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GOD’S PROMISES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING” LAMENTATION 3;23

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney


Saturday, January 2, 2016

YESU ANASEMA NJONI KWANGU NIPO KWA AJILI YENU.



JANUARY 2

Tukisoma kutoka katika kitabu cha 2 cha Wakorito 4:7; matatizo na majaribu ambayo tunakumbana nayo katika maisha yetu ya kila siku bililia inatueleza ni ya muda tu kama tunaamini ukuu wa Mungu. Jukumu letu ni kuamini katika ukuu wa kazi ya Mungu. Tunatakiwa kuendelea kuamini kuwa tukiweza kufungua mioyo yetu na kuukaribisha utakatifu wake ndani yetu tutafanikiwa; lakini bila nguvu ya Mungu sisi sio kitu na hatuwezi kitu chochote. Uwezo wa kufikiri, uwezo wa ubunifu, uwezo wa kuongea vizuri na hata mafanikio yote ambayo leo tunajivunia ni zawadi kutoka kwake. Nani aijuaye kesho? Kesho iko mikononi mwa Mungu peke yake;

Kumbusho kubwa hapa ni hili hakuna kitu chochote kinachoshindikana mbele ya Mwenyezi Mungu; hata kama tunakuwa na shida au maumivu tunakumbushwa kuwa maumivu ni sehemu ya maisha na ukuaji wa maisha ya ukristo ndani yetu. Tunatakiwa kutumia maumivu tunayoyapata katika maisha yetu ni sehemu ya kukua kwetu kiimani.Tunaaswa kuwa ushindani mkubwa amabo daima tunapambana nao ni mapigano ambayo yapo ndani ya miili yetu yetu kati ya nguvu ya mwili na nguvu Roho; Nguvu ya mwili ina jumuisha: matamanio ambayo ndio yanatawala maisha yetu kwa kiasi kikubwa kama, choyo, ubinafsi, kutukuwa na subira; kushindwa kujishusha hii inahitimiswa na dhana ya kuwa sisi ni wafalme wa maisha yetu na hatuhitaji msaada wa Mwenyezi Mungu katika mafanikio yetu hapa duniani.

Nguvu ya roho ni ile khali ya kumtegemea Mungu kuwa yeye ni kila kitu kila jambo nzuri au bay ambalo lio mbele yetu ni kazi ya mikono yake na inatupasa kushukuru; Unyenyekevu ni silaha inayotumika kwa wale wote ambao hutegemea nguvu ya Kiroho; Hapo ndipo yesu anajidhihirisha kwa usemi huu wa Njoni kwangu nami nitawasaidia katika shida zenu;Mungu pekee ambaye yeye hutuongoza katika mapito yake ambayo ni sahihi lakini tunatakiwa tuweze kusikia sauti yake ili uweze kukanyaga kwenye mapito yaliyo sahihi;

Mara nyingi tunaendelea kulalamika kuwa Mungu hasikilizi shida zetu na kwa nini shida zetu zinaendelea kudumu kwa muda Mrefu? Tatizo ni dogo tunashindwa kuwa wanyenyekevu wakusikiliza sauti yake bali sisi tunaendeleza kiburi chetu na tunajifanya hatusikia sauti ya bwana na huo ndio unakuwa mwanzo wa upotevu.

Tunatakiwa kusikiliza neno la mungu ambalo ndilo ngao kwani neno la mungu ni ngao salama kwa ajili ya ukombozi wetu na baraka katika maisha yetu. Ni kweli kabisa unaweza pita katikati ya bonde ka mateso kumbe likawa linakutayarishia na kukujengea daraja la baraka.Tumesahau kuwa kama tunaishi katika imani ya kweli tukumbuke kuwa daima mungu hugeuza kilio kuwa furaha kubwa sana sana.

Jukumu letu la msingi ni kuwa tayari kubadilika na kumwamini Kristo kama ni njia pekee ya utatuzi wa maumivu katika maisha yetu; tukumbuke kuwa maumivu tunayoyakabili kila siku yanaweza tu kukoma kama tutakuwa tayari kumkaribisha Kristo ndani ya maisha yetu. Kwani alitueleza kuwa njoni kwangu wote wenye kuelemewa na mizigo nami nitawapa faraja tukikumbuka kuwa yeye anapobeba mizigo yetu huondoa kabisa maumivu sisi wenyewe hatuwezi kuyaondoa.

siku ya leo inatupasa kutafakari kuhusu umuhimu wa kujijengea IMANI ya kweli ili tuweze kufanikiwa katika kufanikiwa katika maishayetu. Endeleaa kutembea nami katika tafakari hii muhimu ya maisha yetu na kuutafuta soluhisho la kweli kuhusu mizigo yetu.


