Good morning, Neil. Thank you for your kind message.

I follow you on Facebook because every single one of your artworks, every single message is a huge encouragement - always just the right word at just the right moment. I take away different perspectives on situations, and many times, I can encourage a relative or friend through your art and messages. The Spekboom art and message is one of my ultimate favorites.

I've been trusting God for years for salvation and deliverance for my youngest sister. One morning, I opened your Facebook page, and there was a trio of art pieces. I was so aware of God's presence at that moment. The one piece depicting almond blossoms spoke to me. The accompanying Scripture was Job 14:9 - a word I'm standing on for years regarding my sister. The painting reminded me that God is ever ready to perform His Word. I can not describe the surge of faith I received that morning; how encouraged I was.

Thank you for being God's mouthpiece with exquisite prophetic art and word. Thank you for representing God so accurately through your gift. You are such a gift to this world.

- Hanlie Fry

After only telephonically discussing an image I received from God, with Neil, he immediately told me what colours came to mind. It resonated with me and we agreed that he will do the painting for me.

The next communication I received was a photo of my painting! My immediate response was: this is perfect. It as if from heaven. No words can do justice to this. When one looks at it, you experience..............

as I said no words can do justice.

What a privilege to see what happens when God through Holy Spirit binds His body together in unity. Blessings forever more.

- Lorraine Sadler

Being an artist myself, Art Refined, has brought me boundless joy and encouragement. A picture truly does paint a thousand words. The art of Neil Breebaart speaks edification and exhortation to the heart of the Christian that is relevant today.

He always strives for fresh and new content, and his art does not disappoint.

I have found great comfort and personal encouragement in his art, the most recent one being a painting titled New Wine. It is a painting of a wine glass lying on its side with scriptures in the spilled wine. It reminded me that so very often we come to a place where we feel our efforts or lives have been wasted, but then we see God's reflection staring back at us through His word in Isaiah 55:11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

It made me realize that this is the latter wine; to live a surrendered life. The spilled wine speaks, and God's Word seeps into the crevices and dry cracks to heal, to nourish, and to accomplish that what it was sent for. And that is the purpose of art with a message, to speak forth the living and creative Word of Elohim.

Shalom

- Petra du Toit

Artist and Admin of FB page Prophetic Art South Africa

Neil did a prophetic painting for me at a cancer wellness conference that I held recently for breast cancer patients. His presence in the area next to the speakers was perfect. The atmosphere that started to change as the speakers were talking, he painted on the canvas :the peace and presence of the Holy Spirit. It was just so special to me, because it also spoke of what I were experiencing in my heart during and even before the conference.

He made the conference something else, not just another gathering of speakers!

I have come to know him as someone that walks very closely to the Lord and you can see it coming out in his paintings.

- Dr. Trusia Burgers

We are the stewards of Cleaning Warehouse and on Assension Day we had a big celebration. The business was closed for the day as a way of honoring God. We had the opportunity to share our vision for our business with our people. All this planning happened in a week when one of our managers woke up one morning with this excellent idea. In preparation for the day I got the idea to ask Neil Breebaart from Art Refined to draw something for us, that could bring our vision to life. For more than a year I have been receiving Neil’s prophetic sketches every day on WhatsApp and I was super excited to have one being done especially for us. Neil was up for the challenge. In the very limited time before our event Neil envisioned our vision and brought it to life on paper. The vision is Your Gateway to Clean Living. I asked him to incorporate the newly set our values for our company. These are: to honor God, to value people and to be good stewards. Neil came up with this amazing piece of art. My husband is the one cleaning in the painting. It portrays the servant heart of his leadership.

None of us are perfect but we believe that if we admit our mistakes and shortcomings we allow God’s light to shine through our cracks. The mandate for our company is found in the Message Translation of Romans 8:12-14. To bury this do-it-yourself kind of lifestyle in other words to burry pride.

Thank you Neil for being an instrument in the Hands of our Father. By using your gift in the kingdom you became a part of our story. We value the time that you took to receive this picture because you could never have done it without spending time on your knees. God bless you and your family as well as Art Refined. The best is yet to come!

- Gerda Vorster

Nobody really likes being in the wilderness, yet this is the place and season where we are refined and shaped even more into His likeness. Throughout my year and a half of being in a waiting season God continually spoke to me about John 15 and every time I seemed to lose hope or when I feel done waiting, he sends a book, a verse, a person, a sign…to remind me “Abide in Me”.

In a time where I was once again at the end of my rope, I woke up with the Holy Spirit prompting me to write a Bible study about “Abide in Me” (John 15). I immediately started designing it and left it at that. That evening we visited Neil and his family to say our goodbyes, as they were moving to pretoria. The whole time they were packing I asked God for one of Neils paintings, but we wanted it to be one that He wants us to buy. So that night as we arrived and looked at the art exhibited in their already packed up home, I couldn’t see any painting that is ours and even my husband looked and said “we love them all, but we know they are not ours”.

Then Neil said, wait I have one here at the back “I painted with purple, your favorite colour, but I don’t really paint with purple”. He turned it around and I started sobbing - it was the same grapes and leafs that I had used in my bible study design that morning, and through my tears I asked “what is the title” and he said “The true Vine”. My heart skipped a beat and I could feel the intense gratitude of God speaking to me through art (I am an art critic and loooove art, my husband and I are also artists), but moreover, how He had planted the message in Neils heart for that moment.

God knew the moment would come that He had to profoundly show up for me again, not because He has to, but because He wanted to!

I now look at this beautiful painting every day as a reminder to Abide in Him, and that He is faithful! Thank you Neil for being obedient! 🍇🍃

- Maryka Roux - Button Up