Today's Reading


 

መዝሙረ ዳዊት 63:6; 63:3; 63:4;

6 በመኝታዬም አስብሃለሁ፥ በማለዳም እናገርልሃለሁ

 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

 

3 ምሕረትህ ከሕይወት ይሻላልና ከንፈሮቼ ያመሰግኑሃል።

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

 

4 እንዲህ በሕይወቴ ዘመን አመሰግንሃለሁ፥ በአንተም ስም እጆቼን አነሣለሁ።

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

 

የማርቆስ ወንጌል 16: 2-8

2 ከሳምንቱም በፊተኛው ቀን እጅግ በማለዳ ፀሐይ ከወጣ በኋላ ወደ መቃብር መጡ።

2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

3 እርስ በርሳቸውም። ድንጋዩን ከመቃብር ደጃፍ ማን ያንከባልልልናል? ይባባሉ ነበር፤

3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

4 ድንጋዩ እጅግ ትልቅ ነበርና፤ አሻቅበውም አይተው ድንጋዩ ተንከባሎ እንደ ነበር ተመለከቱ።

4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

5 ወደ መቃብሩም ገብተው ነጭ ልብስ የተጎናጸፈ ጎልማሳ በቀኝ በኩል ተቀምጦ አዩና ደነገጡ።

5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

6 እርሱ ግን፦ አትደንግጡ፤ የተሰቀለውን የናዝሬቱን ኢየሱስን ትፈልጋላችሁ፤ ተነሥቶአል፥ በዚህ የለም፤ እነሆ እርሱን ያኖሩበት ስፍራ።

6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

7 ነገር ግን ሄዳችሁ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ ለጴጥሮስም፦ ወደ ገሊላ ይቀድማችኋል፤ እንደ ነገራችሁ በዚያ ታዩታላችሁ ብላችሁ ንገሩአቸው አላቸው።

7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

8 መንቀጥቀጥና መደንገጥ ይዞአቸው ነበርና ወጥተው ከመቃብር ሸሹ፤ ይፈሩ ነበርና ለማንም አንዳች አልነገሩም። እነርሱም ያዘዛቸውን ሁሉ ለጴጥሮስና ከእርሱ ጋር ላሉት በአጭሩ ተናገሩ። ከዚህም በኋላ ኢየሱስ ራሱ ለዘላለም ድኅነት የሆነውን የማይለወጠውን ቅዱስ ወንጌል ከፀሐይ መውጫ እስከ መጥለቂያው ድረስ በእጃቸው ላከው።

8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

 

 

መዝሙረ ዳዊት 68:35; 68:3

 

35 እግዚአብሔር በቅዱሳኑ ላይ ድንቅ ነው

 የእስራኤል አምላክ እርሱ ኃይልን ብርታትንም ለሕዝቡ ይሰጣል እግዚአብሔርም ይመስገን።

35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places:

the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.

 

3 ጻድቃንም ደስ ይበላቸው፥

በእግዚአብሔርም ፊት ሐሤት ያድርጉ፥ በደስታም ደስ ይበላቸው።

3 But let the righteous be glad;

let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

 

የሉቃስ ወንጌል  2: 4-12

4 ለእናንተም ለወዳጆቼ እላችኋለሁ፥ ሥጋን የሚገድሉትን በኋላም አንድ ስንኳ የሚበልጥ ሊያደርጉ የማይችሉትን አትፍሩ።

4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5 እኔ ግን የምትፈሩትን አሳያችኋለሁ፤ ከገደለ በኋላ ወደ ገሃነም ለመጣል ሥልጣን ያለውን ፍሩ። አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ እርሱን ፍሩ።

5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

6 አምስት ድንቢጦች በአሥር ሳንቲም ይሸጡ የለምን? ከእነርሱም አንዲቱ ስንኳ በእግዚአብሔር ፊት አትረሳም።

6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

7 ነገር ግን የእናንተ የራሳችሁ ጠጕር ሁሉ እንኳ የተቈጠረ ነው፤ እንግዲያስ አትፍሩ ከብዙ ድንቢጦች ትበልጣላችሁ።

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

8 እላችሁማለሁ፥ በሰው ፊት የሚመሰክርልኝ ሁሉ፥ የሰው ልጅ ደግሞ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይመሰክርለታል፤

