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 […]
Building Community
Written by Mike Verkaik Have you ever had someone leave your church community that you knew well? Someone you could converse with easily because of the familiarity you had with them? This is the season we find ourselves in at the motel ministry. We have been rejoicing and celebrating with many of our friends over […]
I Surrender All
We weren’t sure we would make it to church a few Sundays ago after 4 days of flooding on Oceans Ministries campus. How thankful we were for a break in the rain which allowed us to encounter the Father’s voice during the worship time in Masiphumelele. The song right before the message was the […]
