{"id":3248,"date":"2026-03-02T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T01:17:35","slug":"a-smoking-flax-reignited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchorsforlife.org\/sw\/a-smoking-flax-reignited\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitani cha Kuvuta Sigara Kimerudishwa Upya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3248\" class=\"elementor elementor-3248\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51e6466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51e6466\" 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-6f6c1cf\" data-id=\"6f6c1cf\" 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-e6c337d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6c337d\" 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\">Kitani cha Kuvuta Sigara Kimerudishwa Upya<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d1657c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d1657c\" 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;\"><em>... kitani inayofuka moshi hataizima. <\/em><br \/><em><strong>Isaya 42:3<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>Taa ilipowaka hadi mwisho wa utambi, ingekuwa ikitoa moshi na kutoa moshi bila kutoa mwanga wowote. Kwa kuwa utambi kama huo unaofuka moshi haukuwa na maana, ulizimwa na kutupwa mbali. Kitani cha moshi kinawakilisha watu ambao maisha yao yamechakaa; kuna moshi mwingi kuliko mwanga unaotoka kwao. Ushuhuda wao haujafanya kazi. Labda unahisi kama kitani cha moshi. Je, mwanga wako umepungua hadi unavuta moshi tu, karibu uzime? Je, umekata tamaa kwa sababu mwanga wako haung&#039;ai kwa uangavu?<\/p><p>Kushindwa kwetu kamwe hakupaswi kuwa mwisho! Yohana Marko alikuwa akiwaka sana wakati fulani, lakini akaanza kutapika. Aliwaacha Paulo na Barnaba walipokuwa katika safari yao ya kwanza ya umishonari na kurudi nyumbani (Matendo 13:13). Lakini baadaye Paulo aliweza kuandika kwamba Marko alikuwa na faida kwake kwa ajili ya huduma (2 Tim. 4:11). Mahali fulani njiani Yohana Marko alikata taa yake, labda na Barnaba. Bwana alimhurumia \u201ckitani cha kuvuta sigara\u201d aitwaye Petro (Mt. 26:69\u201375). Bwana alimhurumia \u201ckitani cha kuvuta sigara\u201d aitwaye Yona na akamtumia kuleta uamsho katika jiji kubwa (Yon. 1\u20134). Ni mara ngapi tumeona nuru yetu karibu kuzimwa? Ni mara ngapi tumekuwa tukivuta sigara na bila nuru, huku imani yetu na ushuhuda wetu ukififia maishani? Ingekuwa rahisi kwa Bwana kuzima mwali wetu dhaifu na kutuzima tu, lakini Yeye yuko tayari kutusamehe, kuturejesha, na kutuamsha tunapomwita, tukikiri dhambi zetu (1 Yoh. 1:9).<\/p><p>Hatawahi kuzima kitani kinachotoa moshi bali atakipuliza kuwa moto. Neno <em>kuzima<\/em> inamaanisha &quot;kuzima au kuzima.&quot; Bwana hauzimi utambi unaofuka moshi. Haumalizii bila kujali. Badala yake, anakuja kuupunguza na kuwasha tena mwali wake dhaifu. Anakuja kutufanya tuwe na manufaa tena.<\/p><p><strong>Mtangazaji wa Leo:<\/strong><br \/>Bwana anaweza kuichochea cheche yako ya imani kuwa mwali wa utukufu wake!<\/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>A Smoking Flax Reignited A \u2026 smoking flax He will not quench. Isaiah 42:3 When a lamp burned down to the end of the wick, it would only sputter and smoke without making any light. Since such a smoldering wick was useless, it was put out and thrown away. 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