Posts by Gabriel Wee (Page 9)

When God created man, He created us in 3 parts: BodyOur bodies are made of dirt. From dirt we are made, to dirt we will return. SoulThe soul consists of your mind (conscious & sub conscious thoughts), your will (power to choose – decision making), and your emotions (feelings). The soul is the mediator between body and spirit – everything passes through the soul. SpiritOur spirit is what is resurrected when we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Our…

We had the privilege of hearing Elder Jon Koh speak to the Lifespring family. God has been stirring Jon & Brenda’s heart for many months now on how the church is to respond to a hurting world around us. As Jon challenged the church family from Acts 6 there were important highlights I believe God wants to speak to the church about. In the midst of a growing and maturing church there was a quarrel. There were widows who were…

Ephesians 4:1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. God has a purpose for each of us. Purpose is the divine assignment we are given to carry heaven on earth (will look different for everyone). Each person’s purpose is different. Each is important. Each is God-given. Yet in the uniqueness of our God-given purposes, God in His wisdom helps to recognize and discern when we are on the…

For His Name’s Sake, when I first felt the Lord put this on my heart, I thought it was a push to step up and do things with excellence. To spur us on to good works and good actions. To do everything with the intention of glorifying God – which, please do not get me wrong, I believe is part of For His Name’s Sake. But when I dive into the Scripture, For His Name’s Sake is not used in…

Everything around us is changing… again. We have entered another lockdown, winter is upon us, children are at home for school, we are back to work – there is much that draws and needs our attention. Sometimes we focus so much on what is happening around us we forget to keep our eyes on Jesus. Karyne and I were talking to our eldest children (Justus & Hope) about fasting, they asked us why we are fasting? So we asked them,…

2021 – Make Every Effort Kingdom Family – Genuine Love for God and Genuine Care of Others A warning that came in 2019 at the Family Weekend is that there is an enticing spirit that is coming against Lifespring. And although we have intentionally come up against this spirit (specifically Give in 2020 – decided to double our giving to many of our missionaries who have seen upwards of 75% drops in their donations), we recognize that the enticing spirit…

On September 12, 2021 a group from GAIN Canada came and spoke about raising funds for water wells around the world. They flashed a slide that went by quite quickly, but a slide that God highlighted to me and disturbed me for weeks. The following information was on that slide: The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 785 million people live without clean water…That’s nearly 1 in 9 people worldwide Nearly 1 million people die / year due to lack…

As an Eldership & Pastoral Team, we sought the Lord and asked Him what was His purpose for the Lifespring family in 2022. We felt God put on our hearts “For His Name’s Sake”. God has been stirring the hearts of the people over the past 2 years. We can see it in the start of the women’s ministry, the social justice group, 4 new discipleship level 1 groups, the desire to server at Pregnancy Care Centre, the birth of…

We had the privilege of having our elder, Jonathan Koh, preach and teach to the family yesterday. I believe as Jon spoke, as a church family we are truly challenged on the next steps of the journey we call Maturity. In a world where the Bible has become opinion more so than Scripture, it can be difficult standing with God. Yet Jon brings us through an amazing encounter with Jesus and a woman caught in adultery. Jesus shows us how…

Over the past couple of weeks I have had the privilege of engaging with people from all walks of life. Some seniors, some children, some in ministry, some in the workplace, etc. Something that really stood out to me was the fact that everybody has a story. In a recent meeting, the speaker mentioned that his eldest child was having a very difficult time in life. In fact he stated that it is an extremely difficult time. It was a passing statement…

Over the past 3 months we have seen a dramatic increase in people who are in need! As we Make Every Effort to support those in need, sometimes I just wish we could simply do more. I wish that we could provide a special formula and all the suffering, challenges, and tears would simply be wiped away. In our family, our aunt has had health challenges. As Karyne and I wrestled with how we can help, how we can make…

Romans 10:17Faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ Hebrews 11:1Faith is the assurance (confidence) of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen Faith (belief) has the power to change your behaviour. If you invite me over for dinner – please do – and I agree to come to your house on Saturday at 5pm – based on your confidence in my word, in my character, in my trustworthiness – , you will either believe…