8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

9 በሰውም ፊት የሚክደኝ በእግዚአብሔር መላእክት ፊት ይካዳል።

9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

10 በሰው ልጅም ላይ ቃል የሚናገር ሁሉ ይሰረይለታል፤ መንፈስ ቅዱስን የሚሰድብ ግን አይሰረይለትም።

10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

11 ወደ ምኵራቦችና ወደ መኳንንቶችም ወደ ገዢዎችም ሲጐትቱአችሁ፥ እንዴት ወይም ምን እንድትመልሱ ወይም እንድትናገሩ አትጨነቁ፤

11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

12 መንፈስ ቅዱስ በዚያች ሰዓት ልትናገሩ የሚገባችሁን ያስተምራችኋልና።

12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

 

 

 

 

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መዝሙረ ዳዊት 65: 4-5

4 አንተ የመረጥኸው በ

አደባባዮችህም ለማደር የተቀበልኸው ምስጉን ነው

ከቤትህ በረከት እንጠግባለን።

 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,

and causest to approach unto thee,

 that he may dwell in thy courts:

we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,

even of thy holy temple.

5 ቤተ መቅደስህ ቅዱስ ነው

በጽድቅም ድንቅ ነው።

በምድር ዳርቻ ሁሉና

በሩቅ ባሕር ውስጥ ላሉ

ተስፋቸው የሆንህ፥

አምላካችንና መድኃኒታችን ሆይ፥ ስማን።

5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us,

 O God of our salvation;

who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

 

የማቴዎስ ወንጌል 24 : 42-47

 

42 ጌታችሁ በምን ሰዓት እንዲመጣ አታውቁምና እንግዲህ ንቁ።

42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 ያን ግን እወቁ፤ ባለቤት ከሌሊቱ በየትኛው ክፍል ሌባ እንዲመጣ ቢያውቅ ኖሮ፥ በነቃ ቤቱም ሊቈፈር ባልተወም ነበር።

43 But know this that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 ስለዚህ እናንተ ደግሞ ተዘጋጅታችሁ ኑሩ፥ የሰው ልጅ በማታስቡበት ሰዓት ይመጣልና።

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

45 እንኪያስ ምግባቸውን በጊዜው ይሰጣቸው ዘንድ ጌታው በቤተ ሰዎች ላይ የሾመው ታማኝና ልባም ባሪያ ማን ነው?

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 ጌታው መጥቶ እንዲህ ሲያደርግ የሚያገኘው ያ ባሪያ ብፁዕ ነው፤

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47 እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ባለው ሁሉ ላይ ይሾመዋል።

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

 

 

መተማመን

 

መዝሙረ ዳዊት

12፥1 አቤቱ፥ አድነኝ ደግ ሰው አልቆአልና፥ ከሰው ልጆችም መተማመን ጐድሎአልና።

መጽሐፈ ምሳሌ

25፥19 ወስላታውን ሰው በመከራ ጊዜ መተማመን እንደ ተሰበረ ጥርስና እንደ ሰለለ እግር ነው።

ትንቢተ ኢሳይያስ

30፥18 እግዚአብሔርም የፍርድ አምላክ ነውና ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ይራራላችሁ ዘንድ ይታገሣል፥ ይምራችሁም ዘንድ ከፍ ከፍ ይላል እርሱን በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ ሁሉ ብፁዓን ናቸው።

40፥31 እግዚአብሔርን በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ ግን ኃይላቸውን ያድሳሉ እንደ ንስር በክንፍ ይወጣሉ ይሮጣሉ፥ አይታክቱም ይሄዳሉ፥ አይደክሙም።

49፥23 ነገሥታትም አሳዳጊ አባቶችሽ ይሆናሉ፥ እቴጌዎቻቸውም ሞግዚቶችሽ ይሆናሉ ግምባራቸውንም ወደ ምድር ዝቅ አድርገው ይሰግዱልሻል፥ የእግርሽንም ትቢያ ይልሳሉ እኔም እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቂያለሽ፥ እኔንም በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ አያፍሩም።

