He gives to his loved ones while they sleep

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You will trample upon lions and cobras

YOU WILL CRUSH FIERCE LIONS AND SERPENTS UNDER YOUR FEET! Psalm 91:13

Nathalie and Werner Steurbaut, a couple from our church, are living in Uganda since 2008. They run a home for children where now 115 children found a safe place to grow up!

On 26th October they went to have a bite to eat in a restaurant at Victoria lake in Entebbe. As they got back in the car, Nathalie opened her window before driving off. At that moment a snake fell into the car.

Giving birth with Jesus

On a Sunday after church, Ilse, 39 weeks into her pregnancy, told us she had been feeling so much better at the same moment during her two previous pregnancies which had been very special and God-blessed.

Both times there were clear signs in advance that her body was preparing for childbirth: the softening of the neck of the womb and already a bit of dilatation.

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!"