“Ko au mo hoku uaifí naʻe mole ʻema ngāué ʻi he taimi tatau,” ko e manatu ia ʻa Seth. a “ʻI ha taʻu ʻe ua naʻá ma moʻui pē mei he tokoni ʻa e fāmilí mo ha ngāue leipa fakataimi. Ko hono olá, ko hoku uaifí ʻa Priscilla naʻá ne loto-mafasia, pea naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻoku ʻikai haku ʻaonga.

“Naʻe anga-fēfē ʻema fekuki mo iá? Naʻe toutou fakamanatu ʻe Priscilla kiate ia tonu ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa Sīsuú ʻi he Mātiu 6:34. Naʻá ne pehē ai ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke tau hoko ʻo loto-moʻua fekauʻaki mo e ʻapongipongí, he ko e ʻaho taki taha ʻoku ʻi ai ʻene ngaahi loto-moʻua. Pea ko ʻene ngaahi lotu loto-moʻoní naʻá ne maʻu ai ʻa e mālohi ke hokohoko atu. ʻI hoku tuʻungá, naʻe fakafiemālieʻi au ʻe he Saame 55:22. Hangē ko e tokotaha-tohi-sāmé, naʻá ku lī ʻeku kavengá kia Sihova, pea naʻá ku ʻiloʻi naʻá ne poupouʻi au. Neongo ʻoku ʻi ai ʻeku ngāue, ʻokú ma tauhi ʻema moʻuí ke faingofua ʻo fehoanaki mo e faleʻi ʻa Sīsū ʻi he Mātiu 6:20-22. Hiliō ʻi he meʻa kotoa, kuó ma ʻunuʻunu ofi ange ki he ʻOtuá peá ma toe hoko ʻo vāofi ange.”

“Naʻá ku ilifia ki he kahaʻú ʻi he taimi naʻe mate ai ʻema kiʻi pisinisí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Jonathan. “Koeʻuhi ko ha palopalema fakaʻekonōmika, ko e ngāue ʻi ha taʻu ʻe 20 naʻe taʻeʻaonga. Naʻe kamata ke u fakafekiki mo hoku uaifí fekauʻaki mo e paʻangá. Naʻe ʻikai malava ke ma toe ngāueʻaki ha kaati fakatau fakamoʻua koeʻuhi ko ʻema ilifia naʻa ʻikai tali.

“Ka naʻe tokoniʻi kimaua ʻe he Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hono laumālié ke ma fai ha ngaahi fili fakapotopoto. Naʻá ku ako ke tali ha faʻahinga ngāue pē, pea fakasiʻisiʻi ʻema fakamole ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻikai loko mahuʻingá. ʻI he tuʻunga ko e Kau Fakamoʻoni ʻa Sihová, naʻá ma faʻa maʻu ʻa e poupou mei homa kaungātuí. Naʻa nau fakaivimālohiʻi ʻema tuipaú mo  ʻomai ʻa e tokoni ʻi he ngaahi taimi naʻá ma ongoʻi faingataʻaʻia aí.”

“Naʻe fakafokifā pē hono liʻaki au hoku husepānití, naʻá ku loto-mamahi mo ʻiteʻita,” ko e manatu ia ʻa Raquel. “Pea naʻe lōmekina kita ʻe ha mamahi fakaʻulia. Ka naʻá ku ʻunuʻunu ofi ki he ʻOtuá pea naʻá ne fakafiemālieʻi au. Ko e nonga mei he ʻOtuá naʻá ne maluʻi au ʻi he taimi naʻá ku hanga ai kiate ia ʻi he lotu maʻu pē. Naʻe hā mahino mai naʻá ne faitoʻo hoku loto laveá.

“Pea ʻoku ou houngaʻia ʻi heʻene Folofolá, ʻa e Tohi Tapú, naʻá ku ikuʻi ai ʻeku ngaahi loto-mamahí mo e ʻitá. Naʻe maongo kiate au ʻa e ngaahi lea ʻa e ʻapositolo ko Paulá ʻi he Loma 12:21: ‘ʻOua naʻa tuku ke ikunaʻi koe ʻe he koví, ka ke hanganaki ikunaʻi ʻa e koví ʻaki ʻa e leleí.’

