Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi labo abasondelene kakhulu nathi bangasilimaza kakhulu. Njengoba sihlukunyezwa ukukhashelwa, sakha izindonga ezizungeze izinhliziyo zethu ukuze zisivikele ebuhlungwini benhliziyo, nokho lezi yizona kanye izindonga ezisivimba ekuboneni ithemba, ukuthola ukuphulukiswa nokuzwa uthando. Yisikhathi sokudiliza izindonga zakho, usebenze ngamanxeba akho, ulungise ubudlelwano obonakele futhi uthole amandla enhliziyo evulekile.

Thanda Sengathi Awukaze Ulinyazwe NguJentezen Franklin

Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7 lokukhonza lukusiza ukuthi ubambe ubizo lukaNkulunkulu empilweni yakho. Thola futhi ugcwalise ubizo lwakho njengoba usungula ubuwena njengomuntu owaziwayo, othandwayo, futhi obizwe nguNkulunkulu. Ukufunda kuthathwe encwadini ethi Yazi Isizathu Sakho ngo-Ken Costa.

Yazi Isizathu Sakho: Ukuthola Nokugcwalisa Ubizo Lwakho 

Abantu abaningi bakhetha ukubekezelelana ngokobuhlanga esikhundleni sobunye. Sizobhunga ngezinhlanga ezahlukene. Mhlawumbe sizohambela ngisho nemibuthano yezinhlanga. Kodwa uma umcimbi usuphelile, sihamba ngezindlela zethu ezahlukene. Lokhu kusikhombisa ukuthi kuthatha okungaphezu kokumomotheka, ukuxhawula kanye “nobungani” ukuvala leli gebe lobuhlanga. Kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezingu-4, uDkt. Tony Evans uzothatha uhambo olubheke ebunyeni beBhayibheli.

Amandla Obunye

Lolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezine luhlola incwadi kaPawulu eya kwabaseKolose, lapho ephikisana nemfundiso yamanga ngokusikhumbuza ukuthi uJesu - Emkhulu futhi wanele - wenza umhlaba wonke futhi wahlenga isintu. UPawulu unikeza nokuhlakanipha ngobuhlobo emindenini, ngomthandazo, ukuphila okungcwele, nokuthi kusho ukuthini ubunye othandweni.

KwabaseKolose

Noma nini lapho othile ebuza ukuthi siyakholelwa yini ocansini ngaphambi komshado siphendula ngokuthi "yebo no cha." Impendulo edidayo ekuqaleni, kepha isinikeza ithuba lokwenza iphuzu elibalulekile. Unkulunkulu uqinisekisa ubulili bethu njengabantu futhi asikwazi ngokuzumayo ukuba yi-asexual. Ngalesi sizathu, sikholelwa kwezocansi ngaphambi komshado. Siyashesha ukulandela, noma kunjalo, ngokuthi ukwenza ucansi lobulili ngaphambi komshado ngokusobala akuhambisani nezimiso zikaNkulunkulu. 

Ungasindisa Kanjani Ucansi Ukuze Ushade?

Encwadini yakhe eya kwabaseKolose, uPawulu ulwa nezimfundiso zamanga ngokuqokomisa ubukhulu nokwanela kukaJesu, iqhaza laKhe ekudaleni, nomsebenzi waKhe wokuhlenga. UPawulu uphinde anikeza neseluleko esiwusizo ngokuphila njengomKristu, ubudlelwane bomndeni, nomthandazo. Khuthazekani ukufuna ukuhlakanipha okungokomoya, niphile impilo engcwele, futhi nihlale nimunye othandweni. Lolu hlelo lwenziwe ngabe-YouVersion.

AbaseKolose

Ziningi izizathu ezinhle ezenza ukuba sifune iqophelo eliphezulu emsebenzini yethu: Iqophelo eliphezulu liyasikhulisa emisebenzini, lisivumele ithonya, kanti lingasihola kumathuba okwabelana ngevangeli. Kepha njengalelicebo losuku lwesithathu lizotshengisa, sidinga ukuba sifune iqophelo eliphezulu ngesizathu esibaluleke kakhulu-ngoba iqophelo eliphezulu liyindlela enhle yokubheka isimo sika Nkulunkulu, no thando futhi sikhonze omaakhelwane njengathi kwimisebenzi ekhethiwe.

