I have been thinking a lot about home lately. Recently I flew back from Africa to join Patty and meet our new granddaughter, help another daughter and husband move out of our home in Colorado to a place of their own, put our house on the market, and buy another home where we can shut […]
I love to wake up early with a cup of coffee and spend time dwelling in God’s Word. On this particular morning I was reading Mark 14, the story of the woman who lavishly anointed Jesus feet with expensive perfume just a few days before His death. One translation described the scene as Jesus describing […]
Written by Mike Verkaik Jesus answered, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes. People will not say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ because God’s kingdom is within you.” – Luke 17:20-21 (NCV) On Christmas Day, I received a message from […]
Written by Mike Verkaik Those who are loved by God, let his love continually pour from you to one another, because God is love. (1 John 4:7- TPT) Remember Huey Lewis? Or how about the movie Back to the Future? The song where the above title comes from has been stuck in my head for […]
I was struggling to put a talk together about prayer for students from a tutoring center, this is the organization that Oceans is partner with to start a Christian high school. As nothing was coming I took a brisk walk hoping it would bring some inspiration. Sure enough a phrase popped into my head – […]
