Izizathu ezili-10 ezifanelekileyo zokwenza umthandazo ube yinto ephambili
Umthandazo yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yobomi bobuKristu. Kodwa umthandazo usinceda njani kwaye kutheni sithandaza? Abanye abantu bathandaza kuba bayalelwe (amaSilamsi); abanye bathandazela ukunikela izipho koothixo babo abaninzi (amaHindu). Kodwa sonke sithandazela amandla kunye noxolelo, ukuba sinqwenele iintsikelelo ezihambelana kunye nokuba kunye neNkosi yethu uThixo.
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Umthandazo usisondeza kuThixo
Ixesha lomthandazo kukudibana kwethu ngasese noThixo.Sinokuchitha ixesha ecaweni, sinokufunda iiBhayibhile zethu kwaye sibe neqela lokuzinikela ecaleni kwebhedi yethu, kodwa akukho nto inokuthabathel 'indawo ixesha kunye neNkosi.
Umthandazo kukuthetha noThixo nokumamela ilizwi lakhe. Ixesha elichithwa kulwalamano kunye naye lubonakaliswa kuyo yonke enye indawo yobomi bethu. Akukho namnye umntu owaziyo njengoThixo, ogcina zonke iimfihlakalo zethu. Ungazenza ukuba ube kunye noThixo, uyakuthanda, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na.
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Umthandazo uza noncedo oluvela kuThixo
Ewe, uThixo ukuyo yonke indawo kwaye wazi konke, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha ufuna ukuba sicele uncedo. Umthandazo unokuzisa uncedo olungaphezulu ebomini bethu xa silufuna kakhulu. Oku kuyasebenza nakwabanye. Singathandazela abantu esibathandayo ukuba bafumane uncedo abaludingayo.
Singathandazela uxolo lobuthixo. Ungenelelo lukaThixo luhlala luqala ngomthandazo olula wokuthemba. Ngaphambi kokuba uthandaze, cinga ngabantu abafuna uncedo lukaThixo, kuquka nawe. Yintoni ojamelana nayo ebomini? Apho ithemba libonakala lilahlekile kwaye kukungenelela kukaThixo kuphela onokuyikhulula imeko? UThixo uya kushukumisa iintaba xa sicela uncedo kuye ngomthandazo.
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Umthandazo ugcina ukuzingca kwethu kujongwa
Ngokwemvelo thina bantu sizingcayo. Umthandazo unceda ukugcina ukuzizisa kwethu kujongwa, ngakumbi xa sithandazela abanye.
Rhoqo uThixo usivumela ukuba sizibone ngokucacileyo xa sithandaza. Cinga malunga nokuba imithandazo yethu ihlala igxile kangakanani kuthi ngokuthelekisa abo sibathandayo okanye amanye amakholwa ehlabathi. Xa sisongeza amaqabane angamaKristu kwimithandazo yethu, siya kuba siyazithoba kwezinye iinkalo.
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Sifumana uxolelo ngomthandazo
Xa sithandaza, sivula uxolelo. Kuyacaca ukuba akukho bantu bagqibeleleyo kweli lizwe. Ungazama ukuba ngoyena Mkristu ulunge kakhulu kunokuba wena, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha uyakuya kwakhona. Xa usile, ungaya kuThixo ngomthandazo ucele ukuxolelwa.
Ngexesha lethu lokuthandaza, uThixo unokusinceda ukuba sizithethelele. Ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukuba sizivumele, kodwa ke uThixo uzixolelwe izono zethu. Sidla ngokuzibetha kakhulu. Ngomthandazo, uThixo unokusinceda sizikhulule kwityala nehlazo kwaye siqale ukusithanda kwakhona.
Ngoncedo lukaThixo, sinako ukubaxolela abanye abasenzakalisayo. Ukuba asixoleli, sikwaye abo banobukrakra, ingqumbo kunye nokudakumba. Ukuze kulungelwe thina kunye nokunceda umntu osonileyo, kufuneka sixole.
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Umthandazo usinika amandla
Usinika amandla ngomthandazo. Xa siziva bubukho bukaThixo ngomthandazo, siyakhunjuzwa ukuba uhlala enathi. Asisodwa kwimzabalazo yethu. Xa uThixo esinika umkhombandlela, ukholo lwethu kunye nokuthembela kuye kuye komelele.
Rhoqo uThixo uguqula umbono wethu kunye nembono yethu ngemeko njengoko sithandaza ngayo. Siqala ukubona iingxaki zethu ngokwembono kaThixo Ukwazi ukuba uThixo usecaleni lethu kusinika amandla kunye nokukwazi ukumelana nayo yonke into eza kuthi.
