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 […]
Tillie’s Travail – Victor not Victim
It was a cold and windy Monday night and the prayer meeting was smaller than usual, perhaps the rains and lack of heat in the church building deterred people. But not long into the prayer time things warmed up considerably as Tillie began to call on the name of the LORD. On our way home, […]
Ministries Collide. – The Fruit of Mutual Pursuit
Written by Mike Verkaik Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7-8 During our ride […]
