Posts by Andrew Pubalasingam (Page 2)

On Sunday, Adib delivered a message on the scriptures in Matthew 20:20-34. He highlighted and contrasted the request from the mother of Zebedee’s sons and a request from two blind men. Jesus responded to them differently after asking them both the same questions of “what is it you want?” and “what do you want me to do for you?” The request from the mother of Zebedee’s sons was to “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit…

We just had our 2nd WF(Wildfire) retreat this past August. If I were to describe the WF retreat to you, I would say it was like a mini family gathering. It was very similar to the Family Weekend, except that we had to cook our own food, clean up after ourselves, and we didn’t have to walk or drive to our accommodations after each session. We worshiped together, we learned together, we ate together, we prayed together and we played…

In this season of Patience Endurance, I’ve noticed that when things get difficult and situations and circumstances challenge my faith, I tend to use more “buts” in my prayers/conversations with the Lord. For example, “Lord you said this, but this happened.” “I hear what you’re saying, but if you would just make a way then.”  Etc. I felt the Lord respond to me with an “and” after every concern I gave Him. After every worry and reason for doubt, I…

I have a confession to make. Sometimes, when I read the Bible, I don’t get anything from it. Have you read Leviticus and Numbers yet? If you have, maybe you might know what I mean. You might be wondering why I am telling you this. It’s not to deter you from reading the Bible, but to help you rethink what you are reading.  If you are honest and haven’t reached maturity like myself, then you might have said these same…

At intercession on Sunday, Ada got us to meditate on Matthew 6:9-10: This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’” As she opened up the floor for people to share what they got, I heard something deep come from the mouth of Abby. Just when I thought she was done speaking, she dropped another “gem”. She shared that…

When Mae-Tuin told us the title of her message was “the plank,” I immediately thought that she was referring to the plank exercise, which is balancing on your toes and forearms as you hold the rest of your body off the ground for a long period of time.  I thought to myself, that is a great analogy for patient endurance. I don’t care what you tell me, planks are hard! But instead of talking about the plank exercise, she took…

One day, I was going for a walk, and before I headed out, I checked the weather to see what the temperature was going to be. It was nice, going up to about 15 degrees. However, it said that at 11am, it was going to rain for an hour and stop at 12pm, so I decided to put on a rain jacket. As I was walking, I noticed the clouds getting darker, which signaled that it was going to rain…

On Sunday, we were blessed to receive a Father’s and Mother’s Day message from Siang-Yang. I guess we can skip Mother’s day next year and send out the link to Sunday’s message instead. I’m just kidding…sort of. (Gabe, if you’re reading this, think about it). One thing the Lord was speaking to me about on Sunday came from Joe Lee’s testimony. Joe Lee shared an amazing testimony of God’s faithfulness. In his testimony he made a comment about how amazing…

Last Sunday, we got to hear from Pastor Suwit from Thailand. His message to LifeSpring was titled “Hope In Times Of Suffering.” As Jerry mentioned on Sunday, Pastor Suwit was not aware of our theme for this year being “Patient Endurance,” yet the Lord put on his heart to share a message that aligns so well with what God is doing in this church. One of the things that stood out to me in Suwit’s message was a simple phrase.…

When Maria from Neighbourlink shared stories of the work that she and her team has done in the 415 community and the experiences that her and her team went through, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of familiarity.  Maria shared about how they recently recruited a youth yeader who started hosting youth programs in the 415 community. This guy would play basketball with the youth and eventually created opportunities to speak into their lives on and off the court.…

On Sunday Karyne spoke on the power of the Holy Spirit in helping her respond rather than react to the challenges of life. We often look to the fruit of the Spirit as an indicator of Christ in us and evidence of the Holy Spirit.  Galatians 5:22-23 (ESV) says: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” In learning how to identify the fruit…

At intercession, Pastor Alvin and Pat led us in prayer for an upcoming event called “Toronto Police Service Prayer Walk.” Below are some of the details: Pastor Alvin & Pat also shared a video from CityNews on the Toronto Police Service Prayer Walk.  Check it out: https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2024/04/11/faith-leaders-and-police-hold-prayer-walk/ I’d like to highlight some things that stuck out to me: The Scriptures say: It is written: “‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; every tongue…