Utangulizi wa Kusaidia Watu Kupona Dhambi na Uraibu

There is a deep empty hole in the heart of the soul that must be filled. How we fill that hole, or comfort ourselves with that empty space, will determine what sin we become addicted to. Without a godly direction and comfort in our life, the heart will begin to fill itself more all the time with sin. And as it does, it will become more addicted to that sin.

Kusudi la safu hii ya hatua ni kuwezesha watu kupona kabisa kutoka kwa dhambi na ulevi. Kwanza imeundwa kuwa mchakato wa kumtambulisha na kumweka mtu huyo katika maisha tele, kwa sababu ya uhusiano uliopatanishwa na Mungu na wengine. Pili pia ni kitabu cha mafunzo kwa wafanyikazi wa Injili: ili waweze kuelewa jinsi ya kufanya kazi na watu walewale, kuwasaidia kupona kabisa na kujiimarisha katika maisha mapya katika Kristo Yesu.

So throughout this process, you will see that it is addressed to two audiences at the same time. Those who need help over addictions, and those that are trying to help them. And there is an important reason for this. Because people who need help over addictions need to completely trust those that are working with them. And so if you are using this process to help them, these people also want transparency and understanding as to what they are being asked to do, and why. There can be no hidden agendas in helping people!

Kazi Kamili ya Injili Lazima ijumuishe Kazi ya Mtu Binafsi

Yesu alikuwa na mzigo mzito sana juu ya hitaji la kazi ya injili ya kibinafsi. Na mzigo huu ulimjia Yesu alipotembelea na kufundisha katika huduma za sinagogi, (ambayo pia ni kielelezo cha mengi ya yale yanayofanyika katika huduma za kanisa leo.)

“Naye Yesu alizunguka katika miji yote na vijiji, akifundisha katika masinagogi yao, na kuihubiri injili ya ufalme, na kuponya magonjwa yote na kila ugonjwa kati ya watu. Lakini alipowaona watu wengi, akawasikitikia, kwa sababu walizimia na wametawanyika kama kondoo asiye na mchungaji. " ~ Mathayo 9: 35-36

Katika kila sinagogi walikuwa na:

Walimu ambao wangefundisha na kuwasihi watu kutoka kwa maandiko.
Viongozi wa wimbo ambao wangeongoza uimbaji.
Viongozi wa maombi ambao wangeongoza maombi

These are the principal things done also today in church and fellowship meetings.

Jesus was not against these gatherings. He personally was faithful to partake with these “church like” gatherings. But what Jesus was expressing was that it was not individualized enough. That is why he said the people are like “sheep having no shepherd.” He was alluding to the individual work that a shepherd does, with each sheep in his flock.

Yesu ni mfano wa mchungaji mzuri. Na hivi ndivyo alivyoelezea mchungaji mzuri.

“Lakini yeye aingiaye kwa mlango ni mchungaji wa kondoo. Kwake mlango wa mlango humfungulia; na kondoo husikia sauti yake; naye huwaita kondoo wake kwa majina, na kuwaongoza nje. ” ~ Yohana 10: 2-3

Mchungaji Mwema anawajua kondoo wake kibinafsi na kibinafsi: kwa jina. Sio tu kundi la watu waliofundishwa na kuongozwa kama kikundi. Na kadri kundi linavyokua na kuongezeka, inachukua watu zaidi walio na moyo wa mchungaji kuwasaidia kuwalea na kuwashauri. Yesu pia aliwaita aina hizi za wachungaji "wafanya kazi". Hakukuwa na ya kutosha ya aina hiyo ya wafanyikazi wakati huo (na bado kuna bado la leo.) Na kwa hivyo katika akaunti hiyo hiyo ya maandiko, alituomba tuombee zaidi ya wafanyikazi hawa wapelekwe kwenye uwanja wa kazi.

