Potatoes, Eggs, and Coffee Beans

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it . 1 Corinthians 10:13

Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn’t know how she was going to make it. She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter. The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.

He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup. Turning to her he asked. “Daughter, what do you see?”

“Potatoes, eggs, and coffee,” she hastily replied.

“Look closer,” he said, “and touch the potatoes.” She did and noted that they were soft. He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

“Father, what does this mean?” she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity– the boiling water.

However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

“Which are you,” he asked his daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? “

Moral:In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

Which one are you?

5 Steps to Personal Greatness

1. Self-Awareness

Knowing your strengths and weaknesses is not as easy as it sounds. To understand our personal surpluses and deficits is not an option on our journey to personal greatness. If we want to drive our performance, then we must be able to manage our emotions in ways that energize and direct that drive.

The research is plentiful that IQ accounts for about 20 percent of a person’s success. Moods account for much more. If we are not aware of our moods, then they can end up controlling our behavior in counterproductive ways. Self-awareness means we are growing in our ability to read our emotions accurately. This gives us the ability to self-regulate and self-manage destructive moods and attitudes. Mood mastery is necessary for personal mastery.

Be self-aware instead of self-conscious.

2. Self-Affirmation

We know it’s not healthy to speak against or gossip about others. It becomes even more destructive when we use words to speak against ourselves. Self-affirmation is a matter of choosing what we focus on. If others talked to us the way we sometimes talk to ourselves, we would avoid them. It can become easy to degrade ourselves, sometimes subliminally. Instead of letting other people and circumstances decide what you will focus on, make it your choice.

Attitudes that asphyxiate include: You’re no good… lousy… incompetent… unable… ordinary… worthless. Attitudes that affirm? I am lovable… forgivable… capable… have strengths… am multi-talented… have purpose. The world can be a negative place. You must counteract toxic noise.

Be self-affirming instead of self-degrading.

3. Self-Motivation

If you are waiting to be motivated by someone else, personal mastery will elude you. Always giving your best is an inside job. Some days are better than others, but give your best every day. Anything less than that leads to a thin life and ultimately, regret.

Motivation is the underlying reason why a person does or doesn’t do something. The stick and carrot incentive is not nearly as powerful as a person’s innate interests. This raises the level of personal productivity and individual engagement. It’s about knowing how you are hardwired and drawing on your natural sense of intrigue.

Be self-motivated instead of self-absorbed.

4. Self-Differentiation

Knowing where you end and others begin is the key to healthy living. You have to understand that when people get together, they create an emotional force field. This force field is powerful. It can cause people to get enmeshed with others and fall into groupthink, or what some refer to as the herd instinct. On the other extreme, it can cause them to disconnect from others and lose important feedback loops, which are the keys to learning. One extreme leads to a sense of helplessness, blame, rationalization, denial, co-dependency and victimhood.

When we self-differentiate, we take responsibility for who and where we are. Responsibility means we have the ability to respond. This powerful skill gives us increased choices and freedoms. It strengthens our immune system to the opinions and actions of others. To not do this is to become the victim of needless suffering.

Practice self-differentiation instead of self-pity.

5. Self-Love

If we are to “love our neighbor as our self,” then I will submit that your love for others cannot and will not exceed your love for yourself. To love others without loving yourself is often an act of desperation to seek someone’s approval. As a result, it says more about the sender’s needs than the needs of the receiver. Sometimes wanting the best for others can involve pain. And wanting the best for yourself includes telling yourself the truth. And who, at times, hasn’t found that to include some pain?

There’s a reason why the airline’s safety instructions tell you to put the oxygen mask on yourself before helping others. You’ll be no good to them without it. You can’t give what you don’t have.

Be self-loving instead of self-serving.

These five self’s will help you discover and express what you want. They lead to clear communication and help avoid drama, regret, sadness and misunderstanding. Personal greatness is not possible without them.

Source/www.success.com

INKOTA UTITWAJE NTIGUKIZA: ABAKIRISTO BAKWIYE KUGIRA INTWARO Z'URUGAMBA!

1Samuel 13:21

Nicyo gituma ku munsi w'intambara, mu bantu bari kumwe na Sawuli  na Yonatani  nta n'umwe wari utwaye inkota cyangwa icumu, ariko Sawuli n'Umuhungu we Yonatani bo bari babyitwaje.

Mu buzima tubamo bwa buri munsi duhura n'Intambara, kandi bisaba ko tuzirwana. hari igihe intambara itera uri kumwe nabantu bakagufasha cyangwa badahari ukirwanaho! intambara z'abakristo bahura nazo ziratandukanye kuko usanga turwana n'isi umubiri na Satani, ibyo byose niko biba bishaka guhinyuza kwizera kwacu.