Inkonzo Yobuhle

Usuku lwe-Valentine kungaba isikhathi esinzima kwabanye bethu. Singase sibe sesigabeni sempilo lapho singekho ebudlelwaneni, futhi sifuna ukuba khona, okungase kuphakamise imizwa ethile engakhululekile. Ezinsukwini ezintathu ezizayo kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bunjani ubuhlobo bakho, sivumele ukuba sikhuthaze inhliziyo yakho ngothando lukaNkulunkulu OLUHLE, OLUNGANEMIBANDELA, OLUTHULISAYO. 

Usuku lwe-Valentine

Ngokusekelwe encwadini entsha ethi “Ukufunda Ukuthandwa,” lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezintathu luzokusiza ufunde ukuthi ungasuka kanjani ekwazini ngothando lukaNkulunkulu ukuze uluzwe enhliziyweni yakho. Ngezinyathelo ezingokoqobo nokuzindla ngokwethembeka, ababhali uDavid Bowden noMart Green bazokufundisa ukwamukela iqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu wakuthanda kuqala. Vuleleka othandweni olujulile, olungenamibandela uNkulunkulu analo ngawe. Qala namuhla ufunde ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuthandwa ngokweqiniso.

Ukufunda Ukuthandwa

Kusukela esihlokweni sezindaba zakamuva kuya kumazwana ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kunamathuba amaningi okucasulwa usuku ngalunye. Kodwa kuthiwani uma sinquma ukusabela ngendlela ehlukile? Kulolu Hlelo LweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7, oluhambisana nochungechunge lwemiyalezo kaMfundisi Craig Groeschel, Akukho Koniwa, sizothola ukuthi singayiyeka kanjani intukuthelo ebilokhu isibambile futhi sigcine abanye beyizithunjwa. 

Akukho cala 

Okubaluleke ngempela ukuthanda uNkulunkulu nokuthanda abanye, kodwa sikwenza kanjani lokho ngokuphumelelayo? Iqiniso liwukuthi, asikwazi ukuthanda abantu kahle ngamandla ethu. Kodwa uma sibheka kuNkulunkulu futhi sizibeka phansi ngokuzithoba, singaphila othandweni lukaNkulunkulu lweqiniso nolunamandla. Funda kabanzi mayelana nokukhula othandweni kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-5 oluvela kuMfundisi u-Amy Groeschel.

Ukukhula Othandweni

Ezweni lapho kunokuhlukana okungaka nokungezwani, sonke singaphila kangcono uma sifunda ukuthanda abanye—ngisho noma kungenazinkinga noma kungakhululekile. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-4, sizoxoxa ngokuthi omakhelwane bethu bangobani nokuthi sibathande kanjani.


Ungabathanda Kanjani Omakhelwane Bakho

Singafunda kanjani ukuphila njengoJesu uma singaqali ngokuthanda njengaYe? Funda kanye nabasebenzi nabalingani be-Life.Church ngenkathi bekhuluma ngabakwaziyo kanye nemiBhalo enza bafise ukuphila impilo egcwele nokuThanda Njengo Jesu.

Thanda Njengo Jesu

Izinkinga zomshado zingehlisa noma ngubani phansi kepha uNkulunkulu unokuhlakanipha eZwini lakhe okungaguqula umshado onzima ube mnandi. Umlingani othengisa kakhulu we-NYT uBruce Wilkinson noHeather Hair abalingani kulolu hlelo lokufunda lokuzinikela lwezinsuku ezintathu ukusiza ukukuqondisa kule ndlela.

Lapho Umshado Uba nzima

Kulolu cwaningo, sizokuqondisa ohambweni lobudlelwano oluhlanganisa izindlela ezingu-12 ezibalulekile zokuba Nothando Oluhlala Njalo.    

Izinsuku Ezingu-12 Zothando Oluhlala Njalo

Uhlelo Lokufunda Lwezinsuku ezi-3 lukaBob Goff noLindsey Goff Viducich: Funda ukuthi Uthando Luzosiza kanjani ingane yakho ukuba ifunde ukuphila ngomusa nokuhamba othandweni! Kusukela ekufundeni ukuphatha amaphutha abo (nokufunda ukuthethelela abanye), ukwenza ukukholwa kwabo ekusebenzeni ngokuchitha isikhathi no-nokwenza izinto njengoJesu, izingane zihamba zizizwa zinamandla okwenza umehluko obonakalayo emhlabeni.

Uhlelo Lokufunda Lwezinsuku ezi-3: Uthando Olubukhoma Lwenza

Kulolu hlelo lweLife.Church Bible Plan, imibhangqwana eyisithupha ibhala ngezifungo zomshado eziyisithupha abangakaze bazisho ngokusemthethweni e-altare. Lezi zifungo zokuzilungiselela, ukubeka phambili, ukulandela, ukubambisana, ubumsulwa, nokuthandaza yizifungo ezenza imishado isebenze kade kudlula umshado. Noma ngabe ushadile noma ucabanga nje ngakho, sekuyisikhathi sokwenza isithembiso.  

