Amazwi, amazwi, amazwi, amazwi agcwele amandla! Amazwi akhayo noma abhidlizayo. amazwi anika impilo noma amazwi aletha ukufa. Ukukhetha kungokwethu. Ake sihlole ukubaluleka kwamandla aphethwe amazwi ethu.

Ukukhuluma ukuphila

Izimpilo zethu zingasicindezela kalula ngokukhathazeka novalo lokungaziwa.  Kodwa uNkulunkulu usinike uMoya wobuqhawe, hhayi bovalo nokukhathazeka. Loluhlelo lwezinsuku eziyikhombisa luzokusiza uphendukele kuNkunkulu kuzo zonke izimo. Isiphetho sokukhathazeka singukubeka ithemba lakho kuNkulunkulu.

Ukukhathazeka

Isikhuthazo komama esivela kumama owethule izingane zakhe ezingu-7 futhi waphila ukuze azixoxele ngakho. Lokhu kuyingxenye 2 kwezingu-12 zokuzinikela kulolu chungechunge oluvela kuRobin Meadows

Ngikhungathwe Izibusiso Zami (Ingxenye 2)

Ingabe ufuna impilo enokuthula evikelwe ezinxushunxushwini zomhlaba wakho? Ingabe ufisa ukuphila lapho yonke into ihamba kahle, ngaphandle kweziphazamiso noma izingxabano? Sonke siyakwenza, kodwa lo mbono ukude neqiniso lethu. Kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziwu-5 thola ukuthi ukuthula akukhona ukungabikho kwezinkinga noma ubunzima. Ukuthula ubukhona bukaJesu. Ukuthula kunguMuntu.


Ukuthula kunguMuntu

Ukucindezeleka kunendlela yokunqwabelana ekuphileni kowesifazane kuze kube yilapho engakwazi ukwenza izinqumo ezisezingeni eliphezulu, ukungena engxoxweni ezuzisayo, noma ukujabulela lokho akunikiwe. Awudalelwanga ukuba ngowesifazane okhathazekile okuphila kwakhe kufiphele ngenxa yokuxakeka. Ungowesifazane obalulekile, odalelwe injabulo, ukuthula, nomthelela waphakade!

Owesifazane Obalulekile: Ukunqoba Ukucindezeleka 

Uma ukhathele, ukhathazekile, ungabaza ukholo lwakho, noma uzibuza ukuthi ungafinyelela kanjani ebukhoneni bukaNkulunkulu, lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezintathu luqondene nawe. Ucraig Groeschel, umfundisi omkhulu weLife.Church, usebenzisa amaHeberu 4 njengesiqondiso sokuthola ukuphumula, ukuthola ukholo, nokuthola uNkulunkulu. Ngamavidiyo amafushane usuku nosuku, u-Craig uzoqondisa ezimemo ezintathu ezinamandla ze-Masi. Asiqale.

Masi ngo-Craig Groeschel

Ibhalansi. Yilokho esikulangazelela ezimpilweni zethu njengoba sizwa ukumemeza kokuthi "sebenza ngokuzikhandla!" endlebeni eyodwa, futhi kunyenyeze okuthi "uphumule kakhudlwana" kwenye. Kuthiwani uma icebo likaNkulunkulu ngathi lingeyona indlela eyodwa noma enye? Ngena ekusebenzeni okungcwele—indlela yokusebenza kanzima nokuphumula kahle ngezindlela ezidumisa uNkulunkulu.

Ukusebenza Okungcwele: Yamukela Impilo Yokusebenza Kanzima, Yokuphumula-Kahle

Kuthiwani uma kunendlela engcono yokulwa nokukhathazeka okungapheli okukugcina uphapheme ebusuku? Ukuphumula kwangempela kuyatholakala—mhlawumbe kuseduze kunalokho obucabanga ngakho. Faka esikhundleni sokwethuka ngokuthula ngalolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-7 oluvela ku-Life.Church, oluhambisana nochungechunge lomlayezo kaMfundisi Craig Groesschel oluthi Ungakhathazeki Ngalutho.