Hari abakristo bamwe bibwira ko batungwa n'amasengesho abashumba babo babasengeye, cyangwa bibwira ko iyo bari mukivunge bose batagabwaho igitero, reka nkubwireko igihe kijya kigera ugasanga nubwo uri kumwe nabandi kurugamba wakwitegereza ugasanga abafite intwaro si benshi. ibaze nawe kureba uri kurugamba ugasanga abantu babiri gusa nibo bafite inkota abandi bose ntacyo bitwaje!

uyu munsi ndashaka kukubwira ko ubunini bw'itorero sicyo cyerekana ko abantu biteguye kurwana na satani, kuko dufite abantu benshi bari mu matorero bakiroga, bagisambana, bakiri abajura, bagikora ibikorwa byose bitarimo kwirinda! bene data tugeze mw'isi aho abantu bashaka gukora ibyaha ariko badashaka no kwitwa abasirikare!

Ibaze nawe niba ufite intwaro kurugamba, igihe kimwe abisiraheli babuze intwaro zo kurwanisha, kuko abafilisitiya bari baragiye umugambi bati tubababuze kwicurishiriza intwaro! biroroshye gutsinda umuntu udafite intwaro zo kurwanisha! biroroshye kumutsinda ukoreresheje imbaraga nke!

icyo nakuyemo!

Satani ntakangwa nuko witwa umusirikare, ahubwo akangwa nuko uri umusirikare ufite intwaro nyazo kuko nibwo wamurwanya! bene Data umukristo ubuze Ukuri no Kwirinda ntatera ubwoba satani. Umukristo udafite ijambo ry'Imana ntatera ubwoba satani. isi ya none irimo kubuza abantu akanya ko kwitekerezaho, ko gusenga biherereye! reka nkubwire ko ukwiye kongera kwisuzuma kugira ngo nawe utazaterwa utiteguye.

Ni ibiki bikubuza kugira intwaro z'Intambara? nukuba busy? ni whatsapp na facebook? ni inzoga n'Ubusambanyi? ni iki? isuzume uyu munsi kugira ngo igihe cyo guterwa uzabe uhagaze neza! nibyiza kwitegura intamabara mugihe cy'Amahoro! uyu munsi niba ubona uguwe neza ukwiye kwitegura kandi ukamenya ko Satani atanejejwe nuko ubayeho mu mahoro! ABEFESO 6:10. Wisuzume urebe niba izi ntwaro zose uzambaye cyangwa wisanze murugamba utazambaye!

IMANA IZI IBIDUKWIRIYE, NTIDUHA IBYO DUSABYE GUSA!

Iyo urebye ubuzima bw'abasenga benshi bagera igihe bagasa n'abatinya gusaba Imana, akeshi baba batinya guhura no kutabona icyo basabye! noneho bagahitamo gusaba ibintu kuri bamwe bita ko bishoboka! uzasanga umuntu asenga abandi bamwumva bati nawe ibyo ni ukugindoza Imana! ariko ntibiba ari ukugondoza Imana igihe cyose wibwira mu mutima ko Imana izaguha icyo ukeneye cyane kurusha icyo wasabye.

Mu byakozwe n'Intumwa ibice 3 harimo inkuru z'umuntu wavutse aremaye! kandi wari umaze kunyurwa nuko ari kuburyo ntahantu batubwira ko yigeze asaba gukira nari mwe, ahubwo yasabaga abantu kumuterura bakamwicaza ahantu kwirembo ryitwa ryiza! iri rembo koko ryari ryiza kuko ryari irembo binjiriramo bajya murusengero, ntago batubwira ko akimugaye yigeze agera murusengero! kuko ibyo  yasaba byari ibyoroheje kuburyo yabiboneraga ku muryango!

abantu benshi babayeho mubuzima bw'Uburwayi aho gusaba gukira wumva asengera kubona amafranga yo kujya mubuhinde, cyangwa yo kugura Imiti, uyu munsi nubwo utarimo gusaba gukira ndagutangariza ko Imana ibasha kugukiza, kuko ibasha kuduha ibirenze ibyo twayisabye n'Ibyo twibwira. abantu benshi bamaze kuba ibikange kuburyo bumva amajwi ababwira ko byarangiye bakwiye kwigumira kwirembo ry'Urusengero.

Kwirembo ry'Urusengero nihagati y'Ikicyifuzo n'Ishimwe, ndakubwira ukuri yuko Imana yagukura hagati aho ukinjirana n'abandi murusengero ugiye kuyishima, akenshi kwirembo umuntu ashima abantu niyo mpamvu uyu munsi niba wizeye Imana ntitaye kukibazo ufite Imana igiye kukuremera ishimwe aho  gushima abantu ukagerana nabandi murusengero ukajya gushima Imana.

sinzi nawe icyo umaze iminsi usengera, ndashaka kugutangariza ko Imana itareba gusa urutonde rw'Ibyo wasibya ahubwo ifite urutonde runini rw'Ibidukwiye, Imana iragira iti nzi ibyo nibwira kubagirira, ndakubwiza ukuri ko uyu mwaka nuhanga amaso Imana uzabona ibintu byinshi biruta cyane ibyo wayisabye kuko Ibasha gukora ibiruta cyane ibyo dusaba! abefeso 3:20.

