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Month: October 2011
Healing Revival – Kebangunan Rohani Katolik (KRK) Penyembuhan “Disembuhkan untuk Menyembuhkan” October 22, 2011 Leave a comment i Rate This Maukah Anda disembuhkan? Maukah Anda yang telah disembuhkan kemudian menyembuhkan pula? Bila Anda memiliki sakit penyakit, fisik maupun batin, datanglah pada Yesus maka Anda akan disembuhkan untuk menyembuhkan! Hadirilah Healing Revival – Kebangunan Rohani Katolik (KRK) Penyembuhan “Disembuhkan untuk Menyembuhkan” Waktu: Jumat 11 November 2011, 18.00 – 21.00 WIB Tempat: Integrity Convention Centre (Lantai 10) – Mega Glodok Kemayoran, Jalan Angkasa Kavling B-6, Kemayoran, Jakarta Pusat 10160 Pembicara: Robert Canton (http://www.robertcantonministries.org/) Kesaksian Pujian: Maya Rumantir Penyelenggara: Badan Pelayanan Keuskupan Pembaharuan Karismatik Katolik Keuskupan Agung Jakarta Informasi: Willy 021-6342141, 0818962494 Toko Buku Lumen/Ayke 0816853851 Mernawati 08161318881 Helen Puspitasari 021-68168008 *) Robert Canton, asal Filipina dan sekarang menetap di Amerika Serikat, adalah seorang awam yang oleh Tuhan dianugerahi karunia pengetahuan, penyembuhan, pendoa dan pengajaran yang luar biasa. Beliau telah berkeliling dunia untuk menyalurkan penyembuhan ilahi kepada banyak orang sakit sebagai wujud nyata kasih dan kuasa Allah yang sungguh ajaib. Brother Bob, panggilan akrab Robert Canton, dipakai oleh Tuhan untuk menyatakan mukjizat-mukjizat Allah sehingga makin banyak umat yang telah mengalami pertobatan. Terakhir berkunjung ke Indonesia adalah dua tahun yang lalu. Informasi tentang Robert Canton Robert Canton (Brother Bob) adalah orang biasa yang menerima karunia pengetahuan dan penyembuhan di tahun 1985 saat ia menjadi pemimpin kelompok doa Anak-anak Tuhan di keuskupan Santo Lukas di Stockton, California. Ia menerima mukjizat dan pesan bahwa Tuhan menggunakannya “untuk menyentuh, menyembuhkan dan menyebarkan kabar baik” bagi umatNya. Mukjizat-mukjizat pun terjadi tak lama setelah itu; beberapa pengunjung persekutuan doa di keuskupan St. Lukas menerima penyembuhan-penyembuhan fisik, emosional dan spiritual. Kelompok persekutuan doanya pun mulai melakukan pelayanan penyembuhan bulanan untuk seluruh keuskupan St. Lukas dan banyak umat menyaksikan atau mengalami sendiri kekuatan penyembuhan yang mengagumkan dalam nama Yesus melalui Roh Kudus. “Anak saya, Ivor Henry, terlahir bisu tuli. Saya membawa dia ke acara penyembuhan di New Jersey. Canton mendoakan anak saya. Setelah itu, Canton memintanya menyebutkan ‘Yesus dan Maria’. Anak saya mengucapkan dengan lanetang! Terima kasih, Yesus, karena telah menyembuhkan anak saya. “ – Melina Maghacut, New Jersey “Pada tahun 1991, saya menjalani operasi kanker usus. Saya di jadwalkan menjalani kemoterapi selama satu tahun, tapi saya melakukannya hanya enam bulan. Saya menghadiri Misa penyembuhan Bob Canton waktu itu. Ketika tiba saatnya saya harus melakukan kolonoskopi, dokter tidak menemukan sedikit pun tanda-tanda kanker! Saya percaya bahwa saya telah disembuhkan. Lima tahun terlah berlalu; dan kelihatannya kankernya sudah tidak muncul lagi. Saya percaya bahwa saya betul-betul telah di berkati. Puji Tuhan!” – Alice Newton, Stockton, California. Dengan karunia yang diperolehnya, Robert Canton bepergian ke banyak tempat, diantaranya Singapura dan Turki untuk meletakkan tangannya pada orang sakit dan berdoa bagi campur tangan Tuhan untuk mereka yang percaya. Pada tahun 1999, lebih dari 12,000 orang berkumpul di Singapura untuk mencari kesembuhan melalui penumpangan tangan. Saat itu, Canton berkata : ”Kami pergi ke negara Asia dan banyak kuasa gelap di sana. Kami mengajar mereka untuk memperoleh penyembuhan di dalam Nama Tuhan Yesus Kristus tanpa menggunakan kuasa gelap tersebut lagi.” Acara Rally Penyembuhan di Singapura diikuti 12000 peserta Katolik dan non-Katolik yang diselenggarakan oleh Singapore Archdiocesan Catholic Charismatic Renewal (SACCRE) dan dilaksanakan oleh Gereja Kristus Bangkit – Singapura. Penyembuhan terjadi baik pada denominasi Katolik maupun non Katolik, yang memperlihatkan bahwa kasih Allah tidak terbatas pada suatu golongan saja. Tahun 2006, Robert Canton terpilih sebagai Anggota Dewan ICCRS (International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services) yang berpusat di Vatikan untuk mewakili negara-negara berbahasa Inggris di Amerika Utara, Amerika Tengah dan Karibia. Dia juga mendirikan Robert Canton Ministries, sebuah organisasi non-profit yang bertujuan menginjili seluruh dunia melalui pengajaran, doa dan penyembuhan di dalam Nama Tuhan Yesus Kristus. Robert Canton Ministries pun merambah ke dunia international. Robert Canton menyelenggarakan retret, seminar, Seminar Hidup Baru, dan Penyembuhan di Amerika, Asia, Eropa, Afrika dan Australia. Kunjungan terakhirnya baru-baru ini adalah ke Korea Selatan dan ia akan berkarya di Portugal, Itali dan Perancis pada bulan September 2009. Di Indonesia dan Australia pada bulan Oktober, Uni Emirat Arab pada bulan November dan di Hawaii pada bulan Desember. (https://happytobecatholic.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/krkrobertcanton1.jpg)