Friday, January 1, 2016

TAFAKARI YA KILA SIKU

                                                         JANUARY 1

Leo tunapoanza mwaka mpya 2016 tuna kila sababu ya kuanza kwa kumshukuru Mungu kwa upendo wake kwetu na kwa familia zetu. Tuendelea kujiuliza tumpe  Mwenyezi Mungu kwa upendeleo huu mkuu wa kuweza kuiona siku hii mpya katika mwaka huu mpya? Je mimi/wewe tunaupekee gani tofauti na wale wote ambao wameitwa katika pumziko la milele? Kwa baraka na neema hii kubwa sisi sasa tunatakiwa tumrudishie nini mungu wetu? Je mwaka huu mpya kwetu una maana gani?
Je nini tunatakiwa kutafakari katika mwaka huu 2016?

Niliyoyafanya mwaka 2015 yote yalimpendeza Mungu au yalikuwa yananipendeza mimi mwenyewe?
Mwaka huu mpya tuiwekee nadhiri ya kuyaacha yote ambayo yalikuwa hayampendezi Mungu na kutuletea utengano naye; tukisoma kitabu cha waefeso sura ya 5:14-18 mtume Paulo anatukumbusha kuwa kwa matemdo yetu mabaya anatuasa tuamke na kubadilisha tabia kwani hakuna mtu mwingine yeyote atakaye ibadilisha tabia yangu/yako isipokuwa mimi/wewe mwenyewe. Njia pekee ni kumkaribisha kristo Yesu ambaye ni mwanga katika mabadiliko ya maisha yetu.

Mwaka wa 2016 uwe ni mwaka wa matendo yanaendana na kutumia muda wetu vizuri kwa utukufu wa mungu, kutisoma kitabu cha waefeso sura ya 6 Mwenyezi Mungu ametupa uwezo wa kutumia kila kitu, kwa kupambanua uthamani wake mbele ya mungu na utukufu wake. Inatakiwa tukumbuke kuwa yesu ni sadaka yetu pekee kupitia damu yake takatifu iliyomwagika msalabani kwa ajili ya msamaha wa dhambi zetu, na hatuhitaji hata kidogo msamaha mwingine wa dhami zetu, kama kitabu cha John 3:16 kinavyotukumbusha, sisi tunachotakiwa kuwa hekalu la Mungu ambaye ataishi ndani yetu. Sasa kama ukimkarisha mungu ndani yako unahitaji nini tena?

Zaburi ya 46:10 inatuonya kuwa sisi binadamu daima tunafanya vitu kwa uwezo wetu baada ya kutegemea nguvu za Mungu, na tunajivuna sana kama tukiona kuwa tumefanikiwa na kudharau nguvu ya Mungu. Lakini tunajisahau kuwa maisha yetu sio chochote na hatuwezi kuyamuda hata kidogo. Tukumbuke kuwa katika mazingira yeyoye yale, mungu peke yake ndiye anayeongoza na kutawala maisha yetu.

Katika mahangaiko, hofu, mashaka na mafanikio ya maisha yote naamini kuwa mungu peke yake ndio daraa pekee la mafanikio yangu/yako na familia yangu/yako. Mimi binafsi naamini kuwa kwa namana yeyote ile mafanikio yangu ni baraka pekee kutoka kwa Mungu juu yangu. Ninatembea katika ushindi mwaka huu wa bwana kwa sababu kubwa moja kuwa mimi daima natembea na bwana. Kama mwenjili Luka 1.28 anavyosema kuwa Mungu yu pamoja nami; kinachohitajika ni uwezo wa kusikia sauti ya kimungu ndani yetu hiyo ndio msingi wetu wa mafanikio na imani yetu ya ushindi wa mafanikio yetu.


Mwenjili matayo katika sura ya 7:8 anatukumbusha kuwa kwa yeyote ambaye anaomba hupokea, na yule atafutaye huona na yuke abishae hufunguliwa. Kwa hiyo tunatakiwa kuwa na imani na uthabiti na unyenyekevu ili tuweze kuuridhi utukufu na neema ya kimungu juu ya maisha yetu. Hatutakiwi kukata tamaa hata kidogo. Isipokuwa tunatakiwa tuendelee kumshukuru Mungu kwa uaminifu wake kwetu kwa kuendelea kusali kila siku na kila wakati bila kuchoka. Hatutakiwi kukata tamaa kwa kuchelewa kupata matokeo ya maombi yetu. Daima mwenyezi Mungu anafanya kazi katika utukufu wa maficho yake kwa faida yetu sisi. Na tusifahau kuwa majira ya mungu kwetu ni ya uhakika sana sana lakini kama tunaenenda katika imani.

