Uhlelo Lwamahhala Lokufunda nokuthandaza okuhlobene ne KwabaseFilipi 4:7

Kukho konke ukuphithizela kwamaholide, kungase kube lula ukulahlekelwa umbono wokuthi kungani sigubha. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-5 zokuza, sizongena ezithembisweni ezigcwaliseke ngokuzalwa kukaJesu nethemba esinalo ngekusasa. Njengoba sifunda okwengeziwe ngokuthi uNkulunkulu ungubani, sizothola ukuthi singaphila kanjani phakathi nesikhathi samaholide ngethemba, ukholo, injabulo, nokuthula.

Sigcwele ukulangazelela njengoba sincika kulesi sikhathi sokugubha ngenhloso yokulalela inhliziyo kaNkulunkulu. Hlanganyela nathi amasonto angu-4 njengoba: Sibheka Ubuhle; Sephula Izithiyo; Sivulela Igumbi; futhi Simangazwa nguNkulunkulu. Njengazo zonke izinto ezihamba phambili ekuphileni, lolu hambo luhambeka kahle kakhulu nabanye—ngakho bamba umngani noma ababili kanye nomuzwa wakho wokumangala bese ungena kwi nkathi ye-Advent.

Ukulawula isikhathi ngokujwayelekile kungabangela ingcindezi lapho inhloso kuwukuthola ukuphila "ngaphansi kokulawula" ngamandla ethu nokuzithiba. Kodwa iBhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi sithola ukuthula nokuphumula lapho sithembela kuNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sethu. kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-6, uzofunda ukuthi indlela egxile kuNkulunkulu yokuhlela isikhathi iholela kanjani ekutholeni konke okuhle anakho ngawe, okuhlanganisa injabulo nokuthula Kwakhe.

Uma uzithola uhlale ulwa nokukhathazeka nokukhungatheka, lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli olwakho. Ngeke kube nefomula esheshayo eqinisekisa ukuthula okungu-100% futhi ngeke kuxazululwe yonke into ehlobene nokukhathazeka. Kodwa-ke, izimiso eziqukethwe kulolu Hlelo zinikeza izindlela eziholela ekunqobeni lapho ziphila ngaphandle. Umenywa ukuthi uqale lolu hambo kusuka ekukhathazekeni kuya ekuthuleni.

Sonke sinesimo esifanayo. Sizofa. Ngizofa. Uzofa. Ukufa kuzokwehlula. Ngeke ukwazi ukukuvika, ukukubeka eceleni, ukukhohlisa noma ukukwenza kunyamalale. Kodwa kukhona uJesu, indoda eyanqoba ithuna. Ujesu wamelana nethuna futhi wanqoba ukufa. Lapho uJesu ekhuluma, ithuna liyakhuluma. uyakhuluma.

Njengoba amazwi amaningi esitshela ukuthi kufanele sibe ngubani, akumangazi ukuthi sinenkinga yokuziqonda ubuthina. Unkulunkulu akafuni sichazwe ngomsebenzi wethu, isimo somshado, noma amaphutha. Ufuna umbono Wakhe ube igunya eliphakeme kakhulu ezimpilweni zethu. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziyisithupha luzokusiza ukuthi ufunde lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo mayelana nokuthi ungubani futhi wamukele ngempela ubuwena kuKristu.

Umthandazo uyisipho, ithuba elimangalisayo lokuba nobudlelwano noBaba wethu oseZulwini. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-6, sizothola lokho uJesu asifundisa kona ngomthandazo futhi siphefumulelwe ukuba sithandaze ngokungaphezi nangesibindi esikhulu.

Kuthathwe encwadini yakhe ethengiswa kakhulu ye-New York Times ethi "Uthando Olumangazayo," uFrancis Chan uhlolisisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu olumangalisayo ngathi, nokuthi impendulo yethu efanele othandweni olunjalo kufanele ibukeke kanjani. Kodwa akagcini lapho, usibekela inselele yokuba sizindle ngobukhulu bukaNkulunkulu kanye nomehluko omkhulu phakathi kobukhosi Bakhe baphakade nokuphila kwethu kwesikhashana lapha emhlabeni.