Ndakwifuriza kwizera Imana ishobora kugutunga ubu ndetse n'ejo hazaza hawe harashinganye, akira igitangaza cyawe mw'Izina rya Yesu, Imana uyu munsi niba wasabaga amafranga yo kurya iguhe aguze imirima no guhingisha, niba wasaba itike iguhe imodoka, niba sabaga abaguterura igukize ubumuga n'ibindi wowe wizere Imana ishobora kuguha ibirenze!

Pastor Gaudin

New Jerusalem Church

ndabakunda!

Potential Is Never Given for Itself

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who

belong to the family of believers (Galations 6:10).

When I was in college, I went on a tour of Europe. After several days, I lost interest in all I was seeing because my fiancée, who is now my wife, was not there to share it with me. On that trip I learned

the truth of this principle: Potential is never given for itself. Whatever God gives to you, He gives for others. Even as a solitary instrument cannot produce the majestic music of a symphonic orchestra, so human beings cannot glorify their Creator in isolation. 

I need your potential to maximize mine, and you need my potential to maximize yours. All we have been given is meant to be shared. After man had finished naming all the animals and no suitable

helper for him was found among them, God performed another significant act of creation. Why? “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis 2:18). God did not make woman because man asked for a wife, nor

because a helper for man was a good idea. Man needed a companion because he could not realize his potential without sharing it with someone. His solitary existence was not good. To be solitary or alone is not the same as being single. To be alone is to be isolated and cut off from others. Communication is impossible because you have no one like yourself to share with. This is what God says is not good. To be single is to be unmarried. Marriage is not a requirement or a prerequisite for the fulfillment of your potential. You do not necessarily need a husband or a wife. 

What you do need, however, is someone with whom you can share your potential. This is true because your personal satisfaction is connected to your fulfilling God’s purpose for your life, and your purpose cannot be achieved in isolation. You need those people who will call forth your potential and into whom you can pour your life. You may be wired to be single, but you are not designed to live isolated and alone. You need someone with whom you can share your potential.

From Late Myles Munroe

ITANGIRIRO 2:18-25

Kandi Uwiteka Imana iravuga iti “Si byiza ko uyu muntu aba wenyine, reka muremere umufasha umukwiriye.”.Uwiteka Imana irema mu butaka amatungo yose n’inyamaswa zo mu ishyamba zose, n’inyoni n’ibisiga byo mu kirere byose, ibizanira uwo muntu ngo imenye uko abyita, kandi uko uwo muntu yise ikintu cyose gifite ubugingo, aba ari ryo riba izina ryacyo.Uwo muntu yita amatungo yose n’inyoni n’ibisiga byo mu kirere n’inyamaswa zo mu ishyamba zose, ariko umufasha umukwiriye yari ataraboneka.

Uwiteka Imana isinziriza uwo muntu ubuticura arasinzira, imukuramo urubavu rumwe ihasubiza inyama,urwo rubavu Uwiteka Imana yakuye muri uwo muntu, iruhindura umugore imushyira uwo muntu.Aravuga ati “Uyu ni igufwa ryo mu magufwa yanjye, Ni akara ko mu mara yanjye, Azitwa Umugore kuko yakuwe mu Mugabo.”.Ni cyo gituma umuntu azasiga se na nyina, akabana n’umugore we akaramata, bombi bakaba umubiri umwe.Kandi uwo mugabo n’umugore we bombi bari bambaye ubusa, ntibakorwe n’isoni.

Dusomye neza muri iki gice, dusobanukirwa uburyo bukwiye abantu bakwiye kwitwara mugihe cyose bumva bafite ibyifuzo byo gushinga urugo. umuntu wese utarashaka kandi witwa ko ari umukristo yakabaye ahugijwe n'Umurimo w'umwami Imana imuha gukora. hanyuma igihe cyose Imana iba izi neza ibyo dukeneye. aha unyumve neza sinkubuza kubenguka no kubengukwa, ariko ndabaza nti ese uhugiye mubiki?

Adamu yari ahugijwe no kubana n'Imana yewe ibyo byari binamunejeje, Imana yonyine niyo yashoboraga kumenya ko Adamu hari ikintu abura, Hanyuma iramusinziririza imuzanira umuntu maze atangira  kuvuga byinshi.

Hari abantu bavugishwa amagambo menshi n'abantu Imana itabazaniye,ukmara kumubwira amagam amagambo asa nayo adamu yavuze ati: uyu ni igufwa ryo mu magufwa yanjye! ugasanga wabibwiye abantu barenga umwe! Ese nshuti yanjye umaze kubwira bangahe ayo magambo? sinshaka ngo unsubize ahubwo ndashaka ko ubitekerezaho!

