{"id":2117,"date":"2025-10-10T09:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:05:33","slug":"but-the-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/but-the-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakini Baba\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2117\" class=\"elementor elementor-2117\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d73040 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d73040\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46646f5\" data-id=\"46646f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e63194e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e63194e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lakini Baba...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c4e3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34c4e3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"486\"><em data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"463\">\u201cAkaondoka, akaja kwa baba yake. Lakini alipokuwa angali mbali, baba yake akamwona, akamwonea huruma, akakimbia, akamwangukia shingoni, akambusu\u2026 Lakini baba yake akawaambia watumwa wake, Leteni vazi lililo bora, mkamvike; mtie pete mkononi, na viatu miguuni.\u2018<\/em><br data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"466\" \/><strong data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"484\">Luka 15:20, 22<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"1179\">Katika Luka 15, tuna mfano wenye sehemu tatu, kila moja ikielezea kipengele tofauti cha upendo wa Mungu ambao haukati tamaa kwa mtu yeyote. Katika mstari wa 1-7, tunamwona Mchungaji anayemtafuta anayemfuata kondoo aliyepotea na kupotea. Hii inaashiria upendo wa Bwana Yesu, Mchungaji Mwema, ambaye hutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo. Kisha, katika mstari wa 8-10, tunamwona Mungu Roho Mtakatifu akionyeshwa katika mwanamke mwenye sarafu iliyopotea. Anawasha taa na kufagia nyumba hadi atakapopata kile kilichopotea. Ni picha nzuri sana ya kazi ya Roho Mtakatifu katika maisha yetu\u2014akiwasha taa ya Neno la Mungu, akiangaza kwa nguvu ya kusadikisha, na kufagia kupitia mioyo na dhamiri zetu.<\/p><p data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1790\">Picha ya mwisho iliyochorwa kwenye turubai ya Luka 15 ni ile ya Mwana Mpotevu. Neno <em data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1279\">mpotevu<\/em> inamaanisha &quot;upotevu.&quot; Mwana huyu alikuwa na moyo wa uasi na alitaka urithi ambao ungemjia mara tu baba yake atakapokufa. Shida pekee ilikuwa kwamba baba yake alikuwa bado hai sana. Lakini hii haikumzuia mwana mpotevu kusema, &quot;Nipe sehemu ya mali inayoniangukia.&quot; Kimsingi, alikuwa akisema, &quot;Baba, laiti ungekuwa umekufa ili nipate urithi wangu.&quot; Baba aliwapa wanawe wote wawili urithi wao, na mwana huyu akakimbilia nchi ya mbali na akatumia yote kwa maisha ya upotevu.<\/p><p data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"2466\">Urithi wake ulipoisha na akatumia rasilimali zake zote\u2014ikiwa ni pamoja na kufanya kazi ya kulisha nguruwe, ambao angefurahia kula chakula chao\u2014aliamua kurudi nyumbani. Alikuwa amepoteza urithi wake, amepoteza ujana wake, na amepoteza sifa yake. Lakini wakati wote alipokuwa ameenda, baba yake alikuwa akingoja! Alipokuwa bado mbali, baba yake alimwona na akamhurumia. Mwana alikuwa ameandaa hotuba na akaanza kuisoma, lakini baba yake alimfunika kwa busu za upatanisho. Kisha baba akamvika joho, akamvika pete mkononi, na viatu miguuni. Mambo haya yote yalizungumza kwa sauti kubwa kwa watazamaji wa <em data-start=\"2418\" data-end=\"2427\">uana<\/em>: &quot;Mwanangu aliyekuwa amekufa sasa yu hai!&quot;\u201c<\/p><p data-start=\"2468\" data-end=\"2765\"><strong>Nanga za Maisha<br \/><\/strong>Tulikuwa kama huyu mpotevu, lakini Mungu Baba alikuwepo! Moyo wake ulikuwa umejaa huruma, na ingawa hatukustahili, alituleta katika nafasi ya uana. Mara mbili katika hadithi hii tunasoma, &quot;Lakini Baba.&quot; Neema kama hiyo itujaze ili tumsifu kwa yote aliyotuleta!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But The Father&#8230; \u201cAnd he arose and came to his father. 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