“Ndipo akawaambia wanafunzi wake, Kwa kweli mavuno ni mengi, lakini watenda kazi ni wachache; Basi mwombeni Bwana wa mavuno, kwamba atatuma wafanyakazi katika mavuno yake. ” ~ Mathayo 9: 37-38

Kwa hivyo katika sura inayofuata ya Injili ya Yohana (ambayo ni mwendelezo wa wazo lile lile kutoka sura ya 9), Yesu anawatuma mitume wake kufanya kazi kati ya Wayahudi. Anawaambia haswa wakati huo wasiende kwa mataifa. Lakini hawaambii waende kwenye masinagogi, ingawa Wayahudi walikuwa na sinagogi karibu kila kijiji na mji. Anawaambia haswa waende kwenye nyumba ambazo zingewapokea, kuzungumza nao mmoja mmoja.

So what does Jesus mean when he says he knows them “by name?” It means that he knows who they really are.

Most people are not aware of who they really are. We think because of our upbringing, that is who we are. Or because of what we have accomplished in school, work, etc. That is who we are. Or because of my status in life, that is who I am. But that actually is not who you are. Because when you die, none of those things will go with you, and none of those things will matter.

You are a soul. And who you are in your soul is defined by your relationship with God. And your relationship with God is defined by what you did the last time his Spirit spoke to your soul need. God’s Spirit speaks to every heart and soul. He does not have to have a preacher or a Bible to get that work done.

In Genesis 6:3 God said: “…My spirit shall not always strive with man…”

Titus 2:11-12: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”

God speaks in his own way to the heart of everyone. Long before the individual hears the Gospel from a preacher or a teacher, there is a message that has already been delivered to their soul. And who they are, is what they did with what God spoke to their heart about.

And so here is a bit of wisdom for the gospel worker that is humble enough to receive it. What you have to say, is not as important as what God has already said to the heart of the individual. As a matter of fact, what you have to say may be completely irrelevant, if it doesn’t agree with the way the Spirit of God is working with that individual. And to truly help people to overcome any addiction, we must find out where they stopped listening to the Spirit of God speaking to their heart. And we must help the individual go back to what God has clearly shown them, and restore that relationship with God so that they are now listening to him.

1 Corinthians 3:10 tells us: “For we are laborers together with God…” He is in the lead. We are to be following what he is doing. And so we must do more observing and inquiring, rather than talking. And if we could understand what God has already been doing, how much more successful would we be in the work!

Kwa hivyo safu hizi za masomo ya hatua 12 zimetengenezwa kusaidia wafanyikazi wa injili kuwa sehemu ya jibu la ombi la Yesu la maombi: "Basi mwombeni Bwana wa mavuno, kwamba atume watenda kazi katika mavuno yake."

Sehemu ya wito wetu wa injili ni: lazima tuende na kuvuna, badala ya kutarajia mavuno kuja kwenye jengo la kanisa letu. Kwa sababu wengi wamevunjika moyo sana na hawaamini dini kuweza kuingia katika jengo letu.

Tunahitaji Uponyaji katika Mahusiano yetu

Ni dhambi (ya mtu mwingine, au yetu) ambayo mwanzoni kwanza hutengeneza utupu moyoni mwa mtu huyo. Utupu upo kwa sababu ya uhusiano uliovunjika. Na dhambi yetu wenyewe itaunda uhusiano uliovunjika na Mungu.

Mara tu dhambi inakuwa sehemu ya maisha yako, huwezi kuacha. Na kadri muda unavyozidi kwenda, inachukua dhambi zaidi, kuweza kupata ile "ya juu" ya muda mfupi ambayo dhambi ya kwanza iliunda. Na kwa hivyo tunakuwa watumiaji wa dhambi zaidi maishani tunapoendelea ndani yake. Na dhambi haijali ikiwa unaenda kanisani au la. Yote inayojali, ni kwamba unakaa mraibu wa dhambi.

