Lesson 1

Obey Your Parents Ephesians 6:1

Story adapted by Cheyenne Andrews, Bairnsdale Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Australia. ©2014

Artwork, Become Jehovah’s Friend logo, JW.org logo courtesy ©Watchtower 2014

“Zoom! Zoom!,” Caleb was flying his toy airplane

outside in the afternoon sun. Suddenly his plane

started making crashing and banging noises. It

had run out of petrol.

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Down, down, down it went, falling on to the soft

grass of the backyard. Meanwhile, his Mum was

working hard cleaning the floors. When she

finished, she came out to the yard. “Caleb! It’s

time for dinner,” she called, “I just cleaned the

house so remember…”

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“Take your shoes off.”

“Okay Mum,” replied Caleb not really paying

attention. When he ran inside for dinner he

completely forgot about taking off his shoes.

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“CALEB!” his Dad said sternly when he saw him

walk in with dirty shoes, “Did Mummy tell you to

take off your shoes?”

“Yes,” replied Caleb sheepishly.

“Mum worked hard to clean the house today. How

will she feel when she sees this?”

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Caleb imagines his Mother crying “I’m sorry,

Daddy,” Caleb apologizes sincerely.

“I know, I know,” Dad comforted,

“Let’s clean this mess up together.”

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After they cleaned up Caleb’s mess Dad said,

“Well that was a lot of work.” “Yeah,” agreed

Caleb. “You know if you listened to Mummy and

taken off your shoes,” said Dad, “you would not

have had to do all that work. When we tell you to

do something, it’s because we love you.

We want the best for you. Remember what we

learned in family worship?”

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“It was Ephesians chapter 6,” he answered.

“Right. This is what Jehovah wants you to do,

‘Children be obedient to your parents that it may go well with you.’

That is why you should always listen to Mummy

and Daddy.” Just then Mum yelled out,

“Dinner’s ready. Come and eat.”

“Come on, let’s go get some food,” Dad said to

Caleb.

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A few days later Caleb was playing with his

marbles and toy truck. The marbles were in the

back of the truck in the tray. Caleb spilled them

all out on to the floor. His Mum came into the

room to get him for family worship.

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“What a mess!” she exclaimed.

“Caleb, get your book,” she continued annoyed,

“and clean up all these marbles. Someone could

get hurt.”

Caleb did not want to clean up he loved family

worship.

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He started running to the kitchen, suddenly, he

remembered what his Dad said a few days earlier.

“Always listen to Mummy and Daddy.” What would

happen if he didn’t clean up his mess?

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He decided it would be better to pick up the toys.

When his Mother came in the living room she was

very pleased.

“Thank-You. I’m so proud of you for doing as I

asked. Your sister and Dad are waiting for us to

do family worship.”

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Don’t forget to obey your parents and Jehovah!

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