Siku 3
Wafilipi 4:6-9
Somo la Maandiko(ESV)
6do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
9What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me — practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Tafakari ya leo
Paulusi anaandika maneno haya kuhusu amani kutoka katika gereza la Roma, akifanya ushauri wake kuwa wenye uzuri wa kupangia. Badala ya wasiwasi, anashauriwa sala yenye shukrani—si kwa sababu hali zetu zinakamatia shukrani kila wakati, lakini kwa sababu Mungu wetu yuko aminifu kila wakati. 'Amani ya Mungu' inayofuata si kutoweka kwa migogoro lakini uwepo wa shalom ya Mungu—zama zake na afya inayozidi uelewa wa wanadamu. Amani hii kwa utajamvu 'inaulinda' mioyo yetu na akili zetu kama mlinzi wa jeshi. Paulusi kisha anabadilisha sehemu ya moyo wetu tunavyokufa kwako: yeyote ni kweli, yenye heshima, sawa, safi, penzi, likabiliwe, bora, na sifa. Hii si kufikiri vyema lakini kufikiri kwa makusudio—kuchagua kupanga akili zetu na tabia na ahadi za Mungu. Baada ya kujenga uwepo wa Mungu (Siku ya 1) na upendo wake (Siku ya 2), tunakuta amani yake inayoulinda ulimwengu wetu wa ndani. Changamoto zako zinaweza kuwa hazibadilika leo, lakini muonekano wako unaweza kuwa unabadilika. Mungu aliyekutumia katika usalama wako na akuahidi upendo wake sasa anakutoa amani yake inayotabirika kumkamatia moyo wako unaojisikia wasiwasi.
Tafakari
Ni mawazo gani ya wasiwasi yanayohitaji kukamatwa Mungu katika sala, na nini cheti na sifa inayoweza kuchagua tunavyokaa katika badala?
Mwongozo wa sala
Letea Mungu matatizo yako mahsusi kwa shukrani kwa uaminifu wake, na umwombe akuulinde moyo wako na akili yako kwa amani yake...
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