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Thank you everyone for your prayers and encouragement. Amy and I appreciate it very much. We want you all to know that during this period of our seeking to give attention to rebuild our marriage strong, we are staying together as much as we can, staying in the same house, sleeping in the same room, having long chats and heart to heart talks, speaking with various pastors and friends, while keeping the ministry going. On a personal basis, I have spoken to Ps William Vun of GCC church in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and he and his wife, Lorna, have agreed to be our counsel during this time to help us (Ps William has a church of about 1000 members and they have recently moved into a building that seats 2500 people. Church website gcc.org.my). We are also thankful to all the various pastors who have offered their help and support… Ps Chris and Grace of Malaysia, Ps Lyall of New Zealand, Ps Brett of New Zealand and all of our pastors and team in Singapore. Also we are grateful for the prayers and encouragement from those of you in the Bible school, friends and partners in the ministry, and various old friends in the ministry who have stood with us through thick and thin like Jeffrey and Rowena, and many others of you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. We are very much encouraged. We are definitely working hard to see our marriage strong and stable; and with all the help, counsel and support that is coming in, we know definitely that we will make it through, and be able to stand and say that Yes, our marriage is stronger than ever before and will last till Jesus comes again.

On the ministry side, we want to thank those who have stepped up to help out and are grateful to Ps William and his team who are looking at what help that they can render to us in Sydney. And we are also grateful to our local church congregation in Sydney who are finding their places to help out in the ministry and to play more active roles. It is indeed in a time of crisis that we see who are friends are and where people’s hearts are really at.

And here is a word from Ps Amy…”whatever crisis happens in your life, you have to determine to let the love of God to continue to fill you and overflow you. So that whatever comes out from your heart, you remain pure and lovely. I want to thank those who have been with us through the past five months when the crisis was at its peak who have helped to pray us through and see us through. We would not be where we are without each of you. A great lesson I have learned is to never despise your spouse in the way Michal despised David and think he was a worthless base fellow (2 Samuel 6:20). Most of Israel do not think of David in that manner nor God Himself. Today we do not think of David in that manner either but consider him one of the Bible heroes. The key to the restoration of a broken relationship, a broken heart or a broken marriage lies in keeping your heart pure and lovely at all times. I will be constantly praying together with my two intercessors, Lindy and Irene, during this time and also having heart to heart talks with my husband and praying together with him. We are making progress in our efforts to mend our marriage and make it strong again.”

So once again, we want to thank everyone for all your prayers, support, encouragement and help during this time. In foreseeing the time of Peter’s failure and denial of Jesus, Jesus said that He had prayed for Peter’s faith not to fail (Luke 22:32). It is through so much prayers and intercessions offered that we know that we will definitely make it strong and not fail. Thank you for all the prayers and intercessions. We look forward to giving a good report at the end of these three month period but will update this blog on our progress from time to time.

It is with great sorrow to let everyone know that as of today 11^th July 2010, my wife of nearly 30 years and I are entering into a three month period of trial separation. This does not mean the end of our marriage. We ask for prayer at this time and are trying our best during these three months to work at core issues that are straining our marriage.

My failures in 1996 is public knowledge to all and I take responsibilities for that which nearly destroyed our family. We sought refuge in Australia in 1997 and managed to rebuild our family life away from the public eye. We did everything we could to rebuild our lives and to a certain extent succeeded, raising two beautiful and lovely children, and re-establishing our family life spirit, soul and body.

With the onset of a more public life since 2008, there have been additional pressures added to the family life. While the family life has been stable living a private life, the pressures of a public life including the frequent travel to do the work of the ministry began to put pressures and strains on our family life.

Lest anyone say a cruel word regarding my wife, Amy, I want all to know that she has been an extraordinary woman of faith and courage to marry me. She has played a part of me being who I am today. Like every young couple, we had struggled through our own imperfections and weaknesses; she has borne a large portion of the pain and sufferings of my personal growth spiritually and in the ministry. I know she would receive a great reward in eternity for all that she has input into my life and made me who I am in the Lord.