Ukungakhathazeki Ngalutho

Njengoba kunezibopho eziningi neziphazamiso ezilwela ukunaka kwethu, abaningi kakhulu bethu bakhe imijikelezo yokuphumula okungenampilo. Ngenxa yalokho, siyazigqilaza, siyalwa futhi sizikhandle ngokumelene nenhloso kaNkulunkulu ngezimpilo zethu. Kulolu hlelo, sibizelwe emsebenzini wamabomu wokuzihlola, okusisiza ukuthi sidlulele ekuphileni okunenjongo nokuqhubekayo noJesu.

Ukuphumula Komphefumulo: Izinsuku Ezingu-7 Zokuvuselela

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 

Ingabe ukuba yindoda yangempela kusho ukuba nomndeni ophelele, ihhovisi elisekhoneni, imoto kanokusho, nomuzi omkhulu? Noma, ingabe kukhona okwengeziwe ekuphileni? Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7 oluvela ku-John Woodall luzojula emibuzweni ofisa ukuxoxa ngayo nomngani omethembayo futhi likunikeze impendulo kaNkulunkulu kuleyo mibuzo.

Imibuzo Engu-7 Ehlupha Imiqondo Yabantu abaningi

Ukunqoba ezikhathini zobunzima ungakuzwa njengento engeke yenzeka, nxa wedlula kuzona. Kodwa ngokubonga, UNkulunkulu uyakwazi ukwenza okungaphezulu kunalokho esikucelayo nesikucabangayo. Kulesisifundo sezinsuku ezine, thola ukuthi UNkulunkulu angakukhokhela kanjani ubuhlungu nokudumazeka kwakho akunike injongo.

Umnqobi: Ukuthola Amandla eZikhathini Zobunzima

Uma uphila, khona-ke mhlawumbe uke walwa nokukhathazeka. Abanye abantu bakhathazeka kakhulu, kanti abanye ngezikhathi ezithile bavumela izinto ukuba zithathe imicabango yethu. Akunandaba ukuthi kukangaki noma kuncane kangakanani, kuwukuhlakanipha ngathi ukuthi sifunde ukuthola ngalesi simo esisivumela ukuthi sintshontshe ukuthula kwethu futhi siphuce nokholo lwethu. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezine luzokusiza wenze lokho kanye. 

Ungakuyeka Kanjani Ukukhathazeka

Ingabe ukhungathekile ukuthi akusekho ngaphezu kwamahora angu-24 ngosuku? Ingabe ukhungethwe inani lamaphrojekthi ohlwini lwakho lwezinto okufanele uzenze? Ingabe ukhathele ukukhathala nokungabi naso isikhathi esanele sokusichitha eZwini likaNkulunkulu nabangani bakho nomndeni wakho? Lokhu kungase kube yimizabalazo ejwayeleke kakhulu emhlabeni. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi iBhayibheli linikeza izimiso ezicacile zokusiphatha kahle isikhathi sethu. Lolu hlelo luzochaza ngaleyo miBhalo futhi lunikeze izeluleko ezisebenzayo zokusebenzisa ngokugcwele isikhathi osisele kule mpilo!

Izimiso Zokusebenzisa Isikhathi Ezivela Ezwini LikaNkulunkulu

Ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi esiminyene, iningi lethu lizwa ingcindezi nokukhathazeka ebudlelwaneni bemindeni, ingcindezi yezezimali, izinqumo ezisheshayo, kanye nalokho okulindelwe okudumazayo. Ngakho-ke qhubeka. Adonse umoya. Qala lolu hlelo lweLife.Church Bible futhi ubone ukuthi isisindo esizizwayo kungaba yinto uNkulunkulu angakaze asicele ukuthi siyithwale. Kuthiwani ngokuyeka umthwalo? Ake sikhanyise ukukhanya.

