Oceans Kingdom Encounter
Mike Verkaik does a great job leading the Kingdom Encounters here on Oceans’ Campus. This team included 3 boys and 7 girls along with leaders Kelsey and Greg. It is a blessing to see each one impacted by serving, being surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation, and growing in their faith by experiencing other […]
Why I desperately need the Holy Spirit
I hope you had a great Pentecost Sunday! When I was pastoring a church this Sunday was one of my favorite. I would make sure to be around for that Sunday to preach on the coming of the Holy Spirit from Acts 2 to share about how a group of weak followers of Jesus […]
“Always!”
To me one of the greatest words in the Bible is the word, “always.” I wonder how many times we can honestly use “always” to describe someone or something? The Britannica dictionary defines “always” to mean: at all times, on every occasion, in a way that does not change. In our rapidly ever changing world where […]
Learning to Love your Limp
What’s your limp? In all my years of ministry I have never met someone who doesn’t have a limp. It may be a physical, relational, emotional, a spiritual battle or a a combination of all four that has hobbled them. A few weeks ago I touched on the story of Jacob wrestling with God for […]
Reaching Prisoners via the Pando App from God Behind Bars
In today’s podcast, I spend 10 minutes talking with Henry Miersma about an exciting new effort that Oceans Ministries has undertaken to tell of the Father’s love to thousands of prisoners throughout the country. An organization named God Behind Bars has developed an App that runs on the tablets used in many prisons across […]
The Blessing!
Recently I was asked to share at a Men’s breakfast and with Pentecost approaching I decided to teach on what I believe is one of the greatest gifts of the Holy Spirit-to encounter the deep love of Abba Father (Rom. 8:15) and receive the immeasurable blessing He has to offer. Our hearts are desperately longing […]