She has bravely borne the pain and the burdens with me through the valleys of life and ministry. For this she is to be commended and encouraged. It has taken an extraordinary person like her to have lasted that long with me in life and in ministry in the Lord. The toil and toll of the ministry life has been greatly borne by her without complaint.

She has put up with my idiosyncrasies, my unearthly schedules, my need of time with God, my habits and my ways of doing things. It would have taken a supernatural infusion of the Lord’s strength and love to have lasted with me these thirty years. I cannot have asked for a more understanding companion than that which the Lord has provided for me these thirty years.

If there is any failure in our marriage, all the responsibilities lie with me and not with her.

We ask for prayer during this time.

I have been observing the news to see the second fulfilment of the energy rig vision early in the year. Both the island and the oil rig vision are supposedly part of the third sandstorm that affects the financial sectors of the world. THe prophecy given in the beginning of the year is of God and the interpretation is ours through study and wisdom from God. With the recent news of the costs of the sinking of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico (I think about $20 billion, and could be more), it is possible that this is the second part energy rig that sank into the ocean and affected the financial system of the world in the year 2010. We are already halfway throguh 2010 and it has proven correct that this year is indeed a tumultous year (refer to sermon delivered in Singapore on the predictions for the year 2010 delivered in January).

Despite the negative news, this year is supposedly also a year of new beginnings and breakthroughs. So do expect that there will be much shaking still going on. The sad part about about new beginnings is that it is preceded by old endings. So a lot of things will end with new things beginning. It is in the Word of God that everything that can be shaken will be shaken (Hebrews 12:27-28). The only safe place is to be in the Will of God. It is important that we pursue the Will of God for our lives with all our hearts, minds, souls and strength. Jesus lived only to do the Will of the Father (John 17:4). When all that is said, done and completed of our lives, what remains is whether we have actually done the Will of God. Some may actually find themselves ending their lives without completing or doing God’s Will (1 Corinthians 3:11-15).

Papa God we pray that you continue to help all our loved ones, friends and partners of the ministry, students and members of the ministry to establish the perfect Will of God in their individual lives. Your Will be done and not ours. In Jesus Name. Amen

My apologies for not being able to keep this blog active for some time. I will not be able to maintain it on a daily basis but will write various blogs as the Lord give a message which needs to be delivered through this means.

Some time early this year, a message was shared on what the year 2010 will be like and I made mentioned of the dream vision of the collapse of the two islands (one an island and the other an energy type of island); both of which are definitely symbolic as shared in the prophetic message for the year 2010. Well, the first island has gone down and this is with the recent happenings in Greece and the Euro. Of course, eventually the Euro will climb back up again as it will become the default currency of the 21st century. The energy island has not collapsed yet and what ever it represents will be taking place also this year.

In the meantime, all the rest of the message for this year of 2010 as shared in the beginning of this year still applies. It will be a year of breakthrough and the launch of many new things.

Keep walking in the Lord and in prayer as these things occur in the world, of which the Spirit shows us things to come to be prepared for them.

