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
Monday, August 25
Nomata iufala no lukim hem enitaem, iufala lovem hem.—1 Pet. 1:8.
Jesus mas againstim olketa temptation from Satan. And samfala temptation hem olketa direct attak from Satan for stopem hem for loyal lo God. (Matt. 4:1-11) Satan laekem tumas for mekem Jesus sin mekem hem no fit for peim datfala ransom. Taem Jesus duim ministry blo hem lo earth, hem feisim staka test. Olketa enemy persecutim hem and laek for killim hem dae. (Luke 4:28, 29; 13:31) Hem mas deal tu witim wik point blo olketa aposol blo hem. (Mark 9:33, 34) Taem olketa kotem hem, olketa killim hem nogud and tok spoelem hem. Then hem kasem bigfala pain and olketa killim hem dae olsem wanfala criminal. (Heb. 12:1-3) Taem Jesus hange lo torture-stake, hem mas deal seleva witim bigfala pain wea kasem hem bikos Jehovah no protectim hem nao from datwan. (Matt. 27:46) Tru nao, Jesus barava safa bifor hem peim datfala ransom. Taem iumi ting abaotem staka samting wea Jesus willing for duim for iumi, hem mekem iumi for barava lovem hem. w24.01 10-11 ¶7-9
Tuesday, August 26
Man hemi hariap nating, bae hemi pua.—Provebs 21:5, SIPB.
Iumi need for patient mekem iumi fren gud witim olketa narawan. Datwan helpem iumi for lisin gud taem narawan story. (Jas. 1:19) Patient helpem iumi for keepim peace tu. Hem helpem iumi for no react kwiktaem tumas and for talem samting wea no kaen taem iumi anda stress. And if iumi patient, bae iumi no kros kwiktaem nomata samwan duim samting wea mekem iumi feel nogud. Instead for pei bak, iumi bae ‘no kros bat evritaem forgivim hem.’ (Col. 3:12, 13) Patient savve helpem iumi tu for mekem olketa gud disison. Instead for iumi followim feeling nomoa or kwiktaem for mekem disison, iumi bae tek taem for duim research and ting raonem which option nao hem best. For example, if iumi lukaotem waka maet iumi kwiktaem for acceptim first waka wea iumi faendem. Bat if iumi patient, bae iumi tek taem for ting raonem hao datfala waka bae affectim famili and spiritual laef blo iumi. Taem iumi patient, bae iumi avoidim olketa rong disison. w23.08 22 ¶8-9