Jesus entered a temple in Jerusalem and cleared the temple by driving out all who were doing business inside the temple. He then started healing the sick,demonstrating the main purpose of the temple. As Jesus is working in the temple, the children who heard people shouting 'hosanna!' join the praise team and continue praising him. The Chief priests and the teachers of the law got offended on how the children were using the special word 'Hosanna ' on Jesus because they did not recognise him as the Messiah.
HOSANNA
Hosanna was used by the Hebrews on the Jewish festivals like the feast of Tabernacles. Its a joyous exclamation of Praise. The people in Jerusalem used it to acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah. They saw him healing the sick, setting the captives free. Therefore they accepted him as their saviour. Hosanna also means please save us, some scholars say they were celebrating the anticipated salvation through Jesus Christ.
The Chief priests saw this as a disorder, they expected Jesus to stop them mainly the children. Jesus refered them to the prophecy in Psalm 8v2 which says, 'from the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.The traditional of the chief priests did not allow children to be at the forefront shouting 'hosanna ' it is a special expression to the almighty God.
JESUS PAYS ATTENTION TO THE WEAK AND SMALL
He told the teachers of the law that yes i have heard them shouting hosanna, first of all it is a fulfilment of a prophecy that even babies shall praise God, secondly their praise is perfect and pure because they are innocent. If we could read 1 corinthians 1v27 the bible says that 'God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise,God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. The chief priests in the temple thought they knew the law and the children didn't know what they were doing but they missed the point that even God in heaven accepted that praise.
The praise from the lips of the oppressed is very significant. Praise God even if you feel you are low in the society, praise God when you are in trouble like Paul and Silas (Act 16 v
25-28). The devil will stop you because its a weapon to silence him (psalm8v2) The children and other people who welcomed Jesus in Jerusalem knew that their salvation has come, the Messiah is here, they said blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest. Dear reader you better start singing this song because it is a privilege to praise God.The devil lost this privilege long time back and he will try to stop you.
Praise him for the salvation, he ordained you to praise him in any circumstance.
Hosanna to the son of David!
Hosanna in the highest!
Monday, 26 January 2015
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Hidden Treasures
In the book of Matthew 13v44, Jesus is teaching in a parable talking about the Kingdom of God. He says it is like a hidden treasure. Many people do not know the benefits found in the Kingdom of God because they are hidden, only revealed to those who choose to understand it fully .
The owner who sold the field
The owner of this field did not realise that he had treasures in his field and he sold it, sometimes we belong to the Kingdom of God with all the resources around us but we fail to see it or we do not know how to utilise it.
Jesus teachings on the Kingdom shows that the Kingdom principles are revealed to few people,those who have taken time to understand it. However he does not hide the teachings to those who oppose him like the pharisees. He said though they hear but they do not understand. We can hear stuff on daily basis but it takes another effort to understand it. The problem with the pharisees is that they did not believe Jesus at all, therefore did not make an effort to ask Jesus to explain further the meaning of the parables.
Many of us Christian we don't spend much time to discover the hidden treasures in the Kingdom of God, we are citizens and believers but we don't claim all the benefits entitled to us. The one who purchased this field in the story of Jesus realised that what he had was nothing compared to treasures hidden in the field.
May God give us understanding of his principles so that we discover all our benefits in the Kingdom of God
The owner who sold the field
The owner of this field did not realise that he had treasures in his field and he sold it, sometimes we belong to the Kingdom of God with all the resources around us but we fail to see it or we do not know how to utilise it.
Jesus teachings on the Kingdom shows that the Kingdom principles are revealed to few people,those who have taken time to understand it. However he does not hide the teachings to those who oppose him like the pharisees. He said though they hear but they do not understand. We can hear stuff on daily basis but it takes another effort to understand it. The problem with the pharisees is that they did not believe Jesus at all, therefore did not make an effort to ask Jesus to explain further the meaning of the parables.