Isifungo

uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda. Noma ngabe ungubani, noma ngabe ukuphi empilweni yakho, uNkulunkulu uyakuthanda! Kule nyanga, lapho sigubha uthando, ungakhohlwa ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu kuwe lukhulu kunalo lonke olunye uthando. Kulolu chungechunge lwezinsuku ezine, gxila othandweni lukaNkulunkulu.

Uyathandwa

Bonke ubudlelwano buqala ngentshiseko—umdanso omuhle wokwazi nokwaziwa. Ubuhlobo noNkulunkulu abuhlukile. Kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezinhlanu olusekelwe esifundweni esisha seBhayibheli samasonto amane sika-Amy Groeschel, The Pursuit, ngeke nje uthole ukuthi ungamlandela kanjani uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele, kodwa futhi uyobona ukuphishekela okukhulu kukaNkulunkulu ngawe!

Ukulandela

Unkulunkulu uvame ukusebenza ngabantu esinabo ezimpilweni zethu. Ngakho, obani abangani bakho? Ungumngani onjani kwabanye? Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa luzokukhombisa ubungani bangempela kanye nesibusiso uNkulunkulu asinikeza ngobungani.

Ubungani

Ake sehlise ijubane kuleli Sonto Elingcwele futhi sifunde ngezinsukwini zokugcina zikaKristu emhlabeni. Usuku ngalunye sizothola izifundo noma izipho athatha isikhathi ukuzinikeza. Uyasidinga isikhumbuzo esisha salokho okwakubaluleke kakhulu kuKristu—ukuthi uyabathanda abantu Bakhe futhi umlandele? Yini Angathanda ukukufundisa yona kuleli sonto Elingcwele?


Izifundo Zokugcina: Uhlelo Lwesonto Elingcwele

Ukugubha uthando kudlula usuku oluthile; kuyimpilo ehlala ikhumbuza abanye ukuthi uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwafika ukuzophilisa, ukubuyisela, nokusinika ukuphila okumemezela ubuhle bakhe.

Ngiyakumema ukuthi uzulazule esifundweni sezinsuku ezintathu sokuthi uthando lumeleni nokuthi kubukeka kanjani ukuthanda abanye njengoba uNkulunkulu asihlosela.

Thanda futhi Uqhubeke Nokuthanda

Ithathwe encwadini yakhe entsha ethi "A Lifelong Love," uGary Thomas ukhuluma ngezinjongo zaphakade zomshado. Funda amathuluzi asebenzayo ukusiza ukwakha umshado wakho ube ubudlelwano obukhuthazayo, ukusabalalisa impilo engokomoya kwabanye.

Phefumulela Intshiseko Yomoya Emshadweni Wakho

Sifunda izifundo ezibalulekile lapho sihamba nabanye abantu. Sifunda ukusebenzelana nokubambisana nabanye. Wonke umuntu uyakulangazelela ukwamukelwa, ngoba uNkulunkulu wasenzela ubudlelwane. Lapho sihamba namanye amaKristu emphakathini, sithola lokho kulangazelela kwaneliseka.

Ikhambi Lesizungu 

Njengoba kunabantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili emhlabeni, akekho ozovumelana nawe ngokuphelele kukho konke. Umbono wethu ngokungabi nabulungiswa kwezenhlalo, ezombangazwe, izenzakalo zamanje, nenkolo ungowethu ngokukhethekile. Kodwa ngisho nasekuhlukeni kwethu, singakwazi futhi kufanele sikuthole esivumelana ngakho. Kulolu Hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-5, uzofunda ukuthanda, ukuhlonipha, nokuzwelana nabantu ngokukhuluma iqiniso ngomusa nangobumnene.

Ubathanda Kanjani Abantu Ongavumelani Nabo

Njengabalandeli bakaJesu sikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu uluthando, kodwa ezikhathini eziningi ikhono lethu lokuthanda abanye liyinselelo enkulu. Mhlawumbe lokho kungenxa yokuthi uthando aluwona nje umuzwa noma umzwelo onamandla. Uthando luwuMuntu. Thatha uhambo ngo-1 KwabaseKorinte 13 futhi uthole uMuntu wothando nokuthi, Ngaye, singabathanda kanjani abanye kangcono.

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