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Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

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AmaHubo 68: 7-18 iculo lokudumisa amandla kaNkulunkulu njengoba kubonakala ekusindisweni. Kunokunyakaza okuthathu kule ndima. Amavesi 7-10 achaza amandla kaNkulunkulu ekukhululeni abantu bakwa-Israyeli ebugqilini baseGibhithe. Ngemuva kwalokho, amavesi 11-14 alandisa ngamandla kaNkulunkulu okwamanje okusindisa abantu bakhe ngenkathi behlala phakathi kwezitha zabo. Ekugcineni, amavesi 15-18 ajabule ngamandla kaNkulunkulu azoletha ngokuphepha abantu bakhe ekhaya entabeni kaNkulunkulu.

Le minyakazo emithathu ichaza impilo yomKrestu. Yithi esikhishwe ebugqilini besono nokufa, sigcinwa ohambweni lwethu lwamanje, futhi sanikwa isithembiso sokuthi sizofika siphephile ekhaya. Akhona kanjani wonke la maqiniso amangalisayo? Lezi zinzuzo zivikelekile ngenxa yompetha wethu.

AmaHubo 68:18 abhekisa kulowo owenyukela phezulu, wahola inqwaba yabathumbi esitimeleni sakhe. NgokukaSt. Paul, le ndima ichaza uKristu Jesu, ikakhulukazi ukunqoba okwenziwe nguyena ngokuvuka kwakhe kwabafileyo (kwabase-Efesu 4: 8).

KumaHeberu 12: 2 sitshelwa ukuthi sigcine amehlo ethu kuJesu, izisekelo zokholo lwethu. Yize ihunyushwe ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene ngokuthi "umbhali" noma "iphayona," ukuhumusha okuhle kakhulu bekungaba "iqhawe." Ngamanye amagama, uJesu wahamba uzwane nesono nokufa wanqoba! Wasilwela ngokufa nokulwa futhi waqinisekisa ukunqoba. Manje, singaphumula kuye, sazi ukuthi wona lawo mandla avusa uJesu kwabafileyo ayasebenza nakithi (1 KwabaseKorinte 6:14).

Ingabe uzithola ukhathazekile namuhla, mhlawumbe wesabe ukuthi ikusasa likuphatheleni? Vumela iqiniso lala mavesi libe yisikhumbuzo sokuthi amandla kaNkulunkulu akhona empilweni yakho ngenxa yomsebenzi wompetha wethu. Ngenxa yakhe sikhishwe ebugqilini, siyalondolozwa usuku nosuku, futhi ngomusa wakhe sizofika siphephile ekhaya.

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Baba waseZulwini, sikubonga ngamandla akhona ezimpilweni zethu ngenxa yompetha wethu, uKristu Jesu, futhi sizocela ukuthi namhlanje sizozithola sihlome ngesibindi nenjabulo ngenxa yalowo owenyukela phezulu. Egameni likaKristu, Amen.

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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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