Entries by Tim Spykstra

Can You Hear the Voice of Wisdom?

Can you hear the voice of wisdom? Not always an easy voice to hear especially in our extremely loud culture. But the voice is always there calling out to us if we are willing to silence the other voices and listen. A few weeks ago I hit Psalm 150 in my daily quiet time reading […]

Remembering our Purpose

Written by Mike Verkaik What do you remember from your years of middle school? This is a question I have been asking myself after returning from our third South Africa Kingdom Encounter trip with middle school students from Holland Christian. I traveled there with the principal, Tom Strikwerda, who approached me almost four years ago […]

“Don’t Stop Praying!”

Have you heard the song by Matthew West, “Don’t Stop Praying?” I actually hadn’t known about it until a few Sunday ago.  We were at Haven church in Zeeland, Michigan, and the outreach committee played a video of the song which included a challenge  to get God’s children to keep on praying, particularly  during this […]

“SHANNAH TOVAH” – Blessed Good Year

Written by board member Danell Czarnecki. Recently Oceans Ministries board, staff and Bryan and Marc from VTC House, partners of Oceans Ministries, gathered together for a time of prayer seeking to where God would lead us in the next season of ministry. Those gathered were from California, Colorado, Michigan and South Africa. It was good […]

What a Glorious Bride!

Recently my wife and I had the joy of being in four different churches in four weeks. I can truly say “JOY” because of how the Spirit used each worship experience to paint a glorious picture of what He is up to. There may be many challenges facing the church today, as we hear or […]