Wake wezwa ngoMax Lucado? Mhlawumbe igama lakhe lizwakala lijwayelekile kuwe noma mhlawumbe awukaze umuzwe, kepha kusukela manje kungenzeka ukuthi uzoba nentshisekelo emicabangweni yakhe. UMax Lucado wazalwa ngo-1955 e-United States. waphumelela e-Andrews High School, bathweswa iziqu Kwezokuxhumana e-Abilene Christian University ngeziqu ze-master ezifundweni ze-Biblical lapho.
Njengamanje ungumbhali ongumKristu othengisa kakhulu. Ungumshumayeli e-Oak Hills Church of Christ eSan Antonio, eTexas. Abalandeli bakhe baningi futhi kulo lonke umsebenzi wakhe ubhale izincwadi ezingaphezu kwama-50 futhi unamakhophi aprintiwe angaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80. Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngaye kufanele uqonde imicabango yakhe futhi ngalokho wazi ukuthi kungani ebaluleke kangaka kubo bonke abalandeli bakhe.
Izilinganiso zikaMax Lucado
Uhlala ezama ukwenza okuhle, wayeyisithunywa sevangeli kanye nomkakhe. Kwesinye isikhathi wenqaba izimemo ezingxoxweni zethelevishini lapho kusho ukukhansela umndeni wakhe noma ukuzibophezela emsebenzini. Akayena umuntu odliwa ukuthengisa noma impumelelo yakhe, uzama ukugcina inhliziyo ethobekile.
- Ukuhola i-orchestra, kufanele ufulathele isixuku.
- Ushintsha impilo yakho ngokushintsha inhliziyo yakho.
- Ungayicabanga impilo engenakwesaba? Ungathini uma ukukholwa, hhayi ukwesaba, bekungukusabela kwakho okuzenzakalelayo ezinsongweni?
- Umuntu oziqhenyayo kuyaqabukela engumuntu onokubonga ngoba akaze akholelwe ukuthi uthole okuningi kakhulu njengoba kumfanele.
- Kwesinye isikhathi uNkulunkulu uvumela izinhlekelele. Uvumela inhlabathi ukuba yome futhi neziqu zikhule zingabonakali. Ivumela uSathane ukuba enze umonakalo omkhulu. Kepha ayikuvumeli ukuthi iphumelele.
- Ungaboni izinhlupheko zakho njengokuphazamiseka kwempilo, kodwa njengelungiselelo lokuphila. Akekho owathi lo mgwaqo uzoba lula noma uzoba ngaphandle kobunzima. Kepha uNkulunkulu uzosebenzisa lonke usizi ukwenza into enhle.
- Cishe izinsuku ezine ngeviki, ngenza kahle ngesikhathi somkhuleko wasekuseni. Kepha, nokho, kuyinto yokugembula into. Lokho engikufunde ukukwenza okungcono kakhulu ukuzama ukugcina ingqondo yami iphendukele kuNkulunkulu nendlebe yami iphendukele kuNkulunkulu usuku lonke, futhi ngicabanga ukuthi ngingcono kulokho, kepha kunendlela ende okufanele ngiyihambe.
- Uyazi abantu bacabanga nje, 'Yebo, kukho konke ukuphila kwami ngizoba yinduna. Lokho akumele kube yiqiniso. Kukhona indlela yokuphuza phambi kukaNkulunkulu kangangokuthi ukukhathazeka kuqala ukwehla.
- Iphutha okuwukuphela kokuzibeka engozini lokwenza elilodwa.
- Abantu babheka indlela esenza ngayo kunokulalela esikushoyo.
- Imvula encane ingashintsha isiqu sembali. Uthando oluncane lungashintsha impilo.
- Uthando, injabulo, ukuthula, umusa, ukholo, ubuhle nokuzithiba. Kubo ngibeka usuku lwami.
- Ungavumeli izithiyo zomjaho zikuvimbe ekujabuleleni umcimbi wemiklomelo ekugcineni.
- Abantu abenza umehluko akubona labo abaneziqinisekiso, kepha yilabo abanendaba nakho.
- Okwedlule akudingeki kube yijele lakho. Unezwi ekudalelweni kwakho. Unokuthile ongakusho empilweni yakho. Unokukhetha endleleni oyithathayo.
- Ukhiye yilokhu: bhekana nezinkinga zanamuhla ngamandla wanamuhla. Ungaqali ukubhekana nezinkinga zakusasa kuze kube kusasa. Okwamanje awunawo amandla wakusasa. Unokwanele kwanamuhla.
