Iingcebiso ezi-6 zendlela yokuthandaza ngombulelo
Sihlala sicinga ukuba umthandazo uxhomekeke kuthi, kodwa ayiyonyani leyo. Umthandazo awuxhomekekanga kwintsebenzo yethu. Ukusebenza kwemithandazo yethu kuxhomekeke kuYesu Krestu nakuBawo wethu waseZulwini. Ke xa ucinga ngendlela yokuthandaza, khumbula, umthandazo yinxalenye yolwalamano lwethu noThixo.
Ungathandaza njani noYesu
Xa sithandaza, kulungile ukwazi ukuba asithandazi sodwa. UYesu uhlala athandaza nathi kunye nathi (KwabaseRoma 8: 34). Masithandaze kuYise kunye noYesu, kwaye noMoya oyiNgcwele uyasinceda:
Ngendlela efanayo, uMoya usinceda kubuthathaka bethu. Kuba asazi ukuba masithandaze njengoko kufuneka, kodwa ke yena uMoya ngokwakhe uyasixhasa ngamazwi anzulu kakhulu ngamazwi.
Ungayithandaza njani na iBhayibhile?
IBhayibhile inemizekelo emininzi yabantu abathandazayo kwaye sinokufunda lukhulu kwimizekelo yabo.
Kuya kufuneka simbele kwizibhalo ukuze sifumane iipateni. Asisoloko sifumana icebiso elicacileyo, elinjenge “Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza…” (Luka 11: 1, NIV) Endaweni yoko sinokujonga amandla kunye neemeko.
Uninzi lwebhayibhile lubonise isibindi kunye nokholo, kodwa abanye bazifumana bekwiimeko ezibonisa iimpawu ababengazazi, njengoko imeko yakho inokwenza namhlanje.
Uthandaze njani xa imeko yakho iphangalele
Kuthekani ukuba uziva ubambekile ekoneni? Umsebenzi wakho, iimali zakho, okanye umtshato wakho unokuba sengxakini kwaye uyazibuza ukuba ungathandaza njani xa ingozi isoyikisa. UDavide, indoda eyayinentliziyo kaThixo, wayeyazi loo mvakalelo, njengoko uKumkani uSawule wamleqa kwiinduli zakwaSirayeli, ezama ukumbulala. Umbulali wengxilimbela enguGoliyati, uDavid waqonda ukuba avela phi amandla akhe:
Ndiwaphakamisele ezintabeni na amehlo am? Luya kuvela phi na uncedo lwam? Uncedo lwam luvela kuThixo ongunaphakade, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba.
Ukuphelelwa lithemba kubonakala kuyinto eqhelekileyo kunokweBhayibhile. Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokufa kwakhe, uYesu waxelela abafundi bakhe abadidekileyo nabanexhala indlela yokuthandaza ngala maxesha:
Intliziyo yenu mayingakhathazeki; Kholosa ngoThixo; ndithembe nam.
Xa uziva unqwenela, ukuthembela kuThixo kufuna ukwenza intando. Ungathandaza kuMoya oyiNgcwele, okukunceda ukuba woyise iimvakalelo zakho kwaye umthembe uThixo, oku kunzima, kodwa uYesu wasinika uMoya oyiNgcwele njengoMncedisi wethu ngamaxesha anje.
Ungathandaza njani xa intliziyo yakho yaphukile
Ngaphandle kwemithandazo yethu esuka entliziyweni, izinto azihlali zihamba ngendlela yethu. Umntu omthandayo uyafa. Uphelelwa ngumsebenzi. Iziphumo zichasene ngqo nale nto uyicelileyo. Kuthekani ke ngoku?
Umhlobo kaYesu uMarta waba buhlungu xa kwasweleka umnakwabo uLazaro. Waxelela uYesu ukuba uThixo ufuna uthembeke kuye. Ungamnika umsindo wakho kunye nokudana.
