ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Akosi 26, 2017

Hono Fakangeingei mo fakaofo hoku ngaohí ē

Saame 139:14

Te u fakafeta‘i kiate koe;

Hono kuo fakangeingei mo fakaofo hoku ngaohi ē.

Ko ho‘o ngaahi ngāue ko e koto fakaofo pē,

Pea ‘oku mātu‘aki ‘ilo ia ‘e hoku laumālie.

Psalm 139:14

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well.

Fehuʻi #4

Na‘e founga fēfē hono fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá pea ko e ha ‘a e ‘uhinga na‘a ne fakatupu ai kitautolú ?

(How and why did God create us?)

Na‘e fakatupu kitautolu ‘e he ‘Otuá, ko e tangata mo e fefine ‘i hono ‘imisí, ke tau ‘ilo‘i Ia, ‘ofa kiate Ia, nonofo mo Ia pea ke fakalangilangi‘i Ia. Pea ‘oku totonu mo e fa‘ahinga na‘e ngaohi ‘e he ‘Otuá ke nau mo‘ui ko hono fakahoifua.

(God created us male and female in his image to know him, love him, live with, and glorify him. And it is right that we who were created by God should live to his glory.)

Lotu

‘E ‘Otua Fakatupu ‘o e me‘a kotoa, ‘oua mu‘a te ke tukuange kimautolu mo e kotoa ‘o e fa‘ahinga ‘o e tangatá,  ke puli ‘iate kimautolu, na‘á  ke fakatupu kimautolu ‘i ho ‘imisí. ‘Oua mu‘a te ke tukuange ke mau veiveiua ‘i he‘emau tui ki he mo‘oni ko ení. ‘Oua mu‘a na‘a ke tukuange kimautolu ke mau ta‘etoka‘i mo ha taha kehe, pe tangata pe fefine, he ka mau fai pehē, ko ‘emau fakasīkaka‘i ia ‘a e langilangi ‘oku tuha m oho huafá.  Ko ho tatau ‘oku tapa ‘iate kimautolú,  ko ha fakamo‘oni ia ‘oku mau kau kiate koe, ‘i he sino mo e laumālie. ‘Emeni.

Prayer

Maker of all, let us not lose sight that we, and every human being you have made, are created in your image. Never let us doubt this about ourselves. Never let us doubt this about any other man or woman, for to do so denies you the glory that is due to your name. Your likeness glimpsed in us testifies that we belong to you, body and soul. Amen.