Chisulu, August 23
Zuŵa laku Yehova lizengi ndendende nge munkhungu ndi usiku.—1 Ate. 5:2.
Asani Bayibolu likamba “zuŵa laku Yehova,” ling’anamuwa nyengu yeniyo Yehova wazamubaya ŵanthu aheni ndi kutaska ŵanthu ŵaki. Mu nyengu yakali, Yehova wangulanga mitundu yinyaki. (Yesa. 13:1, 6; Ezeki. 13:5; Zefa. 1:8) Mu nyengu yidu yinu, “zuŵa laku Yehova” lazamukwamba asani alongozgi andali azibwanganduwa Babiloni Mukulu ndipu lazamumaliya pa nkhondu ya Aramagedoni. Kuti tiziponi pa “zuŵa” lenili, titenere kunozgeke pasonu panu. Yesu wangukamba kuti tikhumbika kunozgeke “chisuzgu chikulu” kweniso ‘kulutirizga kuja akunozgeka.’ (Mate. 24:21; Luka 12:40) Mu kalata yaki yakwamba yakuluta kwa Atesalonika, wakutumika Paulo wangugwiriskiya ntchitu vakuyeruzgiyapu vinandi kuti wawovyi Akhristu kulutirizga kunozgeke zuŵa likulu laku Yehova la cheruzgu. Paulo waziŵanga kuti zuŵa laku Yehova lizengi pa nyengu yeniyo cha. (2 Ate. 2:1-3) Kweni iyu wanguchiska Akhristu anyaki kunozgeke zuŵa lenili nge kuti lizengi mawa, ndipu nasi tingagwiriskiya ntchitu ulongozgi wenuwu. w23.06 8 ¶1-2
Sabata, August 24
Abali ŵangu akwanjiwa, mani gwa, mungasukunyikanga cha. —1 Akori. 15:58.
Mu 1978 chinyumba chitali ukongwa chinguzengeka mutawuni ya Tokyo, ku Japan. Ŵanthu akayikiyanga asani chinyumba chenichi chingazilutirizga kukho chifukwa cha vidilirisi. Kumbi wo anguzenga chinyumba chenichi anguchitanji kuti chizileki kuwa asani kwachitika vidilirisi? Yiwu anguzenga chinyumba chenichi mu nthowa yakuti asani kwachitika chidilirisi, chigoŵekengi ŵaka ndipu chingadilizikanga cha. Akhristu nawu ŵe nge chinyumba chenichi. Mu nthowa wuli? Mkhristu wakhumbika kuja wakukho kweniso wakoloŵa. Iyu wakhumbika kuja wakukho kweniso wambula kusukunyika pa nkhani yakuvwiya marangu ngaku Yehova kweniso fundu zaki. Iyu ‘ngwakunozgeka kuvwiya’ ndipu wathera cha. Kweni iyu wakhumbika so kuja ‘wakoloŵa’ asani mphakwenere kuchita viyo. (Yako. 3:17) Mkhristu waviyo, wanonopesa ukongwa cha vinthu pamwenga kuvilekere. w23.07 14 ¶1-2
Mandi, August 25
Chinanga kuti mukumuwonapu cha, mutimuyanja.—1 Petu. 1:8.
Yesu wakhumbikanga kukana mayeseru ngaku Satana Dyaboli kusazgapu ngo wangumukambiya pamasu ndi pamasu kuti waleki kuja wakugomezgeka kwaku Chiuta. (Mate. 4:1-11) Satana wakhumbisiskanga kuti Yesu wachiti ubudi kuti waleki kupereka sembi yakuwombole. Pa nyengu yo Yesu wachitanga uteŵeti waki pacharu chapasi wangukunthiyapu so mayeseru nganyaki. Arwani ŵaki amutombozganga kweniso akhumbanga kumubaya. (Luka 4:28, 29; 13:31) Iyu wakunthiyangapu so vinthu vo akusambira ŵaki anangisanga. (Mariko 9:33, 34) Achimumba mulandu, angumutombozga kweniso kumunyoza. Pavuli paki, angumubaya nge chigeŵenga ndipu wavwanga urwirwi ukulu ukongwa. (Ahe. 12:1-3) Pa nyengu yo iyu wakunthiyangapu mayeseru ngakumaliya, Yehova wangumuvikiliya cha. (Mate. 27:46) Yapa vilongore limu kuti Yesu wangukunthiyapu vinthu vinandi kuti wapereki sembi. Asani tiŵanaŵaniya vosi vo Yesu wangukumana navu kuti wapereki sembi yakutiwombo, titimuyanja ukongwa. w24.01 10-11 ¶7-9