Sapate ‘Epeleli 1,
2018
Preparing your
heart for prayer
(teuteu‘i
ho lotó ‘i ho‘o lotú )
Fehu‘i #39
Ko e hā ‘a e loto
‘oku totonu ke fai‘aki ‘etau lotú ?
Mei he loto ‘ofa,
tuiaki mo e hounga‘ia, ‘i he fakatōkilalo mo e fakavaivai ki he finangalo ‘o e
‘Otuá, ‘i he ‘ilopau, koe‘uhí ko
Kalaisi, ‘oku ne ongona ma‘u pe ‘etau lotú.
With what attitude should we pray?
With love,
perseverance, and gratefulness, in humble submission to God's will, knowing
that, for the sake of Christ, he always hears our prayers.
FILIPAI
4:6
Neongo pe ko e hā
‘a e me‘a, ‘oua te mou lotomo‘ua ai; ka ‘i he me‘a kotoa pē tuku ke hā ki he
‘Otua ho‘omou ngaahi kole, ‘i he lotu mo e hūfia, pea fai mo e fakafeta‘i.
PHILIPPIANS
4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God.
Commentary - JOHN BUNYAN (cont…)
“To
make thy preparation complete, consider that thou art but dust and ashes, and
he the great God, Father of our Lord Christ, that clothes himself with light as
with a garment; that thou art a vile sinner, he a holy God; that thou art but a
poor crawling worm, he the
omnipotent Creator. In all your prayers forget not to thank the Lord for his
mercies. When thou prayest, rather let thy heart be without
words, than thy words without a heart. Prayer will make a man
cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer.”
Tanaki
atu eni ke fakakakato‘aki ho‘o teuteu ki he lotú ; manatu‘i ko e efu pe koe mo
e efuefu, ko Iaá ko e ‘Otua Lahi, Tamai
‘a hotau ‘Eiki ko Sisu Kalaisí, ‘oku ne fai teunga‘aki ‘a e maamá ko hono
kofu tu‘a; ko koé ko e angahala palakū
fau; ko Iaá ko e ‘Otua toputapu; ko koé ko e kelemutu; ko Iaá ko e Tupu‘anga mafimafi. ‘I ho‘o tautapá, manatu‘i
ke ke fakamālō‘ia ‘a e ngaahi meesi ‘a e ‘Otuá. ‘I ho‘o lotú, ‘e ngutuhua
ange ke hala ho lotó ‘i ha lea, ‘i ha pasangasanga
ho‘o le‘á ta‘e ‘i ai ha laumālie. ‘E hanga
‘e he lotú ‘o ta‘ofi ‘a e tangatá mei
he angahalá, pe, ko hono fakatauele‘i ‘e he angahalá ‘a e tangatá ke ta‘e lotu.
