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Page 1: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Listen to God

Page 2: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Watchtower Bible and Tract Society ofNew York, Inc., Wallkill, New York, U.S.A.

Made in the U.S.A.

God is like a loving father.1 Peter 5:6, 7

This publication is not for sale.It is provided as part of a worldwideBible educational work supported byvoluntary donations.To make a donation, please visitwww.jw.org.Unless otherwise indicated,Scripture quotations are from themodern-language New WorldTranslation of the Holy Scriptures.Listen to GodJanuary 2016 PrintingEnglish (ld-E)� 2011WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACTSOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIAPublishers

Page 3: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

“Come to me,” God tells us.“Listen, and . . . keep alive.”

Isaiah 55:3

Page 4: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

4God speaks to us through the Bible.

2 Timothy 3:16

Page 5: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

5People everywhere are listening.

Matthew 28:19

Page 6: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Jehovah created everything in heaven . . .6

Page 7: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

and on earth.Psalm 83:18; Revelation 4:11 7

Page 8: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Jehovah gave Adam and Eve many good things.Genesis 1:288

Page 9: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

God said not to eat from one of the trees.Genesis 2:16, 17 9

Page 10: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Adam and Eve did not obey God, so they died.Genesis 3:6, 2310

Page 11: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

The dead are as lifeless as the dust.Genesis 3:19 11

Page 12: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Most in Noah’s time did what was bad.Genesis 6:512

Page 13: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Noah listened to God and built an ark.Genesis 6:13, 14, 18, 19, 22 13

Page 14: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

God destroyed the wicked but saved Noah and his family.Genesis 7:11, 12, 2314

Page 15: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

God will again destroy the wicked and save the good people.Matthew 24:37-39 15

Page 16: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

16Jehovah sent Jesus to earth.

1 John 4:9

Page 17: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

17Jesus did good but was hated.

1 Peter 2:21-24

Page 18: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

18Jesus died so that we might live.

John 3:16

Page 19: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

19God resurrected Jesus and made him King of God’s Kingdom.

Daniel 7:13, 14

Page 20: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

20Troubles on the earth prove that God’s Kingdom will soon act.

Luke 21:10, 11; 2 Timothy 3:1-5

Page 21: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

21The Kingdom will remove all wickedness.

2 Peter 3:13

Page 22: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

22Most of the dead will be resurrected on earth.

Acts 24:15

Page 23: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

God’s Kingdom will end all suffering.Revelation 21:3, 4 23

Page 24: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

24God does hear our prayers.

1 Peter 3:12

Page 25: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

We can pray about many things.1 John 5:14 25

Page 26: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Love is the key to happy families.Ephesians 5:3326

Page 27: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Be kind and faithful, not cruel and unfaithful.Colossians 3:5, 8-10 27

Page 28: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Avoid what is bad.1 Corinthians 6:9, 1028

Page 29: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Do what is good.Matthew 7:12 29

Page 30: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Take your stand on God’s side.1 Peter 5:6-930

Page 31: Listen to God...God is like a loving father. 1 Peter 5:6, 7 This publication is not for sale. It is provided as part of a worldwide Bible educational work supported by voluntary donations

Make the right choice—listen to God.Matthew 7:24, 25 31