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Retret Pengusaha & Profesional Katolik (The Blessing Executives: Work with the heart and love of Jesus) October 22, 2011 Leave a comment i Rate This Anda pengusaha atau profesional Katolik? Sudahkah bisnis Anda memberi dampak positif dalam segala aspek? Sudahkah Anda melakukan bisnis secara benar dan etis sesuai iman Katolik dan ajaran gereja? Ingin iman katolik Anda bertumbuh di dunia usaha? Rindu merasakan sukacita bersama Yesus dalam dunia usaha? Menambah wawasan dan relasi dunia usaha dalam komunitas Katolik? Ikuti RETRET PENGUSAHA & PROFESIONAL KATOLIK THE BLESSING EXECUTIVES: Work with the heart and love of Jesus Penyelenggara: Keluarga Alumni Sekolah Evangelisasi Pribadi Shekinah (Badan Pelayanan Keuskupan Pembaharuan Karismatik Katolik Keuskupan Agung Jakarta) Sabtu-Minggu, 19-20 November 2011, Wisma Abdi – Cipayung, Puncak Pembicara: YE Sendjaja, Joppy Taroreh, Agus Suherman, Benny Marbun Biaya: Rp. 475.00,00/orang BCA a/n Tien Tjintawati / Sarinah Soekarso No. Rekening: 217 0167557 Informasi: Sylvia Wibowo (021-70478770) Stefanie Khiat (0811862610) Elisabeth Haruki (08558347071) Nico Lee (08161651799) Email:
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Marry me … or not! October 17, 2011 Leave a comment i Rate This A couple I know from my parish’s catholic charismatic prayer group invited us to their daughter’s holy matrimony yesterday at a church nearby. It was a great ceremony, wonderful flower arrangement, amazing voices coming from the choir, great homily delivered by the priest.And as usual, that part when the bride and groom must come to their parents asking for the blessings, will always be the part that makes tears fall down, that touches most the heart of all mothers or daughters or any female species attending the wedding. I went to the wedding just by myself. No date because I simply think I didn’t need a date to accompany me there. As I was driving home, I put some music on and there was this song by Train playing on my music player in my car. The song was Marry Me. Did I cry when I listened to the song? Did it make me sad? Did it make me question my state of being at the moment? Did it make me wonder why haven’t anyone asked to marry me? Well, no. No is the answer to all the questions above. I tried to find my bitterness or sadness or self-pity in me while listening to the song. I couldn’t find any bitter feeling. All I could feel was that everything was alright. Everything is in the right place. I’m alright and I won’t change any single thing. Yes, I am still married according to catholic canon law and I’m already divorced based on civil law. Yes, I am open to God’s will to reconcile me and the father of my children and our both extended families, yet I keep praying for one more chance to remarry when God permits the annulment of my first marriage. Yes, I went to the wedding alone, no date. In fact most of the time I go to weddings without dates. No, I am not in a relationship though I look forward to falling in love and let myself be loved again. Yes, friends keep asking me who I’m going out with, they wonder when I’m gonna get marry again, and they keep asking why I’ve always been single in recent time. It doesn’t bother me anymore. It used to be annoying in the past. I didn’t fancy going to the wedding, I hated going to events by myself, it bothered me much when I didn’t have any dates. And yes I would’ve cried and I’d have gone depressed back then when I drove home from a wedding and listened to Train’s Marry Me. But not anymore. Because today, I feel fine. Everything is in the right place. I wouldn’t change a thing. I’m happy, full of joy and calm and at peace! And it is true and accurate what the the daily reflection written by One Bread One Body (www.presentationministries.com (http://www.presentationministries.com/)) says about peace provided by God for us. Its reflection on Sunday’s scripture readings just perfectly describes that inner peace i’ve been experiencing lately. Let me just copy and paste for you all here: Peace in the Bible is not what our culture means by peace. Many people consider peace to be a sense of contentment and security. The Bible’s meaning for peace is based on the Hebrew “shalom.” Shalom means order and harmony. Shalom-peace means that everything is in its proper place. The Lord masterfully made this world with a physical, psychological, social, and spiritual ecology. When everything is in its proper place, we have paradise; we have shalom-peace. Shalom implies repentance for our sins and the submission of our lives and lifestyles to God’s authority. Of course, this can only be done by grace. “Grace and peace be yours.” — 1 Thessalonians 1:1
my thought of the day (Wednesday, 12 October 2011) October 12, 2011October 12, 2011 Leave a comment i Rate This Life without thinking of Jesus will be less meaningful. And life without Jesus will be meaningless …..
