Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza
Ufunde njani ukuthandaza? Xa simana sicinga ngako, siza kufikelela kwesi sigqibo: abantu esibathandayo basibonisile indlela yokuthandaza. Inokuba sifunde kubo ngokuthandaza kunye nabo, ngokubuza imibuzo ngomthandazo, okanye ngokumamela iintshumayelo malunga nomthandazo.
Abafundi bakaYesu babefuna ukufunda indlela yokuthandaza. Ngenye imini umlandeli kaYesu wambuza wathi: “Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza. . . "(ULuka 11: 1). Kwaye uYesu waphendula ngomthandazo omfutshane, ofundeka lula nowaziwa njengoMthandazo weNkosi. Lo mthandazo mhle uye waba yeyona nto uyithandayo kubalandeli bakaYesu kwiinkulungwane ezidlulileyo.
Umthandazo weNkosi ngumzekelo wenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo esizenzayo njengamaKristu: thandaza. Xa sithandaza, siyakuqonda ukuxhomekeka kwethu okupheleleyo kuThixo njengoBawo wethu waseZulwini, umbulelo wethu kuThixo, nobizo lwethu lothando nokukhonza uThixo kuzo zonke iindawo zobomi bethu.
Imithandazo yale nyanga imalunga nomthandazo ngokubanzi kunye nomthandazo weNkosi ngokukodwa.
Sithandazela ukuba le nyanga ijolise emthandazweni izakuvuselela ukuzibophelela okunzulu nothando lokunxibelelana noBawo wethu waseZulwini kwaye simthande kwaye simkhonze yonke imihla. Njengoko ufunda eli nqaku namhlanje, kwanga ungahlaziywa, uphinde uphinde uphinde uwahlaziye eLizwini likaThixo!
Ndiyakusikelela Bawo oyiNgcwele ngesipho ngasinye osinike sona, ndikhulule kuko konke ukudimazeka kwaye undenze ndithathele ingqalelo iimfuno zabanye. Ndicela uxolo ukuba ngamanye amaxesha khange ndithembeke kuwe, kodwa uyalwamkela uxolelo lwam kwaye undiphe ubabalo lokuphila ubuhlobo bakho. Ndiphila ngokukholosa ngawe kuphela, ndicela undinike uMoya oyiNgcwele ukuze undishiye kuwe wedwa.
Malibongwe igama lakho elingcwele, ubusiswe nawe emazulwini, uzukile, ungcwele. Ndiyacela tata ongcwele, yamkele isicelo sam endiza kuthetha nawe namhlanje, mna ndingumoni ndibuyela kuwe ndicela ubabalo olulangazelelwe (ukubiza igama lobabalo olufunayo). Unyana wakho uYesu owathi "cela uya kwamkela" ndiyakucela uyandiva kwaye undihlangule kobu bubi bundikhathaza kakhulu. Ndibeka ubomi bam bonke ezandleni zakho kwaye ndibeka ithemba lam kuwe, wena ungutata wam wasezulwini kwaye wenza okuhle kakhulu kubantwana bakho.