Wakhe weva ngoMax Lucado? Mhlawumbi igama lakhe livakala liqhelekile okanye awukaze ulive, kodwa ukusukela ngoku kuya kuba ngaphezulu ukuba uya kuba nomdla kwiingcinga zakhe. UMax Lucado wazalwa ngo-1955 eMelika. waphumelela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iAndrews, baphumelela kunxibelelwano kwiYunivesithi yase-Abilene yamaKristu kunye neeMasters kwiZifundo zeBhayibhile ukusuka kuyo.
Okwangoku ungumbhali ongumKristu othengisa kakhulu. Ukwangumshumayeli kwi-Oak Hills Church of Christ eSan Antonio, eTexas. Abalandeli bakhe baninzi kwaye kulo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wakhe ubhale ngaphezulu kweencwadi ezingama-50 kwaye uneekopi ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-80 ezithengiswayo. Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi ngaye Kuya kufuneka wazi iingcinga zakhe kwaye ke uyazi ukuba kutheni ebaluleke kangaka kubo bonke abalandeli bakhe.
Iingcaphuno zikaMax Lucado
Uhlala ezama ukwenza okuhle, wayengumvangeli wasemazweni kunye nenkosikazi yakhe. Ngamanye amaxesha uyala izimemo kudliwanondlebe lomabonakude xa oko kuthetha ukurhoxisa usapho okanye ukuzibophelela emsebenzini. Akangomntu otyiwa yintengiso okanye impumelelo yakhe, uzama ukugcina intliziyo ethobekileyo.
- Ukukhokela iokhestra, kufuneka ufulathele isihlwele.
- Utshintsha ubomi bakho ngokutshintsha intliziyo yakho.
- Ngaba unokucinga ngobomi obungenaloyiko? Ungathini ukuba ukholo, hayi uloyiko, ibikukusilela kwakho ukusongelwa?
- Indoda enekratshi inqabile ukuba ngumntu onombulelo kuba ayikholwa ukuba ifumene okuninzi njengoko kufanelekile.
- Ngamanye amaxesha uThixo uvumela iintlekele. Uvumela umhlaba ukuba wome kwaye neziqu zikhule zize. Ivumela uSathana ukuba enze umonakalo. Kodwa ayivumeli ukuba iphumelele.
- Musa ukubona iingxaki zakho njengokuphazamiseka kobomi, kodwa njengelungiselelo lokuphila. Akukho mntu wathi le ndlela izakuba lula okanye ngaphandle kobunzima. Kodwa uThixo uya kusebenzisa yonke imbandezelo ngokulungileyo.
- Malunga neentsuku ezine ngeveki, ndiqhuba kakuhle xa ndithandaza kusasa. Nangona kunjalo, luhlobo lokungcakaza. Into endifunde ukuyenza kakuhle kukuzama ukugcina ingqondo yam iphendukele kuThixo kwaye indlebe yam iphendukele kuThixo imini yonke, kwaye ndicinga ukuba ndingcono kuloo nto, kodwa ndinendlela ende ekusafuneka ndihambe.
- Uyazi abantu bacinga nje, 'Ewe, bonke ubomi bam ndiza kuba yindwendwe. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba ibe yinyani. Kukho indlela yokusela ebusweni bukaThixo kangangokuba ixhala liqala ukuphela.
- Impazamo kuphela ayikukubeka emngciphekweni ukwenza enye.
- Abantu bajonge indlela esenza ngayo kunokumamela oko sikuthethayo.
- Imvula encinci inokutshintsha isiqu seentyatyambo. Uthando oluncinci lunokutshintsha ubomi.
- Uthando, uvuyo, uxolo, ububele, ukholo, ukulunga, nokuzeyisa. Kubo ndibeka usuku lwam.
- Ungavumeli imiqobo yomdyarho ikugcine ekuonwabeleni umsitho wamabhaso ekugqibeleni.
- Abantu abenza umohluko ayingabo abo baneziqinisekiso, kodwa ngabo bawukhathaleleyo.
- Ixesha elidlulileyo alifanelanga ukuba libe yintolongo yakho. Unelizwi kwisiphelo sakho. Unento yokuthetha ebomini bakho. Unokukhetha kwindlela oyithathayo.
- Isitshixo yile: ukujongana nemicimbi yanamhlanje ngamandla anamhlanje. Sukuqala ukusombulula iingxaki zangomso kude kube ngomso. Awunawo amandla wangomso okwangoku. Unele namhlanje.
