Posts by Andrea Soon

The world likes to tell us what is “normal”. Whether it is the pristine condition of a home that holds a family of six or the highlight reel of someone’s third vacation of the year on your feed, the career growth expectations or the unwritten agenda for achieving certain milestones by a certain age, the world tells us that life is all about being on top and success is determined by how much you have achieved and how much you…

Learning to be in the presence of the Lord and to hear his voice comes at a cost. It means you have to listen and obey. When God asks us to do things that don’t align with our own will or reasoning, we have to consider the kingdom and what it means for God to have lordship over our lives. Kingdom plans don’t always make sense. Jesus was given authority and power to do amazing things, but he did not…

One of the things Uncle Perry touched on when he spoke last Sunday was the importance of reading and remaining in God’s Word. “Jesus answered, ‘It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” – Matthew 4:4/Deuteronomy 8:3. In this day and age, there are a million ways to consume the Word of God, whether that’s through audio Bible recordings, sermon recordings, devotions, podcasts, or audiobooks. While they can…

“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…

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…

Fruitfulness immediately sounds better than patient endurance, and we each probably have an idea of what fruitfulness could look like in our lives this year. One of the things that stood out from the purpose 2025 launch at the beginning of December was this verse: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be…