Make Every Effort to Walk Faithfully with God
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. Genesis 6:9 In December 2020, Gabe challenged us all at Lifespring to fast and seek God’s will during the month of January 2021. It didn’t take too long for me to recognize that I was spending too much time watching Netflix. It started out as something for me to do together with Brenda. But I knew it was getting out of hand…
With Blessing, Comes Testing
Genesis 22:1-18 (NLT)Abraham’s Faith Tested 22 Some time later, God tested Abraham’s faith. “Abraham!” God called. “Yes,” he replied. “Here I am.” 2 “Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.” 3 The next morning Abraham got up early. He saddled his donkey and took two of his servants with him, along…
Intercession and Standing in the Gap
Back when I was in Overflow (youth ministry), we used to have intercession meetings on Friday nights in the church office. In some ways, having intercession meetings together was a good excuse for the young people to get together on a Friday night. But more importantly, intercession was a huge part of who we were as a youth group. Though we didn’t call it “listening prayer” at the time, that’s what we spent most of our time doing. We’d sit…
God’s Heart for UNITY
We live in a very challenging times. Many are reasoning from what is good for them, and not for the good of the whole. We see that in the pandemic, we see that in the recent US elections, and this has divided the nation right down the middle. However, Jesus heart is for UNITY and Purpose. When Jesus prays for his disciples in John 17, he knew his mission on earth was coming to an end. Within 24 hours, Jesus…
A Time for Everything
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:a time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;a time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to weep, and a time to laugh;a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones…
Persevere Well
Dear Life-Spring Family, As Gabe preached on why and how to persevere, let us continue to persevere by “thinking about these things” in Philippians 4:8. 8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (ESV) As we persevere in prayer for the following 3 requests: Alex Soon’s dad in hospital in Kalua Lumpur,…
How to Persevere
The last 2 weeks we have talked Why we need to persevere and How to Persevere. The emphasis in both is that maturity requires perseverance. The calling God has for the house of Lifespring requires perseverance. Let us keep our eyes on Jesus and run the race… all the way until the end. Consider the cloud of witnessesSometimes we take privilege and spit on it. We need to recognize that we have truly been blessed. When much is given, much…
The Best
Genesis 4:4-16(NLT) Cain and Abel4 Now Adam[a] had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With the Lord’s help, I have produced[b] a man!” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground. 3 When it was time for the harvest, Cain presented some of his crops as a gift to the Lord. 4…
Fasting and Making Every Effort
Over the course of 2020, we did 3 memory verses together as a church (10 commandments, fruit of the Spirit, 2 Peter 1: 5-8). The pastoral team also did a few extra verses together. Here are some highlights: Galatians 5:22-23: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace… gentleness and self-control.2 Peter 1:5-8: For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness… and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance.2 Timothy 1:7: For God…
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! !
I’m not quite sure how we already got back to the first day of a new year… or how it took SO LONG all at the same time! With 2020 finally in the rearview mirror, there seems to be a certain amount of closure taking place – a certain type of relief. We’ve made it through one of, if not THE most difficult year, many of us have known in our lifetime. As challenging as it has been, I really…
Deliverer
Dear LifeSpring Family, Praying this will encourage you today as we celebrate Christmas and prepare for the New Year. Sharing from the Youversion Bible app devotions. Isaiah chapter 12, but focusing on verse 2 “Behold, God is my salvation;I will trust, and will not be afraid;for the Lord God[b] is my strength and my song,and he has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 (ESV) The Hebrew word for Salvation is “yeshuwah” which means deliverance. God is your Deliverer. No matter what…
2020 Year in Review
At the start of 2020 we sought the Lord and felt Him put on our hearts the 3 Gs. Give, Go, Grow. As a church we set our plans in alignment with these directions and God directed our steps along the way. Corporately as a church family we wanted to be intentional about the 3 Gs. God was speaking to us and it was our job to follow his guidance. However, like the people of Israel who had to paint…