Pastor John Philip Manuel

President at Elshaddai Life care Mission

About Pastor
My name is John Philip Manuel. I was born in a Christian home with my dad serving the Lord as a pastor in the city of Bangalore for the past 40 years. I am the eldest son in the family.

BIRTH

When I was born, I was born dead! The doctors asked the nurse to take me to the other room as my mom was crying. My mom cried out to the Lord and said “Lord this is your child, you gave him to me. Please be gracious to my baby”
The doctors were listening to my mom’s.Fifteen long minutes passed after I was born dead. As my mom finished crying out to the Lord, in the sixteenth minuet from the other room she heard me cry! The nurse rushed me to my mom. The doctor said “It is a miracle”, because I was born dead and was alive after sixteen long minuets.
As I grew up, I realized that I stammered while speaking, it was an intense stammer.

I hardly had friends at school as I was mocked and teased by my classmates for the way I stammered while speaking. During the senior years in school I felt so lonely and many nights I cried myself to sleep. I felt isolated and deprived and at times I’d feel so inadequate and unworthy when I see my friends and even relatives conversing with me only to amuse themselves with my stammering words. I used to feel deserted and miserable as nobody understood how I really felt deep within. Nobody had a kind word to tell me. I was a laughing stock among all my acquaintances.

YOUTH

During my eleventh grade I saw a girl in my school bus. I was attracted to her and wanted to express my feelings to her. But I was felling so threatened by my stammer was afraid to be rejected by the girl. I so much admired. For two years I struggled watching her living life unaware of my feelings for her. There were days when I hated myself for not being able to speak to her. On the last day of my twelfth grade, on the day of our last exam, I wore my best clothes and determined in my heart that no matter what I’m going to tell her the feelings locked up in my heart for those two long years. When I reached school I discovered she had n’t come to school that day and after enquiring with her friends I got her address and decided to go to her house and meet her.

I got a card and a bouquet of flowers for her. I reached her street, in front of her house I saw a tent and many people sitting under it. I heard sound of murmuring and as I reached her house I saw a coffin and I went ahead to look into it and I see the girl of my dreams lying in there. I was horrified at the sight; she had been hit by a truck while coming to school and blood oozed out of her ears as she passed away. I was shaken and got very panicky, it was two long years that I had waited in fear to express my feeling and now when I boosted up my strength, the one I really wanted to hear my words, is not even there to listen.

In school my friends rejected me, now I found love and even love didn’t notice me! I was so depressed and frustrated with my life that I wanted to die. I tried many times to commit suicide but failed. One day, when I could n’t take it anymore I decided to end my life by jumping into a well. I dint know to swim so this way I was sure to die. I went and jumped into this deep, dark well near my place. When I opened my eyes I was totally drenched and had water dripping from my hair and clothes. But I was standing in the same place from where I jumped. I was terrified! Friends rejected me, love rejected me and now even death rejected me. I was so bewildered and suddenly I felt the gentle comfort around me which I had always felt every time I felt sad, hurt, and lonely and rejected. There was a tug in my heart and a voice asked me to go to the church.

I went there and water was still dripping from my hair and clothes. Tears flowed down my eyes as my life flashed in front of my eyes. I saw the days when my friends laughed at me; I saw the days I was not loved and my unsuccessful attempts in dying. As I was telling all this to God and crying out loud I suddenly realized my stammer was gone! I spoke normally! I was overwhelmed and did not know how to react, I was just in the presence of God with tears flowing down my eyes, God showed me a vision I saw a brilliant light and I saw God dressed in white, blue and maroon robe. He looked so magnificent like a king. I held on to the robe and followed Him asking where I would go if I die. The voice gently said “follow me” it was a magnificent place.

CALLING

After this vision I realized that unconfused sin would take me to hell. I confessed all my sins to Lord Jesus Christ and repented.
I believed and accepted Lord Jesus Christ as my personal savior, acknowledging that He took away all my sins, washing me by His precious blood and accepting me has His son. My life was filled with peace and love of God. It was a beautiful feeling to know that I was accepted and loved just as I was. I obeyed to the Lord’s command and took the immersion baptism and from then on I dedicated my life to live for the Lord and to obey His calling over my life for His ministry.
I went to Bible College to train and equip myself on the Word of God.

At present I’m assisting my father in the ministry. I would consider it a privilege and blessing to assist you in helping your congregation in leading them into holiness, for God’s eternal kingdom.

The Lord anointed me and gave me the spirit of boldness to preach the gospel and is using me for His glory

Hi friends, I am not able to handle facebook , Sorry if I do not get to personally or reply to ur messages all the time. pastor John

God is Love

FALL IN LOVE

HOW DO EAGLES FALL IN LOVE AND MATE
“But now ask the beasts,and they will teach you;and the birds of the air,and they will tell you….”(Job 12:7)

It is interesting to note how eagles fall in love.The two birds begin their courtship way up in heavens.The female will pick a stick with her talons and fly over the hills and mountain looking for a prospective mate.As soon as she spots a male eagle wants to respond to the the female,he will then fly into the sky and stretches out his feet to seize the stick.He will glide towards the female eagle and return the stick to her.He then drives down and resumes his place.