Nakutakia safari njema ya Tafakari katika mwaka huu 2016 tembea nami kila siku katika kusifu na kumshukuru mungu kwa mema ambayo ameendelea kutenda juu yetu .Amina

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

THANK YOU LORD



How can we repay the Lord for all His goodness toward us? Psalm 116:12-13

We need to THANK God and I give Him thanks; for all things, for all blessings:  Thank God for seeing my hurt and my fear. For all the things that are coming on my way I have failed to even notice I give you thanks today. 

Thank you for this year 2015 election in Tanzania which ended in peace through your hand and your Grace.

Thank you for never leaving me. Thank you for all the people who manage to make me laugh. Thank you for giving me one more day to leave. And for every other gift I am too blind to see that totally comes from you -Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Amen.

I know that God has taken a bunch of unwanted, unloved people, saved them by His grace and set them out on display and He says here is what I can do for you too! 

How thankful we should be. God has been so good to us all. He deserves nothing less than to find a thankful heart in every believer. The Bible, especially in the Psalms, encourages a thankful heart:

Psalm 69:30, ''I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.''

Psalm 95:2, ''Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.''

Psalm 100:4, ''Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.''


Are you thankful today in whatever situation you are in???????????
It is a time to meditate and continue to salute Our Almighty GOD

                      AMEN

Monday, September 14, 2015

THE MIND IS EVERYTHING;

 God has created us in such a way that our actions follow our thoughts; a man's life is determined by the nature, or character of the man. A man's nature and life are determined by the contents of his heart.

From this context it is easy to met people who are dominated by their passions.  Or you’re meeting a person who is full of a lot of pride are controlled by beauty. Others are controlled by lust. Same are controlled by wealth; while others are controlled by materialism.

The mind is like a farmer’s field. If a farmer plants corn he will get corn. If he plants wheat he will get wheat. It would be stupid for the farmer to plant corn and then expect to harvest wheat. It is simple; whatever you plant is what you get. If you sow to the flesh you will reap corruption. It is impossible for any person to sow to flesh and get a spiritual harvest. God has given you the ability to control what you sow and thereby control what you harvest.

As Romans 8:5-8 "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. To set our minds on the flesh leads to death, but to set our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace. That is why the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile toward God. “Indeed, those who are under the control of the flesh cannot please God."

You need to apply the law of your mind what you put in is what you get out. It is IMPOSSIBLE to put worldly things in your mind and get spiritual results out.


We know human beings can change their lives by changing the thoughts of their mind. That's how you change your life. If an unrighteous man wants to abandon his sinful ways he has to abandon his sinful thoughts. It's just that simple. Isaiah 55:7, 8. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. 

If you want the way to be right then your thought ought to be right. It starts with the brain. One reason God’s ways are different than our ways is because His thoughts are different than our thoughts. Well, you can think with the mind of Christ. We need and we can have the mind of Christ.
What goes on in our heads is very, very important. You can control your actions by controlling your thoughts. How we respond to those thoughts determines our eternal destiny. Watch your thoughts, they will become words THEREFORE:

  • Watch your words, they will become actions


  • Watch your actions, they will become habits


  • Watch your habits, they will become character


  • Watch your character; it will become your destiny!



You see, your future is in your mind. You are becoming what you think about in your private moments. If it isn't good, ask God for a New Heart! Ask forgiveness for the past wallowing in muck. Invite the Holy Spirit to take charge of your mind.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

BLESSED ARE POOR IN SPIRITY



PEOPLE ARE BLESSED IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT THINGS;  DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES.  

Question: What draws me closer to God? Away from God? Why do bad things happen? Why isn’t the world a better place?             
                

When I was young, I used to run away from home with some food and other kids stuff  and give out to a group of homeless kids outside the house. My parents  used to look for me without any success and when they used to find me outside with the kids, after I shared with them food and some of my things. They could not point me out from the rest because I was “dirty” and unrecognizable, it was a headache for them but to myself I was so proud because I was able to make those kids happy.

·        See, at that age I did not understand why I had clothes and food while I passed other people in the streets that had no food around them, they did not look like they knew what they were going to eat either. I passed them every day and they would ask them for something, and I would ask my mom if she had any money for me to give them.
·        I harassed my parents a lot at the point of helping other people, I used to tell them all the time “remember when God said if you have two, you should give one to your neighbor” That used to hit them hard.

·        Thanks for my parents who decided to welcome them and live with us and educate them through the organization for me called ROTU, This organization takes in orphans and helps them get an education so that they could be able to provide for themselves. Once I heard some of their stories I was like God thank you, thank you for the life you have granted me. I used to think I had problems but I really did not.