Ukukhanya Kokuhamba

Ingabe uke uzizwe sengathi awujabuleli lutho ngoba uzama ukwenza yonke into? Ukwenza izinto eziningi ngendlela yakho empilweni nabathandekayo bakho. . .Uyasebenza. Kodwa ukhathele. Udinga nje igumbi elincane lokuphefumula. Ngesimemo esisodwa esilula ngendlela emangalisayo, uNkulunkulu unikeza indlela yokuhwebelana ngesivinini sakho esimangalisayo ukuze uthole leso ekugcineni esizokulethela ukuthula. Lolu hlelo luzokukhombisa ukuthi uzokwenza kanjani.

Indawo Yokuphefumula 

Sizobheka izinto ezine ezicindezelayo ezinkulu sonke esibhekana nazo futhi sibone ukuthi amazwi kaNkulunkulu angasinikeza kanjani induduzo, isiqondiso, nosizo kukho ngakunye. Sizokhuluma ngalokho uJesu akunikeza kona lapho ungekho kahle, lokho uNkulunkulu afuna ukwazi lapho abantu bekwenqaba, ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze lapho kungelula ukwenza okulungile, futhi lapho sizizwa sikhathazekile, sizobona ukuthi yini Unkulunkulu okufanele ayisho.

Akulungile

Umbhali othengisa kakhulu uMax Lucado uhlola icebo likaNkulunkulu lokwelapha ukukhathazeka elitholakala kwabaseFilipi 4:4–8. Njengoba ulandela lesi siqondiso - ukugubha ubuhle bukaNkulunkulu, ukucela usizo lwakhe, ukushiya ukukhathazeka kwakho kuye, nokuzindla ngezinto ezinhle - uzothola ukuthula kukaNkulunkulu. Nakuba ukukhathazeka kuyingxenye yokuphila, akudingekile ukuba kubuse ukuphila kwakho

Sonke sijaha okuthile. Ngokujwayelekile okuthile okungenakufinyelelwa—umsebenzi ongcono, ikhaya elinethezekile, umndeni ophelele, ukuthola imvume kwabanye. Kodwa akukhathalisi yini lokhu? Ingabe ikhona indlela engcono? Thola kulolu hlelo olusha lweBhayibheli lwe-Life.Church, oluhambisana nochungechunge lwemiyalezo kaMfundisi uCraig Groeschel, elithi Chasing Carrots.

Ukujaha Kokungafinyeleleki

Ezinkathini ezinzima zonyaka, kulula ukukhathala ngokomzwelo, ngokomzimba nangokomoya. Lokhu kuzinikela kusinika izeluleko ezisebenzayo zokuthi ‘singazondla kanjani’ eNkosini phakathi nezikhathi ezinzima ukuze siqhubeke siqhubekela phambili naphezu kobunzima.

Ngcwalisa Ithange Lakho

Ungawagcina kanjani amandla akho, injabulo, ubuhlakani, kanye nobudlelwano bubusha futhi buchuma phakathi kwezidingo zomndeni ezingapheli, izingcindezi zomsebenzi, kanye nengcindezi yempilo yansuku zonke? Kulolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezinhlanu olusekelwe encwadini yakhe ethi Sacred Rest, uDkt. Saundra Dalton-Smith unikeza okhatheleyo imvume yokwamukela ukuphumula, ukubeka imingcele, nokufuna indawo engcwele ngaphandle kwecala, amahloni, noma ukwesaba.