- Ungquzulwano alunakuphepheka, kodwa umlo awunakukhetha.
- Yonke into iyatshintsha xa sizivulela ukuba kungenzeka ukuba ibali likaThixo libali lethu ngokwenene.
- Yehlisa ulindelo lwakho emhlabeni. Ayililo izulu eli, musa ukulindela ukuba linjalo.
- Akukho ndlela yokuba iingqondo zethu ezincinci ziluqonde uthando lukaThixo. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba akafikeleli kuthi.
- Intliziyo yomfazi kufuneka ifihlwe kuthixo kangangokuba indoda kuya kufuneka ikhangele uthixo ukuze imfumane.
- Xolela kwaye unike ngokungathi lithuba lokugqibela. Thanda ngokungathi akukho ngomso, kwaye ukuba ngomso uyeza, thanda kwakhona.
- Ukholo asikokukholelwa nje ukuba uThixo uya kuyenza le nto uyifunayo. Kukukholelwa ukuba uThixo uza kwenza into elungileyo.
- Nangona singenakuyibona injongo yakhe kunye necebo lakhe, iNkosi yezulu isetroneni yayo kwaye ilawula ngokuqinileyo indalo kunye nobomi bethu.
- Uxolelo kukuvula umnyango ukhulule umntu kwaye uqonde ukuba ulibanjwa.
- Umbulelo uphakamisa amehlo ethu, ususe amehlo ethu kwizinto esingenazo ukuze sikwazi ukubona iintsikelelo esinazo. Akukho nto ibulala ubusika busuku bemini njengomoya wokubulela.
- Sukuba nexhala lokuba namagama afanelekileyo; ukhathazeke ngokuba nentliziyo elungileyo. Akafuni ukuthetha, kodwa ukunyaniseka.
- Khange ube ngengozi. Awuzange uveliswe ngobuninzi. Awuyiyo imveliso ehlanganiswe ngobuninzi. Ubucwangciswe ngabom, unesiphiwo esithile, kwaye ubekwe emhlabeni yingcibi eyincutshe.
- Sikuthathele ingqalelo ukubandezeleka kwethu ngokwahlukileyo. "Intlungu yam ibonisa ukungabikho kukaThixo" inokuthi ithathelwe indawo yile: "Intlungu yam yandisa injongo kaThixo."
- Ukuba uthixo wayenayo ifriji, ubuso bakho buya kuba kuyo. Ukuba bendinesipaji, ifoto yakho ibiya kuba kuyo. Uthumela iintyatyambo rhoqo entwasahlobo nasekuphumeni kwelanga rhoqo kusasa.
- UThixo uyakuthanda njengoko unjalo, kodwa akafuni kukushiya unje. Ufuna ukuba ufane noYesu.
- Yiba ngumntwana kwakhona. Hleka Icookie Monster. Thatha ukulala kancinci. Cela uxolo ukuba wenzakalise umntu. Sukela ibhabhathane. Yiba ngumntwana kwakhona.
- UAdam watyhola uEva. UKayin wabulala umninawa wakhe. UAbraham waxoka ngoSara. URebheka wayethanda uYakobi. UJacob wamkhohlisa uEsawu kwaye kwangoko wazala iqela labaphangi. Incwadi yeGenesis igcwele ziintlekele zosapho.
- Iingcinga zikaThixo azizizo iingcinga zethu, azifani nezethu. Asikho nakwindawo enye. Sicinga: khusela umzimba; ucinga: gcina umphefumlo. Siphupha ngokunyuka kwemivuzo; uphupha ukuvusa umntu ofileyo. Siyaziphepha iintlungu kwaye sifuna uxolo. UThixo usebenzisa iintlungu ukuzisa uxolo. Sigqibo: "Ndiza kuphila ngaphambi kokuba ndife." Uyasiyalela: "Yifa ukuze uphile." Siyakuthanda oko konakalisiweyo. Uyakuthanda ukunyamezela. Siyavuya ngempumelelo yethu. Uyakuvuyela ukuvuma kwethu izono. Sibonisa abantwana bethu inkwenkwezi yeNike kwaye sithi ngoncumo lwesigidi seedola, "Yiba njengoMike." U-Thixo walatha kumchweli obethelelwe emilebeni enegazi kwaye wahlaba icala kwaye wathi: "Yiba njengoKristu."