51፥5 ጽድቄ ፈጥኖ ቀርቦአል፥ ማዳኔም ወጥቶአል፥ ክንዴም በአሕዛብ ላይ ይፈርዳል ደሴቶች እኔን በመተማመን ይጠባበቃሉ፥ በክንዴም ይታመናሉ።

30፥18 እግዚአብሔርም የፍርድ አምላክ ነውና ስለዚህ እግዚአብሔር ይራራላችሁ ዘንድ ይታገሣል፥ ይምራችሁም ዘንድ ከፍ ከፍ ይላል እርሱን በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ ሁሉ ብፁዓን ናቸው።

40፥31 እግዚአብሔርን በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ ግን ኃይላቸውን ያድሳሉ እንደ ንስር በክንፍ ይወጣሉ ይሮጣሉ፥ አይታክቱም ይሄዳሉ፥ አይደክሙም።

49፥23 ነገሥታትም አሳዳጊ አባቶችሽ ይሆናሉ፥ እቴጌዎቻቸውም ሞግዚቶችሽ ይሆናሉ ግምባራቸውንም ወደ ምድር ዝቅ አድርገው ይሰግዱልሻል፥ የእግርሽንም ትቢያ ይልሳሉ እኔም እግዚአብሔር እንደ ሆንሁ ታውቂያለሽ፥ እኔንም በመተማመን የሚጠባበቁ አያፍሩም።

51፥5 ጽድቄ ፈጥኖ ቀርቦአል፥ ማዳኔም ወጥቶአል፥ ክንዴም በአሕዛብ ላይ ይፈርዳል ደሴቶች እኔን በመተማመን ይጠባበቃሉ፥ በክንዴም ይታመናሉ።

 

 

ADVERSITY

Jeremiah 21:14

 

Adversity does not always come as a result of sin, but it often does. Planting a garden will produce a crop at the end of the summer. Planting the seeds of sin will produce a crop of sinful actions. Sometimes this adversity is a natural result of our actions; other times it is discipline from God. Hebrews 12:6 reminds us that God shows he loves us when he punishes us for sin because he is trying to correct us.

However, adversity does not always come as punishment. In these cases, we find ourselves asking why. Why didn’t God stop the train or car that crashed? Why didn’t God halt the tornado or hurricane? Why didn’t God redirect the forest fire that burned down our home?  Now we have walked into the mystery of his sovereignty. The simple answer is we don’t know why. But we know who God is and what his nature is, so we must trust that whatever he does or permits to be done, no matter how it appears to us, temporarily, ultimately has a good purpose.   

 

 

Temptation:

Genesis 3: 12-13

The first key to understanding temptation is recognizing the power and the cunning of the tempter. Notice that the serpent does not approach Eve with something obviously evil but with a lovely piece of fruit. He then twists God’s command just enough to make it seem to Eve as if God didn't really mean what he had commanded.  Hidden behind these obvious “benefits” was the lie that Eve could become like God by violating God’s specific command.  How often Satan uses this deceptive strategy with us !    How does Satan most often employ temptation in your life?  Pray that God will help you cling to his will and recognize the lies of the one who will destroy your soul.

