In Spring 2001 I got a dream in which I was asked to write 5 pages about my faith...
Coffee & Gospel for the homeless
One month before the dream I went to Copenhagen in Denmark to visit the "Cafekirken" for the homeless. I was invited to join a small company of about 8 people in 2 cars and a mini-van that went there to explore their blessed activities. We drove to Denmark through Germany and even embarked on a ferry to take us there.
Special prayer-service
We arrived in Copenhagen in the afternoon and as soon I saw a piano in a small corridor downstairs I started to play my favorite song of that period: "As the deer" (Psalm 42) and instantly met worship leader Bettina that way. In the evening a Special prayer-service was held by the Cafekirken worship team also partly consisting of homeless people.
I remember our main delegate told me "this Service would be especially for people that wanted to be more active for Christ and his/her fellow humans. And that it therefore also would be with the laying on of hands. If I wanted to participate in that special prayer I could just stand up from my chair and people would come and pray with me". He didn't explain me any further and we entered the coffee room where the coffee-Service was held.
Humble worship & prayer
A humble service with praise music with 3 musicians and Bettina we each started with a personal prayer while we were sitting at the coffee tables, but standing while singing afterwards. Humble but beautiful music and lyrics of praise and worship of which the song "I need you more" (Lindell Cooley) really touched my heart and soul and is my favorite song to play and sing ever since then.
Then the moment came for the special prayer, I saw people of my group rushing towards the centre of the room to receive the laying on of hands-prayer which surprised and even scared me a little. I never saw them doing anything like that before and I didn't know what it was about so I remained seated. Then while looking at the busy spectacle in the centre from my table suddenly a voice in my mind repeated my short personal prayer of that evening and told me I would get regrets if I wouldn't stand up. I was totally amazed and immediately stood up.
A young woman joined me there and stood beside me, laid her hand on my shoulder and started praying for me softly. I testified already that receiving of Spirit and Gifts feels glorious, but I didn't understand that at that moment...
My faith at that moment was only as my mother had shortly explained me many years before when I was very young (12?) "in one true God and in one Lord Christ" (John17:3+John14:1). And I felt very stupid because I really didn't know much more than that. Bible reading never seemed to lead to anything so I was the humble pianist in the back; baptized but never had any church education, afraid they would find out how stupid and unknowing I was in matters of faith. I knew nothing about prayer with the laying on of hands.
Somehow the prayer seemed endless, kind of cleansing but also "adding" which was feeling heavy and severe and I almost couldn't keep it all and in my mind I said so but I was gently answered "to just let it come over me", which I then did. Afterwards I felt a little dizzy, but also like walking on clouds and I immediately noticed something had changed with my eyes! Bettina noticed it too, but we didn't speak about it...
Dreams, inspirations & changes
I was totally amazed. What had happened to me? What was this laying on of hands about? Why was the baptism not enough? What had happened with my eyes and vision?
Also the dreams started and I was given inspirations and insights. Something was totally different and changed. I wanted to know why! And when I got a dream in which I was asked to write 5 pages about my faith I decided I also had to start an investigation simultaneously.
I started to write the first 3 pages which was very difficult and I stopped writing. Was it worth anything and what was it even for?!
I decided to ask a female acquaintance (non-believer) to read it and she asked bluntly "where is the rest of it?!". That frightened me; I hadn't told her about the dream and the 5 pages I had to write!!! So in a hurry I wrote the 4th and 5th page which I completed at the end of 2001 and titled it "Roadsign to God".
Girl of Bible seminar reads it
In the fall of 2001 I met an interesting girl; she liked the Hillsong music I played on campus, saw all my music books of them and we exchanged phone numbers and mail adresses. In February 2002 she visited my home and read the 5 pages I had written. She liked what I had written and said "you have to start a website with it". And fortunately she could build webpages and she set up a frame for it for me. But what would the URL be? What website name? She prayed for it and returned to me and simply said "Sign2God". The 1st of April 2002 the webpage started with the 5 pages on it. This april-1st 24 years have passed and the 25th year starts.
Progress in Spirit & through Gifts
The huge change allowed me to read the Bible, to study, understand and write about it. Thus being able to investigate and understand what had happened there in Copenhagen and much more. And sharing the findings with the world through the internet/website. Doing so together with "that interesting girl"; in February 2003 I asked her to be my wife and we got engaged. In April 2004 Josien and I got married.
Main lessons
1. With the correct faith -however small- everything is possible!
2. The less you have the more God can give! Yet you need to be active with all you are given!
3. Act upon words spoken to you by God and however small it seems: you will be amazed by what will happen!
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