Your Family Can Be Happy- WHAT GOD EXPECTS FROM CHILDREN

Jesus always obeyed his Father, even when it wasn't easy.  (Luke 22:42; John 8:28, 29)  Jehovah also expects children to obey their parents. - EPHESIANS 6:1-3.

Children, even if you feel that it is hard to obey your parents, remember that when you are obedient, Jehovah and your parents please with you. - PROVERBS 1:8; 6:20; 23:22-25. 

The Devil can use your friends and other young people to tempt you to do what is wrong. He knows that this pressure can be very hard to resist.  For example, Jacob's daughter Dinah had friends who didn't love Jehovah.  This caused a lot of trouble for her and her family.  (Genesis 34:1, 2)  If your friends do not love Jehovah, they may tempt you to do something that Jehovah hates, which would cause a lot of pain for you, to your family, and to God.  (Proverbs 17:21, 25)  That is why it is very important that you find friends who love Jehovah. - 1 CORINTHIANS 15:33.

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