“Naʻe toe tokoniʻi au ʻe ha kaumeʻa lelei ke u laka ki muʻa pea hokohoko atu. Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi mai ʻa e Koheleti 3:6 pea tala mai anga-ʻofa ʻoku ʻi ai ha taimi ʻoku fiemaʻu ai ke tau ‘tuku ke mole.’ Ko ha faleʻi faingataʻa, ka ko e meʻa ia naʻe fiemaʻu ke u faí. ʻI he taimí ni ʻoku ou maʻu ha ngaahi taumuʻa foʻou ʻi he moʻuí.”

“ʻI he māvae ʻa e nofo malí, ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ʻa e poupou,” ko e lau ia ʻa Elizabeth. “Ko hoku kaumeʻa vāofí naʻá ne ʻomai ha poupou ʻi he ʻaho taki taha. Naʻá ne tangi fakataha mo au, fakafiemālieʻi au, pea ʻai ke u ongoʻi ʻoku ʻofaʻi au kae ʻikai liʻekina. ʻOku ou tuipau ʻoku ngāueʻaki ʻe Sihova ia ke ne tokoniʻi au ʻi heʻeku ngaahi lavea fakaeongó.”

Ko Luis naʻe lave ki ai ʻa e kamataʻanga ʻo e kupu hokohoko ko ení, naʻe palopalema hono mafú pea naʻe tuʻo ua ʻene meimei mate. ʻI he taimí ni ʻoku fiemaʻu ke ne mānavaʻaki ha ʻosikena ʻi he houa ʻe 16 ʻi he ʻaho. “Naʻá ku lotu maʻu pē kia Sihova,” ko ʻene laú ia. Pea ʻi he hili ʻeku lotu ki he ʻOtuá, naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻene ʻomai e mālohi fakafou ʻi hono laumālié. Ko e lotú ʻokú ne ʻomai kiate au ʻa e loto-toʻa ke hokohoko atu koeʻuhi ko ʻeku maʻu ʻa e tui kiate ia pea ʻiloʻi ʻokú ne tokanga mai kiate au.”

“ʻOku ou loto ke u fai ha ngaahi meʻa lahi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke u lava,” ko e fakamatala ia ʻa Petra, ʻi hono taʻu 80 tupú. “Ko e sio ki he hōloa hoku mālohí ʻoku faingataʻa ʻaupito. Naʻá ku ongoʻi ʻoku ʻosi hoku iví  pea fakafalala maʻu pē ki ha ngaahi faitoʻo. ʻOku ou faʻa fakakaukau ki he anga ʻo e kole naʻe fai ʻe Sīsū ki heʻene Tamaí ke fakalaka ha faingataʻa pau kapau naʻe malava. Ka naʻe ʻoange ʻe Sihova kia Sīsū ʻa e mālohi, pea naʻá ne fakaivimālohiʻi au. Ko e lotú ko e faitoʻo fakaʻaho ia kiate au. ʻOku ou ongoʻi lelei ange ʻi he hili ʻeku talanoa ki he ʻOtuá.”—Mātiu 26:39.

Ko Julian, naʻá ne faitau mo ha mahaki neave ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe 30 nai, naʻá ne maʻu e ongoʻi meimei tatau. “Naʻá ku hiki mei ha sea fakalāngilangi ʻo heka saliote,” ko ʻene laú ia. “Ka ko ʻeku moʻuí ʻoku ʻaonga koeʻuhi ʻoku foaki ia ki hono tokoniʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé. Ko e foakí ʻoku hoko ko e fakanonga pea ʻoku tauhi ʻe Sihova ʻene talaʻofa ke fakaivimālohiʻi kitautolu ʻi he taimi ʻo e fiemaʻú. ʻI he hangē ko e ʻapositolo ko Paulá, ʻoku lava ke u leaʻaki: ‘He ko e ngaahi meʻa kotoa pē ʻoku ou maʻu ʻa e ivi ki ai fakafou ʻiate ia ʻokú ne ʻomai kiate au ʻa e mālohí.’”—Filipai 4:13.