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The CREED [of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]
We believe in one God, in the Lord the Father, who holds the whole world, omnipotent, who created everything visible and invisible in heaven and in earth (Gen. 1, 20; Neh. 9. Rom. 1.20).
We believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, the one Son of the Father, who was with Him before the Creation of the world. Light begotten of Light, True God begotten of True God, not created. He is equal with the Father. There is nothing in heaven and earth which exists without Him. Mt. 3,17, In 1. 1,4.
For us and for the salvation of men He came down from heaven; by the operation of the Holy Spirit He put on flesh of the holy Virgin Mary and became man. In the time of Pontius Pilate He was crucified for us, suffered and died and was buried, and on the third day He was separated from the dead and rose, and with glory He ascended to heaven and sat on the right hand of His Father, and He shall come again in honour and glory that He may judge the living and the dead, and there is no finish, no end of His Kingdom. Mat. 1: 20,21; I Pet. 3. 18; Phil. 2. 6,8; Rom. 5. 8; Cor. 15. 3,4; 1 Pet. 3. 19,20.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord who saves, He who proceeds from the Father; together with the Father and the Son we worship Him, we honor Him, we glorify Him. Jn. v. 3, 4; Jn. xv. 26.
And we believe in one Holy church, which is over all, the assembly and congregation of the Apostles, Eph. ii. 19, 20,22.
And we believe in one Baptism, that it was given for the forgiveness of sin. Eph. 4. 3,6; Ps. 32. 1,2; Eph. 1. 6.
And believing in the resurrection of the dead, we hope for everlasting life to come. Jn. 5. 28; 5,29; 1 Cor. 15. 22,24; Jn. 10. 27, 28.
[The dogmas we believe are contained in this symbol of the Faith. No one has any right to add to or take from it. Other dogmas are contained in the dogmatic definitions of the Third Council in Ephesus which declared that Christ is one in hypostasis, perfect God and perfect man, is the Son of God, without a mother on the higher plane, and the Son of His Mother without a father on the lower. His ever-Virgin Mother is properly and truly called the

 

ጸሎተ ሃይማኖት
የሃይማኖት ጸሎት።
ሁሉን በያዘ ሰማይንና ምድርን፣ የሚታይና የማይታየውን በፈጠረ በአንድ አምላክ በእግዚአብሔር አብ እናምናለን።
ዓለም ሳይፈጠር ከርሱ ጋራ በነበረ የአብ አንድ ልጁ በሚሆን በአንድ ጌታ በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ እናምናለን።
ከብርሃን የተገኘ ብርሃን ከእውነተኛ አምላክ የተገኘ አምላክ፣ የተፈጠረ ያይደለ የተወለደ፣ በመለኮቱ ከአብ ጋር የሚተካከል።
ሁሉ በእርሱ የሆነ፥ ያለ እርሱ ግን ምንም ምን የሆነ የለም። በሰማይ ያለ በምድርም ያለ።
ስለ እኛ ስለ ሰው፥ ስለ መዳናችን ከስማይ ወረደ። ከመንፈስ ቅዱስ የተነሣ ከቅድስት ድንግል ማርያምም ፈጽሞ ሰው ሆነ።
ሰው ሆኖ በጴንጤናዊ በጲላጦስ ዘመን ስለ እኛ ተሰቀለ። ታመመ፣ ሞተ፣ ተቀበረም። በሦስተኛውም ቀን ከሙታን ተለይቶ ተነሣ፥ በቅዱሳት መጻሕፍት እንደተጻፈ።
በክብር ወደ ሰማይ ዐረገ፥ ባባቱም ቀኝ ተቀመጠ። ዳግመኛ ሕያዋንን ሙታንንም ይገዛ ዘንድ በጌትነት ይመጣል። ለመንግሥቱም ፍጻሜ የለውም።
ጌታ፥ ማሕየዊ በሚሆን፥ ከአብ በሰረፀ በመንፈስ ቅዱስም እናምናለን። እንሰግድለት፣ እናመሰግነውም ዘንድ ከአብና ከወልድ ጋራ በነብያት የተናገረ።
ከሁሉ በላይ በምትሆን፥ ሐዋርያት በሰበሰብዋት በአንዲት ቅድስት ቤተ ክርስቲያንም እናምናለን። ኃጢአትን ለማስተሥረይ በአንዲት ጥምቀት እናምናለን። የሙታንንም መነሳት ተስፋ እናደርጋለን፣ የሚመጣውንም ሕይወት ለዘላለሙ፤ አሜን።

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TRUTH

Ephesians 4:14-16

Scripture is quite clear that, as followers of Christ, we are called to do away with false lifestyles and to live with integrity. But what if the truth hurts?  What if an employee you manage must be confronted abo

ut poor performance? What if a friend asks your opinion, and you know it will not be what he or she wants to hear?  Scripture says that we are to hold to the truth in love.  How important it is to make sure our love for others is strong enough to include the truth, and how necessary it is to temper our truth-telling with love!  Too many times people use honesty as an excuse for expressing bitterness or criticism, saying “I was just telling the truth”. Too often Christian relationships remain shallow because we hide from the truth behind a façade of “niceness”.  May we have the courage and gentleness to speak and live the truth in Christ’s firm, yet gentle, love.