Ngokwe-Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ukuphazamiseka kokukhathazeka yisifo sengqondo esivame kakhulu e-United States, esihlasela abantu abadala abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingamashumi amane. Ungase ube ngomunye wabantu abaningi abanenkinga yokukhathazeka, ukholelwa ukuthi kufanele ube nemithi noma ngaphansi kokunakekelwa ngudokotela ukuze uthole ukuthula okufisa kakhulu. Iqiniso liwukuthi ukuthula okuphishekelayo ukunikwa mahhala eZwini likaNkulunkulu. Ukunqoba Ukukhathazeka kuzokukhombisa ukuthi ungazitholela kanjani lokhu kuthula futhi uqede ukukhathazeka nokwesaba okuhle.

I-Tearfund ifuna ukuhola kukaNkulunkulu kokuthi ungaba kanjani yizwi lokuthula elisebenzayo, ubudlelwano obubuyiselwe, nokubumbana phakathi kwemiphakathi emhlabeni jikelele. Lesi sifundo sezinsuku ezingu-7 sinezenzo zansuku zonke zokubuyisa ubudlelwano bakho nokuthandazela umhlaba esihlala kuwo, sisebenzisa ukuhlakanipha okunothile okuvela kwizaga zase-Afrika ukusisiza sithole ukuthula kweqiniso kukaNkulunkulu.

Uyazi ukuthi uNkulunkulu ukupha ukuphila okuchichimayo kunalena oyiphilayo, kodwa iqiniso elibuhlungu liwukuthi isiqhathaniso siyakuvimbela ukuba uye kwelinye izinga. Kulolu hlelo lokufunda u-Anna Light wembula imininingwane ezophazamisa ukuqhathaniswa kwesembozo emakhonweni akho, futhi ikusize uphile impilo ekhululekile nechichimayo uNkulunkulu ayidalele wena. 

Konke kusekhanda lakho. Kodwa kuthiwani uma lokho kuyinto enhle? Imicabango yethu ingaphezu kokusabela kulokho okwenzeka ezimpilweni zethu—ingamandla anamandla okubumba lokho esiyikho nokuthi singaba ngubani. Funda kubantu bansuku zonke abafana nawe ukuthi ungalisebenzisa kanjani iqiniso elinamandla kwabaseRoma 12:2 ukuze uvule ungqondongqondo ongaphakathi kuwe.

Ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi esiminyene, iningi lethu lizwa ingcindezi nokukhathazeka ebudlelwaneni bemindeni, ingcindezi yezezimali, izinqumo ezisheshayo, kanye nalokho okulindelwe okudumazayo. Ngakho-ke qhubeka. Adonse umoya. Qala lolu hlelo lweLife.Church Bible futhi ubone ukuthi isisindo esizizwayo kungaba yinto uNkulunkulu angakaze asicele ukuthi siyithwale. Kuthiwani ngokuyeka umthwalo? Ake sikhanyise ukukhanya.

Ukuba ngumama  ku ubizo olungathandeki kodwa  oluxakile lwabesifazane abaningi. Yini esingayiqonda futhi siyifunde kowesifazane owakhethwa ukuba azale uMesiya? Joyina uRobin Meadows kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7 olumayelana noMariya, unina kaJesu. 

Kuthiwani uma kunendlela engcono yokulwa nokukhathazeka okungapheli okukugcina uphapheme ebusuku? Ukuphumula kwangempela kuyatholakala—mhlawumbe kuseduze kunalokho obucabanga ngakho. Faka esikhundleni sokwethuka ngokuthula ngalolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7 oluvela ku-Life.Church, oluhambisana nochungechunge lomlayezo kaMfundisi Craig Groesschel oluthi Ungakhathazeki Ngalutho.

Ingabe ukhathele ukuyidlala iphephile ngokholo lwakho? Ngabe ukulungele ukubhekana nokwesaba kwakho, wakhe ukholo lwakho, futhi usebenzise amakhono akho? Lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezi-7 olusuka eLife.Incwadi kaMfundisi Craig Groeschel, ethi Imikhuleko Eyingozi, ikunxenxa ukuthi uthandaze ngendlela eyingozi - ngoba ukulandela uJesu kwakungadalelwanga ukuthi kuphephe.

