Ukuzindla kosuku: Zila isikhathi somkhuleko weqiniso
Kepha wena, nxa uthandaza, ngena ekamelweni lakho elingaphakathi, uvale umnyango, ukhuleke kuYihlo ngasese. UYihlo obona ekusithekeni uzakukuvuza. UMathewu 6: 6 Enye yezingxenye ezibaluleke kakhulu zomthandazo weqiniso ukuthi kwenzeka ngaphakathi egumbini elingaphakathi lomphefumulo wakho. Yilapho ekujuleni kwangaphakathi kwakho lapho uzohlangana khona noNkulunkulu. Ukuhlangana naye, ukuthandaza kuye nokuxhumana naye kudinga ukuthi singene egumbini elijulile nelingaphakathi impela lale nqaba yomphefumulo wethu. Yilapho, endaweni yokuhlala esondelene kakhulu, lapho kutholakala khona inkazimulo nobuhle bukaNkulunkulu ngokuphelele. UnguNkulunkulu osondele futhi osondelene kakhulu kunalokho esingakucabanga. ILent yisikhathi, ngaphezu kwanoma yisiphi esinye isikhathi sonyaka, lapho kufanele silwele ukwenza lolo hambo lwangaphakathi ukuze sithole ubukhona bukaZiqu-zintathu Ongcwele.
Yini uNkulunkulu ayifunayo kuwe ngale Lent? Kulula ukuqala iLente ngokuzibophezela okungaphezulu, njengokuyeka ukudla okuthandayo noma ukwenza isenzo esithe xaxa. Abanye bakhetha ukusebenzisa iLent njengesikhathi sokubuyela esimeni somzimba, kanti abanye banquma ukuchitha isikhathi esithe xaxa ekufundeni okungokomoya noma kwezinye izivivinyo ezingcwele. Konke lokhu kuhle futhi kuyasiza. Kodwa ungaqiniseka ukuthi isifiso esijulile seNkosi yethu ngawe le Lent siwukuthi uyathandaza. Umthandazo awuyona nje imithandazo. Akukhona nje ukusho irosari, noma ukuzindla ngomBhalo, noma ukwenza imithandazo eqanjwe kahle. Umkhuleko ekugcineni ubuhlobo noNkulunkulu.Kungukuhlangana noNkulunkulu onguZiqu-zintathu ohlala kuwe. Umkhuleko weqiniso uyisenzo sothando phakathi kwakho noMthandekayo wakho. Ukushintshana kwabantu: impilo yakho ibe ngekaNkulunkulu.Umkhuleko isenzo sobumbano nesokuhlangana lapho siba munye noNkulunkulu futhi uNkulunkulu abe munye nathi. Izimfihlakalo ezinkulu zisifundise ukuthi kunamazinga amaningi emthandazweni. Sivame ukuqala ngokuphindaphinda imithandazo, njengomthandazo omuhle werosari. Ukusuka lapho sizindla, sizindle futhi sizindle ngokujulile ngezimfihlakalo zeNkosi yethu nempilo yayo. Simazi ngokugcwele futhi, kancane kancane, sithola ukuthi asisacabangi ngoNkulunkulu kuphela, kodwa sesimbheke ubuso nobuso. Njengoba siqala isikhathi esingcwele seLente, cabanga ngomkhuba wakho wokuthandaza. Uma izithombe zomkhuleko ezilethwe lapha zikuhlaba umxhwele, yenza umzamo wokuthola okwengeziwe. Zibophezele ekutholeni uNkulunkulu ngomkhuleko. Akukho mkhawulo noma ukuphela ekujuleni uNkulunkulu afuna ukukudonsela kukho ngomkhuleko. Umthandazo weqiniso awukhathazi neze. Lapho uthola umkhuleko weqiniso, uthola imfihlakalo kaNkulunkulu engenamkhawulo, futhi lokhu kutholakala kunenkazimulo enkulu kunanoma yini ongayicabanga empilweni.
Nkosi yami engcwele, ngiyazinikela kuwe ngale Lentente. Ngikhange ukuze ngikwazi kangcono. Ngivulele ubukhona bakho bobuNkulunkulu, obuhlala ngaphakathi kimi, obungibiza kuwe. Kwangathi le Lenti, Nkosi ethandekayo, ingaba nenkazimulo njengoba ngiqinisa uthando lwami nokuzinikela kwami ngokuthola isipho somkhuleko weqiniso. Jesu ngiyakholelwa kuwe.