Ukulungiselela Izinhliziyo Zethu NgePhasika: Ukuzinikela ngesikhathi sokuzilaIsampula

Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

USUKU 2 KWEZINGU- 40

"Usuku 2: Umnsalo"

Isikhathi seLenten ngokomlando besiyisikhathi sokucabangisisa ngesimo somuntu. NgoLwesithathu lomlotha kusikhumbuze ukuthi impilo yomuntu intekenteke - siluthuli, futhi sizobuyela othulini. Kepha sifunda masishane ukuthi isimo somuntu asimakwa nje ngobu-ethe-ethe, kepha ngokonakala. Eqinisweni, ngesikhathi sikaNowa, ukonakala kwabantu nobudlova kwase kusabalele kangangokuba uNkulunkulu kwathiwa ube lusizi enhliziyweni yakhe futhi azisole. Ukuthi uNkulunkulu onamandla onke angavezwa njengozisolayo ngokudalwa komuntu kudlulisa ngamandla isono sokuba yisono.

Kodwa-ke okuhlabayo ukuthi iBhayibheli alikhulumi ngenhliziyo yomuntu ngokungabonakali. Cha, ikhuluma ngokukhethekile ngenhliziyo yami, ukuba yisono kwami ​​futhi, nokuzisola okuvela kuNkulunkulu ngokuthi ngiphile kanjani.

Kodwa-ke, phakathi kwesigayegaye nasemuva kwesiphepho sesahlulelo sikaNkulunkulu, sibona ithemba likhanya. Unowa ubheka phezulu futhi ubheke ngokumelene namafu ampunga inkazimulo ekhazimulayo yothingo oluqhamuka lapho kuhlangana khona ilanga nesiphepho. Futhi lapho emafwini ubona umnsalo wolaka lukaNkulunkulu lubekwe eceleni esithembisweni sokuthula.

Futhi leso sithembiso esikhulu ukuthi noma ngabe isono sethu singakhula sibe mnyama kangakanani, uNkulunkulu ngeke aphinde asiphendulele ubuso bakhe. Esikhundleni salokho, uNkulunkulu uzosheshe akhombe umnsalo wolaka lwakhe phezulu, ezulwini, eNdodaneni yakhe uqobo, kunokuphindisela ulaka lwakhe phezu kwethu futhi. Futhi esiphambanweni, lapho ilanga lothando lukaNkulunkulu nesiphepho solaka lukaNkulunkulu sizohlangana futhi, uJesu wayezofela ebumnyameni ukuze ukukhanya kwenkazimulo yecebo lokusindisa kukaNkulunkulu kukhanye ezinhliziyweni zethu. Konke lokhu ngaphandle kwenkomba yokuzisola kukaNkulunkulu.


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Nkosi, sisize sihlanganyele ukudabuka nosizi lwakho ngesono sethu. Ngalesi sikhathi, sinike isibindi sokubheka ngobuqotho ebumnyameni besono sethu ukuze sikwazi ukubona kabusha ukukhazimula kwesithembiso sakho esikhazimulayo nomusa wakho kithi kuKristu. 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.