Monday, February 8 Make disciples of people of all the nations.​—Matt. 28:19.

[Áine]

Monday, February 8

Make disciples of people of all the nations.—Matt. 28:19.

 

How can we help nonreligious people to learn to love God and become disciples of Christ? We must recognize that a person’s reaction to our message may depend on where he was raised. For example, people with a European background may not respond the same way as may those who come from Asia. Why? In Europe, many know something about the Bible and are familiar with the idea that God created all things. But in Asia, the majority of people know little or nothing about the Bible, and they may not believe in a Creator. So be positive. Every year, there are nonreligious people who become Jehovah’s Witnesses. Many already had high moral standards and felt disgusted by religious hypocrisy. Others had low moral standards and many had bad habits that they needed to abandon. With Jehovah’s help, we can be sure that we will find those who are “rightly disposed for everlasting life.”—Acts 13:48; 1 Tim. 2:3, 4. w19.07 20-21 ¶3-4

[Alexa]

We stay positive in our preaching work even though others do not respect the same way as the rightly disposed ones.

[Vinnie]

The disciple making work is wide and varied. Many different skills are needed. On our own we are nothing but with Jehovah’s help anything is possible.

[Mamee]

We help people become disciples by displaying love to them, whether they are religious or not, this we can do by our good conduct, showing personal interest in them. We can also do this in our letter writing. We can imitate Jesus and the apostle Paul by adapting our approach to them.