ALWAYS PREACH FOR A SPECIFIC RESPONSE

By Rick Warren

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The Bible is clear that Christians must be “doers of the Word and not hearers only,” (James 1:22) so it’s clear that our responsibility as Pastors and preachers of the Word is to challenge people to do something in response to what we’ve said. In other words, the goal of preaching is life change.

How can you add more application into our message to make God’s Word more doable? Always aim for a specific response.

The greatest weakness of most preaching is that the sermon has a fuzzy focus. So many sermons are vague & abstract because the pastor isn’t really clear about why he is teaching this particular message, nor does he give the audience a specific direction to go in response.

It’s easy to be abstract, but it takes effort to be specific, but nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific! A well-prepared sermon should be more like a bullet than buckshot. Know your purpose and aim right for it!

The most important question you can be asking as you are in the process of studying and preparing your sermon is what specific response am I going to ask for?

Since you are preaching for action, for a verdict, and for a commitment, you should prepare everything about the message with the end and the stated goal in sight.

Plenty of books on preaching advise you to dig to discover the “big idea” in the text. This is vital, but it isn’t everything. The big idea of the text is the what? of the sermon, but people also need to hear the so what? Ask these three questions before you finish preparing to preach:

• What do I want them to think? That is, how will this message challenge their mind?
• What do I want them to feel? How will this message challenge their heart?
• What do I want them to do? How will this message challenge their will?

After you’ve answered these questions and have thoroughly understood not only the big idea of the text but also the main application, condense the objective down to a single sentence. This will help you to focus, which will help you to be clear, which will in turn help people to know exactly what to do in response to what you’ve said.

Thlarau Lam Thanso Dan Lamzin Dik

Rom 8:28-29; John 8:31-32; Rom 12:1-2

2 Cor 5:15

Khrih cu mi zate hrangih a thih ruangah zozo khal mahih bul hrang lawngah nung ding an si nawn lo; an ai-ah a thi ih a nungsal mipa hrang lawngah nung ding an si sawn.

John 15:11-12

“11Ka lungawinak cu nan sungah a um ih nan lungawinak cu lungawi famkim a sinak dingah hi thu hi ka lo sim. 12Ka thukham cu hihi a si: Keimah ih ka lo duhdawt vek hin nannih khal pakhat le pakhat duhdaw aw ve uh!”  

Thuhmaihruai

Rev. David Yone Moe, YC dintu pa in Rangon ih tiluannak pawl thianfaitu thu ka sut a ti. “Ziangah tiluannak na thianfai?” a ti tikah, cupa cun, “Paisa ngah dingah panteh” a ti. “Paisa na ngah le the ziang na tuah ding?” tiah a sut lala. “Hnipuan ka lei ding, umnak inn man ka pe ding, rawl ka ei ding” tiah a ti lala. “Cumi rawl na ei ih, innkhan ih na cawlh huahhi hnu ah teh ziang na tuah ding?” a ti bet. “Myuang, tiluannak ka thianfai sal ding” a ti pan lo maw.

Hi lihong huattu pa ih um daan hi kanmah tla kan si ve ko lo maw? Hna kan tuan, paisa kan ngah, ti le rawl, inn le lo kan lei, rawl thawthaw ei, kan cawl ih hna kan tuan lala. Cumi lawngah kan caan a cem ahcun, Bible ih simmi vek kan tuah hrih lo tinak a si. Bawi Jesuh Khrih ih in fialmi nun daan cu, “Mi hmuahhmuah kha ka dungthluntu va si ter uh” (Matt. 28:19-20). Tong dang in kan sim a si ahcun, mi hmuahmuah kha Jesuh Khrih thawn a bang awmi nunnak neitu va si ter uh ziangahtile cucu a hram thok te ih Pathian ih duhmi a si (Rom 8:29).

Ziangti in midang Pathian hnen ah kan hruai thei ding? Kan hnatuannak ah, kan umnak tinkip ah, kan nun daan le kan awka hrimhrim khal in Pathian ih duhdawtnak a lang tertu kan sinak in Pathian hnen ah kan hruai thei ding.

Minung tampi in Pathian fa ka si zo, ka piang thar zo tiah kan ti ih cutheh in khui ah ka feh ding, Pathian in ziangvek minung si ter I duh ti kan ruat nawn lo. Cuvek cu ka nulepa in in cawm pam ti ih, mahte tuan le hawl tum lomi faate vek a si. A thangso dah lo ding.

Himi sungah kan ruah dingih ka duhmi pawl cu: Pathian in zumtu pawl hi ziangti in in hmu? Thlarua lam ih pitling nun timi cu ziang a si? Thlarau lam tthansonak dawnkhamtu hi ziang an si? Himi thu pawl hi ruat tlaang ding ka duh.