“ʻI he taimi naʻe mate ai ʻeku tamaí ʻi ha fakatamaki he halá, naʻe ʻikai ke u tui ki ai ʻi he ʻuluaki taimí,” ko e manatu ia ʻa Antonio. “ʻOku hā ngali taʻetotonu eni—ko e tokotaha tonuhia ia. Ka ʻoku ʻikai lava ke u fai ha meʻa. Naʻe ʻikai ke ne toe ʻilo ha meʻa ʻi ha ʻaho ʻe nima ki muʻa ke maté. Taimi ʻe niʻihi, ʻoku ou fakamaʻumaʻu ʻeku tangi naʻa sio ʻeku faʻeé, ka ʻoku ou faʻa tangi lahi ʻi he taimi ʻoku ou tokotaha aí. ‘Ko e hā? Ko e hā hono ʻuhingá?’ Naʻá ku faʻa ʻeke ia kiate au.

“Lolotonga ʻo e ngaahi ʻaho faingataʻá, naʻá ku faʻa kole ai kia Sihova ki ha tokoni ke u mapuleʻi ʻeku ngaahi ongoʻí mo ʻomai ha nonga. Naʻe kamata leva ke u ongoʻi fiemālie ange. Naʻá ku manatuʻi naʻe fakamatala ʻa e Tohi Tapú ko e ‘tuʻutāmakí’ ʻoku lava ke hoko ia ki ha faʻahinga tokotaha pē ʻia kitautolu. Koeʻuhi ko e ʻikai lava ke loi ʻa e ʻOtuá, naʻá ku fakapapauʻi te u toe sio ki heʻeku tamaí ʻi he toetuʻú.”—Koheleti 9:11; Sione 11:25; Taitusi 1:2.

Ko Robert, naʻe lave ki ai ʻa e kupu ki muʻá naʻá ne maʻu ʻa e fakakaukau tatau. ʻOkú ne pehē: “Ko au mo hoku uaifí, naʻá ma maʻu ʻa e nonga ʻi he fakakaukaú ʻo hangē ko ia ʻoku leaʻaki ʻi he Filipai 4:6, 7. Naʻe hoko mai ia fakafou ʻi heʻema lotu kia Sihová. Ko e nonga ko eni ʻi lotó naʻe malava ai ke ma talanoa ki he kau fai ongoongó fekauʻaki mo ʻema ʻamanaki ki he toetuʻú. Neongo e pā ʻa e vakapuná ʻo mole ʻa e moʻui homa fohá, ʻokú ma kei maʻu ha manatu melie ki he ngaahi taimi fiefia naʻa mau maʻu fakatahá. ʻOkú ma feinga ke hangataha ki ai ʻema fakakaukaú.

“ʻI he tala mai heʻema kaungā Fakamoʻoní naʻa nau sio ʻi he televīsoné ki heʻema fakamatalaʻi ʻema tuí ʻi he fiemālie, naʻá ma tala ange ʻokú ma fakamālō ki he ngaahi lotu kuo fai maʻa kimauá. ʻOku ou tui moʻoni naʻe poupouʻi kimaua ʻe Sihova fakafou ʻi heʻenau ngaahi tokoni taʻefaʻalauá.”

Hangē ko e ngaahi faʻifaʻitakiʻanga kuo fakahāʻí, ʻoku lava ʻe he ʻOtuá ke tokonaki ʻa e fakafiemālié ki he kakai ʻoku nau fehangahangai mo e ngaahi palopalema mo e pole kehekehe. Fēfē koe? Tatau ai pē pe ko e hā ʻa e faingataʻa te ke fehangahangai nai mo iá, ʻoku ʻi ai ʻa e fakafiemālie ke tokoniʻi koe lolotonga ʻa e ngaahi taimi faingataʻá. b Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ke ke hanga ai kia Sihova ki ha tokoní? Ko ia ʻa e “ʻOtua ʻo e fakafiemālie kotoa pē.”—2 Kolinitō 1:3.