Christian Retreat and Testimony

Saturday-Sunday, December 1-2, 2012

Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain -Antipolo City, Philippines

About the place

Bread of Life Ministries International (BOLMI, simply known as BOL) is an Evangelical megachurch founded by Rev. Caesar “Butch” L. Conde. Its second senior pastor is Rev. Noel Tan. As of 2012, more than 35,000 people attend the worship services in all BOL satellite outreaches, its mission and vision is to “Stabilize and expand what it has learned from God in prayer and the Word of God and to pass it on to other people, and also the beginning of revival in the country”, which is inspired by Acts 1:8. Its ministry of intensifying and deepening the prayer lives of the Filipino Christians through fasting. Today it continues as a place dedicated to restoration in prayer and has become a haven for believers from different churches and denominations to pray for the Philippines, Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain is located in Antipolo City,Rizal, an hour away from Manila.

In the Philippines, Bread of Life Ministries International led by its senior pastor Butch Conde drew inspiration from his Korea Prayer Study Tour and the Prayer Mountain experiences in South Korea to acquire a piece of land in the mountains to build the country’s and Southeast Asia’s first Prayer Mountain facility located in Antipolo City, it was called “Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain“, where many Protestant groups and Christian denomination attended to the Prayer Mountain every month.

Reference: Wikipedia

Testimonies

We had a wonderful weekend praising God, sharing everyone’s thought, making new

“I will never leave you, nor forsake you”

friends, and enjoying the presence of the Lord our God. It give us a much needed chance to relax and refresh.

It was my first time at Prayer mountain and It was amazing being one of the audience to witness their testimony. I’ve been a Christian all of my life but I never had an experience like this before. One of my mate testify, he’s not a Christian yet and he is a call center worker. Our Pastors reached his friends through gathering like Bible study. He thought before Christian life is boring, Bible study is boring but during and right after our activities there was a

tremendous changes in his perception. He also said, ” I have different gadgets, I could buy

John 3.16

many things but why it didn’t occur to me to buy a Bible ever since? why because it’s not trending? it’s boring? I was just reminded about why I didn’t even think about it”. It felt so great witnessing how the the Holy spirit touches their hearts proclaiming that we are not alone in spite of all circumstances that come in our way. God is always there for us just like Hebrew 13:5 says “I will never leave you nor forsake you”. After the gathering we started packing and went back home with full of happiness in our hearts that God touches the heart of the newly born Christian.

The day they came to Christ, GOD cancelled all their past and has called them to run a new race with Christ. As a youth, both books of Timothy are of very much help. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:39) So, stand firm, and don’t look back. Their testimonies  isn’t about just being saved. It is also about choosing to make Jesus Lord. Freedom and fulfillment both start and are sustained by pursing Jesus, with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. He does all the rest.