We believe that God wants us to make His love tangible everywhere we go. That does not mean just in Holland, but everywhere. We discovered that this summer as we travelled all throughout Oklahoma. God’s presence is not limited to a church building on Sunday, but we carry his presence everywhere that we go. Where God is present then people’s lives are changed as he speaks to them and heals their hearts, minds, and bodies. Here are some accounts of different things we have experienced in the last months.
A woman we met at a restaurant that we prayed for was healed instantly of arthritis. God touches her and her daughter who attend a church which says God does not heal today. A woman at the grocery store has no more pain in her back after we pray for her. She carries her grocery bag without anymore pain.
While chatting on Facebook, Matt asks a friend if he has pain in his right foot. He does, and after praying, God takes away all pain from his foot. A worker at Subway shares his life story after sharing with him what we felt God was saying to him while he makes Matt’s sandwich. We pray over him and feel God’s presence in a very real way, not at church, but at a Subway sandwich store.
After preaching from Luke 10:9, “Heal the sick who are there and tell them the kingdom of God is near you,’” all but one Southwestern Christian University student who came forward for healing said that his pain was gone immediately. At one church service where the entire high school football team is present, a young man is picked out and Matt tells him God has called him to be a leader and that Christ is inviting him to follow him closely. After church, we found out he is the quarterback of the football team (something we did not know) and that after giving that word, that young man came out of his shell as a quarterback and a leader.
Femke organizes a women’s retreat with ladies from different churches and cities in Holland and Europe. God speaks clearly to and through women concerning his plan and destiny for their lives. This brings not just refreshing but God’s life into situations. Plans are being made for such events in other cities and places of North West Europe.
In one church three people with a deaf ear are healed instantly. Amazingly, a fourth person is healed who was not physically present. Five minutes after praying for him, his aunt received an text message saying that he suddenly could hear perfectly. Her nephew had no way of knowing we had just prayed for him.
A woman at another church after responding to a word of knowledge stood up to say that God could not heal her ankle because it had rods and pins in it. After praying for it, all pain was gone. Ankles, knees, deaf ears, backs, necks, wrists, etc. all kinds of healings have been taking place in the last few months. One woman after a church service came and said, “I want to thank you not only for praying for my healing, but more importantly because of your message and because of what happened today: My daughter’s faith in God is restored!”
We have learned that every believer in Jesus can naturally move in the supernatural. Andrew Balla, a young missionary kid from India to Bangladesh who now studies at Oral Roberts University after travelling with Matt began prophesying and praying for the sick. Not just Andrew, but other friends of his also started moving in the prophetic and seeing healings take place. Matt told them that they had the same Holy Spirit that he did and they could do the same things. They believed it and it happened.
We need to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit because there are millions of people who don’t know Jesus and don’t care what the Bible says. Most people in Western Europe don’t believe in God or if they do, quite often are of other faiths. Yet, when Jesus heals them or someone reveals the secret of their heart they say, “God is really among you”(1 Cor. 14:25).
The power of God is available for us in order to help people come to know Christ. This can come through practical acts of service such as cleaning up the neighbourhood or feeding the hungry but also through someone getting healed, having a dream or a word from God.
As we “make God’s love tangible in Amsterdam and beyond” we want to thank you for joining us through your prayers and financial support and also encourage you to believe that God is going to use you wherever you are at to bring his love, word, and healing power wherever you go. Once again, thank you for partnering with us in making God’s love tangible in Amsterdam and beyond.
Sincerely,
Matthew, Femke, Judah, Hannah, and Levi Helland
A woman we met at a restaurant that we prayed for was healed instantly of arthritis. God touches her and her daughter who attend a church which says God does not heal today. A woman at the grocery store has no more pain in her back after we pray for her. She carries her grocery bag without anymore pain.
While chatting on Facebook, Matt asks a friend if he has pain in his right foot. He does, and after praying, God takes away all pain from his foot. A worker at Subway shares his life story after sharing with him what we felt God was saying to him while he makes Matt’s sandwich. We pray over him and feel God’s presence in a very real way, not at church, but at a Subway sandwich store.
After preaching from Luke 10:9, “Heal the sick who are there and tell them the kingdom of God is near you,’” all but one Southwestern Christian University student who came forward for healing said that his pain was gone immediately. At one church service where the entire high school football team is present, a young man is picked out and Matt tells him God has called him to be a leader and that Christ is inviting him to follow him closely. After church, we found out he is the quarterback of the football team (something we did not know) and that after giving that word, that young man came out of his shell as a quarterback and a leader.
Femke organizes a women’s retreat with ladies from different churches and cities in Holland and Europe. God speaks clearly to and through women concerning his plan and destiny for their lives. This brings not just refreshing but God’s life into situations. Plans are being made for such events in other cities and places of North West Europe.
In one church three people with a deaf ear are healed instantly. Amazingly, a fourth person is healed who was not physically present. Five minutes after praying for him, his aunt received an text message saying that he suddenly could hear perfectly. Her nephew had no way of knowing we had just prayed for him.
A woman at another church after responding to a word of knowledge stood up to say that God could not heal her ankle because it had rods and pins in it. After praying for it, all pain was gone. Ankles, knees, deaf ears, backs, necks, wrists, etc. all kinds of healings have been taking place in the last few months. One woman after a church service came and said, “I want to thank you not only for praying for my healing, but more importantly because of your message and because of what happened today: My daughter’s faith in God is restored!”
We have learned that every believer in Jesus can naturally move in the supernatural. Andrew Balla, a young missionary kid from India to Bangladesh who now studies at Oral Roberts University after travelling with Matt began prophesying and praying for the sick. Not just Andrew, but other friends of his also started moving in the prophetic and seeing healings take place. Matt told them that they had the same Holy Spirit that he did and they could do the same things. They believed it and it happened.
We need to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit because there are millions of people who don’t know Jesus and don’t care what the Bible says. Most people in Western Europe don’t believe in God or if they do, quite often are of other faiths. Yet, when Jesus heals them or someone reveals the secret of their heart they say, “God is really among you”(1 Cor. 14:25).
The power of God is available for us in order to help people come to know Christ. This can come through practical acts of service such as cleaning up the neighbourhood or feeding the hungry but also through someone getting healed, having a dream or a word from God.
As we “make God’s love tangible in Amsterdam and beyond” we want to thank you for joining us through your prayers and financial support and also encourage you to believe that God is going to use you wherever you are at to bring his love, word, and healing power wherever you go. Once again, thank you for partnering with us in making God’s love tangible in Amsterdam and beyond.
Sincerely,
Matthew, Femke, Judah, Hannah, and Levi Helland
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