Igihe cyose kubana n'Imana bikurutira kubana n'Umugore cyangwa umugabo, Imana ibona ko nawe umukeneye. Imana ngo ibona ko atari byiza ko Adamu aba wenyine! Uyu munsi Abantu benshi bahugijwe no gushaka inshuti aho gushaka Imana! ariko nkubwize ukuri, Inshuti nziza uyibonera mu mana. Inshuti ukuye hanze y'Imana ukayizanira Imana izagusubiza hanze ikujyane kwa sobukwe usange ari kwa Satani.

Uyu munsi ndagira ngo dufatikanye kwibaza iki kibazo: Ese Imana ko idategeka abantu bose Gushaka, igihe cyose nshatse bitandukanye n'Ijambo ryayo ntahabwa umugisha? hari abantu benshi bagirwa Inama mbere yo gushaka, aho usanga umukobwa w'umwizerwa ashakanye n'umupagani ngo azamuhindura, ariko Imana ntiyigeze ituremera abantu bo guhindura ahubwo ikuremera uzaguha umunezero.

Igihe cyose uhugiye ku by'Imana izita ku byawe, niba uyu munsi ikikurangaje ari ugukora umurimo w'Imana, niba ikikurangaje ari ukubaha Imana , gukiranuka no Kwirinda Imana izaguha umufasha ugukwiye. kandi uwo uzabona aje kugushyigikira mu muhamagaro kurenza kuwugukuramo. abantu benshi bararira ngo abagore cyangwa abagabo babo ntibabemerera no gusenga! ariko nkwibarize nti ese wamushatse ute?

Ntushobora kwica amahame y'Imana mu byo kubaka urugo ngo wizere ibisubizo biturutse ku mana, ndahamya ko Imana yo ifite uko ivuga, niba uri umukristo, ugashakana n'Umuntu utizera Imana, kandi Imana yarabikubujije, ndahamya ko uba wiyemeje kureka Imana ugasanga umugabo cyangwa umugore.

Uyu munsi Imana ishaka ko duhugira mukwimenya no kumenya Imana , aho guhugira mu kumenya abo tuzashaka n'ibindi turarikiriye! igihe cyose utakaje uwo uriwe kugirango wakire undi muntu mubuzima bwawe uba uhombye ikintu kinini.

igihe cyose wumva ko uhagijwe nuko uri wenyine, kandi wowe n'Imana muhagije kubanaho ubuzima bwiza nibwo Imana ibona ko ukeneye umufasha. icyo gihe gushaka bizaba ari umugisha kuruta ko byakubera umutwaro. ukwiye kuba wihagije mu mitekerereze, kuko Imana yita kubugingo cyane kuruta ibigaragara.

Hari abantu bajya bavuga ngo:Unyanze napfa! uko biri kose umuntu wicwa nuko bamwanze abeshejweho nuko bamukunze? icyo cyaba ari ikinyoma! abantu bashobora ku kwanga ariko Imana mwatangiranye urugendo niyo murusozanya iyo ukomeje kuyibera umwizerwa. Uyu munsi ukwiye kumenya ko Ubuzima bwo gushaka uwo muzabana, bukwiye kubanzirizwa n'Ubuzima bwo gushaka Imana yamuremye, hanyuma mubiganza byayo niho wakura uwo Imana yakugeneye kandi akagufasha kuzuza ibyo Imana yakuremeye.

Uyu munsi, hari abantu benshi, binkira mubyo bita urukundo ugasanga niba yari akomeye nibwo aguye, nonese ubwo uwo ni umufasha? umufasha aho agusanze akuriza indi ntambwe, akongerera icyubahiro, arakubahisha, kandi yishimira ko Imana yakomeza kukuzamura!Kuko icyo azira mubuzima bwawe si ikindi ahubwo aza kugushyigikira.

Hano ukwiye kwibuka ibi:

1.Abantu bose ntibashaka; hariho abavutse ari ibiremba, abandi bakonwe n'abantu, hariho n'Inkone zikona ubwazo ku bw'Ubwami bwo mw'Ijuru. matayo 19:11

2. Ukwiye guhanga amaso Imana aho kuyahanga uwo wifuza gushaka, kuko umuntu muzima uzamukura murugendo rugana ku Mana, abandi bose batari muri iyo nzira  bashobora kukurangaza. nuwo wakura ahandi hatari aho ukwiye gushishoza cyane.

3.Gushaka si amaranga mutima ahubwo n'icyemezo, kuko amarangamutima ahindukana n'ibihe, imyaka n'Ikimero. umuntu wifuza gushaka ujye wibuka ko ari we muzabana ibihe byose, arwaye, akennye,akize,mu bibi no mu byiza. ntukwiye kumushakira ibyo atunze.

