How Heaven Invades Earth
The atmosphere of a place is transformed when the Spirit of God shows up. It was the last day the middle team from Holland Christian would be serving at the Ocean View Care Center I had just arrived with a lunch for the teachers and entered into the office as I witnessed prayers being spoken […]
Kingdom Encounter
This is the 4th time a group of students from Holland Christian Middle School have traveled to South Africa for a Kingdom Encounter. The Kingdom Encounter trip is about serving, hiking, journaling, enjoying creation, and encountering opportunities to grow in faith through other cultures. Oceans Ministries desires for each student to know they are loved […]
Slice of Life: Seasons on the Journey
Slice of Life: Seasons on the Journey: By Patty Spykstra Over a year ago we moved from our home in Aurora, Colorado to a Villa. Basically a place where we don’t mow the lawn or shovel the snow, a place we can easily leave behind when in South Africa. And a year later I am still […]
2 Trillion Galaxies
“The heavens tell of the glory of God. The skies display His marvelous craftsmanship. Day after day they continue to speak; night after night they make Him known…” Psalm 19:1-2. For the last several months I’ve been following the discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope. These images without a doubt make the Psalms declaration […]
Seasons
As you read this blog I’m in the midst of traveling from one season to another in 21 hours. Leaving behind an absolutely fabulous fall in Colorado and set to land in a stunning South African spring. Truly amazing to experience two opposite seasons in less than a day. Lately I’ve been ruminating on the […]
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. […]
