghae lo waka blo iu. w23.12 27 ¶12-13
Saturday, August 23
Day bilong Jehovah bae kam olsem man for steal long naet.—1 Thess. 5:2.
Lo Bible, datfala toktok “day blo Jehovah” hem minim taem wea Jehovah judgem olketa enemy blo hem and sevem pipol blo hem. Samfala taem lo bifor Jehovah bin duim diswan. (Isa. 13:1, 6; Ezek. 13:5; Zeph. 1:8) “Day blo Jehovah” lo taem blo iumi bae start taem gavman attakim Bigfala Babylon and hem bae end lo Armageddon. For iumi sev lo datfala “day,” iumi need for prepare distaem. Jesus teachim iumi hao iumi mas duim samting for redi for datfala “bigfala trabol,” and tu for mas gohed redi for datwan. (Matt. 24:21; Luke 12:40) Lo first leta blo aposol Paul for olketa lo Thessalonica, hem iusim samfala tokpiksa for helpem olketa Christian for gohed redi for bigfala day blo Jehovah for judgem pipol. Paul savve day blo Jehovah bae no kam lo datfala taem. (2 Thess. 2:1-3) Nomata olsem, hem encouragem olketa brata blo hem for redi and ting lo datfala day olsem bae hem kam tumoro nao, and iumi tu savve followim kaonsel blo hem. w23.06 8 ¶1-2
Sunday, August 24
Olketa brata wea mi lovem, iufala mas faithful and gohed strong.—1 Cor. 15:58.
Lo 1978, olketa buildim wanfala barava tol building wea 60 story hae lo Tokyo, Japan. From earthquake savve happen olowe lo datfala city, maet pipol ting, ‘Hao datfala building bae strong tu?’ Datfala building barava strong. Why nao olsem? Olketa engineer designim for barava strong and flexible for followim movement blo earthquake. Hao nao olketa Christian olsem datfala tol building? Olketa Christian olsem datfala building wea strong and flexible. Olketa need for gohed strong for obeyim olketa law and standard blo Jehovah. Olketa “willing for obey” and no eniwan bae changem disison blo olketa. Bat lo semtaem, olketa ‘no forcem tingting bilong olketa,’ bat olketa mas flexible fitim each situation or if need kamap. (Jas. 3:17) Olketa Christian wea lane for garem balance tingting bae no strict tumas or ova tumas for acceptim nomoa eni samting. w23.07 14 ¶1-2