4. Igihe cyose umuntu atanyuzwe no kubana n'Imana, ntiyiteguye kubana n'umuntu munzu!

5. Ukwiye kwita kucyo Imana iguhamagarira gukora kw'isi nibwo Imana izaguha Umufashaka ugukwiye. ariko niwita ku mufasha ugatakaza impamvu, uzazana umuntu wo kujugunyira izahabu zawe ingurube kuko atazi ibyo wahamagariwe.

5. Igihe  cyose Imana iguhaye umugisha, biguhesha amahoro. Igihe cyose  ubuze amahoro uba wakiriye ikitari icyawe.

6. Ubuzima bw'Umuntu ntibushingira ko afite inshuti y'umukobwa cyangwa y'Umuhungu, ahubwo bushingiye ko ufite Imana ikuzi na nyuma yo gupfakara. Ukwiye kwita Kucyo Imana ikuvugaho kuruta kwita kuko wifuza kumera.

7. Ukwiye kubanza kuba wikunda bihagije byatuma uzakunda nuwo muzabana. Ese wifuza ko watwara inda? wifuza gushaka udakoze ubukwe? wifuza kugwa kubera ubusambanyi? igihe ibyo byose utabyifuza ntiwabyifuriza nuwo ubwira ko ukunda! 

8.Ukwiye kwibuka ko ibyo umuntu abiba aribyo asarura: Ese wifuza kuzumva abana bawe babana n'abagabo cyangwa abagore utabizi batarasezerana? uyu munsi ukwiye kwibaza uti ese kuki njye nakora ibi mw'izina ry'Urukundo.

Icyitonderwa: Uyu munsi Isi igeze aho ibona ubwizerane nko kwemera kuryamana n'Umuntu (Gusambana mbere yo kwemerwa n'Imana n'abantu). kuburyo ibyo bitabaye hariho bamwe bumva ko mutizeranye. ariko ubusambanyi ntibuvuga kwizerana! ubihakana agende abaze abantu bigurisha, ese hari ubwizerane bagira?

Umuntu wese umuhungu ashuka, cyangwa umukobwa ati nitutaryamana sinzamenya ko unyizera, uzamenyeko ahubwo uwo muntu ashaka kukurimbura. naho akarimi ke kaba ari keza rwose. imigani 5:3-23, uyu munsi kwizerana bikwiye kugushingira ku byo mwibwira n'ibyo mutekereza kurenza ibyo mukora.

Kwizerana naho bihuriye n'Igikorwa, ahubwo bikomezwa no kwibwira kumwe, mu migambi, inzozi, ibyo mwemera n'ibindi. abantu babanza imibonano mpuzabitsina nk'Ikimenyetso cyo kwizerana bari mu mwijima kuko Satani ashaka kubarimbura. Imigani 7:1-27

Uyu munsi niba wifuza urugo rwiza ukwiye kurutegura UBANA N'Imana aho kwiruka inyuma yabo ushaka kuzaba nabo, niwiruka ushaka Imana, muri iyo nzira uzabonamo umufasha, nugwa azakubyutsa, nusubira inyuma azagusengera, azagushyigikira mukuzuza ibyo Imana ishaka ko ukora. aho kukubohera mubyo we yifuza.

Yesu agira ati nuko nimumenya ukuri niko kuzababatura: Uyu munsi ntukwiye kuba imbata y'Umuntu uwo wari we wese ahubwo ukwiye kuba Imbata ya Kristo hanyuma ugakorera abantu nkuziko azahembwa na Kristo. niba uri umugabo, umenye ko n'uba umugabo mwiza murugo ukarerera Imana neza Imana izaguhemba. niba uri umugore ugafasha neza umugabo wawe kuzuza inshingano Imana imuha Imana izaguhemba. Ibihembo bikuru bizahambwa abantu bitaye kuby'Imana aho kwita kubyabo. kuko Imana yo yita kubyacu cyane.

Pastor M.Gaudin

New Jerusalem Church

Contact: +250788329339

Email: pstgaudin@gmail.com

Life and Power Is in the Seed

For as the soil makes the sprout come up and a garden causes seeds to grow, so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness and praise spring up before all nations (Isaiah 61:11).

God created seeds to guarantee the fulfillment of future generations. Every plant, animal, bird, reptile, and insect possesses within itself the ability and potential to reproduce itself and to continue the propagation of its species. Consider then the prospect if every seed decided to germinate, develop into a beautiful tree, and have juicy, sweet, seedless fruit. What would be the result? A natural tragedy! Chaos would ensue and ultimately the genocide of mankind would follow as oxygen disappeared from the atmosphere for the lack of

trees.

Please note that the seed in this example did fulfill part of its purpose. It germinated, grew, developed, and even bore fruit. Yet the totality of its potential was not fulfilled because it did not extend itself to the maximum potential of releasing seeds. Because the seed failed to reproduce itself, the next generation of trees was robbed of life, consequently affecting the entire human race and all creation. This is the impact when one element in nature withholds its true potential and refuses to maximize itself. Tragically, there are millions of people who exist in “seedless lives.” They are conceived, grow, develop; they dress up, smell good, and look good; and they even pretend to be happy. 

