Be Thankful for What Jehovah and Jesus Na Do for You

How you can feel when your friend give you fine gift? You will really be happy and you will want tell your friend thank you for the gift. Jehovah and Jesus gave us the best gift. That what kind na gift? And how we can show that we thankful for it?

1. What is one way we can be grateful for what Jehovah and Jesus na do for us?

The Bible promise that “everyone exercising faith in [Jesus]” can live forever. (John 3:16) What it mean to exercise faith? It not mean to just believe in Jesus. But we can also show that we get faith by the thing them we choose to do. (James 2:17) When we show our faith by what we do and what we say, we will make our friendship with Jesus and Jehovah strong.​—Read John 14:21.

2. What special program can help us to show that we grateful for what Jehovah and Jesus na do?

That evening before Jesus die, he show his disciples another way to be grateful for his sacrifice. He told them to come together for one special program. The Bible call it “the Lord Evening Meal.” And we can also call it the Memorial of Christ death. (1 Corinthians 11:20) Jesus wanted his apostles and all true Christians to remember that he die for us. So he gave them this command: “Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19) When you go to the Memorial, you will show that you grateful for the love Jehovah and Jesus get for us.

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3. Wetin we can do to show that we grateful?

Just think about this. You coming leave in water and somebody save you. You will just forget about what the person did for you? Or you will look for ways to tell the person thank you?

Jehovah made it possible for us to get everlasting life. Read 1 John 4:8-10, and answer the question them together:

• Why Jesus sacrifice that special gift?

• How you feel about what Jehovah and Jesus na do for you?

What we can do to tell Jehovah and Jesus thank you for what they na do for us? Read 2 Corinthians 5:15 and 1 John 4:11; 5:3. After reading each of the scriptures, answer the question together:

• From the scripture we coming from reading, wetin we can do to show that we grateful?

4. Follow Jesus example

Another way we can show that we thankful, that to follow Jesus example. Read 1 Peter 2:21, and answer the question together:

• How you can follow Jesus example?

5. Attend the Memorial of Christ death

For us to know how they did the first Lord Evening Meal, read Luke 22:14, 19, 20 and answer the question them together:

• How they did the Lord Evening Meal?

• Wetin the bread and the wine stand for?​—See verses 19 and 20.

Jesus wanted his disciple them to have the Memorial one time every year on the day he die. That why Jehovah Witnesses can meet together one time every year to remember Jesus death. And they can do it the way he say we must do it. To learn about this important meeting, play the VIDEO and answer the question together.

VIDEO: Remember Jesus Death (1:41)

• Wetin can happen to the Memorial?

That the bread and the wine they call the Memorial emblems. The bread stand for Jesus perfect human body that he sacrifice for us. The wine stand for his blood

MAIN POINTS

We can show that we grateful for what Jesus na do if we exercise faith in him and go to the Memorial.

Review

• What it mean to exercise faith in Jesus?

• How you can show that you thankful for what Jehovah and Jesus na do for you?

• Why it important to go to the Memorial of Christ death?

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Wetin Jesus death must make us to do?

He Use His Body to Honor Jehovah (9:28)

Learn more about faith and how we can show that we get faith.

“Exercise Faith in Jehovah Promises” (The Watchtower, October 2016)

In the story “I Feel Clean, My Life Alright Now, and it Complete,” read about how one woman life got better when she learn how Jesus sacrifice can benefit her.

“The Bible Can Change People Lives” (The Watchtower, August 1, 2011)

Learn why only few people can eat the Memorial bread and drink the wine.

“Why the Way Jehovah Witnesses Can Have the Memorial Different From Other Religions?” (Web article)