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When I married Karyne, I told her I was a great boyfriend, but I had no idea how to be a husband. When I became a father to Justus, I didn’t tell him – but the same rule applied, I had no idea what it meant to be a father. Ignorance often results in experimentation. Experimentation can lead to disaster. Imagine being on an island and seeing a brand new car for the very first time. You have no idea…

If you’ve lived long enough you know that bad days are inevitable. Bad days are the worst to say the least. They can send you down on spirals of negativity where it seems like there’s no turning back. Sometimes a day can be so bad that we start to question whether or not God had anything to do with it.  Have you ever asked God this “God, why would you let that happen?” or how about this “God, if you…

One of the passages we memorized as a Pastoral Team is probably quite familiar to many of you: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…

What a great privilege it was to have Leona Lee, our Chair of the Board of Directors, share with the church family. Her testimony, journey, and continued story is a testimony of loving God and making every effort to live it out daily. In our journey of maturity we begin to see the things that are not aligned to God (Psalm 139:23-24), we begin to be sensitive to His voice and his convictions of where we need to align with…

Dear LifeSpring Family, A few months ago, I was at the autobody shop to get the side mirror on my car fixed. The shop came highly recommended. And it did not disappoint as I had a very good conversation with the owner, Jack. Jack like myself is an immigrant to Canada but unlike myself, he is not from Singapore but immigrated from Armenia. Soon our conversation turned into spiritual matters and how he believes that God has guided and continues…

After hearing Peggy’s message last Sunday and her sharing about learning how to rest, I was reminded of the importance of resting in the presence of the Lord. One of things I’ve noticed about myself is that I tend to get burnt out really easily. As I was praying to God for strength for another day, He began to speak to me about how I use my time and energy. It’s important to rest but it’s just as important to…

We had the privilege of hearing from Peggy Leung share her testimony and how God has been working in her family’s life. As Peggy was sharing, she showed a picture of the lifecycle of a butterfly and the different seasons of life (Caterpillar – Cocoon – Butterfly). And she said something that I felt the Lord wanted to highlight: “The caterpillar does not try to be the butterfly and the butterfly does not try to be the caterpillar”. How strange…

I was struck this week by the importance of going to God with more than questions… Asking questions and generally choosing curiosity over certainty is something I really value and think is an important shift for Christians to make. Especially those of us who have been Christians for many years! Our tendency can often be to rehearse certainty and to remind ourselves of what we know to be true. Which can be really great and faith-building in a lot of…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I wanted to share with you my latest memory verse in today’s devotions. It is a verse if not all, most of you have heard it before and some of you have even memorized it. The verse is 1 Chronicles 4:10 Wait for it…………… “Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from…

In 2018, our Hope Deacon – Joshua Wee – brought up the idea of giving winter & summer care packages. It was birthed when Josh saw a man asking for help at a routine red light. God gave him an idea that the church has adopted and will continue to adopt – to always have something to give, to simply care. As a confession, whenever I would see a person at a red light in need, my immediate reaction was…

Today I’d like to offer you a concept that you may or may not be familiar with. It goes like this: “Fear is a feeling just like every other feeling.” My agenda today is to strip down all power and authority we have consciously or unconsciously given to the idea, the feeling, the reason and even the spirit of fear. The world has used fear to control many narratives of the people and ideas of the world and we have…

Growing up, we always had pancakes on Saturdays. But not just any pancakes – Finnish pancakes! Instead of being thick and fluffy, like Canadian ones, Finnish pancakes are more like crepes. They’re much larger and thinner and even more delicious… in my opinion at least. All of this was my dad’s doing. He would mix the batter and fry up our pancake feast for us and even as we got older and started to try making them ourselves, it was…