Uhlelo Lokufunda Lwezinsuku Ezingu-5 Lokuphumula Okungcwele

Ingabe uyakulangazelela ukugujwa kukaKhisimusi okujulile, okunenjongo? Kulo nyaka, zitholele kabusha izipho zeTHEMBA, UKUTHULA, INJABULO, NOTHANDO uNkulunkulu aludlulisela kithi sonke kulesi sikhathi esimatasa. Ukuthola kabusha uKhisimusi Esiphithiphithini kuhlola lezi zihloko ze-Advent ngokusebenzisa imibhalo nokufunda okuhloselwe ukusilungiselela ukuqhela ebuphithiphithini benkathi yamaholide futhi sigubhe ngempela ukuzalwa kukaJesu!

I-Advent: Ukuthola kabusha uKhisimusi Ezinxushunxushwini

uJesu akazange alahle ukuphila Kwakhe okuphelele ukuze ukwazi Ukuphila nje eyakho. Abafana abayisikhombisa—njengawe—babekele eceleni izinsuku ezimbalwa zokwehlisa ijubane, ukuzijabulisa, ukuthola izimpendulo, futhi bakuqophe konke kuvidiyo. Ingabe ukuphila kuwumsebenzi kanye nengcindezi nje? Siphuma kanjani ku-treadmill yokusebenza? Ngingakwazi ukukhululeka ekuluthweni? ngiqala kanjani ukuphila ngempela? Qala lolu hlelo lwebhayibheli lwe-Life.Church nabanye abangani ukuze uthole kabanzi.

Ukuphila Okunamandla—Qala Ukuphila Ngempela

Uma amazwi okungazethembi, ukungabaza, kanye nokwesaba engalungiswanga, azolawula ukuphila kwakho. Awukwazi ukuthulisa la mazwi noma ungawanaki. Kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezi-3, u-Sarah Jakes Roberts ukukhombisa ukuthi ungaphikisana kanjani nemikhawulo yesikhathi sakho esidlule futhi wamukele ukungakhululeki ukuze ungavimbeki.

Musa Ukuzinza Ngokuphepha

Imicabango yakho ingakubuyisela emuva, ikuphushele phansi, ikufunze amanga. Kodwa futhi ingaku  phakamisa! Ngakho, uCraig Groeschel, umfundisi omkhulu weLife.Church, wabhala amaqiniso athile awafunda nsuku zonke. Qala ukufunda ukuze ubone ukuthi lawa magama aguqule kanjani yonke into kuye, futhi uthole izinyathelo ezintathu ezilula zokuthola amazwi akho Okuphila Ngawo.

Amazwi Ongaphila Ngawo No-Craig Groeschel

“Izinhliziyo zethu aziphumuli baze bakuthole ukuphumula kuWe.” Akukaze nanini ngaphambili ukuthi abaningi bethu bazizwe ukungahlaliseki u-Augustine akuchaze ngalo musho odumile. Kepha siyini isisombululo ekushodeni kwethu kokuphumula kwangempela? Njengoba lolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezintathu luzobonisa, ikhambi ngokwengxenye lisekubukeni umkhuba wasendulo weSabatha ngelinye ilensi — ngokusebenzisa i-lens ka “Wena” —uJesu — umthombo wethu wokugcina wokuthula.

Ukungaphumuli

UNkulunkulu wakwenza futhi wakubeka ngalomzuzu wesikhathi, ukuba uthande abangathandeki, ubonise ukuthula esiphithiphithi, futhi ubonise injabulo yokudela kuzo zonke izimo. Lokhu kungase kubonakale kungenakwenzeka, kodwa ungakwenza lokhu ngokufunda lokho iBhayibheli elikushoyo ngemizwa yakho engokwemvelo yomuntu nendlela yokuyilawula. Le nkonzo ihlanganisa izinselelo ezijwayelekile futhi kwesinye isikhathi ezimangalisayo esibhekana nazo nsuku zonke, futhi inikeza izinkomba zeBhayibheli zokuthi ungayilawula kanjani imizwelo yakho ngendlela kaNkulunkulu.