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The joy of reading the bible, listening to the Word of God October 5, 2011October 5, 2011 Leave a comment i Rate This Is there anything in this whole world that could be more wonderful, beautiful and healing than the Word of God? I am more than blessed everyday I am given a new day because it gives me time to read the bible. And since I am catholic, I read it according to our universal liturgical calendar. About a month ago -or it could be two months ago- a friend of mine invited me to join a blackberry messenger (BBM)group specifically to motivate members to read the gospel of Jesus according to Matthew. I was inclined at first because I’ve joined some BBM group and I’ve been asking myself actually ‘do these group really give me benefit? Do they have any use at al?’. Anyway, my friend told me that this specific group will motivate members to read the bible everyday and share our knowledge and experience regarding the verses we read on each day. I thought,”why not? This could motivate me to read bible more often!”. So, I did and am still joining it now! In addition to that – that means I’ve had 2 types of reading the bible daily. First, daily lectio divina according to catholic calendar. Second, I read the gospel according to Matthew daily based on my BBM group’s instruction- I also have bible plan which requires me to read one or some verses of the bible using one of those bible application on my blackberry. I will be completing this bible plan in one year. So it actually motivates me to read the bible everyday in one year. That’s three, right? About a week ago, I had a discussion with my best friend Tania. We finally came up with the idea of reading the bible daily together. So starting in the first of Monday of this October, she and I read the bible twice a day. In the morning, Tania will be sending email to me the reading and reflection based on her daily bible reading plan (she is a Christian from different church and I am catholic). In the evening I send her reading according to catholic calendar. How does it feel to read 4 bible reading plan everyday? It feels so awesomely great, superbb and wonderful!! Especially when I read it in the morning before I start doing my things. I am given more control to think right, to be more patient and to love others. God gives me strength to face the day because of His Word. When I read His Word, it is Him that speaks to me. His Word does not only strengthen me. His Word is my strength because His Word is He himself! John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
What is beyond my imagination is that somehow all the four reading bible plan that I do right now are interrelated! They might not be similar or parallel but they do support each other. Just to give you illustration on that. Today my BBM group read the story of Jesus praying before His arrest, how He told his disciples to stay alert and always pray and how He shows us His agony while praying to Almighty Father before His death. The catholic calendar instruct us to read Jonah and Luke today. In Jonah, we learn how loving our God is who always provide forgiveness for us. In Luke we learn how to pray to God, a prayer that teaches us to forgive others and let the will of our Father happen! In my daily bible plan with Tania, we both read the story of Adam and Eve after they disobey God’s instruction. And in my bible plan on my bible application on blackberry, I read Psalm 25:4. The Holy Spirit, that Father and Jesus sent me, has guided me to understand the meaning of all those verses I read today from my four bible reading plan! At the end of the day, I am blessed and given the gift of wisdom to understand so many beautiful things about Almighty Father, His only Son – Jesus- with the help of His Holy Spirit! This is what I discover from my today’s four bible reading plans that God is all powerful, He know our heart, our mind, our will. But His Will is bigger, better and definitely the best. Only by surrendering our weak flesh and let His spirit work in us that will we be able to live in Him, to live obediently, lovingly, compassionately. What a joy to discover the beauty of the Word of God. For knowing and learning His Word means encountering Him directly, face to face. And when we encounter, meet Him that will open us the door to follow and obey Him! Psalm 1:2-3 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
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