Video link: Je Mungu anajali maisha ya kijana? Na. 3
Je Mungu anajali maisha ya kijana? Na. 3 (Does God care about the life of a young person? No. 3)
Session 3: Youth has its challenges (Ujana una changamoto zake)
God recognizes that youth has its challenges and provides strategies to overcome them. 2 Tim 2:22 “Flee from youthful lusts; pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
Strategies to overcome
1. Flee – 2 sins that we overcome by fleeing are fornication and idolatry.
1 Corinthians 6:18 “Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin that a man commits is outside the body; but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.”
1 Corinthians 10:14 “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.” What is an idol? – An idol is something that you have given priority or value over God.
Flee from youthful lusts and surround yourself with the right friends – fear God
2. Feed on the things of God rather than worldly things -
Ps 119:9 “How can a young man cleanse his path? By obeying your word.”
3. Keep God’s word in your heart and not in your mind
Psalm 119:11 “I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
4. Meditate on things that do not defile the heart – choose what you watch and listen to, and condition yourself.
Philippians 4:8 “Finally, my brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute; if there is any virtue and if there is any excellence, think about these things.”
You can’t hug a woman without getting excited. It’s important to avoid things that make your body feel hot. Proverbs 6:27,28 “Can a man take fire in his bosom and not burn his clothes? Can a man walk on hot coals and not be scorched?”
Job made a covenant with his eyes that he would not look lustfully at a girl. Job 31:1 “I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look at a girl?”
Avoid the sin that quickly ensnares you. Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,”
Kipindi cha 3: Ujana una changamoto zake
Mungu anatambua kwamba ujana una changamoto zake na anatoa mbinu za kuzishinda 2 Tim 2:22 “Lakini zikimbie tamaa za ujanani; ukafuate haki, na imani, na upendo, na amani, pamoja na wale wamwitao Bwana kwa moyo safi.”
Mbinu za kushinda
1. Kukimbia – dhambi 2 ambazo tunashinda kwa kukimbia ni zinaa na ibada ya sanamu.
1 Wakorintho 6:18 “Ikimbieni zinaa. Kila dhambi aitendayo mwanadamu ni nje ya mwili wake; ila yeye afanyaye zinaa hutenda dhambi juu ya mwili wake mwenyewe.”
1 Wakorintho 10:14 “Kwa ajili ya hayo, wapenzi wangu, ikimbieni ibada ya sanamu.” Sanamu ni nini? – Ni kitu chochote ambacho umekipa nafasi ya kwanza au thamani zaidi kuliko Mungu.
2. Jilishe mambo ya Mungu kuliko ya kidunia
Zab 119:9 “Jinsi gani kijana aisafishe njia yake? Kwa kutii, akilifuata neno lako.”
3. Weka neno la Mungu moyoni na sio akilini
Zaburi 119:11 “Moyoni mwangu nimeliweka neno lako, Nisije nikakutenda dhambi.”
Kimbia tamaa za ujanani na kujizungushia marafiki sahihi – wacha Mungu
4. Tafakari vitu visivyochafua moyo – chagua unachotazama na kusikiliza na kujicondition.
Wafilipi 4:8 “Hatimaye, ndugu zangu, mambo yo yote yaliyo ya kweli, yo yote yaliyo ya staha, yo yote yaliyo ya haki, yo yote yaliyo safi, yo yote yenye kupendeza, yo yote yenye sifa njema; ukiwapo wema wo wote, ikiwapo sifa nzuri yo yote, yatafakarini hayo.”
Huwezi kumkumbatia mwanamke halafu mwili wako usisisimke. Ni muhimu kuepuka vitu vinavyokuwasha tamaa katika mwili wako. Mithali 6:27,28 “Je! Mtu aweza kuua moto kifuani pake, Na nguo zake zisiteketezwe? Je! Mtu aweza kukanyaga makaa ya moto, Na nyayo zake zisiungue?”
Ayubu alifanya agano na macho yake kwamba hatamuangalia msichana kwa tamaa. Ayubu 31:1 “Nilifanya agano na macho yangu; Basi nawezaje kumwangalia msichana?”
Epuka dhambi inayokuzinga kwa upesi. Waebrania 12:1 “Basi na sisi pia, kwa kuwa tunazungukwa na wingu kubwa la mashahidi namna hii, na tuweke kando kila mzigo mzito, na dhambi ile ituzingayo kwa upesi; na tupige mbio kwa saburi katika yale mashindano yaliyowekwa mbele yetu,”
Dr Lawi Mshana, Facilitator and Mentor, +255712924234, Tanzania
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