Yet everything they are dies with them because they fail to pass on everything God gave them. They have no sense of generational responsibility. They have no idea of their duty to the future. No man is born to live or die to himself. When a seed maximizes its potential, it not only feeds the next generation but also guarantees it through the seeds in the fruit. God gave you the wealth of your potential—your gifts, talents, abilities, energies, creativity, ideas, aspirations, and dreams—for the blessing of others. You bear the responsibility for activating, releasing, and maximizing this potential as a deposit for the next generation

"No man is born to live or die to himself"

Urugendo rw’Umukristo: Eliya na Elisa(Igice cya 2)

2. Urugendo barukomereje i Beteli:

Beteli bisobanura mu nzu y’Imana. Muribuka Yakobo ahunze Esau, Imana ikamwiyereka yiseguye ibuye ? Akangutse yasize amavuta ibuye, arangije ararishinga yita aho hantu i Beteli aravuga ngo nungarukana amahoro, ukampa ibyo kurya n’ibyo kwambara nzahakubakira inzu (Itangiriro 28:18-22). Aho ngaho ni ho Yesu yaje kuvukira.

Nyuma yo gukebwa noneho wageze mu nzu y’Imana, uri Amukristo mwiza. Imana ishimwe. Mu nzu y’Imana nagira ngo nkumenyeshe ko habera ibyiza utabona ahandi : hari imigisha yose Imana itanga kuko Salomo umunsi ataha inzu y’Imana yabwiye Imana ngo ngwino winjire muri iyi nzu ikubere ubuturo (1 Abami 8 : 22-53). Igituma abapfakazi, impfubyi bagera mu nzu y’Imana bakanezererwa Imana ni uko inzu y’Imana ari uburuhukiro bw’abantu bayo. Iyo uyijemo ufite ibikugoye, wizera kuruhuka.

Ikibazo rero ni abaje mu nzu y’Imana batarakebwa, bagasanga turashima ko Imana yaduhaye imigisha na bo bagasaba imigisha batarakebwa. Ni cyo kibazo gituma haba uruvange mu nzu y’Imana, kandi muribuka ko Abisirayeli bahaguruka mw’ Egiputa bahagarukanye n’ikivange cy’abanyamahanga, ni bo babakururiye akaga mu nzira bamwe ntibagera mu gihugu cy’amasezerano (Kuva 12 : 38).

Kuko abo bantu rero basabye imigisha batarakizwa ngo bige kubana n’imigisha, iyo babonye imigisha bashakaga bahita basubira inyuma cyangwa iyo migisha baboneye mu nzu y’Imana ikabatera ubwibone. Wambaza ngo kuki Imana ibaha imigisha kandi batarakizwa?

Yego nyine irayibaha kuko ubuntu bwayo bwuzuye isi yose, ivubira imvura ababi n’abeza, no mu mirima y’abarozi na ho ikagwamo, n’uwahinze itabi n’urumogi na ho ikagwamo kuko ubuntu bw’Imana ni bwinshi cyane kandi urukundo ikunda umuntu ni rwinshi, iba imutegereje ngo yenda azakizwa. Kandi umuntu afite uburenganinzira bwose, ashobora gukizwa cyangwa akinangira umutima. Ariko kuko Imana ari umutunzi w’imbabazi, yifuza ko bose bakizwa bakamenya ukuri.

Kandi gusenga ugasubizwa ntibivuga ko uri kumwe n’Imana, ahubwo uhore wisuzuma ko wakebwe mu mutima. Muribuka ko Yakobo yagiye yibye umugisha wa mukuru we (izina Yakobo risobanura umuriganya), ariko mu myaka 20 yamaze kwa sebukwe intama zaragwiriye, abona imigisha myinshi irimo abana n’abagore, ariko icyaha yacyihaniye mu nzira ataha (Itangiriro 32:22-32). Ni ko bimera, ushobora kugira imigisha y’i Beteli ariko utarakebwa.

Ahubwo nubona ibyawe bigenda neza, uhore wisuzuma ubaza Imana uti «Ko uri kumpa umugisha mu bugingo bwanjye ni hazima ? Ubu impanda ivuze nayumva ? » Bizatuma ukomeza kubana n’Imana akaramata, mubane nk’umubyeyi n’umwana. Kandi muzi ko Bibiliya ivuga ku bantu bahawe umugisha n’Imana, ikavuga ngo « Nimumara kurya mugahaga, mukubaka amazu mukayabamo, muzirinde ntimuzibagirwe Uwiteka Imana yanyu» (Guteg. 8:11-19).

