LESSON 7
You Don Ever Feel Sey Na Only You Dey and You Come Dey Fear?
See this small pikin for the picture. E be like sey e dey fear and e dey feel sey na only im dey, no be so? E don ever happen to you before?— E dey happen to people like dat sometimes. Bible tell us about some of Jehovah friend wey feel sey na only dem dey and dem come dey fear. One of dem na Elijah. Make we learn about am.
Jezebel want kill Elijah
Before dem born Jesus for this world, Elijah don dey stay for Israel for many many years. Ahab wey be the king for Israel that time no dey serve Jehovah. Ahab and im wife, Jezebel, dey serve one juju wey dem dey call Baal. Many people self for Israel come dey serve Baal. Jezebel wicked well well. E want kill all the people wey dey serve Jehovah, even Elijah! You know wetin Elijah do?—
Elijah run go one far place wey be desert. Desert na place wey water no dey. E come go hide for big hole wey dey inside rock. Why you think sey e run go hide?— Na because e dey fear. But Elijah no suppose dey fear because e know sey Jehovah go help am. Before that time, Jehovah don show Elijah sey e get power. E get one time, Jehovah answer Elijah prayer when e send fire from heaven. So Jehovah fit help Elijah now
How Jehovah take help Elijah?
When Elijah dey for the hole, Jehovah talk to am, e ask am sey: ‘Wetin you dey do for here?’ Elijah come answer Jehovah sey: ‘Na only me remain wey dey serve you. Na only me dey and I dey fear sey dem go kill me.’ Elijah think sey dem don kill all the other people wey dey serve Jehovah. But Jehovah tell Elijah sey: ‘No o, no be true. E still get 7,000 people wey dey serve me. No fear. I still get other work wey you go do!’ You think sey Elijah happy to hear that kind thing?—
Wetin you learn from the thing wey happen to Elijah?— Make you no dey feel sey na only you dey and make you no fear. You get many friend wey love Jehovah and wey love you. Make you know sey Jehovah get power well well, and e go help you! You happy to know sey no be only you dey?—
READ AM FOR YOUR BIBLE
1 Kings 19:3-18
Psalm 145:18
1 Peter 5:9