By Out of fear of unpleasant consequences, we often make terrible decisions. We don’t want to deal with conflict, so we decide to ignore a matter for way to long. We don’t want to do the hard work of keeping a record of our finances, so we decide to cruise along
By Ubulungiswa buyisidingo esiphuthumayo
Uma sicabanga ngezidingo eziphuthumayo sicabanga amaphoyisa, ama-ambulensi, kanye nonogada abahlomile, nezinye izinto. Isizathu esenza sicabange ukuthi lezi izidingo eziphuthumayo ukuthi zonke sisuke sizidinga ngokuphuthuma, ngoba uma zike zabambezeleka noma kancane nje, imiphumela iba mibi. Uma i-ambulensi ingafikanga ngesikhathi, umuntu uyafa. Uma amaphoyisa engafikanga ngokushesha endaweni yesigameko, ubugebengu buba bukhulu. Uma
Christianese: Faith
Perhaps the most familiar religious term to all professing Christians is the word “faith”. Can you give a short explanation of what it means? Faith is “belief in”. It needs to be differentiated from mere “belief”, for in our times “faith” has become a commodity—the more you have of it,
Yini oyenzayo ngoNkulunkulu onamandla onke?
UNkulunkulu unamandla onke awadingayo ukwenza lokho Athanda ukukukwenza. UNkulunkulu akakaze wadikibaliswa ukuhluleka noma ukushoda kwezindlela zokuphumelelisa izinhloso Zakhe. Kepha uNkulunkulu wethu usezulwini; wenza konke akuthandayo. Amahubo 115:3 UNkulunkulu usebenzisa amandla amangalisiyo ukusindisa abantu uma bezwa ivangeli (KwabaseRoma 1:16) anikezele isiqinisekiso saphakade kulabo Abasindisile (ngokukaJohane 10:28-29). Amandla kaNkulunkulu amenza Akwazi ukuphumelelisa
On the Altar of Self
Christian, have you ever taken account of all you have sacrificed on the altar of self? Those times where a little godliness was sacrificed to maintain the desired image of yourself, where a close relationship was sacrificed for the justification of self, or where obedience to God was sacrificed for
UNkulunkulu wami uyangazi
IHubo 139 lingelinye eliyintandokazi yesikhathi sonke kumakholwa amaningi. Lingu bufakazi obumangalisayo kuNkulunkulu wethu esingena kufinyelelwa kuye ngomqondo womuntu kepha unobudlelwano obusondele kakhulu nathi. Kuqala futhi kugcine ngolwazi lukaNkulunkulu ngathi. UNkulunkulu wethu usazile (V1), futhi thina ngenjabulo sakhuleka ukuthi uzoqhubeke ukusazi. (Amavesi 23-24) Kwizindima ezine uDavide unaba kabanzi ngolwazi lwakhe ngolwazi
Who Should Praise the LORD?
Praising the LORD is not only the duty and privilege of the redeemed. Certainly every person saved from sin owes the LORD excessive praises, but the reality is that all things ought to praise the LORD. In Psalm 148 the following list is given of those who have an obligation
Umdala Wezinsuku
Kathathu encwadini kaDaniyeli 7 uNkulunkulu ubizwa “NgoMdala Wezinsuku”. Lesisisho sihlanganisa iphakade likaNkulunkulu esikhathini esesadlula kanye nokuhlakanipha Kwakhe okuphelele ukufaneleka ukwahlulela umhlaba. Ngisabheka, kwahlala omdala wezinsuku; izambatho zakhe zazimhlophe njengeqhwa, izinwele zekhanda lakhe zinjengoboya bezimvu obuhlanzekileyo; isihlalo sakhe sobukhosi sasingamalangabi omlilo, amasondo aso engumlilo ovuthayo. Umnonjana womlilo wavela, waphuma phambi kwakhe;
A Primer In Church Attitudes.
Someone recently said that prayers in church should be long enough so that the false worshipers get bored. There is indeed a lot of truth to that statement. It is the kind of statement that can easily be abused, but to the pure worshiper, it is a statement that renews
Bonga
Kunomehluko ukubonga kanye nokuhambisa ukubonga. Omunye engasho ngomlomo athi “ngiyabonga” ebe engakuqondile. Kanjalo omunye engasho ukuthi “ngigcwele ukubonga” ebe ekuphika lokho lapho enqaba ukukuveza. Ukubonga kweqiniso kuhlale kuziveza ngokubonga kwalabo abalethe lokhu okubongwayo. Futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi umkhuba wokunikeza ukubonga wenza ukuthi umuntu agcwaliswe ngokubonga. UDavide wayaziwa ngokwesaba uNkulunkulu ngoba wayekwazi