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A whole new life

We received this very straightforward testimony from someone who attended our latest Fatherheart School.  She asked to remain anonymous, a request we gladly honor.

“For years I wrestled with life, it was like a struggle I had to survive somehow.  I felt left at the mercy of negative thoughts, depression, pain and loneliness. Whenever things were going a little better, I was already foreseeing things would get worse again.  I felt trapped in this circle. I thought I did all I could to get out of it but in reality it got worse until I was completely stuck.

God made no sense to me: if He really wanted the best for me, like I saw Him at work in the lives of the people around me…

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Recovery from a severe burn out

“For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” (2 Cor 4:5)

I was doing for over 30 years all kind of leadership tasks in the church of Jesus, when a concurrence of events led to a complete mental crash. I entered unexpectedly and unwantedly a period of burn-out that would last several years.

I was relieved of my job as fulltime pastor and I was obliged to stop my involvement in Christian Flanders. I did not preach anywhere for over a year, although I had been doing this for years throughout the whole of Flanders. I even felt written off by God and fellow human beings. The civil society declared that I was incapable to work.

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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!"

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