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How to Live – Day 10

How to Live – Day 10

A Prayer.

Se(di)ngolwa (t)sa Bibele

JAKOBO 5

16Motho ka mong a ipolele dibe ho ba bang, mme le rapellane, hore le tle le fole. Thapelo ya motho ya lokileng e matla haholo.

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BAKOLOSE 1

Kreste le mosebetsi wa hae

9Ka baka leo, ho tloha mohla re neng re utlwa hona, rona ha re a ka ra kgaotsa ho le rapella. Re nnile ra kopa Modimo hore a le fe ho tseba thato ya hae, ka ho le nea bohlale bohle le kutlwisiso yohle e tswang ho Moya wa hae. 10Ka tsela ena le tla phela ka mokgwa o tshwanelehang mahlong a Modimo, le mo kgahlise dinthong tsohle. Le tla atleha mesebetsing yohle e lokileng, mme le hole tsebong ya Modimo. 11Le tla matlafatswa ka mekgwa yohle, ka matla a tswang tlotleng ya hae, hore le tle le be le tiisetso le mamello e phethehileng.

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BAGALATA 5

Ditholwana tsa Moya le mesebetsi ya botho

16Jwale ke re: Tsamaiswang ke Moya, mme ha le ka ke la phetha ditakatso tsa botho.

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1 BAKORINTHE 13

1Leha nka bua dipuo tsa batho le tsa mangeloi, empa ke se na lerato, ke itshwanela feela le tshepe e llang kapa lekapa le etsang mangenengene. 2Leha nka ba le neo ya boporofeta, mme ka tseba diphiri tsohle tsa Modimo, ka ba ka di utlwisisa, esita leha nka ba le tumelo yohle e hlokahalang ho suthisa dithaba, empa ke se na lerato, ha ke letho. 3Leha nka fana ka tsohle tseo ke nang le tsona, esita leha nka neelana ka mmele wa ka hore o tjheswe, empa ke se na lerato, ha ho nthuse letho.

4Lerato le na le mamello, lerato le mosa; ha le na mohono, ha le na boikakaso, ha le na boikgohomoso, 5ha le na mekgwa e mebe, ha le ikgopolele, ha le halefe, ha le na disuwa, 6ha le thabele bokgopo, empa le thabela nnete. 7Le iphapanyetsa tsohle, le dumela tsohle, le tshepa tsohle, le mamella tsohle.

8Lerato ha le ka ke la fela le ka mohla, empa dipolelo tsa boporofeta di tla fela, le neo ya maleme asele e tla kgaotsa, le tsebo e tla fela. 9Re tseba ka mokgwa o sa phethahalang, mme re porofeta ka mokgwa o sa phethahalang, 10empa mohla ho hlahang ho phethehileng, ho sa phethahalang ho tla fela. 11Ha ke ne ke sa le ngwana, ke ne ke bua jwaloka ngwana, ke hopola jwaloka ngwana, ke nahana jwaloka ngwana, empa ha ke se ke le monna, ke tlohetse tsa bongwana. 12Hajwale re bona ka seipone, ka lerootho, empa mohlang oo re tla bona jwalokaha difahleho di tadimane. Hajwale ke tseba ka mokgwa o sa phethahalang, empa mohlang oo ke tla tseba jwalokaha Modimo a ntseba.

13Jwale tsena tse tharo, e leng tumelo, le tshepo, le lerato, di tla nne di be teng, empa e kgolo ho tsona ke lerato.

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1 JOHANNE 4

8Ya se nang lerato ha a tsebe Modimo, kaha Modimo ke lerato.

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1 JOHANNE 4

12Ha ho ya kileng a bona Modimo le ka mohla. Ha re ratana, Modimo o phela ka ho rona, mme lerato la hae le phethehile ka ho rona.

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BAROMA 5

5mme tshepo eo ha e swabise, hobane dipelo tsa rona di tlatsitswe lerato la Modimo ke Moya o Halalelang oo re o neilweng.

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BAFILIPI 1

9Thapelo ya ka ke hore le ekeletswe lerato le nang le tsebo le kutlwisiso yohle hoyahoile, 10hore le tle le tsebe ho hlalohanya tse nang le thuso. Kahoo le tla hloka kodi le molato mohla Letsatsi la ho tla ha Kreste,

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Prayer is the hotline of hope that keeps a righteous man in touch with the great God. Through that binding connection we pray and have hope for ourselves, for loved ones, fellow believers and unbelievers. Prayer is more than just an emergency call to get needs met, it is also the hotline that generates power so that through the Holy Spirit I am more able to live as God wants. Prayer is therefore a two-way conversation between God and people.  Daily, I wait expectantly and with full attention, when I read God’s Word so that the Holy Spirit reveals God’s will for me.

Listen to what the Word already tells us about God’s will. As believers and image bearers of God in the world, we need to honour God by living simply and doing what he wants. We can know what he wants through prayer and asking that we will continually be filled:  “…with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives…” (Colossians 1:9) This means that we must live by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16) and allow God to lead us. Knowledge of His will must go hand in hand with growing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10) – the discovery of his heart, God’s incomparable greatness.

Such a life offers challenges to every believer. It needs a God-focused life and perseverance. Difficult? Not if we ask God, that we be “…strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience.” (Colossians 1:11).

Jesus’ preaching and teaching about the Christian believer’s lifestyle, centres around love. Without it, we are nothing (1 Corinthians 13), we do not know God (1 John 4:8) and God is not in us. (1 John 4:12) Every believer can be certain that the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5) We actually bear responsibility to cultivate that “seed” of love, and one way in which we can do so is to pray that our love will increase more and more in understanding and sensitivity so that we may be able to distinguish the things that matter, (Philippians 1:9). Why is this distinction necessary? It is necessary so that we, on the day of Christ, may be found pure and blameless. (Philippians 1:10).

Prayer has great power and has the ability to change our lives, our circumstances and outlook on life, because God hears every prayer. In the words of RA Torrey: “Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouses of God’s infinite grace and power. All that God is, and all that God has, are at the disposal of prayer.”

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