Posts by Andrew Pubalasingam (Page 5)

Growing in the Lord has always been a bittersweet thing for me if I’m being honest. The ideas of growth seem sweet to the ears. The idea of going deeper with God and allowing Him to take you to a different level than you were once at is something we all long for in our spirit. But when I focus on the pain more than the promise I end up resisting the process of growth. What makes growth bittersweet for…

After listening to Gabe’s message last week, I was reminded of all the benefits that I have as a Canadian citizen. Some in which I didn’t even think were benefits until I realized that other countries would charge you for those same benefits in their country. I couldn’t help but think about what were some of the Kingdom’s benefits of being a Christian and a Son of the living God? What were some things that I was missing out on…

As I was spending time journaling, one of the things that God brought to my attention was the idea of transferable skills. Transferable skills are skills that you possess that can be transferred from one job to the next and even to different areas of life. Many of us possess skills in areas of our lives that have the ability to transfer from one area to another. For example, some of the skills I learned in working out over the…

Pain is part of success. It’s part of the process. God is in the pain just as much as he is in the pleasure. We often associate God with pleasure – How good we feel – But he’s also in our pain.Think about a breakthrough. Breakthroughs are mostly during times of great pain, pressure and stretching (literally at the breaking point). This is not when you’re at your greatest but weakest.  2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) says: 9 But he said to…

“If you take life more slowly than your energy level is capable of, you can become lazy. If you continually run at a pace faster than you are capable, you can burn out. You need to find your balance.” I used to think that being lazy meant that you didn’t care or that you didn’t want to put in the work needed to do the thing you needed to do. As I read this quote, it highlighted to me the…

16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3:16-18…

During this week I was listening to a podcast and one of the guys said this quote that really struck a chord in me and it goes like this:“You don’t get right with God, you get righteous.” When I heard that I felt the Holy Spirit start to speak to me about what this could mean. The guy on the podcast didn’t fully explain the quote except highlighting the fact that we don’t have to be all “prim and proper”…

I remember on Sunday July 24th, 2022, we got to hear from Mary Cho & Carl and Rosy Wilson, both missionaries who chose to serve God and continue to choose to serve God despite all the setbacks because they’ve tasted something that only God can give and they want to share it with the world. There was a line from Carl that really caught my attention. He said “Evangelism is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread.” I…

In a book I’m reading called “Today Matters” by John Maxwell, given to me by Jerry Chee, talks about the importance of focusing on today and how today matters just as much as tomorrow and even yesterday. One of the chapters talks about attitude and how your attitude shapes your perspective and more importantly how it shapes your day. We all know that the gap between having a good attitude and bad attitude is more than a centimeter long and…

When I went on vacation with my wife, we had the opportunity to do some hiking. Hiking always sounds fun until you actually start hiking. If it’s a significant hike then slowly but surely fatigue will kick in and the sun will switch from a friend to a foe in a matter of minutes and the idea of hiking will lose its appeal when the air gets thinner and thinner and drier and drier the higher you go up, not…

I hope that many of you were blessed by Donna’s message this past Sunday. She dropped a lot of “gems” that I believe are in season for Lifespring. One of the gems she dropped was this line: “Fear likes to cloak itself with Wisdom” When I heard that line something in my spirit clicked. As I sat with that thought in my head, I couldn’t help but reflect on my most recent decisions. The question I asked myself was:Was it…

What a blessing is it to hear from Mae-tuin this past Sunday. It’s always a pleasure and a privilege to hear from the Family of Lifespring. After hearing Mae-tuin’s message, I took away two things. Never get in the car with Mae-tuin unless you have a gas tank, cash, or a means to purchase gas because 9 times out of 10 the car is on “E”  Fill up your tank: Mental, Physically, and Spiritually by Focusing on God Mae-tuin challenged…