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ʻUhinga ʻOku Fakaafeʻi Ai Kitautolu ʻe he ʻOtuá ke Lotú
Fakaaʻu mai ʻe he ʻOtuá hono toʻukupu anga-fakakaumeʻá.
ʻOku fetuʻutaki ʻa e ngaahi kaungāmeʻá ke fakatupulekina ha vahaʻangatae lelei. ʻOku pehē pē, ʻoku fakaafeʻi mai ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tau talanoa ange kiate ia, ʻo fakaʻatā ai e hala ki ha kaumeʻa māfana. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Te mou tautapa kiate au, pea te mou ʻalu ʻo hu kiate au, pea te u ongoʻi kimoutolu.” (Selemaia 29:12) ʻI hoʻo talanoa ki he ʻOtuá, te ke “ʻunuʻunu ofi [kiate ia], pea te ne ʻunuʻunu ofi mai kiate kimoutolu.” (Sēmisi 4:8) ʻOku fakapapauʻi mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “ʻOku ofi leva ʻa Sihova ki he kakai kotoa ʻoku tautapa kiate ia.” (Saame 145:18) Ko e lahi ange ʻetau lotu ki he ʻOtuá, ko e tupulaki ange ia ʻetau kaumeʻa mo iá.
“ʻOku ofi leva ʻa Sihova ki he kakai kotoa ʻoku tautapa kiate ia.”—Saame 145:18
Finangalo ʻa e ʻOtuá ke tokoniʻi koe.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Ko hai ia ha tangata ʻiate kimoutolu, kapau ʻoku kole ki ai ʻe hono fohá ha foʻi mā, te ne ʻoange ki ai ha foʻi maka? Pe, kapau ʻokú ne kole ki ai ha mataʻiika, te ne ʻoange koā ha ngata? Ko ia ai, kapau . . . ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻa e anga ʻo hono foaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻaʻofa lelei ki hoʻomou fānaú, huanoa hake ai hoʻomou Tamai ʻoku ʻi hēvaní ʻa ʻene foaki ʻa e ngaahi meʻa lelei ki he faʻahinga ʻoku kole kiate iá!” (Mātiu 7:9-11) ʻIo, ʻoku fakaafeʻi mai koe ʻe he ʻOtuá ke lotu koeʻuhí “ʻokú ne tokanga mai” pea finangalo ke tokoniʻi koe. (1 Pita 5:7) ʻOku aʻu ʻo ne fakaafeʻi koe ke ʻoange kiate ia hoʻo ngaahi palopalemá. ʻOku tala mai ʻe he Tohi Tapú: “ʻOua ʻe hoko ʻo loto-moʻua ʻi ha faʻahinga meʻa, ka ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē fakafou ʻi he lotu mo e hū tōtōaki fakataha mo e fakafetaʻi, mou ʻai ke ʻilo ai hoʻomou ngaahi kolé ʻe he ʻOtuá.”—Filipai 4:6.
ʻI ai ʻa e fiemaʻu fakalaumālie ʻa e tangatá.
Kuo ʻiloʻi ʻe he kau mataotao ki he natula ʻo e tangatá ko e kakai ʻe laui teau miliona ʻoku nau ongoʻi ʻoku fiemaʻu ke lotu. Naʻa mo e kau fakaʻikaiʻi-ʻOtua mo e kau ʻakinositika ʻe niʻihi ʻoku nau kau ʻi he tokolahi ko ení.a ʻOku fakamoʻoniʻi heni naʻe ngaohi ʻa e tangatá mo ha fiemaʻu fakalaumālie. Naʻe pehē ʻe Sīsū: “Fiefia ē ka ko kinautolu ʻoku nau lāuʻilo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻenau fiemaʻu fakalaumālié.” (Mātiu 5:3) Ko e founga ʻe taha ʻe lava ke tau fakalato ai ʻa e fiemaʻu ko iá ko e fetuʻutaki maʻu pē mo e ʻOtuá.
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