1. Piantharnak cu Thlaraulam naute sinak

Naute cu a suah pek ihsin upa ah a cang cih lo. Naute in a suak ih hnawiti te thawn a thang ih rawl a hung ei ih, ni khat hnu ni khat a tthanglian. A tthanglian lo mi naute cu dam lo nak a neimi a si.

Cuvek thiamthiam in, Piangthar cu thlarau lam ah naute (1 Peter 2:2) lawng kan si. Asinan, naute khi naute um ringring dingah Pathian in a duhmi a si lo. Thanglian pitling ding hi a duhmi a si (Heb 6:1) .. “let us go toward perfection” or “maturity.”

2. Tisa le Thlarau lam thansonak tah daan

Leitlun tahfung

Nauhak

Sibawi pawl in naute a thangso maw ti an tah tikah, a luu ziangtluk a tum, a kezim in a luu tiang ziangtluk a sau. A baan le kawng teh a tum vingvo maw ti pawl an tah.

Upa

A hung upa deuh zo pawl cu hihi pitlin a si maw si lo ti pawl an tah tikah, an thinlung put le ziaza ziangvek in a um ti an zoh. An thinlung put daan hi naute bang in maih zawn lawnglawng ruat in an nung maw? Midang hrangah ziang ka tuah thei ve ding? Ka unau, miphun, le ram hrangah ziang ka tuah thei ve ding ti in khua a ruat maw?

Thlaraulam tahfung

Thlarau lam thansonak timi hi ziang a si? Zo in in tah? Thlarau lam thansonak tahfung cu a dang um lo, Jesuh Khrih thawn an nunnak hi an bang aw maw timi a si (Rom 8:29). Pathian in a hram thokte ihsin zo thawn bang aw ding in in sersiam ti le, “a fapa Jesuh Khrih thawn bang aw ding in” sersiammi kan si.

C.S. Song cun, Jesuh ih nun daan le zirhmi pawl hmuahhmuah khi theifiang dingah cun, “Pathian uknak, vancung uknak, vanram” timi khi ziang a si timi a simfiangnak lawngte an si tiah a sim. Minaa a dam ter, mithi a thawh ter, rilrawngmi pawl rawl a pek. Cu pawl a tuahnak cu Pathian ih ukmi nunnak ah cuvek a um dingmi a si lo tiah a sim duhnak a si. A tawi zawng cun, Jesuh ih nun cun zumnak, ruahsannak le duhdawtnak a luan ter. Kan Kawhhran ih kan thil tuahmi pawl ah, “zumnak, ruahsannak le duhdawtnak” luan ternak a si maw si lo timi hi kan check awk dingmi a si.  

Thlarau lam ah ka nunnak le kan Kawhhran kan tthangso le tthangso lo tahnak fung cu Jesuh Khrih bang in Pathian ih duhdawtnak bangmi duhdawtnak kha a langtertu kan si maw timi hi kan suhawk dingmi a si.

           

Thlarau lam thansonak dawnkhamtu pawl

Ziang ruangah Thlarau lam ah kan tthangso lo? Ziangah tile:

1.     Thlarau lam ah thangso ding kan si ti an thei lo ih hlei ah a tum khal an tum lo. Mi tampi in Jesuh cu ka hrangah a thi ih ka sualnak I ngaithiam zo ti kan thei. Vanram cu ka ta ti khal kan thei. Cumi ah kan hna a ngam men. Pathian in i duhdawt timi theih le zum cu hnangamnak le lungawinak hrampi bik a si.

America ah teh kan rat tikah, zing kan tho ih hna kan tuan, paisa kan ngah, kan lungawi zet kan it, kan tho ih hna kan tuan lala. Cumi tiherh pi sungah kan tang rero men si lo sawm? Hnatuan ding lawng ih na nunnak a cem ahcun, Pathian ih a lo nun ter duh sannak na thelh a si.

Zumtu tampi cu Pathian I duhdawt ih ka sualnak I ngaithiam theh ti tiang cu kan zum. Sualnak huham Satan pa ih kut sung khal in in runsuak zo timi khal kan thei (Rom 6:6). Asinan, cumi sung lawngah taang ding in duh sak lo.

Pathian in kan nunnak in nun ter duhsannak cu Jesuh ih lungput le duhdawtnak kha kan nun ah langter ding hi a duhmi a si. Midang pakhat khat in na nunnak an zoh tikah, Jesuh nun le lungput an hmu maw? Cumi an hmuh ahcun, an nunnak a thleng aw ve ding.