Ingabe uke uvuke unesimo sengqondo esibi? Noma ube nokubhubuka kwemizwelo? Noma unake wonke amaphutha amancane ocabanga ukuthi unawo? Hhawu. Akumnandi. Kodwa uNkulunkulu akafuni siphile ngaleyo ndlela. Lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli luzokusiza ufunde iqiniso kwabaseFilipi isahluko 4. Luzokusiza ucabange ngalokho ocabanga ngakho!

Phakathi nenhlekelele nokungaqiniseki, abaningi bethu balangazelela ukubuyela esimeni esijwayelekile. Kodwa kuthiwani uma kuyisikhathi sokudala okujwayelekile kangcono kunalokho? Kulolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli Lwezinsuku Ezingu-7, sizothola ukuthi singayeka kanjani ukufuna ukulawula futhi siqale ukufuna uNkulunkulu.

Ingabe kungenzeka ngempela ukuba nokuthula lapho ukuphila kubuhlungu? Impendulo emfushane: yebo, kodwa hhayi ngamandla ethu. Onyakeni osishiye sikhungathekile, abaningi bethu basala nemibuzo. Kulolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7, oluhambisana nochungechunge lwemiyalezo kaMfundisi Craig Groeschel, sizothola ukuthi singakuthola kanjani Ukuthula Okulahlekile sonke esikufisayo.

Masikhumbule ukuthi uJesu uqobo wakhuluma nabafundi bakhe wathi, “Ezweni lusizi. Kodwa yimani isibindi! mina ngilinqobile izwe. Ngokuvamile, njengabantwana bakaNkulunkulu, asikhululekile ekuhluphekeni, ezinkingeni, noma ekulingweni. Sinokuphila kokunqoba, kodwa lokho akusivimbi ukuba sidlule osizini njengoba uPawulu afundisa. Indlela esisabela ngayo esilingweni ikhuluma kakhulu kunalokho esikushumayelayo.

Lokhu kuzinikela okuyisikhombisa kwansuku zonke kusekelwe encwadini kaLouie Giglio, Ukunqoba Impi Yokukhathazeka: Hlakulela Inhliziyo Enokuthula Nomqondo Ozethembayo. uNkulunkulu mkhulu kunokwesaba kanye nabazala bakho - ukucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, ukwethuka, nokukhungatheka. Uma ukukhathazeka sekuyingxenye eqhubekayo yempilo yakho yansuku zonke, yisikhathi sokushintsha ukulandisa futhi ubuyise ingqondo yakho ngamandla kaJesu.

Ukukhathazeka kungangena ekuphileni kwethu nganoma isiphi isikhathi. Kodwa lokho akusho ukuthi kufanele kuhlale! Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubhekene nani namuhla, ungakunqoba ukukhathazeka nemiphumela yako elimazayo njengoba uxhumana noNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko ngezithembiso zakhe ezinamandla ezisemBhalweni. Hlanganyela nathi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo njengoba sithatha izinyathelo zokuqeda ukukhathazeka ezimpilweni zethu futhi sithole ukuthula eZwini likaNkulunkulu.

Singase singakuboni noma sikuzwe njalo, kodwa uNkulunkulu uhlala enathi... ngisho nalapho sibhekene nobunzima. Kulolu hlelo, Umxhumanisi Wokuthola Ithemba u-Amy LaRue ubhala ngokusuka enhliziyweni mayelana nomshikashika womndeni wakhe wokuba umlutha nokuthi injabulo kaNkulunkulu yagqashuka kanjani ngezikhathi zabo zobumnyama.

Ingabe usukulungele ukujulisa impilo yakho yomkhuleko, kodwa awunasiqiniseko ukuthi ungaqala kanjani? Ake sibhekisise iziyalezo uJesu asinika zona mayelana nendlela yokuthandaza kuMathewu 6. Funda ukuthi ungakhuleka kanjani njengoJesu kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7 oluvela kuMfundisi u-Amy Groeschel.

Lolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli olwabazali bezingane ezikhubazekile, umehluko, noma izidingo ezikhethekile zanoma yiluphi uhlobo—kungakhathalekile ukuthi ukusiphi isigaba ohambweni lwakho oluthile. Funda kwabanye abazali kanye nabameli mayelana nendlela yokubhekana nayo yonke imizwa, ukubhekana nezilingo, futhi ujabulele ukunqoba uma kuziwa ekukhuliseni ingane ehlukile.