Mbifurije kuryoherwa n’imigisha yo mu nzu y’Imana, kandi impamvu abantu benshi batagikunda kuza mu nzu y’Imana ni uko batazi ibyiza bihari. Ariko nta wabarenganya kuko ijambo ry’Imana rivuga ngo «Aho ubutunzi bw’umuntu buri n’umutima we ni ho uba.» Uzi ko Abakristo benshi baza mu rusengero ku Cyumweru, ariko kandi n’ubwo waba utaje mu rusengero uribuka ko wowe ubwawe nawe uri urusengero.

Mbese iyo ugenda uba uri mu mwuka wo kubaha Imana, cyangwa uyubaha iyo uje mu rusengero ? Ikindi gihe upfa ibyo wivugiye upfa uko wifashe ? Ariko niba Yesu atihanganiye abacururizaga mu rusengero kandi yari inyubako yubatswe n’abantu, n’abacururiza mu rwo yiyubakiye ubwe ntazabihanganira. Menya uwo uriwe n’agaciro kawe, Imana izaguha imigisha yose itangira mu rusengero. Amen. Pastor Desire@agakiza.org

UMWICANYI WA KERA NIWE MUVUGABUTUMWA MWIZA: UKO IMANA IKUBONA.

Iki gitondo ndashaka kugaruka ku mugabo w'Umwicanyi ruharwa ugaragara muri bibiriya, uwo yishe benshi, kandi benshi baramutinyaga, iyo bamubonaga bibukaga abo yishe bagahindishwa umushyitsi nuko ariwe ugarutse. yishe beshi ababuza gukurikira inzira ya Yesu, yahohoteye benshi kandi benshi bakutse imitima kubwe, yise ababyeyi kuburyo imfubyi zitamwiyumvagamo, yishe abana kuburyo ababyeyi batamwiyumvagamo.

Amateka ya kera amugira mubi cyane , nkuko nawe wibutse ayawe wakumva hari abo yateye agahinda ndetse bakubona bakakwishisha, kuko uzi uko wabagiriye! uyu tucuga ni Sawuli Imana yaje guhindurira izina akaba Pawulo, uwo tuzi wabwirije benshi, wabatije benshi, wakoze imirimo itangaje kuko nubwo yari umwicanyi Imana yamurebagamo umuntu izakoresha ibikomeye nko kwandika, ibitabo byishi birusha muri bibiliya!

Uyu munsi nkufitiye inkuru nziza! iyo umuntu ari muri Kristo Yesu aba abaye icyaremwe gishya. IMANA buri gihe ntiyibuka ibyacu bya kera ahubwo iturebera ejo hazaza kuko izi neza ko ejo hacu ari heza cyane kuruta ahazaza! Imana ntiyitaye kubyo wakoze bibi igihe cyose witeguye gukora ibyo igusaba ubu! niyo mpamvu Imana atarebeye mumateka ya kera Pawulo, ngo aho ajya hose ivuge ko ari umwicanyi, uyu munsi ndashaka ko ubaho mubuzima bwiza bwo gutekereza ko Imana iguhaye amahirwe yo kubaho mubuzima bwiza ntampamvu yo kwitekerereza mubyahise! 

ndashaka kukubwira ko uyu munsi satani akomeza akongorera akwereka ibyahise, ariko ukwiye kumubwira ko udakeneye kuba muri gereza ya kera ahubwo ushaka kubaka umurwa w'Ibintu bishya, hariho amahirwe yuko umwicanyi, umusambanyi, umujura, umusinzi, n'Aabandi abantu babona bakabona batahinduka , Imana ikibafiteho umugambi mwiza kuko  Imana itaturebera mu mateka. akenshi usanga abantu kugira ngo baguhe akazi bakubaza aho wabanje gukora, gusa Imana ntibibona gutyo kuko ibyo wabanjemo ntahantu bihuriye nibyo ujyiye gukora.

ugiye kuba umuntu udasanzwe kuko ibyakera numara kubyibagirwa, uratangira kwagura inzozi, birashoboka ko wakongera ugasubira mw'Ishuri, byashoboka kongera kuba umwizerwa, wakongera gutera Imbere kuko Imana ikubonamo byishi  cyane, kandi bitarasohora nubwo wowe wireba nk'Umuntu watsinzwe, wibuka amateka mabi gusa, ndashaka kukubwira ko pawulo yari afite uruhande rwiza abantu batari bazi, kuko Imana yamuhaye uburyo bwo gukora neza, ndababwira ukuri yuko abo yakirishije ubutumwa bwiza baruta ubwishi cyane abo yishe umubiri gusa! ntimutinye uwica umubiri, ahubwo mutinye uwica ubugingo.

uyu munsi ndakumenyesha ko hakiri amahirwe menshi niba ukiriho, ahubwo ukwiye kurushah kureba ibiri imbere, Pawulo agera ahantu aravuga ati nibagira ibiri inyuma nkasingira ibiri imbere, ndasiganirwa gufata icyo Kristo yamfatiye. niba ukeneye gutera Imbere ukwiye kwibagirwa ibihe byo gutsindwa wanyuzemo, ibihe byo kuguca intege, ahubwo ukwiye kongera kwegera Imana kuburyo ikwereka ahazaza heza aho abantu bose batakubona ahubwo Imana ikubona!