2. Thisen ih leizomi ka si ih Pathian ih ta ka simi timi kan hngilh theumi hi a si (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Tong dang cun Pathian company ih hnatuantu ka si zo timi thei ringring thlang aw. I neitu le I hire tu cu Pathian a si timi thei ringringaw. Cumi kan theih hngilh theu ruangah, kan tisa le leitlun duhnak thu kan thlun luai lo theunak khi a si.

3.     Jesuh Khrih thawn kan pehzomawknak ah dawnkhamtu an ret. Fala tlangval an duh aw ih, an tthi aw. Kum a rei deuhdeuh tikah, duh aw sinsin ding an si. An karlak ah duhdawtnak thuk sin ih an neih awknak ding siar lo thil dang zianghman tuah ding an si lo.  Cuvek thiamthiam in, zumtu khal kum le caan a rei tikah, Khrih thawn kan pehzomawknak thuksin in caksin ding a si. Ziang khal, zokhal Khrih thawn kan pehzomawknak kar lak ah um ter ding kan si lo. Khrih hnak in duh sawnmi le pawlkom sawnmi na neih ahcun, na pawlkomawknak a cak thei lo ding.

Ziangtin Jesuh Khrih thawn a bang awmi nunnak lam ah kan tthangso sinsin thei ding?

1.     Na thinlung le ruahnak ap aw, na nunnak Pathian in a lo thlengh ding (Rom 12:1-2).

Jesuh Kha na sual ngaithiamtu lawngah cohlang hlah aw. Na nunnak hruaitu na Bawi/lal khal ah re aw. Kan nunnak hi a mai duh bang ih in uk theinak dingah kan nunnak zatein, kan ruahnak le thinlung zatein kan pek awk tik ah a cangmi a si. Kan suhawk dingmi cu khui tawk zawn ih ka nunnak ah ka duhnak vek in ka nung ih Pathian in a uk thei hrih lomi a si timi ruat ringring aw.

Zumtu kan nun ah ziangruangah kan nun hlun pawl a taang ringring ih, malte lawng thleng awknak a um? Thu phunphun a um thei asinan, a thupi bik cu kan ziangkim a zate in Jesuh ih thuneihnak tangah kan apawk lo ruangah a si. Cumi kan tuah lo tikah, Thlarau Thianghlim ih kan nunnak in sersiamnak kan dawnkham a si.

2.     Pathian ih tongkam siar aw,  na nunnak a lo thlengh ding  (John 8:31-32)

Bible ca kha siar aw, na theih lomi pawl thei ding in hawl aw, a luat ciat aw, nun pi aw. Cuti ih na tuah ahcun, na nunnak a lo thleng ding.

Ziangruangah kan thleng aw thei lo. Kan Bible siar le cinkenmi a mal tuk. Thlacamnak thawn kan nunnpimi a mal tuk.

Matthai 4:4 “Asinain Jesuh cun, “Ca Thianghlim in ‘Milai nunnak cu rawl lawngin a si lo. Pathian hmurka in a suakmi ṭongkam in a si sawn,’ a ti,” *

Rom 8:31-32

“Curuangah Jesuh in amah a zumtu pawl hnenah, “Ka thu zirhmi nan thlun ahcun keimah ih dungthluntu ngaingai nan si ding; thutak cu nan thei dingih cuih thutak cun a lo luatter ding,” tiah a ti.

Kan suhawk dingmi cu Pathian ih tongkam in tuah ding I timi pawl hi ziang an si ih, ka tuah hrih lomi pawl hi ziang an si timi ruat ringring aw.

3.     Harsatnak hmang khal in kan nunnak in thleng (Rom 8:28)

1 Thes. 5:18 … ziangmi hrangah maw lungawi thu kan sim ding.

                    i.     Harsatnak kan tonmi parah lungawi thu sim ding intinak a si lo.

                   ii.     Ziangkim ah Amah naih sin ding ih lam in hruainak parah Pathian in khua a khang timi theihnak parah (Rom 8:28)

                 iii.     Kan suhawk dingmi cu ziangmi harsatnak in Pathian hnen ah lam I hruai bik?

Thunetnak:

Thlarau lam ih tthangso timi cu: Jesuh Khrih thawn kan thinlung/ruahnak/nun daan bang awk khi a si.

Cumi thangso thei lo dingih dawnkhamtu pawl cu:

1.     Thlarau lam tthanso tum lonak ruangah a si.

2.     Khrih ih lei zomi, Khrih ih ta lawng ka si timi hngilhnak.

3.     Khrih thawn pehzomawknak ah hnget ter lo in, a thupte ih nun thup nei.

Thlaraulam ih thangso dingah ziang kan tuah ding:

1.     Na thinlung le ruahnak pawl kha Khrih ih thuruah daan in ruat aw. Mai hrang nomnak ruat ih nung si lo in, Pathian hrangah le midang hrangah  thathnemnak ruat ih nungtu si aw (Rom 12:2). Na ruah daan thleng aw, mi na pawlkom daan khal a thleng aw theh ding. Pathian ih thuruah daan vek si lo in, keimah thuruah daan ih ka ruahnak pawl ziang an um?

