The Watchtower, study edition, February, 2006.

This article will be studied during the week of April 6th through 12th.

How to help our unbelieving relatives.

Theme text, Let us not give up in doing what is fine.

Galatian 6. 9.

Song 82. Let your light shine.

Focus. How to maintain good relationships with unbelieving relatives and how to help them spiritually, if possible.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 question.

What may have affected our relationships with our relatives when we first learned the truth?

Jesus said to a man who wanted to become his follower,

Go home to your relatives and report to them all the

things Jehovah has done for you, Mark 519. In saying that, Jesus acknowledged a natural human

trait, the desire to share good news with our loved ones. Do you recall how you felt when you first learned the good news?

You likely could not keep it to yourself.

Your loved ones, however, may not have responded positively, or the way you presented the

truth may have caused friction between you and them.

If so, how can you maintain or restore

good relationships with your relatives without compromising Christian standards?

Paragraph three question. What will we discuss in this article?

In this article we will see, one, how compassion can motivate us to take a personal interest

in our unbelieving relatives, even if they do not respond.

Two, how to look beyond negative words and actions.

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