ISonto, September 8
Zikhetheleni ukuphila, ukuze kuthi lina kanye labantwabenu libe lokuphila.—Dute. 30:19.
Akwanelanga ukutshela umntanakho ukuthi yikuphi okumele akulandele lokungamelanga akulandele. Kufanele umsize acabangisise ngemibuzo le: ‘Kungani iBhayibhili lingavumi ukuthi senze izinto ezithile lanxa abanye abantu bezithanda kakhulu? Kuyini okwenza singathandabuzi ukuthi ukulandela izimiso eziseBhayibhilini kuyanceda kakhulu?’ (Isaya. 48:17, 18) Nxa umntwana elesifiso sokubhabhathizwa kumele ancediswe ukuze azwisise ukuthi kutshoni ukuba ngumKhristu ozinikeleyo. Kufanele abone ubuhle lobunzima obungabakhona kanye lokuthi yiziphi izibusiso angazithola ngokwenza njalo. (Mak. 10:29, 30) Ukwazi lokhu kuzamsiza nxa esebhabhathiziwe, ngakho kuqakatheke kakhulu ukuthi ancediswe endabeni le engakabhabhathizwa. Kumele abazali bazame ukusiza abantwababo ukuthi babone ubuhle bokulalela uJehova kanye lempumela ebakhona nxa bengamlaleli. Lokhu kuzabasiza ukuthi bazimisele ukulandela izimiso zakhe eziseBhayibhilini. w17.12 21 ¶14-15
UMvulo, September 9
[Uzibiza] zonke ngamabizo azo.—Isaya. 40:26, The Holy Bible in Ndebele.
Abafowethu labodadewethu abanengi bathwele nzima ngenxa yokugula. Abanye banakekela izihlobo esezigugile ngapha labo bevele sebekhulile. Abanye njalo bathwele nzima bezama ukuphandela izimuli zabo ukuze zithole izinto eziqakathekileyo empilweni. Kwabanye inhlupho zonke lezi zibuya zelekene. Nxa uJehova elendaba lezinkanyezi ezingaphiliyo, kusegcekeni ukuthi ulendaba lathi. Okwenza asiqakathekise yikuthi siyamkhonza futhi siyamthanda ngokusuka enhliziyweni. (Hubo. 19:1, 3, 14) UJehova wazi ngamunye wethu. ILizwi lakhe lithi: “Kwala zona izinwele zamakhanda enu zibaliwe.” (Mat. 10:30) Liphinda lithi: “Izinsuku zabangelasici ziyaziwa nguJehova.” (Hubo. 37:18) Lokhu kutshengisa ukuthi uJehova uyabubona ubunzima ophakathi kwabo njalo uzimisele ukukunika amandla ukuze ubumele. w18.01 7-8 ¶1, 4
OLwesibili, September 10
Thabitha, vuka!—ImiSeb. 9:40.
Umphostoli uPhetro wavusa uThabitha, njalo indaba le yaba segudwini futhi yenza “abanengi bakholwa eNkosini.” Kumele ukuthi baqalisa ukufakaza ngoJesu njalo bexoxela abanye ngendaba le eyayitshengisa ukuthi uJehova ulamandla okuvusa abafileyo. (ImiSeb. 9:36-42) Esinye isimangaliso sokuvuswa kothile senziwa ngumphostoli uPhawuli ngesikhathi esemhlanganweni edolobheni leThrowa. Ngalolosuku uPhawuli wakhuluma kwaze kwaba phakathi kobusuku. Wathi elokhu esakhuluma uYuthikhu wajunywa yibuthongo, wasesiwa esuka esitezi sesithathu wayatshaya phansi. Kungenzakala ukuthi udokotela uLukha nguye owafika kuqala wamhlola wasebona ukuthi usefile. UPhawuli wathi efika wazilahlela phezu kwakhe wamgona wasememeza wathi: ‘Uyaphila!’ Akuthandabuzwa ukuthi ukubona uPhawuli evusa uYuthikhu ‘kwabaduduza kakhulu’ bonke ababekhona.—ImiSeb. 20:7-12. w17.12 5 ¶10-11