2.     Pathian tongkam thlacamnak thawn siar aw, a luat ciat aw, ruat awla, nun pi aw. Mirang pa cutin a nung timi si lo in, Bible in ziangtin a ti timi ruat sawn aw. Bible sung ih fialmi ka tuah hrih lomi pawl ziang an um? (Matt. 4:4)

3.     Harsatnak na ton tikah, Pathian in amah naih sin ding in I hruainak a si timi ruat aw la lungawi thu sim aw (Rom 8:28). Harsatnak na tong tikah, na harsatnak si lo in, Pathian in na hrang ih tumtahmi kha ruat sawn aw.

Ref.

1. Billy Graham, The Journey: How to Live by Faith in an Uncertain World: “Heading in the Right Direction” 74-82.

2. Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church, 79-200. 

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Diet Vs. Exercise: Which Matters Most?

By The Editors of WOMEN'S HEALTH | Healthy Living – 23 hours ago

In a perfect world, everyone would work out enough and eat right all the time. But that's not always possible, so we turned to the experts to find out what really matters most--dieting or exercise--for losing weight, fighting disease, and boosting overall well-being. Here, we crown the champ in each category.

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TO LOSE WEIGHT
The winner: Diet
The reason: As research makes clear, trimming calories from your diet is the most direct route to a smaller dress size. "It's much easier to cut 500 calories than to spend an hour in the gym burning 500 calories every day," says Timothy Church, M.D., Ph.D., director of preventive medicine research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center atLouisiana State University. However, both diet and exercise are essential for keeping that weight off.

TO BOOST ENERGY
The winner: Exercise
The reason: Exercise causes the brain to pour out invigorating neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine, says Patrick O'Connor, Ph.D., an exercise psychologist at the University of Georgia. People who train consistently report surges in energy, according to some 70 studies.

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TO REDUCE RISK OF HEART DISEASE
The winner: Diet
The reason: "If you had to focus on one nutrient that would lower your heart disease risk, it would be omega-3 fatty acids," says William Harris, Ph.D., director of the cardiovascular health research center at the University of South Dakota. In studies, omega-3s from oily fish lower heart disease risk by up to 64 percent. That said, working out does strengthen your cardiovascular system.

TO PREVENT DIABETES
The winner: Exercise
The reason: Nearly 10 million American women have diabetes. Achieving a healthy weight through diet and exercise is the strongest defense against the disease, but physical activity has a slight edge. Active muscles gobble up glucose from the blood for fuel, which helps keep blood-sugar levels stable.

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TO PREVENT CANCER
The winner: Both diet and exercise
The reason: Eating a mostly plant-based diet and exercising regularly remain the gold standard for warding off cancer. Keep in mind: Studies have found the more consistently you work out, the greater the protection

TO IMPROVE MOOD
The winner: Exercise
The reason: A 20-minute sweat session can be enough to perk up your mood for a whopping 12 hours, reports a University of Vermont study. It may also be as effective as medication for treating depression in some people. And exercise can lead to changes in the brain that strengthen your resolve against stress.

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Zohthimtlak Pa

Joshua 1:7-9; 24:14, Eph. 6:1-4

Thuhmaihruai

            Himi ca sung ih ka sim duh bikmi cu zohthimtlak pa pawl ih ziaza pawl cu lo ruah ka duh. Cumi hlan ah innsang pa le pawl ih sinak diktak hi ziang a si timi sim ka duh. Pathian ih palai, a missionary an si. Efesa 5:23 – 32 sungah, Pasal cu nupi ih luu a si tiah a ti. Asinan, innsaang ih luu cu pasal pawl an si tiah a ti lo. Innsang ih luu cu Bawi Jesuh Khrih, kan Pathian a si a ti. Curuangah, innsang nu le fa a kilkhawi daan ding cu Khrih in Kawhhran hrangah a nunnak a pek vek in, pasal khal in amaih zawn hnak in nufa ih zawn ruat sawn in duhdawtnak thawn kilkhawi, hruai seh timi hi Bible ih in zirhmi a si.