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Umthandazo uguqula isimo sethu sengqondo
Umthandazo ubonakalisa ukuvuma kwethu ukuhlaziswa yonke imihla kwaye ukuxhomekeka kuThixo ukujongana neemfuno zethu. Siyavuma ukuba buthathaka kunye nentswelo yethu ngokuguqukela kuThixo ngomthandazo.
Ngomthandazo, sibona ubukhulu behlabathi kwaye nokuba zincinci kangakanani iingxaki zethu xa kuthelekiswa. Njengoko sinombulelo kwaye simdumisa uThixo ngokulunga kwakhe, kunye nombulelo ezintliziyweni zethu, iingxaki zethu ziqala ukubonakala zincinci. Ubungqina obukhe babonakala bukhulu buba buncinci ekukhanyiseni ubunzima abajamelana nabo amanye amakholwa. Xa sithandaza ngokholo, sifumana uThixo etshintsha isimo sethu sengqondo ngathi, ngemeko yethu nangabanye.
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Umthandazo uphembelela ithemba
Xa sikumhlaba othuliweyo, umthandazo usinika ithemba. Ukubeka iingxaki zethu ezinyaweni zikaYesu kubonisa ukuba siyamthemba. Uyayazi eyona nto ilunge kuthi. Xa sithembela kuThixo, kusinika ithemba lokuba konke kulungile.
Ukuba nethemba akuthethi ukuba izinto ziya kuhlala zihamba ngendlela esifuna ngayo, kodwa oko kuthetha ukuba sifuna ukuba kwenzeke ukuthanda kukaThixo. Ngapha koko, umthandazo usinceda ukuba sibone izinto ngokwembono kaThixo, kwaye siyayazi ukuba uThixo ufuna izinto ezintle ebantwaneni bakhe. Oku kuvula zonke iintlobo zamathuba esingenakuze sizibone ngaphambili.
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Umthandazo unciphisa uxinzelelo
Eli lizwe ligcwele uxinzelelo. Sisoloko sizingxixha ngoxanduva, imiceli mngeni kunye noxinzelelo. Uxinzelelo luya kusijikeleza kanye njengoko siphila kweli lizwe.
Kodwa xa sibeka iingxaki zethu ezinyaweni zikaThixo ngomthandazo, sinokubuva ubunzima behlabathi lisiwa phantsi kwamagxa ethu. Uxolo lukaThixo luyasizalisa xa sisazi ukuba uyayiphulaphula imithandazo yethu.
UThixo unokuthoba isiphango ebomini bakho nokuba uphakathi kuyo. NjengoPeter, kufuneka sigcine amehlo ethu kuYesu ukuze angatshoni phantsi kobunzima beengxaki zethu. Kodwa xa sikwenza oko, sinokuhamba phezu kwamanzi.
Yonke imihla entsha, yeka uxinzelelo lwakho kuThixo ngomthandazo kwaye uzive ukuba amanqanaba akho oxinzelelo ayahla.
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Umthandazo unokusenza sibe sempilweni
Izifundo ezininzi zesayensi zibonise ukuba ukuthandaza rhoqo kubalulekile ukuze uphile ixesha elide kwaye uhlale usempilweni.
Eli nqaku likwincwadi kaRichard Schiffman kwiThe Huffington Post ichaza ngokweenkcukacha unxibelelwano olubhaliweyo phakathi komthandazo kunye nempilo entle, kokubini ngokwasemzimbeni nangokomzimba: "Ayinamsebenzi ukuba uthandazela wena okanye abanye, thandazela ukuphilisa ukugula okanye uxolo ku umhlaba, okanye umane uhleli cwaka kwaye uthulise ingqondo: Iziphumo zibonakala zifana. Iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokomoya zibonakalisiwe ukunciphisa amanqanaba oxinzelelo, eyenye yezona zinto zibangela umngcipheko wezifo. "
Izifundo zibonise ukuba abantu abaya kwiinkonzo zonqulo bathanda ukuhlala ixesha elide. Ke cwaka, qhubeka uthandaza.
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Umthandazo unokusinceda sizazi ngcono
Xa sichitha ixesha kwincoko kunye noThixo, simamela indlela esithetha ngayo ngathi. Siyakwazi ukuva izinto ezimbi esizithetha ngathi kunye namathemba ethu kunye namaphupha ethu, kwaye sifuna ukuba ubomi bethu buziveze.
Umthandazo usinika ithuba lokuziqonda ngcono ukuba singobani kuKristu. Isibonisa injongo yethu kwaye isinike imiqondiso xa kufuneka sikhule. Veza indlela yokuthembela ngakumbi kwiNkosi kwaye uphalaze uthando olungagungqiyo. Ngomthandazo, sibona umntu abonwa nguThixo xa esijonga.