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...

Last Sunday we had our first house group in Rotterdam. It was great in that there were people not just from Rotterdam, but also from Zeewolde and Middelberg the latter which is in the south of the Netherlands in Zeeland. Our guest from Middelberg had a lot of pain in her knee and her leg. After praying for her all the pain left and she can bend it without any pain. What is also special about this is that she does not have a Christian background at all. Sometimes it seems like non-Christians get healed quicker and easier than Christians. I don't completely understand that or mean to be able to explain that, I just love to see people get healed through prayer.

We got to know Greg Kormany a few weeks ago when he drove us the 2 1/2 hours from Budapest to Debrecen, Hungary. The conversation was great that we had in the car. He asked us why healings did not take place in Hungary. We told him to watch and wait because there would be a lot of healings in Debrecen that weekend. There were!! During our weekend in Debrecen, Greg prayed for 3 or 4 people all of whom were healed. Last Sunday, he was telling friends of his in the sauna at his sport club what had all happened. They did not believe him and thought he had come into a weird sect or something. He offered to pray for their healing if they had pain anywhere. They were not only healed when he prayed for them, but God also gave him some accurate prophetic words about their lives. AWESOME!! This is our goal, not only to demonstrate God's power to heal and speak, but to light a passion and fire in other people's lives to go do the same. The weekend in Debrecen was a huge success. ...

Tuesday one of my friends told me, "my nose has been bleeding for days now and it won't stop." I told him to give me his hand and I told the bleeding to stop in Jesus name. Since then, it has not bled once. Later that day, another person at the office I work out of told me that he has back pain that he will have the rest of his life. I offered to treat his back and to his astonishment the pain left. Today (three days later) he says that the pain has not returned. Also, on Wednesday I went with Hans de Boer to downtown Amsterdam where we got to pray for people on the street. Everyone we prayed for experienced something (pain leaving, a warmth, etc) in their bodies when we prayed for them. Also, yesterday, while buying some new shoes, I saw that the sales lady had just sprained her ankle. I prayed and it was not healed immediately, but I am glad that I offered to pray. My attitude is simply to pray and believe and perhaps not everybody will be healed every time, but a lot...

(Robert de Boer Speaking in Hungary) Today at my work I felt warmth suddenly coming upon my shoulders. I had the impression that this was something God was doing but I did not give much attention to this. Later that day, my colleague told me that her sister had pain in her body. Because I knew her sister a little, I sent her at text message on my phone and asked her where she had pain. She answered that she has had pain in her shoulders and neck for a while and wanted to know if I could pray for her. I had already prayed earlier for her back pain from which she was healed. Because I did not want to wait to pray for her, I decided to send her a text message. I texted her, "When you read this you are going to feel something in your shoulders and you are healed in Jesus name."   I did not get a reply immediately, but then I got a message back that she felt warmth in her shoulder and that the pain was almost totally gone. Then I sent her another text message that said, ...

As a follower of Jesus Christ, my sincere attitude towards my Muslim neighbors and friends is love, care and respect. I pray for true peace (paz, salam, shalom, vrede) in a world full of pride, arrogance and unfair caricatures which divide us (red vs. blue states, alochtone vs. autochtone, legal vs. illegal). Can we please throw away the labels and see every individual as a valuable person made in the image of God. Please spend time listening and sharing with people that believe and/or look different than yourself. This not only leads to enrichment but takes seriously the words of Jesus to "love your neighbor as yourself." –Facebook post after hearing of another terrorist attack committed by extreme radical Muslims.             I live in Amsterdam , Holland , one of the European cities with the highest population per capita of Muslim inhabitants. My neighbourhood is easily made up of 60%+ Muslim citizens. My attitude towards...