Curuangah, Pasal cu Pathian in amah aiawh in innsang hruaitu ih a fialmi a si bang in a hmaisabik ih Pathian hna a tuannak ding hmun (mission field) cu amai pumpak nunnak a si. A pahnihnak cu, a innsangah a si. A pthumnak cu, a miphun le midang pawl hnen ah a si. Ami hruai daan ding cu tangdor te le midang ih simduhmi pawl tha te theisak thawn mi a kaihruai a si. Cumi pawl cu kau deuh in a tanglam ah kan zoh hnik pei.

1. A pumpak nun: Pathian thu thawn a ciah aw (Joshua 1:7-9)

            Zohthim tlak pa cun amah le mah kha Pathian thu thawn a ciah aw ta tengteng a tul. Josuah kha Pathian in a hril tikah, mipi kha va hruai aw tiah a fial menmen lo. Ziang a ti: Joshua 1:7-9 sungah:

7Moses ih a lo pekmi Thukham cu kimtein thlun dingah cakzet le ralṭhazet in um aw. Thukham fate bik tiang daithlang loin thlun awla na fehnak ih kipah na lam a tluang ding. 8Thukham cabu cu hngilh hrimhrim hlah. A sungih nganmi bangtuk ih na nun theinak dingah a sun a zan in siar ringring aw. Cutiih na tuah le na ṭhangso ding ih na tuahmi hmuahhmuah ah na hlawhtling ding a si. 9Cakzet le ralṭhazet in um aw ti ih thu ka lo pekmi cu ziangtik hman ah hngilh hlah. Ṭih hlah, na thin nau hlah; ziangahtile Bawipa na Pathian keimah in na fehnak kipah ka lo umpi ding a si,” tiah a ti.

Hi tawk ih a simmi kan zoh tikah, midang a hruai suak theinak dingah amah le mah kha a hruai-awk thei ta a tul. Cumi hruai aw thei dingah, na thinlung le ruahnak pawl kha ka tongkam in lo ciah seh, a sun a zaan in ka daan bu kha siar aw tiah a sim. Bible thu in kan nunnak a ciah lawngah, Pathian thu in in uk ding ih, mah le mah uk awk theinak khal Pathian ih Thlarau in in pe ding. Cu lo ahcun, na duh lomi sualnak in na nunnak a lo uk ringring ding.

            Jesuh khal in thu in cah. Keimah tel lo in zianghman na ti thei lo ding (John 15:5). Ka sungah nan um ih, ka thu hi nan sung ih a um ahcun, nan dilmi hmuah in tuah sak a si ding ih rah tampi khal nan rah ding tiah thu in kam (John 15:5-7).

            Van a kai hlan khal ah a dungthluntu pawl hnen ah a cahtami cu “Sikhalsehla nan hnenih Thlarau Thianghlim a rung thlen tikah cahnak huham thawn nan khat ding ih Jerusalem le Judea ram le Samaria ram hmuahhmuah le leilung tlun a deng tiang keimah ih theihpitu nan si ding,” tiah a ti (Tirh 1:8).

            Leilung tlun ih kan nun sungah Pathian in in nun ter duhsannak cu mi hmuahhmuah hi a dungthluntu, Khrih vek ih nungtu si dingah hruai ding in zo khal in fial ih, in nun termi kan si theh. Cuih mission hnatuan cu na innsang, na Kawhhran le midang hnen ah thleng suak thei ding in nangmah hrimhrim in Pathian thu, Bible siarnak le na siarmi thu pawl cinkennak in na ciah-awk ta a tul. Pathian ih mi hman zetmi Billy Graham hi a tar zet thlang ih interview an tuahnak ziangmi hi na hnatuannak pawl na zoh tikah na sirawkmi a um tiah an sut. A timi cu, “Bible ca tam deuh le thlacamnak tam deuh in rak nei ningla ka duh” tiah a sim. Zumtu cu Bible ca thawn a ciah aw tu ding kan si. Culawngah kan lungput le ruahnak pawl cu Pathian tongkam in in hruai ding.

2. A innsang pawl Pathian thu in a kai hruai (Efesa. 6:5-4)

            Efesa bung 6 sungah nulepa pawl nan fa le kha thinheng ter hlah uh. Cu-ai ah, Pathian thu thawn Khrihtian nun daan ziaza le zirh awknak thawn kaihruai uh timi a um (Efe. 6:4). Ziangruangah Khristian ziaza le zirhawknak thawn fa le hruai in fial si pei?

