Chitatu, August 16
Masu ngaku Yehova ngaleresa uku ndi uku pacharu chosi chapasi kuti walongo nthazi zaki ku ŵanthu wo atimuvwiya ndi mtima wosi.—2 Mik. 16:9.
Wonani vo Yehosafati, Fumu ya Yuda, wanguchita. Nyengu yinyaki, Yehosafati wanguchita vinthu mwambula zeru. Iyu wanguzomera kuluta kunkhondu ndi Ahabu fumu ya Yisraele. Chinanga kuti achimi aboza 400 angusimikiziya Ahabu kuti wamupunda, kweni mchimi waku Yehova Mikaya wangukamba kuti amuthereskeka. Ahabu wangufwa pa nkhondu iyi ndipu Yehosafati wanguthaŵa. Wati wawere ku Yerusalemu, wanguchenyeka chifukwa cha kukoliyana ndi Ahabu. Chinanga kuti venga viyo, Yehu mwana waku Hanani wangukambiya Yehosafati kuti: “Pe vinthu vamampha vo vawoneka mwaku iwi.” (2 Mik. 18:4, 5, 18-22, 33, 34; 19:1-3) Mbuneneska kuti Yehosafati wanguchita vinthu vambula kwenere, kweni Yehova wanguwona vinthu vamampha vo wanguchita. (2 Mik. 17:3-10) Nkhani yaku Yehosafati yititikumbusa kuti chinanga kuti te ambula kufikapu, Yehova walutirizengi kutiyanja asani tichita vinthu vakumukondwesa. w15 8/15 1:8, 9
Chinayi, August 17
Uŵakambiyi kuti achitengi vamampha, . . . kuti akolesi umoyu weneku.—1 Tim. 6:18, 19.
Kumbi tinganozgeke wuli umoyu wa m’charu chifya? Tiyeruzgiyi kuti tikhumba kusamukiya ku charu chinyaki. Kumbi tinganozgeke wuli? Tingayamba kusambira chineneru ndipuso midawuku ya ŵanthu a m’charu cho. Kweniso tingayesa chakurya chawu. Tingayesesa kuja nge mo ŵanthu a m’charu cho ajaliya, chifukwa tiziŵa kuti ndimu tamujaliya asani tasamiya kweniko. Mwakuyana waka, tinganozgeke umoyu wa m’charu chifya asani tiyesesa kuja nge mo tikhumbiya kuzijaliya pa nyengu yo. Ŵanthu anandi ŵe ndi mtima wakukhumba kujilamuliya ndi kungangamiya pa vo akhumba. Kumbi ivi vawovya? Awa. Pacharu chapasi pe masuzgu nganandi chifukwa chakuti ŵanthu akana kulongozgeka ndi Chiuta. (Yer. 10:23) Tikhumbisisa kuzija mu nyengu yo ŵanthu wosi azamuvwiyanga Yehova. w15 8/15 3:4, 5
Chinkhondi, August 18
Mungamangikanga mugoli ndi ŵanthu ambula chivwanu cha.—2 Ŵakor. 6:14.
Akhristu wo akhumba kuto pamwenga kuyirwa ndiwu akhumbika ukongwa kuphwere ndi ŵanthu wo acheza nawu. Bayibolu likamba kuti ateŵeti aku Chiuta akhumbika kuto pamwenga kuyirwa ‘mwa Ambuya.’ Ivi ving’anamuwa kuti atenere kutorana ndi munthu wakubatizika yo walondo visambizu va m’Malemba. (1 Ŵakor. 7:39) Asani munthu watorana ndi Mkhristu munyaki, ndikuti wasaniya bwezi lo lingamuwovya kuja wakugomezeka kwaku Yehova. Yehova watitikhumbiya vamampha ndipu ulongozgi waki pa nkhani ya nthengwa usintha cha. Wonani dangu lambula kusuzga kuvwa lo wangukambiya Ayisraele kuporote mwaku Mosese. Pakukamba za ŵanthu amitundu yinyaki, Chiuta wangukambiya Ayisraele kuti: “Mungatorananga nawu nthengwa cha. . . . Chifukwa apatusengi ŵana ŵinu kuti aleki kulondo ini ndipu ateŵetiyengi achiuta anyaki.”—Mar. 7:3, 4. w15 8/15 4:12, 13