The Lord bless you and keep you in His grace and strength

The exra hours of corporate prayer both in Sydney and Singapore during Friday all night has been good. There is always a flow that comes from an all night with God that lasts for weeks. How wonderful if there could be an all night every week. That day will come together with a growth towards 24 hour worship. Preceding the period of the greatest outpouring of the Spirit will be a time when people are spiritually drawn into the secret places of the Most High and spend their hours and days in the presence of God. Simeon and Anna the prophetess spent quality time with God in prayers before the first coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to redeem the world (Luke 2). They were only a sample of people who did so and were mentioned purely because they witness the circumcision of our Lord Jesus as a baby. There were thousands of people who had been waiting for the coming of the Messiah in fastings and prayers. Anna herself served God with fastings and prayers (Luke 2:37). The ministry of serving the Lord with fastings and prayers is very much neglected in our modern churches. Yet, it is one of the most important ministries if we are to see the return of the Lord for the glorious church. Where are the thousands of men and women whom God called to serve Him with fastings and prayers? Most of them are discouraged and down and have no place in modern churches with their emphasis on a light feel-good Christianity with only minutes for God and maximum time for themselves. There need to first be a revival of fasting and prayer. A call that goes out to sound the alarm gathering God’s people to fast and pray (Joel 2:1, 12). Let us blow the trumpet and call people to serve God with fasting and prayer (Joel 2:15). It is time to fast and pray and humble ourselves before God. For those who preach wrongly that fasting has been done aways with, note that it is still practiced in the New Testament church and it preceded the call of Paul to the Gentiles (without which none of us Gentiles would have been saved) (Acts 13:1-2). Paul served God often with fastings (2 Corinthians 11:27). Preachers who don’t preach on fasting and prayer (sometimes calling it works when fasting in itself is a work of grace) do not do so purely because they themselves do not fast and pray. They are lazy and rely merely on their fivefold gifting to get by in the ministry and in their own lives. How can they teach fasting when they themselves do not fast and pray? This is the Laodecian age when people and preachers are more concern about outward things and wealth than growing spiritually in God. Such preachers are Laodecian preachers, diluting the Word of God and and neglectign the weightier matters of the gospel. Jesus Himself said that the days WILL COME when the bridegroom is taken away (Jesus ascended to heaven after His resurrection) and then they WILL fast (Matthew 9:15). It is time to sound the call to fast and pray to seek our God and Father, to glorify our Lord Jesus, to yield to the Holy Spirit.

Papa God, we pray that You would continue to teach all our loved ones, partners and friends of the ministry, students and members of Your body the art of fasting and prayer. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Have been in Singapore since Wednesday and now (Friday) looking forward to another all night prayer. Will be my third one this month. It is good to be able to seek God and spend quality and quantity time with Him. There is no short cut to growing in Him, only just seeking His face and being with Him is the key of all keys. The Lord has been kind and gracious in allowing us to have such wonderful times in His presence. No two all-nights are the same yet it is always the same Spirit of God who leads and guides. So many deep spiritual principles are invoked in an all night prayer: pouring forth of our souls before God, waiting on God, ministering unto Him, groaning and praying in the Spirit, prevailing prayer, etc. Of course, when we also fast and seek His face, it is even more precious and wonderful.

We need to ask the Lord for rain, in the time of the latter rain (Zechariah 10:1). Daniel knew that the prophecies of Jeremiah needed to be fulfilled and prayed, fast and sought God to bring its fulfilment (Daniel 9). The apostles and disciples waited on the Lord before Pentecost because Jesus said that they needed to be clothed with power from on high (Luke 24:49). Knowing a predicted event does not exempt us from prayer. Even Jesus, who foreknew of His resurrection, still wrestled in prayer in the garden of Gethesemane (Hebrews 5:7). Many prophecies have been announced of this great and mighty revival that is coming in the 21st century. Yet we still need to enter the prayer closet and wait upon God like the disciples did in the book of Acts.

Papa God, give us the strength and energy to prevail and wait upon You, to tarry until we are once again endued with the power of the Holy Spirit. Cause us to be able to pray forth and pour out our souls e

We are almost there in terms of website migration to the new hosting facilities. We thank everyone for their patience as we re-organized to have more abilities to allow more people to access all the teachings. We also want to thank all the web experts and managers who have been helping us along in this process, the Lord bless each of you mightily in His abundant grace.

Time sure flies, as I will be on the plane again in two days back to Singapore for the long trip. The Lord has been good and I hae especially enjoyed the all night prayers in both Sydney (last Friday) and in Singapore (coming up this Friday again). Sometimes, I do wish for the prayer meetings to go on even longer but I will wait until the time comes when we have 24 hours praise and worship, and 24 hours prayer. That would be wonderful. It is good to pray and seek the Lord for hours and hours but it is even more greater to be able to seek His face together with others who are also hungry for God. I hope that many people would make the all night prayers or long ‘tarrying ‘ meetings or meetings that are of the nature of Acts 13:1-3 where we fast and pray just to minister to the Lord. It is challenging in our modern times of fast speed convenience but there is nothing like and old time revival of purely seeking God’s face for days in a row.