Oko kwathethwa nguYesu kuMarta kuyasebenza nakuwe namhlanje:
“Ndim uvuko, ndim ubomi; Lowo ukholwayo kum, nokuba ubethe wafa, wodla ubomi. Bonke abadla ubomi bekholwa kum, abasayi kufa naphakade; Uyakholwa na?
UYesu usenokungavusi umntu esimthandayo ekufeni, njengoko uLazaro wenzayo. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuba sikholwe ukuba iya kuhlala ezulwini ngonaphakade, njengoko uYesu wathembisayo.UThixo uza kulungisa zonke iintliziyo zethu ezaphukileyo ezulwini. Kwaye iyakwenza konke ukudaniswa kobu bomi.
UYesu wathembisa kwiNtshumayelo yakhe yaseNtabeni ukuba uThixo uyayiva imithandazo yeentliziyo ezaphukileyo (Mat. 5: 3-4, NIV). Masithandaze ngcono xa sinika iintlungu zethu kuThixo ngokunyaniseka kwaye iSibhalo sisixelela ngendlela aphendula ngayo uBawo wethu onothando:
"Uphilisa intliziyo eyaphukileyo kwaye ubopha amanxeba abo."
Ungathandaza njani xa ugula
Ngokucacileyo, uThixo ufuna ukuba size kuye ngezigulo zethu ngokwasemzimbeni nangokweemvakalelo. Iincwadi zeVangeli zizaliswe ziingxelo zabantu abeza ngesibindi kuYesu ukuze baphiliswe. Akazange nje akhuthaze olo kholo, kodwa wayenokonwaba kwakhona.
Xa iqela lamadoda lisilelayo ukusondeza umhlobo wabo kuYesu, benza umngxuma kuphahla lwendlu awayeshumayela kuyo baza bayihlisa le ndoda yayife umzimba. Kuqala uYesu wazixolela izono zakhe, emva koko wamenza ukuba ahambe.
Ngesinye isihlandlo, xa uYesu wayephuma eYeriko, amadoda amabini aziimfama awayehleli ecaleni kwendlela amngxolisa. Abazange bahlebe. Abakhange bathethe. Bakhwaza! (UMateyu 20:31)
Ngaba umyili wendalo iphela ukhubekile? Ngaba akabakhathalelanga kwaye waqhubeka ehamba?
“Wema uYesu, wababiza. 'Ufuna ndikwenzele ntoni?' babuza "Mnumzana", baphendula bathi, "sifuna ukubona." UYesu wasikwa yimfesane ngabo, wawachukumisa amehlo abo. Zabona kwaoko, zamlandela ”.
Yiba nokholo kuThixo. Zingise. Ukuba ngenxa yezizathu zakhe ezingaqondakaliyo, uThixo akasiphilisi isigulo sakho, ungaqiniseka ukuba uya kuwuphendula umthandazo wakho wamandla angaphezu kwendalo ukuze usinyamezele.
Ungathandaza njani xa unombulelo
Ubomi bunamaxesha emimangaliso. Ibhayibhile ineengxelo ezininzi zeendawo apho abantu banombulelo kuThixo.
Xa uThixo wasindisa amaSirayeli abalekayo ngokwahlula uLwandle oluBomvu:
Waza uMiriyam umprofetikazi, udade boAron, wathabatha ingqongqo ngesandla sakhe, bahamba bonke abafazi bephethe iintambula, bengqungqa.
Emva kokuba uYesu evukile kwabafileyo enyukela ezulwini, abafundi bakhe:
“Waza yena waqubuda kuye, wabuyela eYerusalem, enovuyo olukhulu. Bahlala apho endlwini kaThixo, bedumisa uThixo. UThixo ufuna ukuba simdumise. Ungakhwaza, ucule, udanise, uhleke kwaye ulile ngezinyembezana zovuyo. Ngamanye amaxesha eyona mithandazo yakho mihle ayinamagama, kodwa uThixo, ngokulunga kwakhe okungapheliyo nothando, uyakuqonda ngokugqibeleleyo.