Ndakwifuriza umugisha utangwa n'Imana!

Pastor M.Gaudin

New Jerusalem Church.

Gukizwa ni ugutera intambwe! Pastor Desire Habyarimana

« Sigara aha »* 2 Abami 2:1-11

Gukizwa ni ugutera intambwe kuko tuva mu bwiza tujya mu bundi.

Iyo ukijijwe ntutere intambwe buri gihe ugana imbere, biba ari ikibazo kuko ni nko kubyara umwana ntakure. Uri umubyeyi wababara cyane ari nta cyo utakoze ngo akure, ariko bikanga. Nkeka ko ariko Imana ibireba iyo ibona umwana wayo amara umwaka yumva ijambo ry’Imana ariko ntakure ngo atere intambwe, areke ibyaha byamuneshaga kera atarakizwa.

Mu buzima bwa Gikristo duhura na byinshi bitubwira ngo «Sigara hano, ntutere intambwe.» Indirimbo y’108 hari aho igera ikavuga ngo «Jye ndi Umukristo, ndakomeje mu rugendo rwanjye. Iby’ino mu isi ndabihinyuye, nsigaye nifuza ibyo mu ijuru.» Bivuga ngo iyo iby’isi utabihinyuye (aho kugira ngo ubitegeke byo bikagutegeka) birakudindiza ntibitume utera intambwe ujya mu ijuru. Kandi muzi yuko turwana n’isi, n’umubiri na Satani. Ibyo byose ni ibigambiriye kudusigaza. Baca umugani mu Kinyarwanda ngo « Umuntu asiga ikimwirukankana, ntasiga ikimwirukamo. »

Gutsinda abandi biroroshye, ariko kwitsinda birakomeye. Kwigisha abandi biroroha, ariko kwiyigisha birakomeye. Bishatse kuvuga ko isi ari yo tugendamo, umubiri turawambaye ibyo byose kubitsinda birakomeye, bisaba gufata icyemezo cyo kudasigara nka Elisa kuko iyo apfa gusigara aho abonye ntiyari kubona umwitero wa Eliya.

Muribuka ko na Pawulo yageze aho akavuga ngo « Ndiruka kugira ngo mfate icyo Kristo yamfatiye. » Ntukwiriye gusigara utaragera kumpera y’umuhamagaro wawe. Ibigeragezo ducamo, 90% biba bigamije kudusigaza. Ariko ntitugomba gusigara n’ubwo dufite inzitizi nyinshi mu nzira ijya mu ijuru.

Hari ubwo n’Imana igucisha mu bigeragezo, kugira ngo irebe ko uzi uwo wakurikiye kandi ko urukundo uyikunda ari urw’ukuri cyangwa ari urumamo. Yesu mu mugani w’umubimbyi yasobanuye ko hari abantu batotezwa kubw’ubwami bw’Imana bikabasitaza bagasubira inyuma (Matayo 13:21).

Aburahamu Imana yamuhaye umwana w’ikinege, hashize iminsi imutegeka kujya kumutambaho igitambo (Itangiriro 22:1). Ariko nyuma Imana ibonye atsinze icyo kigeragezo (adasigaye aho ngo atsindwe), Imana iramubwira ngo « Kuko ukoze icyo, nanjye nzaguha umugisha, uzabe umugisha…

Naomi yagerageje abakazana be, Orupa yisubirirayo ariko Rusi yihambira kuri nyirabukwe (Rusi 1:6). Rusi rero byamuhesheje kuba mu gisekuruza cya Yesu, kandi n’ibyo yari yigomwe yarabibonye, atsinda icyo kigeragezo neza ntiyasigara nka Orupa.

Gideyoni Imana yaramubwiye ngo « Abantu (ingabo) baracyakabije kuba benshi. Manukana na bo mujye ku mugezi mbakugeragerezeyo, uzamenya abo uzatabarana na bo (Abacamanza 7: 4). Yasigaranye ingabo 300 gusa, aba ari bo batsinda ku bw’Uwiteka na Gideyoni.

Burya umuntu wese utarageragezwa yakwemeza ko ari umukiranutsi, ariko Umukristo w’ukuri. Uzamumenyera mu makuba no mu bibazo, ni ho umuntu yerekana Yesu yizeye kuko benshi iyo babinyuzemo ntibabivamo. Nyamara Yakobo 1:12 haravuga ngo « Hahirwa uwihanganira ibimugerageza, kuko namara kwemerwa azambikwa ikamba ry’ubugingo. »

Ntuzacikwe n' igice cya 2........

Pastor Desire@agakiza.org