Spiritual hunger is a prequisite to many things in spiritual life. Only those who seek will find, those who ask shall receive and those who knock it shall be opened unto them. Blessed indeed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. Within each one of us is a certain level of hunger for God and for many people it is not because they do not have a hunger or desire for God, but rather that they do not yield to this thirst within them for the reality and presence of God. It is for us to yield to this stirring desires for God, for they are the fires kindled by the Holy Spirit within us. If we do not yield to these little promptings, we cannot expect more things from God. We must yield to these stirrings of the Holy Spirit and then God will give us more manifestations of His love and presence. To those who are faithful in little things, God will give even more. However, like the voice of God that spoke from heaven declaring that He will be glorified (John 12:28-29), not all hear the voice and some of those who hear it siad it thundered while others said that an angel spoke. The same voice but so many ways of hearing it. The Holy Spirit is doing the same stirrings in our heart to seek God and love God but not all are heeding to His soft gentle promptings. We need to obey His promptings that direct us towards God in order for us to see more of the glory of God.

Papa God, we continue to pray that You will give all of our loved ones, friends and partners in the ministry, students and members of Your church as sensitiveness to the gentle and soft promptings of the Holy Spirit that we may know You and love You and see all the fullness of Your glory. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Firstly, apologies for those accessing the websites and couldn’t download some files as we are still in the process of moving the hosting of our domains. The present host has insufficient capacity and we are in the process of moving all our websites and domain to a different host (will complete by end of next month or so). In the mean time we apologise for the inconveniences of not having full capacity of audios and videos (especially the videos that have taken much of the bandwidth space). All our volunteer website advisers and managers are working hard behind the scene and we thank God for all the good work done to at least get the sites up and running.

In the meantime, I am looking forward to the all night prayer tonight (9th April). Spending many, many hours in the presence of God together with other believers has always been the highlight of my days. There is no short cut to revival. It is always back to good old fasting and prayer. It is self evident throughout the whole Old Testament and it is self evident in the book of Acts and in Paul’s writings. The keys of fasting and prayer are the keys that unlocked the spiritual dimensions. Sorry, no room for lazy Christians who want everything serve to them on a silver platter. And it has nothing to do with works; it purely has to do with the fact that if you love God, you want to spend more time with Him. And since God is a spirit and not flesh and blood (with the exception of Jesus who is God manifest in the flesh), it should be obvious to all that fasting is a logical conquest of the body submitting to our spirit’s desire and love and pursuit of God. We will broadcast the all night prayer one day as we develop the facilities for it but now, those who like to can join us in the spirit and pray around the same time. Or have tarrying meetings with your own little group of those who love God and want to spend more time with Him. Love and waiting on God are directly related through the verses of Isaiah 64:4 and 1 Corinthians 2:9; where the word ;where the word ‘wait’ in the OT is translated ‘love’ by Paul in his quote of that same verse. And up to this day, indeed, eye has not seen nor ear heard all that God has prepared for those who love Him.

