Ifoto ngu-Eve Anderson
Ukupapashwa kokuqala ngoJanuwari 1, 2007.
KUKHO into efanayo minyaka le. Sijonga emva kwixesha leAdvent neleKrisimesi kwaye sive imbandezelo yokuzisola: “Khange ndithandaze ngokungathi ndiza… nditye kakhulu ... bendifuna lo nyaka ubaluleke… ndiphoswe lelinye ithuba.”
KuThixo, wonke umzuzu ngumzuzu wokuqala kwakhona. - UCatherine Doherty
Sijonge emva kwizigqibo zonyaka ophelileyo, kwaye siyaqonda ukuba asizigcinanga. Ezi zithembiso zaphuliwe kwaye iinjongo ezintle zihlala zinjalo.
KuThixo, wonke umzuzu ngumzuzu wokuqala kwakhona.
Khange sithandaze ngokwaneleyo, senze izinto ezilungileyo ebesiya kuzo, siguquke ngendlela ebesifanele ukuba yiyo, sibe ngabantu esasifuna ukuba ngabo.
KuThixo, wonke umzuzu ngumzuzu wokuqala kwakhona.
UMMANGALI WABATHENGI
Emva kolo hambo lokuziva benetyala kunye nezityholo ihlala ililizwi "lommangaleli wabazalwana" (ISityhi. 12: 10). Ewe, sisilele; yinyaniso: Ndingumoni ndifuna uMsindisi. Kodwa xa uMoya ekohlwaya, kubakho ubumnandi kuwo; ukukhanya, kunye nokuphefumla komoya omtsha okhokelela umntu ngqo kwi umlambo weNceba kaThixo. Kodwa uSathana uza kutyumza. Uza kusirhaxeka emgwebeni.
Kodwa kukho indlela yokubetha umtyholi kumdlalo wakhe-ngalo lonke ixesha. Isitshixo sokuphumelela siboshwe kwigama elinye, kwaye mayibe sisisombululo sethu salo nyaka mtsha:
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Xa ujongene neentloni zokungalunganga, zithobe phambi koThixo uthi, “Ewe ndiyenzile le nto. Ndinoxanduva. ”
Owu Thixo, umoya wam wonakele; intliziyo etyumkileyo ethobekileyo, Thixo, akuyi kuyidela. (INdumiso 51)
Xa ukhubeka kwaye uwele esonweni ucinga ukuba ungaphaya, zithobe phambi koThixo ngenyaniso yokuba ungubani kanye kanye.
Yiyo le ndiyithandayo: Yindoda ephantsi, eyaphukileyo, egubha ngelizwi lam. (Isaya 66: 2)
Xa uzimisele ukutshintsha, kwaye ngexeshana elincinci ubuyele kwisono esinye, zithobe phambi koThixo umtyhilela ukungakwazi kwakho ukutshintsha.
Ndihlala phezulu, engcweleni, ndinabo bamoya utyumkileyo nokudakumba. (Isaya 57:15)
Xa uziva uxinezelekile yingcinezelo, ukulingwa, ubumnyama, kunye netyala, khumbula ukuba iNkosi izele abagulayo, ukuba ifuna imvu elahlekileyo, engezanga kugweba, ukuba unje ngandlela zonke, ngaphandle isono. Khumbula ukuba indlela eya kuye yindlela asibonise yona:
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Uyingweletshetshe kubo bonke abazimela ngaye, (INdumiso 18: XNUMX)
IMIBA YOKHOLO
KuThixo, wonke umzuzu ngumzuzu wokuqala kwakhona.
Ukuthobeka ngumcimbi wokholo… ngumbandela wokuthenjwa, ukuba uThixo uyakundithanda nangona ndisilele kakhulu ukuba ngcwele. Kwaye ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa yileya UThixo uzakundilungisa; ukuze angandilahli kum aphilise kwaye andibuyisele.
uloyiso oloyisa umhlaba lukholo lwethu. (1 Yohane 5: 4)
Bazalwane noodade — Uyakwenza njalo. Kodwa inye kuphela isango loku kuphiliswa kunye nobabalo endilaziyo:
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Ukuba uyakwamkela oku, isiseko sabo bonke ubuhle, emva koko awunakuphathwa. Xa uSathana efika ezokuwisa, uya kubona ukuba sele uguqe phambi koThixo wakho.
Kwaye uya kusaba.
Mchaseni ke uMtyholi, wonibaleka. (Yakobi 4: 7)
Nabani na oziphakamisayo uya kuthotywa; kodwa nabani na ozithobayo uya kuphakanyiswa. (UMateyu 23:12)
Ubungcwele bukhula ngamandla okuguqula, ukuguquka, ukulungela ukuqala kwakhona, kwaye ngaphezulu kwako konke, kunye namandla oxolelaniso noxolelo. Kwaye sonke singayifunda le ndlela yobungcwele. -UPAPA BENEDICT XVI, kwiSixeko saseVatican, nge-31 kaJanuwari 2007
