Exodus 34:6,

“Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth,

11. How should we be affected by the knowledge that Jehovah is merciful and gracious?

¹¹ This divine declaration alerts us to the need to imitate Jehovah by being merciful and gracious. “Happy are the merciful,” said Jesus, “since they will be shown mercy.” (Matthew 5:7; Luke 6:36) Aware that Jehovah is gracious, we are moved to be gracious and pleasant in our dealings with others, including those to whom we preach. This harmonizes with Paul’s counsel: “Let your utterance be always with graciousness, seasoned with salt, so as to know how you ought to give an answer to each one.”—Colossians 4:6.

12. (a) Since God is slow to anger, how should we act toward others? (b) Jehovah’s loving-kindness motivates us to do what?

¹² Since God is slow to anger, our desire to “keep doing good” moves us to put up with the minor failings of fellow believers and to focus on their good qualities. (Matthew 7:5; James 1:19) Jehovah’s loving-kindness motivates us to display loyal love, even under the most trying circumstances. This certainly is very desirable.—Proverbs 19:22.

13. How should we act to reflect that Jehovah is ‘abundant in truth’?

¹³ Since our heavenly Father is ‘abundant in truth,’ we seek to ‘recommend ourselves as his ministers by truthful speech.’ (2 Corinthians 6:3-7) Among seven things detestable to Jehovah are “a false tongue” and “a false witness that launches forth lies.” (Proverbs 6:16-19) So our desire to please God has moved us to ‘put away falsehood and speak truth.’ (Ephesians 4:25) May we never fail to manifest goodness in this vital way.