The Hellands in Holland

Last week Robert and I went to a local shopping center and offered to pray for people and give them a "spiritual gift" such as healing or an encouraging word. One young Hungarian woman asked us repeatedly what we were doing and why. She asked, "So if I have back pain, what are you going to do?"  "We are going to pray and ask Jesus to take the pain away," we responded. "But don't you have to believe in order for those things to work," she asked. "No, not at all. We see people get healed quite often who don't believe. Just let us pray for you and see what happens," we responded. I then prayed a short prayer for her back and she responded with, "This is scary...I don't feel any more pain." Our conversation went on and then she freaked out when I asked her if she had pain in her right ankle or foot. " How did you know that?" was her response. She freaked out even more when Robert prayed for he

(Demonstrating healing at a youth retreat.) “…my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.” 1 Cor. 2:4 (NLT) “ I want to know if God really exists. ” Naomi was on a spiritual journey to discover if God really existed and really loved her or if this was just made up religion. She came with me for an evening of prophetic ministry where I watched a room full of uninterested young people changed into enthusiastic participants as God began speaking through me revealing not just things about their past, present and future, but also about their hearts (1 Cor. 14:24, 25). Naomi ended the evening with joyful tears running down her face as God ’ s presence was made very real. A few months later, I baptized her and she is now a fully committed follower of Jesus.  What is Power Evangelism? Power Evangelism is using prophecy, healing, deliverance and the presence of God in order to