እውነት
ኤፌሶን 4፡14-16
የጌታችን እና የመድኃኒታችን ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ተከታዮች በመሆናችን የውሸትን ያኗኗር ዘይቤን አሽቀንጥረን እንድንጥልና እውነትን ተላብሰን እንድንኖር የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ግልጽ አድርጐ ይነግረናል።
ሃቁን መቀበል የሚጐዳ መስሎ ከታየንስ?
በሃላፊነት የምታስተዳድረው ሠራተኛ አጥጋቢ ያልሆነ የሥራ አፈጻጸምን በተመለከተ ከዚሁ ሠራተኛ ጋር መነጋገር ቢኖርብህስ? ጓደኛህ ምክር ቢጠይቅህና አንተ የምትሰጠው ምክር ጓደኛህ ሊሰማው ከሚፈልገው ምክር የተለየ መሆኑን ብትገነዘብስ?
የእግዚአብሔር ቃል ሃቅን ከፍቅር ጋር መያዝ እንዳለብን ያስገነዝበናል።
ለሌሎች ያለን ፍቅር ጠንካራና ሃቅን የተላበሰ እንዲሆን ማድረግ አስፈላጊነቱ ምን ያህል ነው? ሃቅን ስንናገር ፍቅርን የተላበሰ እንዲሆን ለምን አስፈለገ?
ሰዎች ሃቀኛነትን እንደምክንያት በመጠቀም መራራ ቃል ወይም ሂስ ሲገልጹ “የተናገርኩት ሃቁን ነው” ሲሉ ይደመጣሉ።
ብዙውን ጊዜ የክርስትና ግንኙነታችን ጥልቀት የማይኖረው ሃቁን በ“ጨዋነት” መጋረጃ ስለምንደብቀው ነው።
የጌታችን የኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ፍቅር ጽናትና ጨዋነት በተላበሰ መንገድ ስለ ሃቅ ለመመስከርና በሃቅም ለመኖር ብርታት እንድናገኝ እግዚአብሔር ይርዳን።

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RESPONSIBILITY

Romans 12: 6-8

Paul is reminding leaders of the great responsibility they have been given along with their leadership gifts. This principle holds true for each of us in the body of Christ.  Whatever gifts we have, we are urged to develop them fully and to use them responsibly for the well-being of the entire community of faith. Each of has a vital role to play, based on the gifts with which we are blessed by God through the Holy Spirit. In the church there are no spectators, bench prayers, or “gift impaired people”. Have you identified your gifts and responsibilities those gifts involve?

ሃላፊነት
ሮሜ 12፡6-8
ሃዋርያው ቅዱስ ጳውሎስ ለመሪዎች በተናገርው በዚህ መልዕክቱ ከመሪነት ጸጋ ጋር ስለተሰጣቸው ታላቅ ሃላፊነት ያስገነዝባቸዋል።
ይህ ኃይለ ቃል፣ ለመሪዎች ብቻ ሳይሆን፣ ለያንዳንዳችን በኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ ሰውነት ለምንገኝ ምዕመናን ሁሉ የተሰጠ መመሪያ ነው።
ማንኛውም የተሰጠን ጸጋ ሙሉ በሙሉ እንድናሳድገውና በእምነት ላሉት የማኅበረ ሰባችን አባላት ሁሉ አገልግሎት/ደህንነት ላይ እንድናውለው ይጠበቅብናል። ከእግዚአብሔር በተሰጠን የመንፈስ ቅዱስ ጸጋ መሠረት እያንዳንዳችን ማከናወን የሚገባን በጣም አስፈላጊ የሆነ ድርሻ አለብን። በቤተ ክርስቲያን ውስጥ ተመልካች፣ ምግባር የለሽ ጸሎተኛ ወይም “ስጦታ የለሽ” የሚባል ሰው ፈጽሞ መኖር የለበትም።
አንተስ የተሰጠህን ጸጋና ከስጦታው ጋር አብሮ ያላውን ሃላፊነት ተገንዝበሃልን?