            Nulepa in fa le ro an rohmi a bang aw cio lo. Mihrek khat cu an faa le pawl kha ro a phunphun an roh. Mihrek cun, sui le ngun, sumsaw inn lo tla an roh. Mihrek cun, fimnak an roh. Asinan, Bible ca ih in zirhmi cu zumnak ro tha, Khrih zumtu tha, Khrih dungthluntu tha sinak ro tha roh aw ding, hruai aw dingah in fial (Matt. 28:18tt). Ziangah cuti in in fial si pei? Khrih zumnak ro tha a rohtu pawl cu Khrih dung thlun in nikhat hnu ni khat an tthangso. Asinan, thilri le leitlun fimnak lawng a rohtu pawl cu – a rei hlan ah an thilri neihmi le an fimnak cu phur thei lo in a um san ta theu. Curuangah, leitlun thilri le fimnak lawng roh ta ding hi nulepa ih tuanvo a si tiah Bible ca in in ti lo. Nan rohta tengteng dingmi cu Khrih zumtu tha, dungthluntu tha si ding ih kaihruai ta ding hi in zirhmi a si (Efesa 4:4).

Bible sungah ih mi hminthang hruaitu pakhat cu Josuah a si. Joshua kha amah pumpak lawng Pathian thu sung ih a ciah awk kha a duh tawk lo. A innsang zate khal Pathian thu lawng ngai in, Pathian duhnak lawng tuah dingah a kaihruai ti kan hmu.

Bawipa nan ren duh lo a si ahcun tuihsun ah hin hril uh; Mesopotamia ram nan pupa pawlih an rak biakmi khawzing pawl maw nan biak sawn ding; a si lole atuih nan umnak ram Amor miphun pawlih khawzing pawl deuh so nan biak ding, hril uh. Kei le ka innsang cun Bawipa kan biak ding a si . . .. (Josuah 24:15)

Cuih tlun ah, Jocob in a innsang pawl kha Pathian thuvek ih nung ding in a kai hruai ti kan hmu (Gen 35:1-4).

Pathian dang pawl a hlon ter theh. Pathian tluk in thupi ih an retmi pawl a hlon ter theh. Tuih sun ah kan innsangah, Pathian tluk ih thupi ih kan ruahmi ziang a um? Pathian thu thlun thei lo ding ih in tuahtu thil ziang a um? Cumi cu kan milem an si. Cumi kha hlon aw. Nangmah le na innsang damnak tha bik a si. Cumi hlon thei dingah ziang na tuah ding? Nangmah te na hlon thei lo thei men. Pathian thu sungah ciah aw awla, Pathian thu in na hlon thei lomi a lo hlon sak ding a si.

An mipum/hnipuan khal thianhlim ten a um ter. Pathian an biak ding tikah, Israel pawl cu khui tik khal ah baal zet le hnipuan sia thawn an bia ngam dah lo. Puithiam Aaron khal khi biakbuk ah a luh ding cun olive siti a thuh aw ih, fai zet ih a taksa, a thinlung, le ruahnak pawl a timtuah aw. Khawm tikah thazaang ngah lo ih kan tlun theunak khi ziang a si? Kan sunglam ah timtuahnak kan neihawk lo ruangah a si. Pathian kha thlacamnak le Bible siarnak thawn a pawlkom aw cia lomi thinlung le nunnak nei ih biakinn sung a ra thlengtupawl cu hrem dah lomi rangcang vek an si ih Pathian thu an sungah ol te in an cohlang duh lo.

Pathian biaknak hmun ah a feh pi. Jacob in a innsang zate in biaktheng hmun ah a fehpi ih Pathian a biakpi. Cuvek in tuihsun ni khal ah Pathian biaknak hmun ah mah lawng fehtu si lo in, innsung sang zate in feh ding in a hruaitu nulepa tampi kan tul.

Zothimtlak pa cun a innsang kha thla a campi. Bible a siar pi. Pathian biaknak hmun ah a fehpi. Himi hi a har zet ding asinan, Billy Graham in hitin a sim. Innsang ah Bible siar tlaangnak le thlacam tlaangnak nan neih tikah minute 15 hrawng caan hmang uh. Cuti ih nan sung zate ih Bible nan siar tlaang ih thla nan cam tlaang ahcun, vanram nun thaw cu nan innsang in nan tep ngah ding a si tiah a sim. Ka lungkim zet.

3. Midang khal Pathian tihzah upattu si ding in a sawm (Joshua 24:14)

            Zumnak lam pa le zohthimtlak pa a simi cun a pumpak lawng le innsang lawng si lo in, a innhnem, vengpa, a miphun pawl, le midang pawl khal Pathian tihzah upattu si dingah a sawm. Hi tawk ah Joshua hi ka uar zet. Joshua cun a mipi pawl kha tuih sun ni tiang lam in hruaitu kan Pathian lawng kan bia pei uh. A dang Pathian le milem pawl kha taansan in kan Bawipa lawng kan rian pei uh tiah a sawm.