The female will continue circling the air with that stick and drop it again.The male will see the stick falling and if he is interested in her,he will once again reach out into the sky,catches that stick and sends it back to her.This spectacular gesture is repeatedly demonstrated for each to know that they are responding to one another.After which,they will both fly high into the sky and grapple with each other’s talons.

They will enfold each other and from thousands of miles up in the heaven,they will come tumbling down.And just before they hit the ground,they let loose of one another and again soar upwards.This is a picture of how eagles mate.They do not mate on the ground nor up in the trees.They mate in the sky.And their lovemaking,their fulfillment,their flight and joy are abound in heaven and not on earth.Eagles mate for life.A change of mate takes place only at the death of one or the other.They are faithful until death.

This courtship symbolizes our love relationship with Jesus Chrit,the Son of God,who lives in heavens.Here,Jesus drops a stick (the Cross)and we who were down below saw the cross and took it.We received and embraced His love.He came down and He took us up to be with Him,to mate with Him,and to be love with Him.And as we respond to God’s love,we are able to come to Him and through Him.”…I am the way,the truth,and the life.No one comes to the Father except through Me.”(John 14:6)

The Eagle In You
By:Rev.Dr Henry Ramaya
(An Ordained Minister of Assemblies of God,Malaysia)

Merry Christmas

Congrats(Photos)-Kenangan

CONGRATS

cikgu mary

Emu Stefenie n Friends

Boy-Elsey

Melia n Friend

Stella

PRAY AND LOVE

JESUS LOVES YOU! SISTER IN CHRIST!

Faith,Hope And Love

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind…

My Closest Friend

I place my hope in you
For you alone are Lord
There could never be another
I could ever love more

There’s no one that comes closer
To you in my life
For you are my closest friend
In whom I can confide

And share my deepest longings
My hurts and my fears
Knowing you will understand
And wipe away my tears

Knowing I can come to you
Morning, noon and night
You will never turn me away
But give ear to my plight

And you will not condemn me
Nor judge what I say
For you are full of constant love
And listen when I pray

Your love was such that you died
My soul you came to save
From certain eternal misery
Awaiting beyond the grave

But now in you I can be sure
Of eternity with you
Freed from pain and misery
With eternal joy too.

© By M.S.Lowndes

Love

I chose to love you in silence,
for in silence I find no rejection…

I chose to love you in your loneliness,
for in your loneliness no one owns you, but me….:-)

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real.

True Love

 

Orang yang mempunyai sahabat baik dan merupakan sahabat baik bagi orang lain sesungguhnya adalah orang yang sangat kaya dan puas.

Persahabatan yang baik seharusnya menunjukkan ciri-ciri seperti berikut ini :

1. Persahabatan yang baik tidak mementingkan diri sendiri.

Amsal 17:17 mengatakan bahwa,
“Seorang sahabat menaruh kasih setiap waktu.”

Karena itu persahabatan sejati tidak didasarkan pada syarat-syarat yang berubah-ubah. Ada orang-orang yang berkata, “Saya akan menjadi sahabatmu jika, atau apabila, atau sampai, atau karena.” Semua ini adalah syarat-syarat dan syarat bisa berubah.

Tetapi sahabat sejati mengasihi setiap waktu. Seorang sahabat yang berkata, “Aku mengasihimu jika” atau “Aku mengasihimu bila” bukan sahabat seperti yang dilukiskan oleh Alkitab. Sahabat sejati akan berkata, “Aku mengasihimu setiap waktu. Kasihku tidak bersyarat dan tidak mementingkan diri sendiri.”

2. Persahabatan sejati bersifat teguh.

Kembali Amsal 17:17 berkata bahwa,
“Seorang sahabat menaruh kasih setiap waktu.”

Sebuah penerbitan Inggris menawarkan hadiah bagi orang yang memberikan definisi terbaik tentang persahabatan. Sebuah definisi yang tercantum dalam sayembara terhormat itu adalah: “Seorang sahabat adalah orang yang menambah sukacita kita dan membagi kesedihan kita.” Definisi lain berbunyi, “Seorang sahabat adalah orang yang mengerti kita.”

Tetapi definisi yang memenangkan hadiah dalam sayembara itu adalah: “Seorang sahabat adalah orang yang masuk pada saat dunia keluar.” Betapa benarnya definisi ini! Jika Saudara ingin sungguh-sungguh mengetahui berapa banyak sahabat yang Saudara miliki dan siapa mereka, buatlah kesalahan dan lihatlah apa yang terjadi. Setelah Saudara mengetahui kesulitan, coba lihat berapa banyak kawan Saudara yang masih setia kapada Saudara. Persahabatan sejati itu teguh.

