Genuine Care for Others
Last week during intercession, Peggy Leung led us in a time of prayer – asking God how we respond to social injustice. It seems like everyday there is a new scandal and something that is unjust. Whether it was the Black Lives Matter (BLM), Anti-Asian Hate (AAH), Systemic Abuse (SA), etc. – everyday there is something to be concerned about. As we sought the Lord on how to respond to these situations the Lord began to challenge me. He poked…
A Prayer For Mothers
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my mother, it’s that prayer is very important. As a church we’ve talked about Personal Prayer, Corporate Prayer and Earnest Prayer being areas of prayer that we grow in intimacy with the Father. We want to exercise these prayer muscles today and take some time to pray for all the Mothers all over the world. Let us never forget the efforts Mothers make in the seen and unseen that have such a huge…
Marked by Love
“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.Live in…
” … our eyes are on you.” – 2 Chronicles 20:12b
Dear LifeSpring Family, What a timely and truthful reminder from Mr. Eric Wee this past Sunday. His sermon entitled “MEE2MEE” challenged me on what my “eyes” are choosing to focus on. Immediately after Eric finished preaching God’s word, I thanked him for his focus on our Lord Jesus Christ in his message. That the vertical is always longer than the horizontal at the cross our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. That my investment into my relationship with Jesus should require…
MEE2MEE
For me the cross of Jesus always reminds me of the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-39. The vertical represents our relationship with GOD and the horizontal represents our relationship with others. This is also in line with our call as a Kingdom Family: Genuine Love for God and Genuine Love for Others. But first the message of the Cross is JESUS. He was crucified and now the empty Cross shows us that HE is Risen. 18 For the message of the…
Listen Well. Obey Quickly.
A couple of weeks ago, while Gabe was speaking he said something that caught my attention and got me thinking. Gabe was talking about how he wants to make sure that he’s hearing God as well as he can, and being obedient to God as quickly as he can. This week at intercession, pastor Alvin was also sharing about the city-wide prayer meeting he’s organizing. He mentioned that a word that was given to him was, “listen well, obey quickly.”…
Fasting in May
As lockdowns and pandemic uncertainties persist, we are choosing to respond with prayer and with fasting… Even though things have been incredibly difficult, many of us have been very fortunate. Rather than ignoring the problems that continue around us or hiding away from the realities, we are choosing to engage by bringing our requests, and the needs of those around us, before the Lord in prayer. Join us as we fast and pray for the end of Covid-19 during the…
Seasonal Rains
Leviticus 26:3-5 (NLT) Blessings for Obedience3 “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 5 Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land. As I was…
Kindness
This world is in need of Kindness. Simple acts in the hands of a powerful God can make great and lasting impact. Last year, Lifespring sowed $20,000 into the Greece refugee camps through Operation Mobilization. Please take time to read the fruit of this act of kindness. If you are strong at this time – carry another. If you are weak at this time – its ok – ask for help. But in everything, be kind.
Houses of Prayer
If you’ve been keeping up with our Devotions, you might have noticed some themes beginning to emerge. (If you’re like a certain father-to-be, LifeGroup leader who hates reading, I’ll fill you in, don’t worry :P) The Pastoral Team, without even planning to, keep encouraging us to be praying more and to be seeking new perspectives on our current situations – to set our minds on things above. There seems to be a new sense of urgency rising for each of…
Quarantined by Fear
Dear LifeSpring Family, I wanted to share a portion of Monday’s Daily Bread devotion titled Quarantined by Fear by Julie Schwab. As we enter into our third lockdown in Ontario, please allow the Holy Spirit and Holy Scriptures to speak to you in listening prayer. “Luke 12 gives us some advice to help us stop worrying: “Seek his kingdom” (v. 31). We seek God’s kingdom when we focus on the promise that His followers have an inheritance in heaven. When…
Annual Family Meeting (AFM)
2020 & 2021 FinancesGod is so good. In the midst of a pandemic year our tithes increased! We felt the Lord leading us to GIVE, before the pandemic. In being obedient no matter the circumstance, Lifespring gave a record ~40% of all spending was through our Missions & Hope ministries. We continue to focus on being a blessing in 2021. If you would like detailed documents of the 2020 & 2021 financial statements, please feel free to email gabe@life-spring.org and…