Many of us Christian we don't spend much time to discover the hidden treasures in the Kingdom of God, we are citizens and believers but we don't claim all the benefits entitled to us. The one who purchased this field in the story of Jesus realised that what he had was nothing compared to treasures hidden in the field.
May God give us understanding of his principles so that we discover all our benefits in the Kingdom of God
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
INE ANGA NDI OMWEWA A NACHISALE
Ine anga ndi omwewa a Nachisale,
lero akundipatsa la pa thumba,
kudyetsa yonse iyi mbumba,
poti ine ndili khwakhwa khwaa!
ngakhale lobowola ndilibe,
wandikhudzumutsa ulova,
abale anzanga ndinkangomva.
lero ndasanduka zungulira khonde,
chasosola mapiko chiomba nkhanga
Ine ndi khobidi tinali mabwenzi,
timakumana mwezi ndi mwezi,
ndiye ndimati ndikayela mmanja,
ndimatsakamila pa Njira ili Kuti,
kumwelera ndi kukhwasula,
osalephelanso a nkupa nkupa,
akupe ngumbi zotengeka ndi kuwala,
zoti tili ndi ana kuiwala.
ndani achisiya chinyamata ichi.
ndikakumbuka mnsana wa njira,
ndimagula mpiru wa a biti Machenje,
a Nachi ndi ana akadye kunyumba,
ine nditatsuka kale mkamwa,
lero mchokochi unafikila ine,
a Nachi ndi amene akutidyetsa,
palibenso zotsuka mkamwa mobisa
bola iwo abweletsa timatemba
palibe icho apanga mozemba.
Ine anga ndi omwewa a Nachisale,
ndaona mmene avutikila ndi anawa,
osati aja odzola zonga dothi,
osamva ndi ifeyo a gonthi,
timangolonda tili pulipuli,
atikolole akasokelele dzala.
ndikapeza ina ntchito,
ndidzapita ku nyanja ndi a Nachisale
ndi anawa tikasangalale.
lero akundipatsa la pa thumba,
kudyetsa yonse iyi mbumba,
poti ine ndili khwakhwa khwaa!
ngakhale lobowola ndilibe,
wandikhudzumutsa ulova,
abale anzanga ndinkangomva.
lero ndasanduka zungulira khonde,
chasosola mapiko chiomba nkhanga
Ine ndi khobidi tinali mabwenzi,
timakumana mwezi ndi mwezi,
ndiye ndimati ndikayela mmanja,
ndimatsakamila pa Njira ili Kuti,
kumwelera ndi kukhwasula,
osalephelanso a nkupa nkupa,
akupe ngumbi zotengeka ndi kuwala,
zoti tili ndi ana kuiwala.
ndani achisiya chinyamata ichi.
ndikakumbuka mnsana wa njira,
ndimagula mpiru wa a biti Machenje,
a Nachi ndi ana akadye kunyumba,
ine nditatsuka kale mkamwa,
lero mchokochi unafikila ine,
a Nachi ndi amene akutidyetsa,
palibenso zotsuka mkamwa mobisa
bola iwo abweletsa timatemba
palibe icho apanga mozemba.
Ine anga ndi omwewa a Nachisale,
ndaona mmene avutikila ndi anawa,
osati aja odzola zonga dothi,
osamva ndi ifeyo a gonthi,
timangolonda tili pulipuli,
atikolole akasokelele dzala.
ndikapeza ina ntchito,
ndidzapita ku nyanja ndi a Nachisale
ndi anawa tikasangalale.
Friday, 14 March 2014
A PENNY A DAY
In the book of Mathews chapter 20 from verse 1 to 16, Jesus is teaching about the labourers who were hired by one man at different times and then given the same pay of a penny a day.
The master went in the morning into the marketplace and hired one group of labourers into his vineyard. He went again about the third hour and he found other labourers who were not hired, standing idle at the marketplace. This man hired them as well and he continued hiring labourers each time he found them standing idle up to the eleventh hour, meaning an hour before their pay.