Curuangah Bawipa cu tihzahnak thawn biak uhla amah ih hna cu rintlakzet le thinlung taktein tuan uh. Nan pupa pawl in Mesopotamia ram le Ezipt ramih an rak biakmi khawzing dangdang pawl cu hnong thlang uhla Bawipa cu rian uh (Joshua 24:14)

Himi kan zoh tikah, zothimtlak pa a simi Joshua cun midang pawl Pathian an tihzah lo a si ahcun, dai te in a um men lo. Pathian kan tihzah pei uh, amah lawng kan bia pei uh tiah a sawm ti kan hmu. Pathian tihzah lo tu pawl hnen ah a hlo ta men lo ih, Pathian tihzah lotu pawl karlak khal ah Pathian tihzahnak nun kan nei pei tiah ral tha zet in a sawm ngam. Tuisan ah mi tampi cu kan hnatuannak le tlawngkainak pawl ah Pathian tihzah lo tu pawl an um le, zumtu a simi kanmah sawn an sungah kan tel ve ih, anmah thawn danlamnak nei lo in kan hlo ve cih theu. Zumtu cu cite le tleunak nan si tiah Jesuh in in cahta (Matt. 5:13, 14) bang in zum lo tu pawl umnak, sualnak thim sungah, tleunak bang in danlamnak a neitu kan si tengteng a tul. Pathian tihzahtu kan si a tul.       

4. Tangdor te in mi a kai hruai.  

            Zohthimtlak pa cu a hngal lo. Tangdor te in a um ih innsang a kaihruai. Mi hngal pawl ih ziaza le mi tangdor pawl ih ziaza kan zoh tlaang pei.

Mihngal	Tangdor
Midang hnak in thupibik ah ruat aw, midang hmu niam	Midang kha amah hnak in thupi sawn ah ruat in tihzah upat thiam (Fili. 2:1-4)
Midang lawng sual puh	Keimaih palh sokhaw tiah a ti. (Saam 32:5)
Ngaithiam dil a duh lo	Nngaithiam a dil (James 5:16)
Midang ih ruahnak pekmi zianghman ah a siar lo.	Midang ih ruahnak a dil ih a sutron (Thufim. 1:5; 15:22)
Amaih duhmi le tummi lawng tuah a duh. (My agenda, My desire)	Midang in a thupi an timi ziang a um ti tla a zoh, midang hrang a ruat deuh (Rom 12:10, Fili 2:3 )

Thufim 11:2 sungah hitin in sim, “A porh awmi/hngalmi pawl cun hmuhsuamnak an tong ding, Curuangah tangdor ih um a ṭha deuh.” Zohthimtlak pa cu tangdor te in a um ih midang ih thupi an timi tla ruat in amai duhmi lawng ruat lo in midang ih duhmi khal a ruat cem cih ringring ih, zapi hrang ih a thami timi kha ral tha zet in a tuah. Curuangah, tangdormi pakhat cun, “Ka thu” timi hnak in, “Ziang hi a dik, a hman” ti zoh in ke ka kar ringring. A fa le pawl khal “Ka thuthu a si” ti in a kawk mei lo, a fial mei lo. An ruahnak a sut ih zianghi a tha bik ding timi ruat in a thabik a tuah.

5. Midang ih thusimmi le ruahmi kha tha te in a ngai.

James 1:19 sungah, “Ka duhdawtmi u le nau pawl, hi thu hi cing ringring uh: zokhal thu theih duhnak lam ahcun a zamrangmi si uhla ṭong ding le thinhennak lam ahcun khulfungmi si uh.” James in tong tam hnak in ngai tam deuh tu si ding in fial. Mihrek khat cu a linglet in kan nung. Kan ngai mal ih kan tong a tam. Midang in ziang an sim duh timi kha ruat ta lo ih tong cu at hna a si.

Thufim 18:13 sung khal ah ruahnak tha zet in pek, “Thu na leh hlanah ṭhatein ngai hmaisata aw; Cutin na tuah lole mi aa na si ih hlei ah thu na leh mi kha na hmuhsuam a si.”

Midang ih thusimmi thate in ziangtin kan ngai thei ding? Midang ih simmi tha te ngai daan cu:

1.     A thusimmi tha te in ka ngai ding timi thinlung thencatnak tuah aw ta aw.

2.     Midang ih thusimmi a cem tiang ngai ta aw.

3.     An tong lai ah midang/thil dang zoh hlah. Khua tang ciamco hlah.

4.     An tong theh hlan ah tong lo te in um aw.

5.     Midang ih thusim lai ah na sim duhmi kha rak ruat ciamco hlah.

6.     Na sim duhmi cumi a si maw tiah sutfel sal aw.

A tlun lam ih ruahnak pekmi pawl hi kan tuah ahcun, midang ih thu kha tha te kan ngai (active listening) kan tuah tinak a si. Mirang pawl ka upat zetnak thu pakhat cu ziang a si tile an faate pawl ih thusimmi tla hnihsan men lo in an ngai ih, an fa le in an simduhmi an simthiam lo hman ah na sim duhmi cumi a si maw tiah a sut bet ih tihzah upat zet in an biak. Cucu mirang pawl ziang hmuahhmuah lak ih ka uar biknak an si.

