I would like to start our subject and discussion by asking you this question: are you really happy, or are you in spiritual bondage to worry and fear? You know, there are lots of people who make believe that they are happy, but I have found, as a minister, that many folks are not truly happy. It moves me greatly to express the reality of life. We are told by one of the great writers of the Bible, that when Christ, who is our life, appears, then this is when we can really begin to live.
Ningependa kwanza somo letu na mojadiliano kwa kuuliza swali lili: kweli una turaha, amo umefungwa kiroho kwa mawazo na uoga? Unajua, kuna watu wengi ambao hujifanya kwamini kwamba wana furaha, lakini nimegundua, kama mhubiri au mhuduma, kwamba wengi hawana furaha ya kweli. Na nina sismkuo kueleza kwa undani ukweli wa uzima. Tunaambiwa na mmoja wa waandishi mashuhwi wa Bibilia, kwamba wakati Kristo, ambaye ndiye uzima wetu, anapo onekana, ndipo tunapoanza kwishi.