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COMES TO JAKARTA
We were once again blessed to hear GOD’s
Word from two of His anointed servants who visited us very
recently.
Bro. Bo Sanchez, the
‘Preacher in Blue
Jeans’ himself from the Philippines, was back
in Jakarta in late April 2008. He has been visiting Indonesia since
early 1994.
On April 26, Bro. Bo conducted a seminar on How To Be Truly
Rich at the YTKI
Building which was attended by about 300 participants. The seminar
is based on his best-selling book 8 Secrets of the Truly Rich. Bro.
Bo shared his own story on what he thought about money when he was
very young and how his perspective changed. He cited three reasons
why people are poor, namely: they don’t want to be rich, they’re
financially ignorant and they don’t ride vehicles to wealth. Bro.
Bo also discussed the eight (8) Secrets of the truly rich, the
first of which is Be Responsible for your Financial Success. --You
are where you are because you put yourself there; start creating
your new future now. Secret #5 is Raise your Financial IQ. -- Are
you a spender, saver, or investor?
The next day, we had a Live
FEAST at the Don Bosco Parish in Sunter which is headed by Fr. Noel
Villafuerte, SDB. Bro. Bo’s talk was on How To Be Really,
Really, Really Happy. In this talk, Bro. Bo discussed The
Key to Happiness: The 10/90 Principle -- 10% of Life is what
happens to you and 90% of Life is what you do to what happens to
you. He gave four principles in order to be really, really happy:
1) Always be grateful, 2) Always be trusting, 3) Always be
passionate, and 4) Always be loving.
Thereafter in early May, another preacher, author and singer from
the Philippines visited Surabaya and Jakarta. He is Bro. Arun
Gogna, a theology professor, who is half-Filipino and half-Indian.
He gave an inspiring and encouraging talk on Servanthood
to the members of the
Genesis Catholic Community.
On May 10, Bro. Arun
“opened the eyes” of those who attended his talk
Master, I
Want to See at the
St. Peter Canisius International Catholic Parish. The topic was
taken from Mark 10:52 which tell the story of the blind man
Bartimeus, who was able to see because his heart was open. It is
important to purify the way we see things. We may have 20/20
vision, but if our hearts are closed, then we are blind. The talk
was followed by a very lively Question & Answer time with the
audience. Bro. Arun also sang his own composition, Big in GOD’s
Eyes, which is contained in his music CD with the same
title.
Likewise the following day,
May 11, we again had a Live FEAST at the Don Bosco Parish in Sunter
where Bro. Arun gave a talk on Growing in the
Spirit. He discussed
the areas where we need to grow in the Spirit, namely: Prayer Life,
Sacramental Life, Scripture reading, and Service. He encouraged us
to put at the service of GOD our 3T’s: Time, Talent and
Treasure.