When the pay time came the lord of the vineyard paid them all a penny each. Those who came first after receiving their pay murmured against their master, saying the last labourers have wrought but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
This is the teaching about the kingdom of God, and the principles of the kingdom of God are different from those of the world, just to remind my dear readers that the kingdom of God is established among those who believe in him. Therefore these principles apply to you today not only after the judgement day. Returning back to our story, Jesus concluded that in the kingdom of God, the last will be first and the first will be last. In the labourers mind, they were the first and deserved more than the last labourers which is normal in the worldly kingdom.
In the kingdom of God, blessings come in accordance to how God himself chooses and mainly its according to his grace. The labourers who came first did not understand why they received the same pay as those who came last and worked only one hour.
When the grace of God is upon you, others will think its unfair for them to be treated the same as you. This grace will not look at the year you graduated or entered a company for you to be promoted. It does not consider who will be happy with your promotion or who came first.
The grace of God does not take into account the cultures of a particular community, their way of doing things or their rules. That is why we see David being crowned king ahead of his brothers and his father could not understand it.
It would be unconstitutional for a Hebrew foreigner in Egypt to be a prime minister but it happened with Joseph because he belonged to the kingdom of God where the rules of the game are different.
If you are reading this message today and think you are behind in many things and yet you are a Christian, please take time to remind yourself of the principles of the kingdom of God, you will found out that the last will the first and the first will the last.
The master went in the morning into the marketplace and hired one group of labourers into his vineyard. He went again about the third hour and he found other labourers who were not hired, standing idle at the marketplace. This man hired them as well and he continued hiring labourers each time he found them standing idle up to the eleventh hour, meaning an hour before their pay.
When the pay time came the lord of the vineyard paid them all a penny each. Those who came first after receiving their pay murmured against their master, saying the last labourers have wrought but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
This is the teaching about the kingdom of God, and the principles of the kingdom of God are different from those of the world, just to remind my dear readers that the kingdom of God is established among those who believe in him. Therefore these principles apply to you today not only after the judgement day. Returning back to our story, Jesus concluded that in the kingdom of God, the last will be first and the first will be last. In the labourers mind, they were the first and deserved more than the last labourers which is normal in the worldly kingdom.
In the kingdom of God, blessings come in accordance to how God himself chooses and mainly its according to his grace. The labourers who came first did not understand why they received the same pay as those who came last and worked only one hour.
When the grace of God is upon you, others will think its unfair for them to be treated the same as you. This grace will not look at the year you graduated or entered a company for you to be promoted. It does not consider who will be happy with your promotion or who came first.
The grace of God does not take into account the cultures of a particular community, their way of doing things or their rules. That is why we see David being crowned king ahead of his brothers and his father could not understand it.
It would be unconstitutional for a Hebrew foreigner in Egypt to be a prime minister but it happened with Joseph because he belonged to the kingdom of God where the rules of the game are different.
If you are reading this message today and think you are behind in many things and yet you are a Christian, please take time to remind yourself of the principles of the kingdom of God, you will found out that the last will the first and the first will the last.
Monday, 3 February 2014
GET CLOSER
When Ruth insisted on following Naom, she never knew she was getting close to her destiny. Her good heart of helping the old woman got her close to God and immediately she started receiving the benefits of the kingdom. WATCH OUT THIS SPACE IN THIS YEAR 2014 for more inspiring messages from SIS Judith!!!! God bless you!
Friday, 24 January 2014
HE RECRUITS FISHERMEN AS HIS FIRST DESCIPLES
Jesus being the son of the most high God, you would think he will go to the high temples to recruit his disciples. He went to the sea shore of Galilee and start calling the fishermen to be his first disciples(Mark chapter 1 verses 17 to 18). These fishermen were not bible scholars like the scribes, they learnt about the God of Israel through their parents not through formal training. They were not strict observers of the commandments like the Pharisees and the Scribes, in one occasion they were accused of not fasting like them and the other day they were plucking the ears of the corn on the Sabbath which according the Pharisees was unlawful.