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ACCOUNTABILITY

Jeremiah 23:24

God is talking about false prophets who tell the people only what they want to hear not what God wants to say to them.  In their hearts these masters of deceptions knew they were lying. Eventually their lie would be exposed; in fact they were already exposed before God. If we want to avoid the fate of these false prophets, we must acknowledge the truth before God and before others. If we wish others to hold us accountable, then we must not hide any secret sins from them.

ተጠያቂነት
ኤርሚያስ 23:24
ለሕዝቡ እንዲያስተምሯቸው እግዚአብሔር ያዘዘውን ሳይሆን ሕዝቡ መስማት የሚፈልገውን ስለሚናገሩ ስለ ሃሰተኛ ነብያት እግዚአብሔር ይነግረናል።
እነዚህ በሃሰት የተካኑት ሊቃውነት ምላሳቸው ውሸትን እየተናገረች እንደሆነ ልባቸው ያውቀዋል። በመጭረሻም ውሸታቸው ይጋለጣል። እንዲያውም በእግዚብሔር ፊት ገና ድሮ ተጋልጠዋል።
የነኚህ ሃሰተኛ ነብያት ዕጣ ፈንታ በኛ ላይ እንዳይደርስብን ከፈለግን በእግዚአብሔርና በሰው ፊት ዕውነቱን አምነን መቀበል ይኖርብናል። ሌሎችም ተጠያቂ እንዳያደርጉን ከፈልግን ከነሱ የምንደብቀው ሚስጢር የሆነ ሃጢአት መኖር የለበትም።

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BEHAVIOURS

James 2:17

No matter how much we testify to the gospel, it rings hollow unless we demonstrate that it has changed our lives. Unless our thoughts and actions are in harmony with our words, our speech will be meaningless to those who hear it.  Anyone can talk about truth, but only people who are truly redeemed can walk in truth. Our witness is incomplete if it is only expressed by our walk or our talk, both need to be present and need to confirm one another. In what ways can your life style more effectively demonstrate what you believe about God?

ምግባር
ያዕቆብ 2፡14
ወንደሞቼ ሆይ፥ እምነት አለኝ የሚል፥ ሥራ ግን የሌለው ሰው ቢኖር ምን ይጠቅመዋል? እምነቱስ ሊያድነው ይችላልን?
ምንም ያህል ለወንጌል ብንመሰክርም ሕይወታችንን ካልቀየረው በስተቀር ምስክርነታችን ባዶ ቀፎ ነው። ሃሳባችንና ተግባራችን ከቃላቶቻችን ጋራ ካልተዋሃዱ በስተቀር ለሚያዳምጠን ሁሉ ንግግራችን ትርጉም የለሽ ይሆናል።
ማንኛውም ሰው ስለ እውነት ማውራት ይችላል። ሆኖም በእውነተኛዋ ጐዳና ለመመላለስ የሚችሉት በእውነት ነጻ የወጡት ብቻ ናቸው።
በአካሄዳችን ወይም በአነጋገራችን ብቻ ከተመዘነ ምስክርነታችን ምሉዕ አይሆንም። አካሄዳችን እና አነጋገራችን፣ ሁለቱም እርስ በርስ የተቀናጁ መሆን ይኖርባቸዋል።
በእግዚአብሔር ያላችሁን እምነት በትክክለኛው መንገድ የምታሳዩበት የአኗኗራችሁ ዘይቤ ምንድነው?

