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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

USUKU 14 KWEZINGU- 40

Ezweni elonakele, umhubi unxusa uNkulunkulu ukuba abhekane nabamangaleli bakhe bamanga. Umqondo wesicelo esinje (“Sengathi labo abangimangalelayo mabembeswe ihlazo”) ungaba mnandi kithina esingatholakali ekungabini nabulungiswa kwempi, ukubulawa kwabantu nokuhweba ngocansi njengoba kwenzeka kwabanye emhlabeni wonke. Kepha, kwesinye isikhathi, sonke sikhethe ukubuyisela okubi ngokubi. Kepha esikhundleni sokukhuluma ngokungabi nabulungisa eyedwa, umhubi uyisa lokhu kungabi nabulungisa kuNkulunkulu amncenge ukuthi amenzele yena. Ukhetha ukuvumela uNkulunkulu olungile futhi ongcwele ukuthi asebenzelane nalabo abamonile kunokuba afune ukuziphindisela.

Ukube uNkulunkulu ubethethelela kuphela kepha hhayi nje, ngabe akukho lapho singaya khona lapho sonelwe. Kodwa ubungcwele bukaNkulunkulu abuyikukubekezelela ukungabi nabulungisa. Njengoba lokho kuzwakala kududuza ekuqaleni, nathi asinabulungisa, ngakho-ke ngaphandle kokuthi kube khona ikhambi lethu, sizokwahlulelwa ngokwahlulelwa okufanayo nabacindezeli bethu. Isizathu kuphela sokuthi umhubi (noma thina) anganxusa uNkulunkulu yingoba uKristu usekhulumile ngathi. Lapho uKristu ekhala kuNkulunkulu esiphambanweni, wenqatshwa futhi wadelelwa ngoba ethatha indawo yesintu esinesono. Manje sesingancenga uNkulunkulu ngoba uyasibuka ngoKristu ongenasono owasikhulumela.

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Nkulunkulu, Baba wethu, siyakudumisa ngokuthumela uKristu ukuzosibhekela izenzo zethu zokungabi nabulungisa kuwe ukuze sibe nobudlelwano nawe, abaphelele ebungcweleni. Siyabonga ukuthi ulalela izikhalazo zethu lapho soniwe nokuthi uzosizwa ngozwela nesihe sakho. Sisize ukuletha ukunxusa kwethu kuwe esikhundleni sokufuna ukubuyiselwa kwethu lapho sonile. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.

Ilungelo lobunikazi (c) 2012 yiRedeemer Presbyterian Church.

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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

Yini ukuzila? Yisikhathi lapho silindele ukunqoba kokukhanya nempilo kaKristu phezu kobumnyama besono nokufa. Njengoba sisuka kwinkonzo yomlotha ngoLwesithathu siye ePhasika, sikhunjuzwa ngeqiniso lobuthakathaka bethu nomusa kaNkulunkulu ohlelayo.

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Lokhu kukhulekelwa kwenziwa ngabasebenzi beRedeemer Presbyterian Church futhi kwaqala kwathunyelwa ku-www.redeemer.com ngo-2012. Kusetshenziswa ngemvume.