Yesu alikuja ili mahusiano yaponywe. Pia alimtuma mfariji wa Roho Mtakatifu, ili kila maumivu ambayo wanadamu wenye dhambi wangeweza kuleta dhidi yetu, bado yaweze kufarijiwa katika maisha haya.

“Ikiwa mnanipenda, zingatieni amri zangu. Nami nitamwomba Baba, naye atawapa Msaidizi mwingine, ili akae nanyi hata milele; Hata Roho wa ukweli; ambaye ulimwengu hauwezi kumpokea, kwa sababu haumwoni wala haumtambui; kwa maana anakaa nanyi, naye atakuwa ndani yenu. Sitakuacha bila faraja: nitakuja kwako. ” ~ Yohana 14: 15-18

Important: we cannot receive the Comforter, if we don’t come to know God. And we can only come to know and understand God, through Jesus Christ.

And because people don’t know the Comforter (the true Holy Spirit), they become addicted to sin in some way. And that also often leads to drugs, alcohol, or something else. And this usually happens because they are trying to sooth the empty hole of a painful void within. A pain in their heart that usually has happened due to some broken relationship in their past. Perhaps a parent or relative that betrayed their needs. Or a relationship in a marriage that became unfaithful. Or a relationship with a child that failed due to some circumstance or misunderstanding. Or that they lost a loved one. These are the things that often create much pain in our heart.

And so people often seek relief from that pain, through the wrong things, because they lack a close relationship with the Comforter.

Uraibu

Kwa hivyo kila mtu mwishowe anakuwa mraibu wa aina fulani ya dhambi, au aina nyingi za dhambi. Inaweza kujumuisha uraibu wa dutu, kama vile pombe au dawa za kulevya. Lakini watu wengine wana aina zingine za uraibu. Wengine ni waraibu wa vitu vya mwili ambavyo vinawaahidi kufurahisha, lakini baadaye huwavunja moyo. Vitu kama: kamari au ponografia na ngono nje ya uhusiano wa ndoa wa kujitolea. Au hata kuwa mraibu wa sanamu ya aina fulani, kama vile kufuata utu maarufu, au njaa ya kuwa tajiri.

And yet others will soothe themselves in some socially acceptable activity, but to an extreme and unbalanced way. An imbalance is not necessarily sinful. Even a Christian could have unbalanced behaviors that they take on, that are not healthy both physically and spiritually. Some will over eat certain foods for comfort. Others will over drink tea, coffee, or “energy drinks” to the detriment of their own health. Some will over engage in exercise to an extreme level, or over engage in athletics with an extreme need to compete and win. And yet others will deny themselves basic things to an extreme way: either to draw attention, or to punish themselves; as even physical discomfort and pain can soothe their conscience because of some past thing that has happened in their life that they are ashamed of.

Masharti haya yote mwishowe yanahitaji faraja ya kweli ya Roho Mtakatifu wa Mungu ili kurudisha usawa na udhibiti mzuri katika maisha yao.

But the reality is that they have been deceived by these things, because these things seem to give a measure of relief or excitement for a while. But then soon after, the emotional pain remains. And now they have to seek after their addiction in a greater way, to get the same kind of temporary relief they got before. And as this dependency becomes greater, the downward cycle continues, and it begins to destroy their way of living. Including the remaining relationships that they have with others.

"Mvinyo ni dhihaka, kinywaji kikali kina ghadhabu; na yeyote anayedanganywa na hivyo hana busara." ~ Mithali 20: 1

This scripture shows us that it is not wise to be deceived by these things. But in seeking relief from the painful void within, many people become entrapped by something else. And sometimes: someone else. Someone who is “pushing” the addictive behavior upon them, so that they can control them.

Kwa kweli jamii nyingi haipendi wakati watu wametumwa na kitu. Hasa ulevi wa pombe au dawa za kulevya. Wanaona ulevi ukiharibu maisha ya mtu huyo na familia. Na mara nyingi huona ulevi unaongoza kwa mambo mengine mabaya kama vile uwongo na wizi. Au hata watu wanajiuza kingono, ili wapate pesa za kununua zaidi ya kile wanachotumia.

