The Hellands in Holland

Praying for Deaf People            A couple of years ago before speaking at  Victory Iglesia in Oklahoma City I sensed like the Lord wanted me to pray for people who were deaf.  The Wednesday evening when I came, I started right away calling people up and prophesying over them. The Pastor, Moises Pichardo, told me later that many people watched me incredulously wondering if I thought I was some kind of magician or something. Still, I felt like God had told me to pray for deaf ears. I asked who had a deaf ear(s) and three people came forward with a deaf ear. All three of them could hear out of their deaf ear once I was done praying for them. Then a woman asked me if we could pray for her nephew who was at the doctor right then for hearing tests. He wanted to play sports, but because he was losing his hearing he was not going to be able to play. I placed my hands on her in his place. Five minutes later, Moises interrupted me with a text message from the mother of the boy. There was

Cords of the Heart. There are cords in our heart. These cords are like guitar strings which can be tuned and are tuned according to the sound of the song our heart hears. This can be a song of hopelessness without meaning or it can be a song which comes from heaven. As we tune our heart strings to the sound of heaven, we find ourselves playing in a great orchestra where God is the conductor and we get to play in unison with many others. As we read books from saints of the past, we can pick up playing the same songs they played. We can improvise and give their songs a personal touch. As we do this, there are times when it is no longer just our fingers playing the music, but the fingers of the creator of the world is playing. The fingers of the one whose hands were pierced begin to play with our hands. It is no longer just our voice that sings, but the spirit of God who blows through the sound pipes of our lungs. Stillness is no longer empty, but full of life, meaning, faith, hope, 

Breakthrough There’s a beacon in the night True salvation, real change in sight No more fear, torment, no more pain But to know in your arms we are safe. Take our wounds and make them scars Take our scars and make them stars Healing stars which shine so bright To turn our darkness into light. Chorus Break through, Break through the night. Break through there is hope in sight. Break through call us by name Together we will make a change. Break through, break chains in lives. Break through destroy all lies Break through help us see Together we’ll reach our destiny Verse 2 Break through clouds of tragedy Break through shrouds of unbelief You give us keys to liberty Unlock chains, set captives free Break through with your light, oh Lord We want blue skies not clouds today Use your word, your sword of light To chase the dark storm clouds away © Matthew Helland 2010