Atate athu: kufuna kwanu kuchitike. Zikutanthauza chiyani?

CHIFUNIRO CHANU CHICHITIKE

1. Pemphero ili ndilolondola kwambiri. Dzuwa, mwezi, nyenyezi zimakwaniritsa mwangwiro chifuniro cha Mulungu; udzu uliwonse umaukwaniritsa, njere iliyonse yamchenga; komatu tsitsi limodzi lisagwe pamutu panu, ngati Mulungu safuna. Koma zolengedwa zopanda nzeru zimachita mwamakani; inu, cholengedwa chololera, dziŵani kuti Mulungu ndiye Mlengi wanu, Mbuye wanu, ndi kuti lamulo lake lolungama, labwino, loyera liyenera kukhala lamulo la chifuniro chanu; chifukwa chiyani mukutsata zofuna zanu ndi chilakolako chanu? Ndipo mungayerekeze kuti muyime motsutsana ndi Mulungu?

2. Mulungu woposa zonse. Ndi chiyani chomwe chiyenera kupambana kuposa malingaliro onse? Mulungu. Zina zonse zilibechabe: ulemu, chuma, ulemerero, zikhumbo ziri chabe! Kodi muyenera kutaya chiyani kuposa kutaya Mulungu? Chilichonse: katundu, chisamaliro chaumoyo, moyo. Kodi dziko lonse lili ndi phindu lanji ngati mutataya moyo wanu?… Kodi muyenera kumvera ndani? Kwa Mulungu koposa anthu. Ngati tsopano simuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu mwachikondi, mudzachita mokakamiza kwa muyaya ku gahena! Ndi chiyani chomwe chimakuyenererani kwambiri?

3. Mafuta osiya ntchito. Kodi simunalawepo kukoma kokoma kunena kuti: Chifuniro cha Mulungu chichitike? M’masautso, m’masautso, n’kotonthoza chotani nanga kuganiza kuti Mulungu amationa ndipo amafuna kuti tiyese! Muumphaŵi, muumphaŵi, m’kutayika kwa okondedwa, kulira pa mapazi a Yesu, nenani kuti: Chifuniro cha Mulungu chichitike, chitonthozo ndi chitonthozo chotani nanga! M'mayesero, mu mantha a moyo, zolimbikitsa bwanji kunena: Chilichonse monga momwe mungafunire, koma ndithandizeni. - Ndipo mwataya mtima?

MALANGIZO. - Bwerezani mukutsutsa kulikonse lero: Kufuna kwanu kuchitidwe.