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Usulungele ukuphendula umbuzo obalulekile: Ngingawuthola kanjani umbono kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yami? Bhekisisa Imibuthano Emithathu osanda kuyihlonza ngempilo yakho—izindinganiso zakho ezibalulekile, izipho zakho zokomoya, nezinto zakho zangaphambilini.

Izindawo ezintathu ezihlukene zihlobana kanjani? Usukulungele? Hlanganisa imibuthano yakho emithathu, bese uthola indawo lapho ihlangana khona. Cishe kuzo zonke izimo, kunendawo emnandi eyodwa ekhonjwa lapho lezi zinkundla zempilo yethu zihlangana khona. Bheka lapho imibuthano yakho ihlangana khona. Yilapho othola khonaumbono wakho. Unkulunkulu wazi kahle ukuthi wenzani ngenkathi ekudala. Unkulunkulu ukunike izimiso ezibalulekile, izipho, kanye nolwazi. Futhi lapho lezo zinqwabelana kulapho umbonowakhe ngempilo yakho kuqhuma ukusha okuzenzakalelayo komoya.

Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngeqa imikhakha emithathu ebalulekile yempilo yami—izimiso ezibalulekile, izipho zomoya kanye namakhono, kanye nolwazi lwangaphambilini—ngamangala ngalokho engakufunda. Uma ngikwenza manje, ngikwazi ukubona ngokucace nakakhulu indlela leyo Mibuthano Emithathu empilweni yami eyembula ngayo amaqiniso abalulekile ngenjongo yami. Lokho kugqagqana kudalula umbono kaNkulunkulu kimi. Ngakho-ke, thatha imizuzu embalwa, cela isiqondiso kuNkulunkulu, bese uqala ukuphupha. Bhala imicabango yakho ephepheni, uphendule umbuzo ngamunye.

Umbuzo #1: Ukube imali ibingeyona into engafanele futhi ngingenza noma yini engiyifunayo impilo yami yonke, bengizokwenzenjani?

Umbuzo #2: Ngaphandle kokuthanda, ukunakekela, kanye nokusebenzela labo ababaluleke kakhulu kimi, iyiphi into yokuqala engikholelwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna ukuyifeza ngami?

Lesi kube yisinyathelo esilandelayo esibalulekile, noma ngabe sikwenze ungakhululeki kakhulu. Sicela uqonde iphuzu elilodwa elibaluleke kakhulu: Lapho uNkulunkulu ekunika iphupho, ngeke ukhululeke. Kungani? Ngoba Umbono kaNkulunkulu ngawe mkhulu kunalokho ongakucabanga futhi akunakwenzeka ukuthi uzenzele ngokwakho.

Umbono kaNkulunkulu ngempilo yakho ungothi lapho uwubona, umcabango wakho wokuqala uzothi, ngingakwenza kanjani lokhu? Iqiniso lithi awukwazi. Unkulunkulu uzokubiza ukuthi wenze into ongeke ukwazi ukuyenza uwedwa, ngakho kuzomele uthathe isinyathelo sokukholwa ungene kokungaziwa. Okuwukuphela kwendlela ongakufeza ngayo ukwethemba uNkulunkulu. Ngaleyo ndlela, lapho uNkulunkulu efeza injongo Yakhe ngawe, uNkulunkulu uyothola lonke udumo.

Ukuze uthole izivivinyo zokukusiza uvule umbono wakho, uhlonze izinyathelo zakho ezilandelayo, futhi ubeke imigomo engokoqobo ezindaweni ezinhlanu zokugxila, zama ukufunda incwadi lapho lolu hlelo lucashunwe kulo..