Aksel J. Smith anali munthu woopa Mulungu amene moyo wake unasonyeza makhalidwe abwino a Khristu. Anapereka moyo wake wonse kutsogolera anthu ena kwa Khristu mu ubwino wonse ndi chikondi.
Iye anakula mwauzimu kwambiri komanso mosalekeza masiku onse a moyo wake. Ankawakonda kwambiri anthu ndipo ankafuna kuti aliyense apeze njira yopita ku chimwemwe chenicheni ndi mtendere.
Mawu awa ochokera kwa Aksel J. Smith amatithandiza kumvetsa malamulo a Mzimu, makhalidwe abwino a Khristu ndi malonjezo operekedwa kwa onse oopa Mulungu.
Chisankho chathu cha tsiku ndi tsiku
“Lero ndikusankha pakati pa moyo ndi zabwino, kapena imfa ndi zoipa, mwa kulandira kapena kukana malamulo a Mzimu olembedwa mumtima mwanga.”
Nkhawa
“Chilichonse chimene timanena ndi kuchita tikakhala ndi nkhawa komanso kusowa mtendere chimawononga nthawi yathu yamtengo wapatali ya moyo. Chilichonse chimene timachita ndi kunena mwa Mzimu wa chikhulupiriro chimabweretsa chuma chambiri m’nthawi ino ndi kwamuyaya.”
Mwisraeli wauzimu
“Mwisraeli weniweni wauzimu amabadwa mwa mawu a choonadi kuti akhale ndi ufulu ndi chigonjetso pa uchimo. Amanyamula malonjezo a Mulungu kulikonse kumene ali, ndipo nthawi zonse amalandira madalitso onse a Khristu.”
Kufatsa
“N’zosavuta kukhala wankhanza, kulimbana nawo ndi kubwezera, koma kufatsa kumakupangitsa kukhala wamkulu kwambiri (2 Samueli 22:35-36).”
Kudziyerekeza tokha
“Ndi chiyeso chenicheni kutanganidwa ndi zimene ena akuchita, koma zonsezi zilibe phindu kwa muyaya. Tili ndi zambiri zokwanira zoti tichite tokha: kupeza mmene tingachitire zinthu mwangwiro kwambiri kuti Khristu alemekezedwe.”
Chikondi
“Tikamvera malamulo a Khristu, timalowa m’chikondi changwiro chimene chimatithandiza kukondana wina ndi mnzake monga mmene Khristu anatikondera. Ichi ndi chinthu chachikulu koposa chimene tingakwaniritse kudzera m’chikondi cha Khristu (Yohane 13:34).”
Malonjezo a Mulungu
“Malonjezo onse a Mulungu ndi oona, ndipo adzakwaniritsidwa m’miyoyo yathu ngati tikwaniritsa zofunikira zake. Ngati tipambanadi, tidzalandira zinthu zonse ndipo tidzakhala pamipando yachifumu pamodzi ndi Iye (Chivumbulutso 21:7; Chivumbulutso 3:21).”
Kukoma mtima
“Kukoma mtima ndi chimodzi mwa zipatso zolemekezeka za Mzimu. Ngati tikufuna kuti ulemerero wa kukoma mtima uonekere m’moyo wathu, zonse zopanda kukoma mtima ndi zozizira m’moyo wathu ziyenera kuphwanyidwa. Kukoma mtima kumagwirizana kwambiri ndi nzeru yochokera kumwamba—nzeru yoyera, yokonda mtendere, yofatsa, yofunitsitsa kugonjera, yodzaza ndi chifundo ndi zipatso zabwino (Yakobo 3:17).”
Siyani zonse kumbuyo
“Kusankhidwa kumeneku n’kwakukulu kwambiri moti tikamva mawu a Mbusa Wabwino akunena m’mitima mwathu kuti, ‘Nditsateni!’ tiyenera kukhala okonzeka kusiya chilichonse kuti titsatire mawu ake. Ngati tigwiritsitsa china chilichonse, sitili oyenera kulowa mu ufumu wakumwamba.”
Mzimu wa chikhulupiriro
“Mzimu wa chikhulupiriro ndi mzimu wochitapo kanthu, wodzaza ndi mtendere ndi chimwemwe. Mu mzimu uwu timadalira kwathunthu Mulungu wa zozizwitsa ndi Mawu Ake, ndipo timapeza mpumulo wangwiro. Mu mzimu uwu tayika chiyembekezo chathu mwamphamvu kumwamba osati pa chilichonse cha padziko lapansi. N’chifukwa chake sitingakhumudwe kapena kutaya mtima tikakhala ndi mzimu uwu. Munthu amene ali ndi mzimu uwu amaima pamalo okwezeka ndi opatulika. Amaona ulemerero umene uli kuseri kwa matenda, masautso ndi mavuto, ndipo amalankhula mawu achikhulupiriro kwa iye mwini ndi kwa ena.”