“Haifai kwa wafalme, Ee Lemueli, haifai wafalme kunywa divai; wala kwa wakuu vinywaji vikali: wasije wakanywa na kusahau sheria, na kupotosha hukumu ya mtu yeyote aliye taabu. ” ~ Mithali 31: 4-5

Watu ambao wana uraibu wa dhambi, wanaonekana kupoteza hisia zao za dhamiri na kujali mtu mwingine yeyote, lakini wao wenyewe.

Lakini ni watu wachache sana wanaelewa ni kwa nini mraibu amekuwa mraibu.

“Mpe kileo yule aliye karibu kuangamia, na wape divai wale walio na mioyo migumu. Na anywe, na kusahau umasikini wake, na asikumbuke taabu yake tena. ” ~ Mithali 31: 6-7

Maandiko haya hapo juu yanaelezea ni kwanini watu huwa waraibu. Ni kwa sababu wana hisia ya "kuangamia" katika maisha yao kwa sababu ya hali fulani inayoathiri maisha yao. Au wana moyo mzito sana kwa sababu ya majeraha ya kihemko, ambayo hayajawahi kusindika na kuponywa. Uraibu huo huwa "kutolewa haraka" kutoka kwa kumbukumbu mbaya au maumivu ya kihemko, au vyote viwili.

Some people suffer a traumatic physical injury or disease that causes them much pain. And in seeking relief from that pain, sometimes they get addicted to painkiller medicine.

Others may suffer a traumatic event in their life, that is emotionally painful from a fear perspective, creating in them what is commonly known as PTSD. And without the Comforter, they also can potentially take an addictive path.

But as stated before, what they are addicted to, deceives them. Even to the degree that others begin to sense that the addiction is destroying them.

“Ni nani aliye na ole? Ni nani aliye na huzuni? Ni nani aliye na ugomvi? ni nani anayenung'unika? Nani ana majeraha bila sababu? Nani aliye na macho mekundu? Wale ambao hukaa sana kwenye divai; wale wanaokwenda kutafuta divai iliyochanganywa. Usiitazame divai ikiwa nyekundu, wakati inatoa rangi yake katika kikombe, inaposonga sawa. Mwishowe huuma kama nyoka, Na kuuma kama nyoka. Macho yako yataona wanawake wageni, na moyo wako utasema mambo ya upotovu. Naam, utakuwa kama yeye alalaye katikati ya bahari, au kama yeye alaliye juu ya kilele cha mlingoti. Umesema, wamenipiga, na sikuugua; wamenipiga, lakini sikujisikia; nitaamka lini? Nitaitafuta tena. " ~ Mithali 23: 29-35

As shown in the scripture above, while they are “drunk” they feel no pain. But as they withdraw from the alcohol and become sober, the pain returns. And so they seek to be drunk again. And as they realize the bondage of their own addiction, they begin to give up hope, because they have no way to stop it.

Katika kila kesi, kabla ya mraibu atatafuta kutoka kwa uraibu wao (chochote ni), aibu ya ulevi wao lazima iwe kubwa kuliko usumbufu wa kujiondoa na busara. Ni wakati hali ya uraibu wao imewanyenyekeza kabisa.

Being honest

Inafurahisha, kwa sababu msingi wa programu nyingi kusaidia watu kuvunja ulevi, ni kanuni ambayo ilitolewa kwanza na injili.

“Ungameni makosa yenu ninyi kwa ninyi, na kuombeana; ili mpate kuponywa. Sala ya bidii ya mwenye haki ina faida kubwa. ” ~ Yakobo 5:16

Andiko hili linasema: ikiwa unataka msaada kwa kosa au hitaji, tambua hitaji lako. Kwa njia hiyo kunaweza kuwa na makubaliano katika maombi - ili uweze kuponywa

Hauwezi kufunika ulevi wako na unatarajia kuponywa. Lazima ujikubali mwenyewe na kwa wengine kuwa una uraibu, na kwamba unahitaji msaada.

