"Last night was a great and moving night in the city of Nijkerk, Holland, where in 1749 a powerful revival broke out, but had died down in 1752 because the church leaders and the government leaders chose human control above the moving of the Holy Spirit.
 
We had chosen to have the concert with the Jesus Culture worship band in that city.  We had Jesus Culture before in Amsterdam, where we could handle far more people, and some 5000 came.  Now we had chosen Nijkerk where the biggest facility could only have 3000 people.
 
Evangelist Mattheus van der Steen opened the evening and shared what we would do after the concert. What moved me about Jesus Culture was that their songs were very worshipful and also expressed a deep longing, desire and hunger for God. For the people it was an evening of worship. The participation was tremendous.
 
Then one of our leaders shared the story of the revival and how it was stopped. Some 40, many leading pastors, were with us on the platform.  Then Mattheus and myself (Mattheus is 39, I am 70) knelt down, holding hands, and Mattheus confessed the sin of human control and human wisdom which was chosen above the Holy Spirit and His working and how the leaders of that time had grieved the Holy Spirit.  A holy hush came over the gathering.  Something happened in the Spirit.  I then prayed, confessing and proclaiming forgiveness, and voicing how the blockage against the Holy Spirit had been removed. I continued praying and proclaiming that before Jesus will return God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh, which includes Holland and that specially young people would be full of the Holy Spirit and it would be happening already in this crowd. The praise was almost deafening.  There was great, great rejoicing.  Something was happening in the Spirit!
 
It was an awesome evening, an historic evening!  We expect great things this year and there are stirrings of the Spirit everywhere already."
 
Pastor Jan Sjoerd Pasterkamp
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Praise God for this wonderful report! Let's pray for these 3000 youth to become His carriers of revival and that Holland and the rest of Europe will be deeply affected by their lives and service for Christ.