Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza
Ufunde kanjani ukuthandaza? Lapho sima ukucabanga ngakho, mhlawumbe sifinyelela kulesi siphetho: abantu esibathandayo basibonisile ukuthi sithandaze kanjani. Kungenzeka ukuthi sifunde kubo ngokuthandaza nabo, ngokubuza imibuzo ngomthandazo, noma ngokulalela izintshumayelo ngomthandazo.
Abafundi bakaJesu babefuna ukufunda ukuthandaza. Ngelinye ilanga umlandeli kaJesu wambuza: “Nkosi, sifundise ukuthandaza. . . "(Luka 11: 1). Futhi uJesu waphendula ngomthandazo omfishane ofundeka kalula owaziwa ngokuthi uMthandazo WeNkosi. Lo mthandazo omuhle ube yintandokazi kubalandeli bakaJesu emakhulwini eminyaka adlule.
Umkhuleko weNkosi uyisibonelo sezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu esizenzayo njengamaKristu: thandaza. Lapho sithandaza, sibona ukuncika kwethu ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu njengoBaba wethu waseZulwini, ukubonga kwethu kuNkulunkulu, nokubiza kwethu ukuthanda nokukhonza uNkulunkulu kuzo zonke izingxenye zempilo yethu.
Ukuzinikela kwale nyanga kumayelana nomthandazo uwonke kanye nomthandazo weNkosi ikakhulukazi.
Siyathandaza ukuthi ukugxila kule nyanga emthandazweni kuzovusa ngamunye wethu ukuzibophezela okujulile nentshisekelo yokuxhumana noBaba wethu waseZulwini futhi simthande futhi simkhonze nsuku zonke. Njengoba ufunda le ndatshana namuhla, kwangathi ingavuselelwa, iguqulwe futhi ivuselelwe eZwini likaNkulunkulu!
Ngikubusisa Baba oNgcwele ngesipho ngasinye onginike sona, ungikhulule kukho konke ukudangala futhi ungenze nginake izidingo zabanye. Ngicela intethelelo yakho uma kwesinye isikhathi bengingathembekanga kuwe, kepha wamukela intethelelo yami futhi unginike umusa wokuphila ngobungane bakho. Ngiphila ngokuthembela kuwe kuphela, ngicela unginike uMoya oNgcwele ukuze ungilahle kuwe kuphela.
Malibongwe igama lakho elingcwele, ubusiswe nasezulwini okhazimulayo futhi ungcwele. Ngiyacela baba ongcwele, yemukela isicelo sami engizosibhekisa kuwe namhlanje, mina ngiyisoni ngiphendukele kuwe ngicele umusa ofunwayo (ukubiza umusa owufunayo) Indodana yakho uJesu owathi "cela uzokwamukela" ngiyakuncenga uyangizwa ungikhulule kulobu bubi obungizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu. Ngibeka impilo yami yonke ezandleni zakho futhi ngibeka ithemba lami kuwe, wena ongubaba wami osezulwini futhi wenza okuhle kakhulu ezinganeni zakho.