Uguquko

Gxila

Ngaphambi kokufunda kwanamuhla, sebenzisa lo mkhuleko wokuphefumula otholakala kuJohane 3:30 ukulungisa inhliziyo yakho, ingqondo nomoya wakho ukuze uqonde ukuthi ukuguqulwa kuyingxenye kanjani yethu inhloso njengabafundi nabalandeli bakaKristu.

Hofule: Kumele akhule;

Ukukhipha umoya: Kumele ngehle.

Lalela

Nikos Kazantzakis - Bika i-Greco

Ngolunye usuku, uNikos wabuza ubaba uMakarios, “Ingabe usabambene nodeveli, Baba uMakarios?” Indela endala yacabanga isikhashana yase iphendula: “Akusenani, mntanami… Ngakho ngiyamshiya, angishiye ngedwa.

UNikos wabuza, “Khona ukuphila kulula manje?”

Ubaba uMakarios waphendula, “Hhayi, cha. Impilo isinzima kakhulu manje. Okwamanje, ngibambene noNkulunkulu.”

UNikos wababaza, “Uzabalaza noNkulunkulu futhi unethemba lokunqoba?”

“Cha,” kusho ubaba uMakarios, “ngibambana noNkulunkulu futhi ngithemba ukulahlekelwa.”

Sebenzisa

Ucabanga ukuthi uJesu usho ukuthini ukuziphika, ukuthatha isiphambano sakho nsuku zonke, futhi umlandele? Kusho ukuthini ukulahlekelwa ukuphila kwakho ukuze ukuthole?

Endabeni evela ku-Bika amaGreki, ucabanga ukuthi kungani uBaba uMakarios ebambana noNkulunkulu futhi enethemba lokulahlekelwa?

Phendula

Vala isikhathi sakho sokuthandaza ngomthandazo, ufunde lawa mazwi eculweni lakudala elithi, Take My Life and Let It Be:

Thatha impilo yami futhi uyiyeke

ezingcwele, Nkosi, kuwe.

<2 Thatha izikhathi zami nezinsuku zami;

Mabageleze ekudumiseni okungapheli,

<2Thatha intando yami uyenze eyakho;

Akusayikuba ngowami.

Thatha inhliziyo yami ibe ngeyakho;

kuzakuba yisihlalo sakho sobukhosi