3. Persahabatan sejati bersedia berkorban.

Amsal 18:24 berkata,
“Ada teman yang mendatangkan kecelakaan, tetapi ada juga sahabat yang lebih karib daripada seorang saudara.”

Persahabatan sejati itu mahal, tetapi memang sepadan dengan nilainya. Kata Indian untuk sahabat berasal dari sebuah kata gabungan yang berarti “orang yang memikul kesusahanku pada pundaknya.” Jadi kalau saya ingin menjadi sahabat, saya harus
hidup dengan bersedia berkorban bagi orang yang menerima persahabatan saya.

4. Persahabatan sejati bersifat menyucikan.

Amsal 27:17 berkata,
“Besi menajamkan besi, orang menajamkan sesamanya.”

Seorang sahabat sejati akan menjadikan Saudara orang yang lebih baik. Persahabatan sejati membuat hidup Saudara lebih maju, mempertajam kecerdasan Saudara dan membuat Saudara lebih giat. Saudara akan menjadi orang yang lebih baik dan lebih berguna karena persahabatan itu.

Persahabatan sejati tidak akan menumpulkan pengaruh Saudara atau menumpulkan kerohanian Saudara. Seorang sahabat sejati adalah orang yang cukup peduli sehingga ia akan menegur bila Saudara salah.

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Alkitab berkata dalam Amsal 27:6,
“Seorang kawan memukul dengan maksud baik, tetapi seorang lawan mencium secara berlimpah-limpah.”

Sanjungan bukan persahabatan. Orang yang suka menyanjung sama dengan orang munafik. Seorang munafik mengatakan di belakang Saudara apa yang tidak akan dia ucapkan di muka Saudara, tetapi seorang penyanjung mengatakan di depan Saudara apa yang tidak akan ia katakan di belakang Saudara. Seorang sahabat sejati sebaliknya, ia bersifat jujur terhadap Saudara dan terhadap orang lain.

In his mission

Dear sister greetings to you in the Name of Jesus.In the name of Jesus we are doing a great work in our country..ear friend in Christ,Greetings to you in His name.At first I wanna introduce myself.My name is Prudhvi raj and i’m from India.Our family first use to pray for idols.But after knowing the word of God we all realized and cleaned by his blood.Now we left all the business and preaching his Gospel in tribal areas where it is horrible and impossible in India mostly who give high priority to worship idols.With God’s grace slowly we started one ministry and we are having six congregations and we can proudly say that with God’s grace we are helping orphans and poor people and preching his mission to all the surrounding place.you can check our work in our URL :http://eternallife-ministries.blogspot.com

Please pray about our work in your daily prayers.May God bless your works too.

In his mission
Prudhvi raj
Date: April 26, 2011 01:04pm ZP5
Hi sister ir was nice to hear from you.No problem sis.I can understand sis.By reading your message I can understand that you enjoyed your easter celebrations.We too enjoyed a lot for the Easter.As I said it to you before We have given baptism for six believers and all of our believers prepared several food items and they brought to our Church and served to every one.Poor children of our hostel and old people enjoyed lot having delicious food..It was awesome sis.Moreover sis Is there any chance to your mission or to your team to visit India..?If there we are eagerly waiting sis.If you want any invitation we are here to invite you.Our aim is to spread and preach His Gospel to many.Be blessed sis..

God’s servant

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.how are you and your family?we are all doing good.recently i have traveled 800 km from Vijayawada to a very interior place called Mustunuru it is in Ananthapuram district, i and with some of my friends went for out reach and also for the survey of that area,This area is filled with full of black magic and witch crafts they don’t know Jesus,we went there and spent four days,we preached the word and worshiped the lord, when we are worshiping the lord all the evil spirits fell on the ground and they all left the people.we have seen a strange thing happened the moment when the evil spirits left the people at out side the dogs started to cry and from a distance the foxes they also started crying since it is a interior forest area the villagers could not believe what is going on there finally 30 accepted our lord as their personal savior.in the morning time we have leisure time in this we took a auto(vehicle) and went for the survey is there any church in that surrendering area.we could not find churches in this area.so we have to start the churches in this area.we have to construct the churches in this area.people are asking for the churches for their better life in Christ.so please pray for me and the ministry,i am sending a URL you can use this URL and see the pictures.

https://picasaweb.google.com/davidforhim/AnnthaPuram?authkey=Gv1sRgCLGJlLralLimyQE#

pray for the annual meetings that should be on June it is a big gathering for 40 to 49 villages they will come under one tent to worship the lord so my friends we need to give the food and shelter under the tents, things are different in this condition God only should open the ways for the meetings.please pray and if you have time please visit and share the word of God in our ministry.it is a very expensive affair to do all the things regarding the annual meetings your prayer support can meet every need in the ministry here are the last year meetings pix use this ULR and see the pix.

https://picasaweb.google.com/davidforhim/Meetings2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCODwr4LUmoDtSw#

with prayers your
loving God’s servant
David Paul.A
davidforhim@gmail.com