Posts from 2024 (Page 7)

Dear LifeSpring Family, This past Sunday we celebrated Easter Sunday. What a joyful and hopeful Sunday – He has risen!!! This past Sunday, Dorothy and I also had the opportunity and privilege of experiencing the Passover Seder meal at MLCF. One of the elements of the Seder meal are the three pieces of matzah bread. It was suggested by our facilitator from Chosen People Ministries that the three pieces of matzah bread represent the trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. When you look at…

Happy Easter weekend! This weekend, we celebrate the victorious resurrection of Jesus, and his defeat of death on the cross. It is because of Easter that we get to live today as children of God with the favour of God. We are blessed! One of the greatest stories from the Easter season is the story of the disciples on Emmaus road. It takes place in Luke 24:13-32. Right before this story, the disciples had witnessed Jesus crucified, and had seen him buried in…

This week, Bible Study Fellowship covered Jesus’s arrest and trial before the priests and religious leaders. A theme from the the lecture was how Jesus was fully in control of the situation, despite being the one getting arrested. The beginning on John 18 reads “When Jesus had spoken these words, He went out with His disciples over the Brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which He and His disciples entered. 2 And Judas, who betrayed Him, also knew the…

On Sunday we heard from Perry Soh on his experiences with Patient Endurance. One of the things that stood out to me was when he reminded us of Jesus’ experience in the wilderness.  In Matthew 4 it says “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Not only was Jesus being tempted by the devil but he was also fasting for forty days and forty nights. As mentioned in Matthew 4:2, “After…

I love grandparents. When they speak, they speak from a place of experience, from real life – not from a theory. John Tan shared that he and the others are like battle-scarred Christians. They live to share the testimony of what the Lord has done! As Uncle Perry was speaking yesterday, I felt the Lord highlight one of the keys to Patient Endurance: Scripture. All throughout Perry & Catherine’s life there have been trials and testing: In all these things,…

Have you ever noticed that God is a God of the Eleventh Hour? Often, just when it seems like things are not going to work out or like it’s too late? Boom! Breakthrough. “The Eleventh Hour” is not only the name of a Doctor Who episode, it’s a phrase that means “the latest possible time before it’s too late”. It’s no wonder that books, shows and movies have been created with this same title because the tension and suspense can…

Dear LifeSpring Family, This past Sunday, I was privileged to speak at our Mississauga church. The title of my sharing was Patient Endurance/Pain With Purpose.  The passage that I spoke on was Mark 4:35-41. This is a very familiar passage to all of us.  On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” [36] And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.…

Happy Grandparents Month! May your Faithfulness be your legacy for the generations to come.  “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.” Deuteronomy 7:9 When I think of Faithfulness, there are 2 things that comes to the forefront. GOD is faithful. God’s faithfulness does not depend on what you do or don’t do. Faithfulness is an integral part of HIS nature, character…

Have you ever been at a lost for words as you realize that you have to say something in front of a bunch of people? I can confidently say I have, because it happened last Sunday when I was MCing. I had nothing to say, and we were nearly at the last song, so I would be up really soon. I was getting ready to panic when I felt God saying, “You may have nothing, but I have everything. And…

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 I thought to write this week about something I’ve been learning as I’ve seen God at work in my life, and in the lives of others. I’m learning that in a way, God is very practical. God speaks to us and works in our lives based on where we currently are. I think Auntie Pat’s message…

Jesus says, “In this world you will have trouble.” John 16:33 I’m sure everyone of us can attest to that truth from our own life experiences. But he also tells us to take heart because He has overcome the world. With that assurance, He tells us throughout scripture to patiently endure and remain faithful to Him through all the trials and suffering that He already knows we will face in this fallen, imperfect world.  Why? Because He already knows the…

Earlier this week I had a strange dream… well, most nights I have pretty bizarro dreams. But there was something different about this one that caught my attention. I hadn’t remembered it at all until later into the next day when I heard a random phrase that brought this particular scene rushing back to the forefront of my mind. Although I can’t remember much of what happened before or after this portion of my dream, I feel like I’ve been…