·        I lived with one some orphans the girls and they told me their sad stories, one Orphan she had no home and the rest of hers had cast her out after the parent’s death. They did not even think twice about it, they just didn’t want her. As she was telling me this, she asked me “do you know the feeling of not being wanted in your own family?” At this question, my heart stumbled. Can you imagine your parents not loving you at all; you are all alone in the dark not knowing what is coming up next. As soon as her parents died, and was casted off, she started looking for another life, went to her aunties and uncles but no one wanted her. Then she came across a (Pastor) and he took her in and that how we came to know of her because the pastor knew my mom and the program and therefore led her to us…..  (No parents, no love, no family. What is that like?)

·        There was another girl whose parents were dead and had no place to live or go to. She decided to become a maid since in Africa once you are not educated, being a maid is the only good option to get money. She got a work from a family that ended up converting her to a Muslim. She became a new person, driven away from what she once knew to a new beginning that she could not understand herself. We took her in and converted her back to Christianity and opened for her a whole new chapter. Beatrice finished school and is now studying to get her degree/bachelor in teaching.

·        Another girl story is far from the fairy tale world where  we young people believe in. High school sweethearts, relationship with such a young age while our minds are yet to reach that level of maturity. Her boyfriend took the iron and burnt her whole body without any mercy. She was in a critical condition when she arrived at the hospital but survived by God’s miracle. She then wanted to open a case upon him, though she did not have any money and therefore lost the case before it even began. Took her in, educate her and now she is studying for a higher level. Why?

·        Burnt all over her body yet God choose to save her life instead of taking it why? We all have a purpose in the world, for some of us they are clear, for some of us, well, not so clear. So should we give up? NO. Our job is to find the answer to that question, now do not think that you will go out on the streets to search for your purpose in the world and it will be handed to you like a piece of candy, oh!! No, you will be day dreaming. See we are disciples of God in this world, and our work to lead the others cannot just be easily given to us. We have to prove that we are ready to conquer anything that will come our way, the temptations, the tests and all that God has on hand for us to be tested if we can persevere and carry on without quitting. So in any work, job, you will have disappointments though what matters is if can stand through them and get back to work.

·        There a lot other kids with similar stories and others that just need help to reach their goals so that they can help others too.

i)    SO HERE IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION: The world is the way it is because it’s the world that we, in a sense, have asked for.

·         If we want to change it, we can simply by changing the way we do things and how we take others. Luke 6:36 says, “Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier” When you have helped that one person, you have not only done that to help them but it is one step to changing the world since we are all there is to change it. It begins with us, we can’t tell others to change the world while we are not so let us make the first move then the rest will follow.

     

What helps me to become more a part of God’s realm (god’s way of being and doing) in my daily life? In my home life? In my community? In the meeting’s? In the wider world?

My God is Awesome



Loving heavenly father, you know all my worries and fears in my life; you are a most loving heavenly father and You understand my innermost feelings! Yes Lord! I am so nervous thinking about my life and where life takes me. You know my limitations Lord, but Your word says that Your strength is enough in our times of my weakness. I admit that I have no wisdom or knowledge of my own. But I have confidence that I can do everything thorough Christ who strengths me.

I do not know what is in store for me but I know that my future is in the hands of Lord of Lords, Who has made me. So Lord be with me and help me to find grace in the sight in the eyes of the concerned authorities. In my day to day life I need not be afraid of men because I have the Lord Almighty beside me. In whatever I do Please remove all the unwanted fears and worries and fill me with courage. Let me never be put myself to the shame. I thank You Lord for listening to my supplications and filling me with Your peace. In Jesus' name I pray.

Lord keeps me strong to fight all the trials I have now in my life. Give me more strength to fight all these troubles. Make me always calm to be able to think for the right things to do. Guide me in all things I am doing. Thank you Lord for all the graces you have showered to me and my family. Keep us all in good health and keep us all away from accidents and diseases or any sicknesses that will arise. Lord, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you lord for keeping me strong, and from folding, for answering my prayers in those little amazing ways you do. Please help me to continue on wards with strength and happiness; Continue to show me that I am important and that I can do this and be a good example to others.

I know that I must change my way of thinking I need to think and act more with faith. In my weakness is where God’s grace and power flow to meet my need. When I am weak, I know I need God. God always comes to me especially in my  weakness and failure because that is where God’s grace is released. Thus, Paul could boast in his weakness because that is where God will be glorified.


Dear Lord, thank You for what Jesus did for me on the cross. Because He died for me, I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins—past, present, and future. You have given me Your righteousness and remember my sins no more. I am completely forgiven and greatly blessed and loved by You. I am confident of this, that the good work You began in me You will carry out to completion (Philippians 1:6). Thank You for Grace. Amen