I have known of people who have gotten saved. And when God saved them, he also immediately delivered them from their addiction. And they never went back to it. And God is certainly able to do that for someone that is ready. But understand that the reason why that was able to happen, is because they have already counted the cost of what it would take to quit their addiction, and they were completely willing to bear that cross.

"Na kila mtu asiyebeba msalaba wake, na kunifuata, hawezi kuwa mwanafunzi wangu." ~ Luka 14:27

But most addicts have not counted the cost yet. They first need someone to help them to go through that process.

“Kwa maana ni nani kati yenu, akikusudia kujenga mnara, haiketi kwanza, na kuhesabu gharama, kama anao vya kutosha kuimaliza? Isije ikawa, baada ya kuweka msingi, lakini akashindwa kuumaliza, wote wanaouona wataanza kumdhihaki, wakisema, Mtu huyu alianza kujenga, lakini hakuweza kumaliza. ~ Luka 14: 28-30

Because most addicts have not completely accepted and assessed their own reasons for becoming an addict, they also do not know how to count the cost of what it will take to suffer through the withdrawals from their addiction. And they are not ready to make a complete commitment to living sober. So how could they take up the cross yet?

Mchakato wa Hatua

And so it often helps to work with them through a series of steps that are based on gospel principles.

Hatua hizi zinawasaidia kushika imani kwa Mungu na pole pole kuelewa mahitaji yao wenyewe, na kushikilia majukumu yao kamili. Wanaweza kuwa na imani ya kuamini kwamba Mungu anaweza kuwafariji, na kuwasaidia kushinda uraibu wao wenyewe.

"Kwa maana neema ya Mungu iletayo wokovu imeonekana kwa watu wote, ikitufundisha kwamba, tukikataa uovu na tamaa za kidunia, tuishi kwa kiasi, na haki, na utauwa, katika ulimwengu huu wa sasa" ~ Tito 2: 11-12

But they must be ready and willing to work through this process: to learn. That means they must have come to the realization that they have no other hope. And that they must address their own sin addiction. Otherwise working with them through any process or study of the scriptures, will not solve the problem. Because they don’t want it yet. They still want to try to find their relief the easier way: through their addiction, or through their distracting activity (addiction).

Mchakato ni mfululizo wa hatua, kwamba ikiwa tutafuata hatua hizo, tutaweza kuelewa na kupata mahitaji yetu ya kiroho. Biblia imejaa masomo ya hatua-hatua.

Mfano: The Old Testament worship associated with the tabernacle and the law of Moses, was a process of steps given by God to be carefully followed. First they personally needed to fetch an innocent lamb, and carry it alive to the Tabernacle. There they were to first enter into the court of conviction, a place with the world “shut out” by the wall that was around the tabernacle. Their full attention was to be upon God. And then they were to wash themselves (like the washing of the water by the word) in a mirror like basin where they could see themselves as they really are.

Next the sacrifice for sin needed to be made on the altar of sacrifice. They would place their hands on the lamb as it was being sacrificed. And as the life flowed out of that lamb, they felt the personal responsibility for the Lamb’s death, because it was their sins that made it necessary. And so this process produced a deep understanding of the seriousness of their sin.

And then after this they were able to enter into the presence of Almighty God within the tabernacle. And in fully following this process, in the prescribed order, God would help them with their spiritual needs.

Yesu mwenyewe alitufundisha masomo ambayo yanatuonyesha mchakato wa hatua ambazo tunapaswa kuzingatia, na kufuata, kupata mahitaji yetu ya kiroho. Mfano mmoja muhimu ni hadithi ambayo Yesu alisimulia juu ya mwana mpotevu.