- Ukungqubuzana akunakugwenywa, kepha ukulwa kuyakhethwa.
- Konke kuyashintsha lapho sizivulela ethubeni lokuthi kungenzeka ukuthi indaba kaNkulunkulu iyindaba yethu futhi.
- Yehlisa okulindele emhlabeni. Lokhu akulona izulu, ungalindeli ukuthi kuzoba njalo.
- Ayikho indlela yokuthi izingqondo zethu ezincane ziluqonde uthando lukaNkulunkulu. Kepha lokho akusho ukuthi akasifinyeleli.
- Inhliziyo yowesifazane kufanele ifihlwe kunkulunkulu kangangokuthi umuntu kuzodingeka afune unkulunkulu ukuze amthole.
- Xolela futhi unikeze sengathi bekuyithuba lokugcina. Thanda sengathi alikho kusasa, futhi uma kusasa liza, thanda futhi.
- Ukholo aluyona nje inkolelo yokuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenza lokho okufunayo. Kuyinkolelo yokuthi uNkulunkulu uzokwenza okulungile.
- Yize singayiboni injongo yakhe necebo lakhe, inkosi yezulu isesihlalweni sayo sobukhosi futhi ilawula ngokuqinile indawo yonke nezimpilo zethu.
- Intethelelo ukuvula umnyango wokukhulula umuntu bese ubona ukuthi uyisiboshwa.
- Ukubonga kuphakamisa ukubuka kwethu, kususa amehlo ethu ezintweni esizintulayo ukuze sikwazi ukubona izibusiso esinazo. Ayikho into ebulala amakhaza asebusika wosuku olufana nomoya wokubonga.
- Ungakhathazeki ngokuba namazwi afanele; ukhathazeke ngokuba nenhliziyo elungile. Akafuni ukukhuluma kahle, kodwa ukwethembeka kuphela.
- Ubungeyona ingozi. Awukhiqizwanga ngobuningi. Awuyena umkhiqizo ohlanganiswe ngobuningi. Wawuhlelwe ngamabomu, wanikezwa ngokukhethekile, futhi wabekwa emhlabeni yizingcweti.
- Sibheke ukuhlupheka kwethu ngokuhlukile. "Ubuhlungu bami bukhombisa ukungabi bikho kukaNkulunkulu" bekuyothathelwa indawo yile: "Ubuhlungu bami bandisa injongo kaNkulunkulu."
- Ukube unkulunkulu wayenesiqandisi, ubuso bakho babuyoba kuso. Ukube benginesikhwama semali, isithombe sakho besizoba kuso. Uthumela izimbali njalo entwasahlobo nasekuphumeni kwelanga njalo ekuseni.
- UNkulunkulu uyakuthanda njengoba unjalo, kepha uyenqaba ukukuyeka njengoba unjalo. Ufuna ube njengoJesu.
- Yiba ingane futhi. Ahleke Ikhukhi Monster. Cambalala. Cela ukuthethelelwa uma ulimaze othile. Jaha uvemvane. Yiba ingane futhi.
- U-Adamu wamangalela u-Eva. UKayini wabulala umfowabo omncane. U-Abrahama waqamba amanga ngoSara. URebheka wayethanda uJakobe. UJakobe wamkhohlisa u-Esawu futhi ngokushesha wazala iqembu lezigelekeqe. Incwadi kaGenesise igcwele izinhlekelele zemindeni.
- Imicabango kaNkulunkulu akuyona imicabango yethu, ayifani neyethu. Asikho ngisho endaweni efanayo. Sicabanga: ukuvikela umzimba; uyacabanga: sindisa umphefumulo. Siphupha ngokunyuselwa umholo; uphupha evusa umuntu ofile. Sigwema izinhlungu futhi sifuna ukuthula. UNkulunkulu usebenzisa ubuhlungu ukuletha ukuthula. Sinquma: "Ngizophila ngaphambi kokuba ngife." Uyasiyala: "Fela ukuze uphile." Siyakuthanda okonakele. Uyakuthanda okubekezelayo. Siyajabula ngempumelelo yethu. Uyakujabulela ukuvuma kwethu izono. Sikhombisa izingane zethu inkanyezi yeNike bese sithi ukumamatheka okuyizigidi zamadola, "Yiba njengoMike." UNkulunkulu ukhomba umbazi obethelwe ngezindebe ezinegazi nohlangothi olubhobozwayo bese ethi: "Yiba njengoKristu."
