Thola i AppUthando Olumangazayo noFrancis ChanIsampula
“Uma Usothandweni”
Uke wahlangana nomuntu owayemthanda ngokuphelele uJesu? kwake kwenzeka kimi. Ugogo womkami uClara.
Njalo ekuseni uClara wayeguqa eduze kombhede wakhe futhi achithe amahora ayigugu noMsindisi wakhe kanye nesithandwa sakhe; isikhashana emini, ukubona nje lelokhona lombhede wakhe kwakuletha izinyembezi ezigcwele injabulo kanye nokulindela okujulile kwakusasa ekuseni eguqe phambi kwaKhe.
Ugogo uClara wenza kuNkulunkulu ngendlela esenza ngayo kubantu esibathanda kakhulu.
Lapho usothandweni lweqiniso, wenza umzamo omkhulu wokuba nalowo omthandayo. Nizoshayela amahora ukuze nibe ndawonye, noma ngabe kuyisikhashana nje. Awunankinga nokulala kuze kuhlwe ukuze ukhulume. Ukuhamba emvuleni kuwuthando, akucasuli. Ngokuzithandela uzochitha imali encane kulowo ohlanya ngaye. Uma nihlukene komunye nomunye, kubuhlungu, ngisho nosizi. Uyikho konke ocabanga ngakho; uvuma noma yiliphi ithuba lokuba ndawonye.
Encwadini yakhe ethi “uNkulunkulu uyiNsindiso”, uJohn Piper ubuza ukuthi sisothandweni yini noNkulunkulu:
“Umbuzo obalulekile esizukulwaneni sethu—kanye nakuzo zonke izizukulwane—yilona: Ukube ubungaba nezulu, ngaphandle kokugula, kanye nabo bonke abangani owake waba nabo emhlabeni, nakho konke ukudla owake wakuthanda, nazo zonke izinto zokungcebeleka. owake wazijabulela, nabo bonke ubuhle bemvelo owake wabubona, zonke izinjabulo zenyama owake wazinambitha, futhi kungekho ungqubuzana nabantu nanoma yiziphi izinhlekelele zemvelo, ubunganeliseka ngezulu, ukube uKristu wayengekho?”
Bangaki kini abazofunda lawo mazwi bese bethi, “Niyazi, ngingahle ngilunge ngalokho”? Uma umthanda ngokujulile uNkulunkulu njengoGogo uClara, uyazi ukuthi awusoze waneliseka ezulwini ngaphandle kukaKristu.
* Wake wahlangana nomuntu othanda uNkulunkulu ngokuphelele? Uma unethuba, babize namuhla futhi ukhulume ngobudlelwane bakho neNkosi nokuthi nawe ungalukhulisa kanjani uthando lwakho ngoMsindisi wethu.
Ekugcineni, bukela le vidiyo bese ucabanga ngamaphuzu okukhulunywe ngawo:
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Kuthathwe encwadini yakhe ethengiswa kakhulu ye-New York Times ethi "Uthando Olumangazayo," uFrancis Chan uhlolisisa uthando lukaNkulunkulu olumangalisayo ngathi, nokuthi impendulo yethu efanele othandweni olunjalo kufanele ibukeke kanjani. Kodwa akagcini lapho, usibekela inselele yokuba sizindle ngobukhulu bukaNkulunkulu kanye nomehluko omkhulu phakathi kobukhosi Bakhe baphakade nokuphila kwethu kwesikhashana lapha emhlabeni.
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