THE SEED
“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.“ Isaiah 40:1 NKJV
Comfort means to render help to someone who is in an unpleasant situation in such a way that their suffering is thereby eased. Today, as we remember the eve of the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we can testify to the great comfort that God has given to the human race to show us mercy and care in our sins and suffering. As followers of Christ, our greatest comfort in the world would be to live in the presence of God, through whom the indwelling spirit carries obedient believers through trying circumstances as we have in the world today. Our lives are so short and so full of troubles we are here one minute and gone the next. Even though our lives might be full of beauty and good achievements, we are still only like the flower of the field, which so quickly fades away. Let us be calm, obedient and patient so that we can accomplish our salvation through the comfort of God. In any situation we find ourselves, let’s embrace God’s comfort as Christ is always there to comfort us.
BIBLE READINGS: 2 Corithians 1:3-7
PRAYER: Oh dear God count us worthy of your Grace. Amen.
ÌTÙNÚ FÚN ÀWỌN ÈNÌYÀN ỌLỌ́RUN.
IRUGBIN NAA
“Ẹ tú àwọn ènìyàn mí nínú, ẹ tú wọn nínú, ní Ọlọ́run yín wí”. Isaiah 40:1
Ìtùnú túmọ̀ sí láti ṣè irànwọ́ fún ẹnì kan tí ó wà nínú ipò tí kò dùn mọ́, ni lọ́nà tí ìyà fi gba njẹ́ iru èniyàn bẹ. Loni bi a ṣe ranti ọjọ ibi Oluwa ati Olugbala Jesu Kristi, a le jẹri si itunu nla ti Ọlọrun ti fi fun iran eniyan lati fi aanu ati abojuto han wa ninu awọn ẹṣẹ ati ijiya wa. Gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọlẹ́yìn Kristi, ìtùnú wa tí o tóbi jù lọ nínú ayé yíò jẹ́ láti máà gbé níwájú Ọlọ́run, nípasẹ̀ ẹni tí àwọn Ẹ̀mí tí ń gbé inú Rẹ̀, gbé àwọn onígbàgbọ́ ti o ngbọràn la àwọn ipò idánwò gẹ́gẹ́ bí a ti ní nínú ayé lónìí. Igbesi aye wa kuru, ati pe o kun fun wahala, a lé wa nínú aye yí ni iṣẹju kan, ní ìṣẹ́jú ti yió tẹle ki a ti pa ipo dà, kúrò nínú ayé. Paapaa botilẹjẹpe igbesi aye wa le kun fun ohùn tí ó dára ati awọn aṣeyọri ti o dara, a tun fi wa we ododo inu pápá ti o yara rọ. Ẹ jẹ́ ki á gbọràn, pẹ̀lú sùúrù kí a si jẹ oníwà pẹ̀lẹ́ ki a lè rí ìgbàlà wa nípasẹ̀ ìtùnú Ọlọ́run. Nínú ipòkípò tí a bá rí ara wa, ẹ jẹ́ kí a gbá ìtùnú Ọlọ́run mọ́ra gẹ́gẹ́ bí Kristi ti wà níbẹ̀ nígbà gbogbo láti tù wá nínú.
BIBELI KIKA: 2 Kọ́ríńtì 1:3-7
ADURA: Ọlọ́run wa olufẹ jùlọ, ka wa yẹ fún Ore-ọfẹ Rẹ. Amin