ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tokonaki ‘Epeleli 7, 2018

‘Oku tu‘u kakato ‘a e Folofolá  ke fakamaama ki he‘etau lotú

(The whole of Scripture informs our prayer life )

Fehu‘i #40

Ko e hā ‘a e lotu te tau faí ?

‘Oku tataki kitautolu mo hinoi‘i mei he tapa kotoa ‘o e Folofola ‘a e ‘Otuá  ‘a e me‘a ke tau lotuá, ‘o kau ai mo e lotu na‘e ako‘i kiate kitautolu ‘e Sisuú.

What should we pray?

The whole Word of God directs and inspires us in what we should pray, including the prayer Jesus himself taught us.

‘EFESO 3:14-21

‘Io, koe‘uhiā ko e me‘a ko ia, ko ia ‘oku ou peluki hoku tui ki he Tamai, ‘a ia ‘oku tauhingoa ki ai ‘a e ngaahi fāmili kotoa pē ‘i langi mo māmani, ko ‘eku kole ke foaki kiate kimautolu, ‘o taau mo e mohu me‘a ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio, ke ne tuku ke fou mai ha ivi ‘i hono Laumālie ki homou tangata-‘i-loto ke mou mālohi ai; kae fale ‘a Kalaisi ‘i homou loto, ko e me‘a ‘i ho‘omou tui; pea ‘i ho‘omou aka leva ‘i he ‘ofa, mo pulusi ki he tu‘unga ko ia, ke mou faifai pea mou lava ‘aupito ke lave‘i, hangē ko e kau mā‘oni‘oni kotoa pē, hono māukupu, mo hono lōloa, mo hono mā‘olunga, mo hono loloto– ‘io, ke ‘ilo ‘a e ‘ofa ‘a Kalaisi, ‘a ia ‘oku hulu atu ‘i he ngata‘anga ‘o e ‘ilo; kae fakafonu kimoutolu ke a‘usia hono kātokatoa kotoa ‘o e ‘Otua. Pea ko ‘Ene ‘Afio, ‘a ia ‘oku ne lava ke fai ma‘atautolu ‘o hulu atu noa pē ‘i he ngaahi me‘a ‘oku tau fa‘a kolea pe fakakaukau ki ai, koe‘uhi ko e ivi ‘oku ngāue ‘i hotau loto, ‘io, ke ‘o ‘Ene ‘Afio ‘a e kolōlia ‘i he Siasi, pea ‘ia Kalaisi Sīsū, kae ‘osi ‘a e ngaahi to‘utangata ‘o e ngaahi kuonga ‘o ‘ītāniti! ‘Ēmeni.

EPHESIANS 3:14-21

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Commentary - JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

Great is the profit to be derived from the sacred Scriptures and assistance is sufficient for every need. Paul was pointing this out when he said, "Whatever things have been written have been written for our instruction, upon whom the final age of the world has come that through the patience and the consolation afforded by the Scriptures we may have hope." (Rom. 15:4; see 1 Cor. 10:11) The divine words, indeed, are a treasury containing every sort of remedy, so that, whether one needs to put down senseless pride, or to quench the fire of concupiscence [lust] or to trample on the love of riches, or to despise pain, or to cultivate cheerfulness and acquire patience-in them one may find in abundance the means to do so.