WEDNESDAY 14TH APRIL 2021, MORNING
John 20:19-21 New International Version (NIV)
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
The disciples are in the house behind the locked doors, and Jesus appears to them. He stands in the midst of them. The walls and the locked doors of their house could not keep Jesus out. Jesus steps also into the midst of our houses, through the locked doors, and breathes peace and life into us. What are the doors that are locked in your life? What are the things that have kept you stuck in the same place? Don’t judge it as good or bad, right or wrong. It is just where you are and it is the place Christ shows appears and give you peace.
JUMATANO TAREHE 14 APRILI 2021 ASUBUHI
YOHANA 20:19-21
19 Ikawa jioni, siku ile ya kwanza ya juma, pale walipokuwapo wanafunzi, milango imefungwa kwa hofu ya Wayahudi; akaja Yesu, akasimama katikati, akawaambia, Amani iwe kwenu.
20 Naye akiisha kusema hayo, akawaonyesha mikono yake na ubavu wake. Basi wale wanafunzi wakafurahi walipomwona Bwana.
21 Basi Yesu akawaambia tena, Amani iwe kwenu; kama Baba alivyonituma mimi, mimi nami nawapeleka ninyi.
Wanafunzi wa Yesu walikuwa wamejifungia ndani, na Yesu anawatokea na kusimama katikati yao. Kuta na milango ya nyumba yao havikuweza kumzuia Yesu kuingia ndani. Yesu anaingia pia katikati ya nyumba zetu, kupitia milango iliyofungwa, na anatuvuvia amani na uzima ndani yetu. Je, ni milango gani iliyofungwa maishani mwako? Ni mambo gani yamekufanya kukwama sehemu moja? Usiyatazame kuwa mabaya au mazuri, kweli au makosa. Mahali pale ulipo ndipo Yesu atakapokutokea na kukupa amani yake.
