I’m doing my School of Worship now here in YWAM Perth, and it’s been my 4th week (starting tomorrow) here. The school has started on 5th April 2009 and will be finished on 19th September 2009.
A glimpse about the school i’m doing now:
Worship does not requires music. It’s a heart attitude. Worship is an important tools uses in spiritual warfare. It impacts the spiritual realm. God is spirit and our enemy himself is not in flesh neither in blood, but in spirit.
My lectures here so far has been so amazing. I had lots and lots of revelations, breakthrough, and getting deeper to know God. Last week teaching was about “Freedom in Worship” by Lynn Packer from NZ. She is an amazing lady uses by God. So sweet and so lovely.. She taught us to have an attitude to approach God with Childlike attitude. On the 4th day of lectures she talked about that topics, freedom to worship God with a childlike attitude. Like a child who always have access to their parent’s presence, so are we. She shared about her life, how she had a lot of rejections, fear, got abused by people. She was having hard time to feel loved by people. Even when she was dating with her ex-boyfriend, Rob Packer who became her husband now, she was so confused by the way Rob treated her. She had never been treated like the way Rob did before by people. Rob never tried to kiss her or even to hold her hand ever. She thought that something wrong with her, cause her previous boyfriend even they are a christian never treated her like Rob did. Shortly she was saying that she’s still in process of healing everyday.
Right before the 1st break of lectures, i felt like God want me to sing her a song, my song that i have written before on my 12th week of my DTS. The song is about my personal revelations being loved by the Father God, the title is “I am Loved”. So I sang it to her. I can see how the song affected her so much, she wept her eyes and felt soo happy cause Daddy has given her a presents! What an example of childlike faith! And then after the break finished, she said to me if I wouldn’t mind to sing my song in front of the class and I said yes. While I was singing the song, she asked all of us to close our eyes to really grasp the meaning of my song and acknowledge it in our heart. Some of my friends cried and cried as they were listening to my song and that God was working in their heart. It was so encouraging to me, knowing that I could blessed people through my own brokenness!
That’s not the end, after i finished singing she asked us to gather around in circle. We moved our chairs aside to have more free space. And then we just jumping around in circle and schouting to the lord like a child! Not long after that all of us were laying down on the floor, she started to laughed really hard, like there was something so funny. Me and all of my friends was wandering what happened, but then we remembered what she taught us that a child laugh a lot (even God laughs, Zep 3:17). So after realizing that truth, we all started to laughs wildly!! It was fun!
After that all of us just relaxing on the floor, laying down comfortly. She walked around us, and started to prophecying each one of us. When she came upon me, she said to me that “I sings representing Father Heart of God, and God will use me when I sings there will be lots of healing upon the people. And I will go to nations to do that.”
That was the current news about the lectures. God also has been doing lots of character surgery in my heart, one of them was about an issue of pride. So, i needed money for my student visa (expired 22 April’09) $450 and the insurance $177, total 627$. On april 21st morning in the classroom, Chris Adams, our school leader was announcing to the school that me and hanna were still need some money. And he encouraged all of my friends to pray for me and ask God how much money should they gives to me regarding of my urgent needs. Shortly, people started to gave me their money on that day and the day after; 150$, 227$, 75$, 20$, 75$, 75$, total 622$ plus 6$ that i still have.
I got all the money for visa and insurance in less than 24hrs (23hrs) which was amazing! God convicted me in the morning of 22nd April when i was trying to sorted out the visa’s document. He said that there is a pride in my heart, and i said to God what kind of pride God? I felt like i have been humble enough. And He started to showed me stuff. It was very clear. Here it was, i was afraid to ask to people to give me support, afraid that i will revealing my vulnerable side that i need their support but not wanting to ask directly. In all of my previous newsletter i oftenly wrote to my friends that i needed some amount of money and asked them to pray for me. But deep down in my heart, i really wanted them to realized themself to send me money (without me asking) that i needed. It is considered as a pride to God. And it’s not pleasing to Him. God wanted to deal on this area in my life. So, i repented.
Here i am friend, laid bare, opening my vulnerable side toward you, that i do needs support in financial and in prayer. I have a need of AU$ 4,000 for my school fee and approx. AU$ 6,500 5,500 for my outreach fee (we are going to Mexico city and Cape town to apply stuff that we have learned in lectures phase). Friend, it would be wonderful if you would like to pray to God and ask Him whether He wants you to give money to me or not. And if He said yes and told you the amount, you could send the money through online payment located at
https://www.ywamperth.org.au/007/payonline.asp
noted for Ericko Steven Tandayu at School of Worship.
Or BCA Bank (Soekarno Hatta, Bandung branch) acc.number 346 15 23721, noted for Ericko Steven Tandayu.
I would appreciate it greatly if you’d either write me a short note or e-mail so that I know exactly who are supporting into my life. That way, I can also keep you in prayer. Please feel free to share any prayer requests at the same time.
Prayer requests:
- Greater Revelations and Breakthrough in my life while i’m doing this school.
- Salvation, Repentance and Discipleship in my family (my dad has not yet FULLY repent from his old life, i have 3 younger sisters and 5 younger brothers who still doesn’t have personal relationship with God).
Friend, thank you for your prayer and support. As for me here, i’m still trying to obey God one step at a time everyday towards what He has prepared for me ahead.
For His Glory,
Ericko Tandayu
May 4, 2009 at 3:45 pm
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