Jeff veldman

How do we grow in fellowship with God?  For starters we need to be in prayer and to be studying His word. A mere intellectual understanding of scripture will not transform us.  John points this out in his gospel.  John 6:53–56 (NKJV) 53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat…

The Longest Walk In 1977, George Meegan started walking. It wasn’t just a walk; it was a 19,019-mile unbroken walk from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost point in Alaska. It took him 2,426 days ending in September of 1983. He secured a total of eight world records, in a feat that…

A saving Friday Centuries ago, there was a man who was condemned to die for crimes he had committed, and unbelievably it was actually predicted hundreds of years before the event even happened. Who was this man and what is his story?  Three criminals were being crucified on Golgotha that fateful Friday. He was a…

The First Great Deception   In today’s world it is not uncommon to hear, “that is a lie” or “you can’t believe them.” But is that really accurate? We hear about the “big lie” but what really is the big lie? Well, it might surprise you, but it started way back in the Garden of…

When Joseph Gantt was captured by North Korean forces in December of 1950, his wife went right on living as if Joseph were alive and would soon be home. Clara bought a home and hired a gardener, so that when Joseph came home he wouldn’t have to do yard work and could simply “go fishing…

Knowing God through His Word John Quincy Adams said: “I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once a year. My custom is to read four or five chapters every morning immediately after rising from my bed. It employs about an hour of my time, and seems to me…

Spiritual health When her 3-year-old son became ill, a woman decided to change her family’s lifestyle. She told a news outlet: “I started wondering why our food was making him sick. And then I started asking questions, reading all the ingredients on packets, and Googling anything that I didn’t understand.” Then she said something that…

Listening to the Angel Choir   In Luke 2:1–20 (NLT) we read, “At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. 2(This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census. 4And because Joseph was…

Let us not waver.   “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. Matt. 6:22 NLT Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour’s words. Let the purpose be sincere and unwavering…

Last time we read about the story of the five kernels of corn and its history. Now we are going to focus on Psalm 103:3-5 to find the five kernels of thankfulness.  The Kernel of Forgiveness Verse 3a, “Who forgives all your iniquities,” Psalm 32:1-5 NCV “Happy is the person whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are…