He gives to his loved ones while they sleep

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Grateful for the power of prayer

This is the testimony of Dominique Vandelannoote, member of the Evangelical Church in Leuven. We received it through Annie who also prayed for him and put regularly a prayer request for him in our prayerbox.

“In March 2014 I was diagnosed with rectal cancer (cancer of the rectum which affects the lower part of the colon).

Unexpectedly a new job

Jan lost his job May 2016 by mutual agreement with his boss. He could not handle his job in construction anymore due to severe back problems.

In July 2017 the hernia has gotten so worse that certain nerves in his right leg were not functioning anymore as they should. Jan was urgently operated on his back. Rehabilitation went by reasonably smooth.

In the fall of 2017 Jan and Ann attended our weekly church meeting. Jan Sjoerd Pasterkamp spoke that morning on the spiritual authority of a man.

Bartel from the Netherlands gave us the following testimony:

“In November 2019 I attended the Fatherheart School in Belgium. I was really looking forward to it, because I wanted to experience more of God's Love.

A lot was being taught in the A-school. During class it was sufficient for me to be present in the room. Just hearing words about God's Love gave me inner refreshment. I didn't have to do anything for it. I didn’t have to sit up straight or listen actively. I didn't have to take notes. Neither did I have to remember anything. I just had to be present in the room.

How did I experience that?

The first evening I had put a camping mat with sleeping bag in the room. Because I quickly feel overstimulated and tired, I put in my earplugs during the lectures and listened while lying on the mat. I feel well while lying down because it makes me very receptive to what God is doing. Halfway through the various sermons I fell asleep and afterwards I woke up refreshed! I mean refreshed in my inner being, in my heart.

Recently I read the following scripture in Song of Songs 5: 2: "I slept, but my heart was awake."

That is exactly what happened to me at the Fatherheart School. It is such a beautiful verse to me because it describes so well what I have experienced. During school I was allowed to lie down comfortably and sleep on a mat and so I was able to receive God's love easily. My heart was awake, it was wide open.

Then I saw more verses in the Bible in a very different way.

For example, when I read in Mark 4:38 that Jesus was sleeping in the boat during the storm, I now think, "Ah, perhaps he was receiving the Love of the Father at that moment?".

And what about Peter, who was sleeping among the soldiers (Acts 12: 6)? Perhaps Father was just pouring His love into Peter's heart when the angel came to rescue him ...

And what about Genesis 2:21? God puts Adam in a deep sleep and then provides him with such a loving gift :)

All this is also confirmed in Psalm 127:2: “He gives to His loved ones even while they sleep”.

I realized that this really suits me, to rest in His Love.

Thanks for everything!"