Ukulungiselela Izinhliziyo Zethu NgePhasika: Ukuzinikela ngesikhathi sokuzilaIsampula

Preparing Our Hearts for Easter: A Lenten Devotional

USUKU 29 KWEZINGU- 40

"Usuku 29: Iwundlu"

KuGenesise 22, u-Abrahama wathatha indodana yakhe okuwukuphela kwayo u-Isaka waya nayo eMoriya ngoba uNkulunkulu wayemyalile ukuthi anikele ngo-Isaka njengomnikelo wokushiswa. U-Isaka wabuza uyise, wathi: "Liphi izinyane lomnikelo wokushiswa?" U-Abraham waphendula enganeni yakhe wathi "uNkulunkulu uzozihlinzekela iwundlu lomnikelo wokushiswa." Ngesikhathi u-Abrahama esezonikela ngendodana yakhe uqobo e-altare, uNkulunkulu wammisa wanikela ngenqama eyothatha indawo ka-Isaka.

Ujesu uyiWundlu uNkulunkulu alinikeza ukususa zonke izono. U-Abrahama kwakungadingeki anikele ngendodana yakhe eyodwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu wakhetha ukunikela ngendodana yakhe ukuhlawulela izono zethu. Ngenxa yalokhu, uNkulunkulu usibheka ngendlela abheka ngayo indodana yakhe lapho uJohane ebona uMoya wehla uvela ezulwini phezu kwakhe. Usibiza, kokubili amadoda nabesifazane, amadodana akhe abathandekayo, ajabula kakhulu ngaye (Mathewu 3:17).

Akusadingeki siphile ekusebenzeni okuxakile ukufakazela ubukhona bethu. Ukulungisiswa kwethu kukuKristu, iMvana kaNkulunkulu ephelele, engenabala esuse izono zethu nezono zomhlaba.

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Nkulunkulu, Baba wethu, siyabonga ukuthi singamadodana akho othandekayo ojabule ngawo. Sithandazela ukuthi usebenze ngokujulile ekubeni kwethu iqiniso lokuthi akusadingeki sisebenzele ukusindiswa kwethu, kepha singathola ukuphumula ngokwazi ukuthi singobani kwiWundlu likaNkulunkulu. Siphe ukuqonda kokujula komhlatshelo owenzelwa ukuhlawulela isono sethu ukuze sithandane kakhulu nawe ukuze siqonde ukuthi singobani nokuthi sizoba ngubani. 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.