Imizwa Engcwele - Izimpendulo ZeBhayibheli Kuzo Zonke Izinselelo

Thula. Kwabanye, la magama amabili alula ayisimemo esamukelekayo sokwehlisa ijubane. Kwabanye, ezwakala engenakwenzeka, engenakufinyelela ezweni lethu eliba nomsindo ngokukhulayo, noma kunzima kakhulu ukuwagcina. UBrian Heasley ukhombisa ukuthi akudingeki ukuthi sime ukuze izinhliziyo zethu zithule, nokuthi ngisho naphakathi kwempilo egcwele, ematasa, singasichitha kanjani isikhathi esinokuthula noNkulunkulu.

Thula: Umhlahlandlela Olula Wezikhathi Zokuthula

Lokhu kuzinikela okuyisikhombisa kwansuku zonke kusekelwe encwadini kaLouie Giglio, Ukunqoba Impi Yokukhathazeka: Hlakulela Inhliziyo Enokuthula Nomqondo Ozethembayo. uNkulunkulu mkhulu kunokwesaba kanye nabazala bakho - ukucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, ukwethuka, nokukhungatheka. Uma ukukhathazeka sekuyingxenye eqhubekayo yempilo yakho yansuku zonke, yisikhathi sokushintsha ukulandisa futhi ubuyise ingqondo yakho ngamandla kaJesu.

Ukunqoba Impi Yokukhathazeka

Ukuba ngumama  ku ubizo olungathandeki kodwa  oluxakile lwabesifazane abaningi. Yini esingayiqonda futhi siyifunde kowesifazane owakhethwa ukuba azale uMesiya? Joyina uRobin Meadows kulolu hlelo lwezinsuku ezingu-7 olumayelana noMariya, unina kaJesu. 

UMariya wayengu Mama

Sicindezelekile. Isiko lisitshela ukuthi silwe nokucindezeleka kwethu ngokujaha umzuzu wenjabulo olandelayo. Kodwa iBhayibheli lisinikeza isithombe esehlukile. Lolu hlelo lwezinsuku eziyisithupha luzokukhombisa ukuthi ungalwa kanjani nokucindezeleka kwakho kwansuku zonke ngokwenza umkhuba ngenjabulo yeBhayibheli.

Injabulo Ngaphezu Kwengcindezi: Indlela Yokwenza Injabulo Ibe Umkhuba Wansuku Zonke

Ingabe unenkinga namuhla? Ingabe uke walinyazwa othile, noma wagula, wabhekana nokuntula, noma wabhekana nezihibe ezilimazayo? Kulula ukuzidabukela ezikhathini ezinjengalezi. Kodwa uNkulunkulu ukulungiselele indlela yokuphuma! Sekuyisikhathi sokuvala iqembu lesihawu, usukume, ubambe izithembiso zikaNkulunkulu, futhi ube ngumnqobi! 

Yeka Okwami! 

ImiBhalo ithi izindinganiso zikaNkulunkulu zihlukile kwezezwe. Lokhu kubonakala endabeni yengcebo nemfuyo. “Uma unokuningi, kuba ngcono!” umhlaba uyamemeza. UNkulunkulu uyahleba, “Nganele. Ungafuni injabulo noma ukulondeka kunoma yini enye. Uzoneliseka kakhulu ngokuba nokuncane.”

Ukukhuculula, isenzo sokuba nokuncane ngenhloso esimayelana nokuqeda imfuhlumfuhlu. Kunikeza indlela yokuthuthukisa impilo yethu ngaphansi kukaNkulunkulu.


Okuningi Kokuncane: Umhlahlandlela Wezinto Ezincane Nenjabulo Eyengeziwe

Ukucindezeleka kungokoqobo, kodwa akufanele kulawule impilo yakho. NgoKristu, singakuhlela kabusha, sikugxilise kabusha, futhi sikuchaze kabusha. Uma ulwa nengcindezi, hlola lolu hlelo lweBhayibheli lwezinsuku ezingu-5 ukuze ufunde ukuthi ungathola kanjani inkululeko nokuthula.