Awakening 4 Jesus

I went to a conference on 4/6/08. The conference is held in FGA church in KL. Actually, the conference is 4 days, but I left early, I attended for the first 2 days only... I didn't aspect anything at first, but I begun to thirst for god later on. There was a pastor from Indonesia, called Pastor Philip Mandofa which is a very powerful, cute and of course handsome pastor haha... His preaching was so interesting yet powerful. He tought me a lesson which is under the feet of Jesus. The feet Jesus seems to be the lowest place on earth, but it's the highest place in heaven. God surrender the world to those who is close to Him, close to His feet. There are a few examples from the bible. First was Mary. Mary sat down at Jesus's feet and listened to Him, unlike her sister Martha. Second was the prostitute who poured an expensive oil on Jesus and wash Jesus's feet with her hair. Jesus said that she has set a good example and those who follow her will become her diciples. Pastor Philip is so close to God and I really envy him for that. He can preach so well not because of his inteligence, it's because he is close to god; not because he has the talking talent, it's because he is close to god. He can heal all kind of sicknesses, not because he studied medicines, it's because he is close to god. Holy Spirit touched me so deeply in my heart and I can feel His presence all the time. There was a session where he told us to pray God's need and other's needs. You maybe confused. God has needs too? The almighty God? No way... Have you ever asked God what He needs in your prayer? For me, the answer is no. I always prayed for other's needs and my own needs only. I never asked God what can I pray for Him. I felt very guilty and I started to cry during the whole praying session. God has needs too. God wants everyone in this world to come back to Him, God wants to enlarge His territory and God wants us to preach His gospel. These are the needs of our almighty God. In the bible said that Jesus will pray for us in heaven. So, if Jesus is praying for us why waste time praying? Jesus's prayers are much more better than our's. Well, according to Pastor Philip, if we pray for god and other's need for 10%, then Jesus will pray for our need 10% also. We have to struggle through the remaining 90% ourselves. But, if we pray for god and other's needs 90% in our prayers, then Jesus will pray 90% of our needs. We just have to put a little more effort in our lifes and God will bless 90% of our lifes. He is like a Jesus in this generation, I really admire him a lot. From that onwards, I will try my best and of course with god's help to be closer to Him, down at His feet and start to pray more for god and other's needs and pray lesser for my own needs.

Pastor Philip. Leng zai leh...

腓力．曼都法 牧師Pastor Philip Mantofa
現任：印尼沙崙玫瑰教會的副主任牧師

一個比任何台灣人都還要像台灣人的印尼牧師 「一度我感受到神似乎轉眼不看印尼，把祂所有的愛傾注在台灣。」就是在這個禱告中的畫面，讓一個32歲、牧養70間教會3萬名會友的印尼牧師，放下自己國家繁忙的事工，多次踏上這塊神所深愛的土地-台灣。 2007年於台北、高雄舉辦的復興豐收挑戰大會中，腓力牧師帶來極深的屬靈翻轉。許多人因著他所分享的信息內容認識了耶穌，並且帶出屬靈生命的向上提昇。聚會過後，年輕人心中的熱情被引爆，無時無刻都想要緊緊抓住耶穌，想永遠待在祂身邊。長時間靈修、通宵禱告、為校園、職場守望都是他們在聚會中領受到的。是耶穌，這樣的改變只有耶穌作得到；是耶穌透過這位謙卑的僕人，幫助這群年輕孩子尋回起初愛神、愛人的心。　　「我們要比魔鬼更瘋狂，魔鬼有牠的恐怖份子、聖戰份子，但我們有耶穌，我們也是恐怖份子、也是聖戰份子。」腓力牧師這麼說。神已使用他帶領超過40,000個人信耶穌，而他在印尼訓練去建立分堂的牧師，大部份都是20歲初頭，他們牧養政府官員、法官、醫生、警察署長，參與在整個轉化社會的浪潮中。　　「我看見神的工作，非常驚訝、非常震撼，我相信神在台灣要作同樣的工作！」
Pastor Philip Mantofa, a senior pastor of a Mawar Sharon Church in Indonesia which has 3 millions of members. He is the shepherd of 70 churches and he led 40000 over people back to christ.