6. Fanu fim le fapa fim ih nun daan

            Thufim 10:1 sungah, “Fapa fim in a pai lung a awiter; Fapa aa in a nui riah a siatter.” Nulepa ih an lungawi biknak hi ziang a si pei? Zo ih nulepa khal an faate Pathian tihzah te in Pathian thu ih a nun tikah an lungawi cio. Asinan, Pathian tihzah le Pathian thu ih nung ti tikah ziang a sim duh? Efesa 6:1-3 sung khal ah,

Nauhak pawl, Bawipa ih hmin in nan nu le nan pa upat uh. Nu le pa upat cu Khristian ṭuanvo a si ih a ṭhami a si fawn. “Nan nu le nan pa upat uh,” timi thukham hi, “Na lam a tluang ding ih leitlunah na nun a sau ding,” timi thutiamnak an beetmi thukam hmaisa bik a si.

            Pathian tongkam ih in fialmi cu nulepa upat uh timi hi a si. Cuti ih nulepa a upat thiamtu cu “lei tlun ah nan lam a tluang dingih nan nun a sau ding” tiah thu in kam. Santawi pawl teh nulepaih thu ngai lo pawl maw an si ding? Si hlah ee. Nulepaih thu ngai cing ih san tawi pawl cu nulepaih thu ngai lo ih sansau pawl hnak in Pathian ih duhmi leitlun ah tam sawn an tuah man zo. Man nei zet in a nung ngah thiamthiam. Curuangah, ziangtluk ka san a sau timi hnak in, ziangtluk man nei in ka nunnak ka hmang timi kan ruah dingmi a si sawn. Nulepa upat cu Pathian thu thlun kan si ruangah Pathian tihzah khal a si fawn.

Nulepa upat timi cu nulepa ih thusim ngai, an saduhthahmi tla kim ko zuam, an tar tik khal ah cawmdawl tinak a si. Nulepa upat tu pawl cu Pathian in, “Nan lam a tluang ding” ti khal in thu in kam a si.

Nulepa a riahsiat tertu, a zawmtaitu pawl cu na nunnak a cem lohli ding tiah Bible in in sim.

Thufim 20:20 sungah,

Na nu le na pa na camsiat a sile, Khawthim lakih mei-inn mit bangin na nunnak a cem ding.

Thufim 30:17 sung khal ah,

Zokhal a pa kha hnihsuak ih a saitu le, A nu a tar tikih a hmuhsuamtu cu, Langta in a sa a ei dingih tlangak in a mit a phorh sak ding.

Nulepa thinnat tertu kan rak um dah a si ahcun, na sual sir sal awla na nulepa le Pathian hnen ah ngaithiam dil aw. Cu lo ahcun, na lam a tluang lo ding timi hi Bible in fiang zet in in sim. Asinan, na sual na sir sal ih, Pathian hnen ih ke na kar sal ahcun, Pathian lam a lo hruai ding in thluasuah a lo pe sal ko ding.

Thunetnak

Innsang ah luu bik le thuneitubik cu Pathian a si. Khrih in amaih zawn hman ruat lo in leitlunmi pawl in duhdawt bang in, inn sung sang duhdawtu dingah Pathian in nulepa pawl hi pawl hi tuanvo a pek. A hleice in pa pawl hi hruaitu bik, zonzaitu bik si dingah tuanvo pekmi an si.

Zothimtlak pa ih ziaza pa nga ka tarlangmi pawl tla cu:

1.       Pathian thu thawn amaih pumpak hi a ciahmi a si ding. Pathian ih duhmi cu thlacamnak le Bible siarnak thawn a hawltu le thluntu a si.

2.       A innsang pawl ih feh daan hi Pathian thu thawn a mil aw maw ti a zoh ringring ih, Pathian thuvek in a fehpi ringring.

3.       Amah pumpak le a innsang lawng Pathian ih duh daan vek in a fehpi lo. A miphun pawl khal Pathian thuvek ih nung ding in a sawmtu a si.

4.       Tangdor te in a innsang a kaihruai.

5.        Midang ih thusimmi khal tha te a ngai ih, ruat ciamciam in thu a let sal theu.

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San No Thuan

Falam Baptist Church, Maryland

June 16, 2013 – Father’s Day