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ቁጣ 
ኦሪት ዘኁልቅ 22:29

በዘመነ ኦሪትም ቢሆን አህዮች እልከኛና አስቸጋሪ ፍጥረቶች ነበሩ።  በለአም ጥፋቱ ያህያይቱ እንጂ የኔ አይደለም ብሎ በማመኑ፣ ባህያዋ ላይ በቁጣ ተነሳ።  ደግነቱ የኋላ ኋላ አህያይቱ ሕይወቱን እንዳተረፈችለት ተገዘበ። 

ክብሬ ተነክቷል ብለህ በውስጥህ ቁጣ ቢገነፍል፣ እኔ ትክክል ነኝ ብለህ አታስብ።  የፈጸምኩት ተግባር ትክክል ነው ብለህ ከማሰብ ይልቅ ተግባሩን እንድትፈጽም ምክንያት ሆነው ያነሳሱህን ነገሮች መርምራቸው።  መቆጣት ያስፈልግ ወይም አያስፈልግ እንደሆነ ያኔ ትገነዘባለህ።                              

ANGER

Numbers 22:29

Even in Bible times donkeys were stubborn creatures!

Balaam’s anger immediately flared up against the donkey.

Notice that Balaam automatically assumed he was right.

It was the entire donkey’s fault. Fortunately for Balaam he realized the donkey saved his life.

The next time your pride is hurt and you feel anger rising up within you, don’t assume you are right.

Instead of trying to justify your actions, see whether you can justify your motives.

This will tell you if your anger is warranted.    

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ውሸት 
ግብ ሃ 5:1 - 11

የአናንያና የሳጲራ ሐጢአት ንፉግነታቸው ወይም የገንዘባቸው ከፊሉን በመደበቃቸው አይደለም።  መሬታቸውን ለመሸጥም ሆነ ላለመሸጥ ነጻ ነበሩ።  እንዲሁም የሚለግሱትን የገንዘብ መጠን ለመወሰን መብት ነበራቸው።   ሐጢአታቸው ያልሆኑትን ራሳቸውን ቸር አስመስለው ለመታየት በመሞከራቸው እና በከፊል ገንዘቡን ለራሳቸው አስቀርተው፣ ያለንን ሁሉ ሰጥተናል ብለው ለእግዚአብሔርና ለእግዚአብሔር ሰዎች በመዋሸታቸው ነው።

ይህ ድርጊታቸው ርኅራኄ የሌለው ፍርድ ያስከተለባቸው ታማኝ አለመሆንና ከንቱ ምኞት በቤተ ክርስቲያን ውስጥ ጥፋትን የሚያስከትልና መንፈስ ቅዱስም በትክክል እንዳይሠራ የሚያደናቅፍ ስለሆነ ነው። 

LYING

Acts 5:1-11

The sin Ananias and Sapphira committed was not stinginess or holding back part of their money; they were free to choose whether or not to sell the land and how much to give. Their sin was lying to God and God’s people by saying they gave the whole amount while they were holding some back for themselves, trying to make themselves appear more generous than they really were. The act was judged harshly because dishonesty and covetousness are destructive in a church, preventing the Holy Spirit from working effectively.

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ምክር   

መጽሐፈ ምሳሌ ም 14:7

ሁሉንም አውቃለሁ ብለህ አስበህ ከሆነ ተሳስተሃል።  ምናልባትም ዕውቀትህ አንተ ከምትገምተው በታች ሊሆን ይችላል።  ራስህን ዝቅ በማድረግ ድጋፍና ምክር እንደሚያስፈልግህ ከተገነዘብክ ያንን ለማድረግ የምታደርገው ሙከራ ይሳካልህ ይሆናል።

ተላላን ሰው በመምከር ጊዜውን ለማባከን የሚሻ የለም።  ተላላ ሰው ምክር አያስፈልገውምና።  ሁላችንንም ካዋቂዎች ጋር ስለ ዕውቀት መወያየት ያስደስተናል።  እንደዚያ በምናደርግበት ጊዜም በዕውቀት ላይ ዕውቀትን እንጨምራለን።  መጽሐፈ ምሳሌ ም 14:7 ያስተዋዮችን ምክር የምንሻ ከሆነ ከተላሎች እንድንርቅ ይመክረናል።

ADVICE

Proverbs 12:15

If you think you know it all, you probably know less than you think. If, in humility, you recognise how much help and counsel you need, you will likely seek it and get it. No one wants to waste time counselling a fool, because the fool does not want counsel. We all enjoy sharing wisdom with the wise, and when we do; we discover new wisdom for our own needs. Proverbs 14:7 tells us that we should stay away from fools if we are looking for wise counsel.