Its amazing how God can choose anyone to his assignment. Looking into the profiles of these fishermen, I don't think according to human eye they met the criteria to be the followers of Jesus. There was John the Baptist who started the work to prepare the way before Jesus. He could have been picked because he already knew the coming of Jesus. He recognised and respected him (Mark chapter 1 verses 6 to 8). It would have been easier for him to continue with Jesus but his assignment ended there and God wanted to choose other disciples to carry another assignment of spreading the gospel.
God can assign you to any work and start training you himself, not only a conversion from a fisherman to a fisher of men. It could also be from a cow boy to a king or a leader like David, it can be from a prisoner to a prime minister like Joseph, it can be from a poor niece, widow to a queen like Esther and the list goes on. God is a maker, he can make you to be what he wants and he can start with anybody.
May he start with you the reader of this message this year 2015! may the promotion come to you even if people including your boss thinks you are not well qualified, you don't have formal training, may you get that job, that business, that woman if she is for you, that man if he is for you, that scholarship. Please add to the list what you want and receive it!
Its amazing how God can choose anyone to his assignment. Looking into the profiles of these fishermen, I don't think according to human eye they met the criteria to be the followers of Jesus. There was John the Baptist who started the work to prepare the way before Jesus. He could have been picked because he already knew the coming of Jesus. He recognised and respected him (Mark chapter 1 verses 6 to 8). It would have been easier for him to continue with Jesus but his assignment ended there and God wanted to choose other disciples to carry another assignment of spreading the gospel.
God can assign you to any work and start training you himself, not only a conversion from a fisherman to a fisher of men. It could also be from a cow boy to a king or a leader like David, it can be from a prisoner to a prime minister like Joseph, it can be from a poor niece, widow to a queen like Esther and the list goes on. God is a maker, he can make you to be what he wants and he can start with anybody.
May he start with you the reader of this message this year 2015! may the promotion come to you even if people including your boss thinks you are not well qualified, you don't have formal training, may you get that job, that business, that woman if she is for you, that man if he is for you, that scholarship. Please add to the list what you want and receive it!
Saturday, 4 May 2013
PATSOGOLO
Mwina timavutika pa Nyanja ya msautso,
ndi namondwe akuomba amalondola dzuwa,
koma mdziko la ngwiro, zitachoka nkhunguzo!
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
chorus.
pa tsogolo mmene mawu abwera,
pamene woyera adzafika kwawo,
tidzanena nthano tagonjetsa bwanji?
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo.
Zofunika zathuzi nzosoweka mdzikoli,
mthupi, njala ndi usiwa, mminda milibe mmela,
tikhulupile mbuye ndi malinga ndi mawu,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
mbali zonse zovuta zosazindikilika,
njira zosiyana zofika ku dziko la lonjezo,
Mulungu azatisunga mpaka tsiku la imfa,
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
Ife mwina tigwidwa ndi nsapha wobisika,
mtima upweteka tikanena mawu wolakwa,
tikafunsa chifukwa chomwe timayesedwa,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
ndi namondwe akuomba amalondola dzuwa,
koma mdziko la ngwiro, zitachoka nkhunguzo!
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
chorus.
pa tsogolo mmene mawu abwera,
pamene woyera adzafika kwawo,
tidzanena nthano tagonjetsa bwanji?
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo.
Zofunika zathuzi nzosoweka mdzikoli,
mthupi, njala ndi usiwa, mminda milibe mmela,
tikhulupile mbuye ndi malinga ndi mawu,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
mbali zonse zovuta zosazindikilika,
njira zosiyana zofika ku dziko la lonjezo,
Mulungu azatisunga mpaka tsiku la imfa,
tidzazindikila bwino pa tsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
Ife mwina tigwidwa ndi nsapha wobisika,
mtima upweteka tikanena mawu wolakwa,
tikafunsa chifukwa chomwe timayesedwa,
tidzazindikila bwino patsogolo
(bwelezani kolasi)
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