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European Monthly Report April 2021 Undaunted by not being able to have a physical camp this year we had a very upli ing Spring video conference in Hungary ins- Medway, UK tead. Of course, nothing can give the same as the real thing but we certainly had a very good and upli ing me, thanks to the team effort of all who parcipated. Saints were gathered at the hall in Budapest for the morning ses- sions, from where the broadcast was sent, while all our local saints were in their homes for the evening sessions. Fellowships had gatherings at their respecve halls to watch proceedings together, wherever possible. Connued on page 4 Also in this report: Excing news from our brothers and sisters in Suriname, including recent bapsms and their camp held in April. Top : Dave Parker (US), Spring conference Middle : Ps Colin Tan (Singapore), Spring conference Far le : Fellowship between the meengs in Hungary Le : Suriname camp Ps Paul Nobel Server News, Newsleer Crew: Meg, Louisa, Ney, Looking ahead: April 2021 Heleen and local contributors. There are two summer camps planned. Planning to come? Send an email. All the recordings from the Editor: Hungarian spring ‘camp’ Holland, July 31—Aug 07. Pastor Pieter Visser Contact: [email protected] can be found at: Kromhout 95 England, Aug 14—21. 3311RE Dordrecht hps://youtube.com/c/ Contact: [email protected] The Netherlands Fel%C3%A9led%C3% A9siK%C3%B6z%C3%B6ss% Telephone: +31 78 6146173 Mobile: +31 (0)6 22 808 977 Czech Kids Camp, 22-25 July C3%A9g E-mail: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] Have fun. Website: www.revivalfellowship.nl Ps Pieter Visser Please note: as always, you need approval from your local pastor/leader. Mark 16:15-20 John 3: 1-8 Acts 2: 38 www.revivalfellowship.nl April 2021 Page 1 of 8 Editorial: Advantage 2Co 2:11 Lest Satan should get an With the ending as prophesied in Joel 2 But have renounced the hidden things advantage of us: for we are not ignorant 2:20 and repeated by Peter in Acts 2:19. of dishonesty, not walking in cra iness, of his devices . nor handling the word of God deceiully; It all started in Gen 3 where but by manifestaon of the truth Satan succeeded in causing a commending ourselves to every man’s division between God and conscience in the sight of God. Adam and Eve. In Gen 4 we read of the A while ago we were presented with a division between two brothers, camp banner from Bali. Cain and Abel. On that there were some pictures of a Lion and an Eagle with a subtext, saying: The whole of the Old “If you become fearless, life becomes Testament is full of wars which limitless”. mostly have their roots in Lets expand this further to: “When family divisions. Even today, you forgive, life becomes limitless”. these ancient divisions sll cause wars and strife. So, lets… It’s an accepted rule when we need to Heb 12:12 Wherefore li up the fight… and win bales, that we need to All throughout history we can recognise hands which hang down, and the “know our enemy”. the “Divide and Conquer” taccs used by So, what are these “devices” we should power hungry people. Never has this feeble knees; not be ignorant of? been more current than in these last 13 And make straight paths for your couple of years. And… it seems to feet… The previous verse tells us… escalate almost daily. 14 Follow peace with all 2Co 2:10 To men… whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if Ps Piet Visser I forgave any thing, to whom I Heard from the plaorm: forgave it, for • We know it all: just be believers your sakes ‘I dont trust you... • Hospitality is a powerful weapon forgave I it in the • You don’t know what shall prosper, don’t person of Christ; analyse • Atude is most important So, the ulmate weapon we have against • Make your goal: the needs of someone This gives us a clue how we could lose the all of this is forgiveness . else advantage we were given when we • Being able to explain is power received the Holy Spirit. Now, lets look at the context Paul wrote • How do you stay merry? By being If we stop forgiving we lose this these verses in. appreciave • Don’t correct in anger advantage and give it to Satan. In the first leer to the Corinthians the • Jesus hasn’t stopped forgiving us, neither Apostle set down some fairly strong has he stopped teaching us The apostle writes: “We are not ignorant correcons. • Giving is an investment in your future of his devices ” We can see that this did upset some in • Get up, step up and do! • the Corinthian Church. Look fear in the eyes and stand it down • Your past is not your future In the Greek: Devices = Wiles and (2Cor 2:1-5) • We need to safeguard unity intenons. • Don’t just think about natural food, But Paul connues: consider our spiritual diet, to have a So again, what are these devices? 