Kwanza mwana huyo aliondoka nyumbani ambayo alikuwa na baba mwenye upendo ambaye alimpa mwelekeo mzuri wa maisha yake. Wakati wowote tunapoacha nyumba yenye upendo; au wakati wowote tunapoacha mkutano wa kweli na mwaminifu: njia hiyo huwa inashuka kila wakati. Na kwa mwana mpotevu, hapo ndipo maisha yake yalikwenda. Wakati kijana huyu alikimbia na vijana wengine katika furaha ya dhambi, alikuwa mraibu wa dhambi hizo. Na hivi karibuni ulevi wa dhambi hata uliharibu uhusiano wake na watu hao. Haraka alijikuta akifanya kazi kama mtumwa wa mtu ambaye hakumjali. Na mahali hapa, alianza kuhesabu gharama ya nini itachukua kurudi nyumbani kwa Baba. Na hivyo mwishowe alianza kuanza safari ya kurudi nyumbani.

Kwa kuongezea, zaidi ya masomo yote ya hatua aliyopewa na Yesu, wacha tuchunguze mchakato huu wa hatua nyingi ambao mtume Petro alifundisha. Katika somo la Peter, hauwezi kuendelea na hatua inayofuata, isipokuwa uwe umemaliza hatua ya awali.

“Na zaidi ya hayo, mkifanya bidii yote, onzeni imani yenu wema; na kwa wema ujuzi; Na kwa ujuzi kiasi; kwa saburi uvumilivu; na kwa uvumilivu utauwa; Na kwa utauwa wema wa kindugu; na kwa upendo wa kindugu upendo. Kwa maana ikiwa vitu hivi viko ndani yenu na vimejaa, vinakufanyeni msiwe watasa na wasio na matunda katika kumjua Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo. Lakini yule asiye na vitu hivi ni kipofu, na haoni mbali, na amesahau ya kwamba alitakaswa dhambi zake za zamani. Kwa hiyo ndugu, afadhali fanyeni bidii kuhakikisha wito na uchaguzi wenu; kwa maana mkifanya mambo haya hamtaanguka kamwe ~ ~ 2 Petro 1: 5-10

Madhumuni ya hatua ya mchakato / mchakato ni kutoa mwelekeo kwa wale ambao ni walevi, na pia kusaidia wale ambao wanafanya kazi nao, kujua jinsi ya kuwasaidia. Kuwasaidia kujua jinsi ya kuwa na imani, na kufikiria tofauti. Na jinsi ya kufanya maamuzi mapya, na kuanzisha njia mpya za kuishi ambazo zitawafanya wasirudi tena kwenye ulevi wa zamani wa dhambi. Na mwishowe, jinsi ya kujitolea kabisa katika uhusiano na Mungu, kupitia Yesu Kristo.

Mpango wa Hatua 12 wa Kikristo wa Kutoa Kutoka kwa Madawa - Imefupishwa:

Uaminifu - kukubali kuwa nina hitaji kubwa
Imani na Tumaini - kutambua tunahitaji Mwokozi, na kujenga imani kwake
Kujitolea kwa Upendo wa Uaminifu - kugeuza maisha yetu kwa Mungu mwenye upendo, kwa mwelekeo wake
Ujasiri - kuchukua hesabu kamili ya maadili ya nini na ni nani ametuathiri
Uadilifu - kukubali sisi wenyewe, Mungu, na mtu mwingine, asili ya makosa yetu.
Utayari kamili - tunagundua kasoro zetu, na tuko tayari kumruhusu Mungu aondoe kasoro zetu
Unyenyekevu na Maombi - kumwomba Mungu atusamehe, na atuokoe
Uwajibikaji - kutengeneza orodha ya wale ambao tumewaumiza
Msamaha na Marejesho - kurekebisha kila inapowezekana
Kukubali Wajibu - kuendelea kuchukua jukumu kubwa kwetu na kwa mahusiano yetu
Ujuzi na Wakfu - maisha yetu ya ibada yanayoendelea kuongezeka na Mungu
Huduma na Shukrani - sasa tuko tayari kufikisha ujumbe huu wa matumaini kwa wengine