Ifepano timbawonekera nthawe zense- pa mitsonkhano yathu napo bzifunike kupita m’thengo lakugudira, napo kubvumbe ayai kutenthe. Napo timbalimbana na bzizinji pa moyo wathu, ticinetambo pambuyo pa nsiku ya basa, kodi thangwe ranyi ifepano Mboni za Yahova timbacita nyongo kuti titsonkhane na anzathu wa cikhulupiro cibodzi?

Kutsonkhanako kumbaticita bwino. Mpostolo Paulo adalewa kuti ‘timbakumbukirane,’ m’tsamba lace pomwe akhanembera wale womwe wambatsonkhana nafe. (Wahebereu 10:24) Fala limweri limbathandauza ‘kukumbukira bwino-bwino,’ bzomwe bzin’funa kulewa kuti, tin’funikira kufika pa kudziwana bwino-bwino. Tenepo, mafala ya mpostolo Paulo yambatilimbisa kuti timbacite thupo na anzathu. Tikafika pakuyadziwa mabanja manango yacikristau, ifepano tingazindikire kuti mabanja manango yadakwanisa kulimbana na mabvuto mabodzi-bodzi na yomwe tinkugumana nayo, ndipo bzimwebzo bzingatithandize kulimbana nayombo.

Kutsonkhana kumbalimbisa mbverano wathu. Ifepano timbakonkhana pabodzi, sikuti ninga wanthu wakundodziwana kokha, koma timbatsonkhana ninga axamwali wakubverana. Nthawe zinango, ifepano timbakoya nthawe yakuceza na kusenzeka pabodzi mwakusaya kupwetekana. Kodi kucita bzimwebzi kumbakhala na phindu liponi kwa ifepano? Ifepano timbapfunza kutenda kwene-kwene axamwali wathu, ndipo bzimbathumizirambo lufoyi lathu. Ndipopa, anzathu wakagwedwa na matsoka, ifepano timbawathandiziratu thangwe ra uxamwali bwathu bwakulimba bomwe tinabo. (Mimwani 17:17) Pakucita uxamwali na wense wa m’gwere lathu, ifepano timbalatiza kuti ‘timbasamalana.’—1 Wakolinto 12:25, 26.

Ifepano tinkukulimbisani kusankhula ninga axamwali wanu wale womwe wambacita kufuna kwa Mulungu. Mun’dzawagumana axamwaliwo pakati pa Mboni za Yahova. Taphata minyendo, lekani kubvumiza kuti munthu akuletseni kutsonkhana nafe.

• Kodi thangwe ranyi ifepano timbagumana phindu pakutsonkhana na anzathu?

• Kodi ni lini mungafune kudziwana na wanthu wa m’gwere lathu?