2Co 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this healthy eternal life • We follow and prefer God as our #1, Simply put, seng people against each ministry, as we have received mercy, we nothing else is more important other, creang divisions, escalang faint not; • Believe in Jesus, act in Jesus inevitably to wars and destrucon. Mark 16:15-20 John 3: 1-8 Acts 2: 38 www.revivalfellowship.nl April 2021 Page 2 of 8 Revival across Europe and the UK Bapsms in April: 1 in Czech Republic, 4 in Hungary, 4 in the Netherlands, 7 in the UK Esleeter, Roerdam Frieda, Roerdam Blanka, Czech Republic Donna, Wakefield Andrew, Wakefield Lee, Poole Ian, Poole Lewis, Poole Hannah, West London Laszlo, Hungary Jerry, Almere Eva, Hungary Jozsef, Hungary Jozsef, Hungary Indonesia cyclone (1) (2) (3) A recent storm caused devastaon in Kupang, Indonesia, where we have a fellowship. Pastor René shared a pre- sentaon of the damage and how the saints there are rebuilding. Photos: (1) Damage to the house of brother Herry and his family (2) Brother Herry and other saints busy with repairs (3) Damage to local neighbourhood (4) The meeng (one to two days a er the cyclone). Brother Herry witnesses of how God protected him and his family in the cyclone. Even though his house was not fully rebuilt yet, he was there rejoicing with the saints. What a contrast to the chaos and sadness and no solu- (4) on in the world. Mark 16:15-20 John 3: 1-8 Acts 2: 38 www.revivalfellowship.nl April 2021 Page 3 of 8 Spring Conference Connued from front page... Both during the morning and evening sessions on Saturday, On Saturday and Monday, we did something a bit different we ran workshops as part of the program, where several for us where we held an internaonal session in the mor- pastors/leaders were nominated to be facilitators for the ning, followed by a second session in the evenings of these workshops in this session. Saints were then put into smaller days. groups which allowed them to parcipate in the discussions. The theme for the Saturday session is the “power of our The theme for Saturday 3rd was “the power of our tesmo- tesmony” and therefore we asked each member of the ny” with a special Revival on the air today feature, ran by group to recall the tesmony which had the greatest effect Ben Campbell where we heard from brother Jed Pillon on them and explain why. The evening session saw six diffe- where we heard of his divine healing from a heart aack rent groups with different discussion topics led by a pastor. and a stroke. These brought out great discussions and the saints were all For Monday 5th the theme was“the word going out” with a upli ed. Q&A with Ps. Jock and Helen incorporated into the session. It was a privilege to hear so much experience of revival in Over the weekendMariama, there were France bapsms in various places just 30 minutes, and a great inspiraon for all who took which took part in the conference, making it a wonderful part, both from Carrickalinga Easter camp and to all who long weekend to glorify the Lord. Thank you to all who par- were logged into the event via Zoom. cipated and praise the Lord. Revival Fellowship Hungary Brother Mahew, Hungary Monthly report - Suriname The month of April has started well for us. Due to the easing of the COVID-19 measures, it was possible for us to hold a camp in the 1st week of April. The theme of the camp was 'sowing abundantly and reaping abundantly'. We have had a very construcve me together in which we not only learned a lot from the talks and the workshops, but also learned a lot from each other due to personal one on one fellowship. What also made our camp special is that a er our camp the Covid-19 situa- on deteriorated and the government immediately took acon. We believe that Our Father gave us the opportunity to have a camp. Praise the Lord. A er our camp is so great to see that everyone who has aended was built up and is focused on Revival. To share a short tesmonial. Our sister Aspacia prayed that people would be born again on her birthday. It resulted that 2 people had received the Holy Spirit and were bapzed.