Posts from February 2025

One of the many highlights from Volunteer Appreciation Day was hearing the testimonies from Jen, Steve and Ray Chow, Auntie Cheh Keat, and Pastor Alvin and Auntie Pat. Thank you all for sharing! One thing that stood out was when Pastor Alvin and Auntie Pat shared a quality of Uncle Eric and Auntie Angie,  described as “chin chye, biao kin” and “major the majors.” They explained this as not worrying or taking everything so seriously as well as not sweating the…

“Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many.” “But as it is, there are many parts but one body. So the eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” or in turn, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are…

To the Lifespring family – you are all amazing. From the pastoral team – we thank you and love you all so much. I wanted to simply give a short word of encouragement to this church family. Ever since Adrian and Pastor Alvin have showed us what it means to walk in transparency – revealing our weaknesses so that God can be glorified – it has truly been an amazing journey to see God work through the lives of the…

“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.” – Romans 12: 4-6a Each of us have different gifts and functions within the church, like this passage states, and each of us also have a unique way of bringing the…

Dear LifeSpring Family, A few days ago, I got this devotion by my colleague, Holly Sheldon, based on John 15:5-8, our current memory verse. Have a read and be encouraged, especially if you are in the season of pruning. You are deeply loved, highly favoured and richly blessed.  “Dear Jerry, Pruning: Pathway to FruitfulnessI am the true Vine, and My Father is the Vineyard Master … every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit…

What a good message from Abby on Sunday. She shared wise words for our journey of fruitfulness this year, and hopefully you had a chance to hear her sharing. I appreciated the two points that we reflected on at the end of her message. Often, we can find ourselves investing our energy, time, and effort into things that are ultimately unfruitful. Our life groups are going through a series called Don’t Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table. The…

Years ago, we used to hold intercession in the Church house on Wednesday nights. At the time, we had no more than 4-5 people show up. On this particular Wednesday night, it was myself, Dan and Desmond that were present. I remember Desmond leading us in worship on my right and Dan on my left. I typically keep my eyes closed as it helps me to concentrate on the Lord. During worship as Desmond was singing and playing guitar, I…

I don’t know about you, but I do not feel fruitful. In school and life, I’m not seeing a lot of results, payoff, or other forms of fruit, and as things get busier, I’ve been asking the question, “what should I do when I am unfruitful?” Let’s look at an example that Jesus used in Luke: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.…

On September 12, 2021 a group from GAIN Canada came and spoke about raising funds for water wells around the world. They flashed a slide that went by quite quickly, but there was a slide that God highlighted to me and disturbed me for weeks. The following information was on that slide: Life is lost because of a lack of water. There are people all around the world who are desperate for water. I was reading 2 Corinthians 1 at…

Uncle Jerry spoke this past Sunday on how taking risks is a part of fruitfulness. He mentioned how taking risks is the thing that elderly people regret not doing the most, with the second being not spending more time thinking about their lives. In some ways, taking more risks and spending more time thinking can be counterintuitive. The Bible tells us in Proverbs 2:25 (NIV), “Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your…

Dear LifeSpring Family, As we prepare for an exciting journey of fruitfulness in 2025, allow me to share some thoughts with you from Matthew 14:22-33. And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” 29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. – Matthew 14:22-23 Fruitfulness often times requires you to “walk on water” towards our Lord Jesus Christ and take risks.  “Walking on water” requires faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith requires courage, action and risk taking. Fear and doubts are the enemy of faith,…