Entries by Tim Spykstra

Hearing the Father Sing – The Love Song

Last week I shared how reading the Love Story (The Gospel) reminds us that the lost have been found and opens our ears to hear the Father singing and celebrating over us (Zeph. 3:17). Here is another mighty way which opens our spiritual senses to hear His song, it is worship from a desperate heart.  […]

Hearing the Father Sing – The Love Story

The other week I was preparing for a men’s Bible study meditating on Luke 15 and thinking to myself this just might be the greatest chapter of Scripture. I know that’s a big statement but hear me out. At the very core of Christianity is a love story. It is about Father God who pursues […]

Hearing the Father Sing – Longing for it

“I’m not certain I’m loved by God!” Recently 2 people shared with me a podcast from the well-know Christian pastor, speaker, and writer Francis Chan, where he openly revealed his heart. In the podcast (see link below) he disclosed that there was a season right before he turned 50 years old that he wondered if […]

Hearing the Father Sing – LOOK

Kids get it! One of the gifts of being a grandparent is rediscovering the world through  the eyes of a child. It’s as if God needs to remind us that we benefit from experiencing His Kingdom just as child experiences the world. In so many ways children are more in tune to the here and […]

Hearing the Father Sing

What does the Father’s voice sound like? I recently asked this question while preaching at the Gospel Outreach Church in Masiphumelele Township. I’d been pondering Zephaniah 3:17 and the surrounding verses for a few weeks. It reads: “The LORD your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in […]