Papa God, as we gather tonight in all night prayer in Sydney, we pray that all our loved ones, partners and friends of the ministry, students and members of the body of Christ would receive the overflow of all our prayers and time spend with You. We love You Father and just want to be with You. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Time certainly flies when one is busy in the Lord’s vineyard. Between my last blog, I had come back from Singapore, gone back and then returned again last Sunday to Sydney. I do my best not to write unless I really do have something to write about. There are major changes on the spiritual climate of some Asian countries which some men and women of God have picked up. It will be clear and demonstrated over the next few months as the natural picks up the spiritual activities. In the meantime, the Spirit is increasing in His flow as more prayers are made both in Singapore and Australia for the move of God. The purposes of God are being fulfilled and His plans are being unveiled. There has been a lot of major changes since the forty day fast at the beginning of this year and I find myself entering into a new spiritual dimension that I have not experienced before. Most of all, there is a greater awareness of His love than was before and with it is a sense of contriteness, of wanting to just be at God’s throne room of grace, love and power, waiting upon Him than ever before. In terms of all night prayer, I am spending more time in that with this month of April when I would be leading two all nights in Singapore and one in Sydney. Soon it will be every Friday for me, and that would definitely be a plus and a bonus. There is nothing as wonderful as being saturated in prayer, and of all prayer meetings, I enjoy all nights the best as we can just pray on and on for hours without stopping until the day time. Everything that God has ever done on earth has been birthed in prayer, and the coming revival is no different. We need to spend quality time in His presence, just waiting on Him and sitting at His feet. The Spirit of prayer has indeed increased in our midst and we pray that this same Spirit of prayer would be  flowing into the lives of each of those that are a part of this ministry and the churches associated.

Papa God, we pray that this Spirit of prayer would come upon all our loved ones, partners and friends of the ministry, students and members of your church in Jesus Name. Amen.

Wow, this has been  another long break from this blog, while I was in Singapore. Both our websites petertan.net and cathedralofglory.com was down through overload. We will be looking into upgrading the setup so that we have sufficient bandwidth and also moving to look into video streaming over the next couple of months, which would mean that videos would play faster and clearer. Our apologies for the downtime but all our web managers have been working overtime to get the sites up again and we thank each of you for your patience.

In the meantime, it has been a busy week for me here in Singapore; also spent two nights in Sabah over the last week. All audios and videos will soon be online. It has been a great week of flowing in the Spirit and just spending time with Him in between the ministry time. In Singapore we will be moving the overnights (which is once a month on Saturday) to Fridays and have it twice a month (usually 1st week and third week). Of all the meetings, I always enjoyed the all night prayers as that is when we could spend many hours in the presence of God. I do love ministry but there is still nothing like coming into God’s presence not to receive but to give Him of our love and our heart’s adoration. So now I will be able to enjoy three overnights a month (two in Singapore and one in Sydney). At some point we will be having life broadcast on all nights and all meetings so that all who have internet access can join us; we are still working through all the various technologies and will get there soon.

In the Spiritual World, there is a lot of preparation of people coming and going. Many will be finishing their assignments on earth and leaving one by one as the whole earth (spiritual and natural) goes through a major transition that affects every dimension: the church world, political world, economic world, natural world, social world, etc. It is like a major tectonic shift that places all things in a new paradigm. The world moved into the nuclear age at the end of the second world war, then it moved into the internet age that now affects the lives of every person on earth, there is a spiritual shift that will make people yearn for the spiritual answers that they cannot get from the natural or intellectual or social realm. The next shift is already happening and we are in the midst of a major transition. What it is will be slowly defined as we enter into it. It is now ten years into the 21st century without a major revival like that of Asuza street. Many have tried to recall the glory of Asuza but it is all history now; we need to hear God’s voice in the now and flow with Him in what He wants to do. Prayer has been neglected in many quarters of Christianity as Christianity experienced growth and boom in the past 100 years. Now it is time for another season of travail and prayer as the church looks to move into a new dimension. It is time to dust the cobwebs of our prayer closets and enter into the presence of God and spend time with Him. The call to prayer is already sounded and the angels of God are calling those who hear His voice into the chambers. Another season of refreshing is coming upon us and we need to enter into His secret place of the Most High to ride this wave (Acts 3:19).

Papa God, we pray that you continue to draw the heart strings of all our loved ones, friends and partners of the ministry, students and members of Your church into the prayer chamber to spend time with You. As they respond, show them Your grace and love and presence that would inspire them to remain in Your presence and linger longer until You finish the good work within them. In Jesus Name Amen.