Posts by Jerry Chee (Page 8)

Dear LifeSpring Family, Hide Me from the WickedTo the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.64 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, 3 who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows, 4 shooting from ambush at the blameless, shooting at him suddenly and without fear. 5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;…

Dear LifeSpring Family, What a timely and truthful reminder from Mr. Eric Wee this past Sunday. His sermon entitled “MEE2MEE” challenged me on what my “eyes” are choosing to focus on. Immediately after Eric finished preaching God’s word, I thanked him for his focus on our Lord Jesus Christ in his message. That the vertical is always longer than the horizontal at the cross our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. That my investment into my relationship with Jesus should require…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I wanted to share a portion of Monday’s Daily Bread devotion titled Quarantined by Fear by Julie Schwab. As we enter into our third lockdown in Ontario, please allow the Holy Spirit and Holy Scriptures to speak to you in listening prayer. “Luke 12 gives us some advice to help us stop worrying: “Seek his kingdom” (v. 31). We seek God’s kingdom when we focus on the promise that His followers have an inheritance in heaven. When…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I wanted to share part of a short devotion below that I was reading from Power To Change: “He has risen! This Easter, we’re reminded of Jesus’ triumph. Whatever the world around us looks like, He is victorious, and that gives us hope to carry into our daily lives. As we continue celebrating this season of resurrection together, we pray that you will know the victory you have in Christ and be encouraged to hope after a…

Dear LifeSpring Family It seems that lately, we have been in a season of extra uncertainty. Facing, dealing, and coping with the pandemic is challenging in itself. But when the pandemic touches someone you personally know, it becomes personal. On top of that, several of our brothers and sisters are dealing with serious health challenges. And with the passing of our dear brother, David, it can be overwhelming. Below is a contemplative prayer that I found to help me put…

2 Peter 1:5-85 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful inthe knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. – ESV I am sure we all have our reason. Some, like myself, even…

Dear LifeSpring Family, This past Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. We start the journey/countdown towards Easter, Sunday, April 4th. Dorothy and I observed Ash Wednesday with a meal consisting of vegetables and some fish. We also took some time to pray for those among us in the LifeSpring family. As we prepare for Good Friday and Easter, allow me to share with you a prayer for this Lent season. Lent “Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I was memorizing and meditating on this verse in Isaiah 41:13 last week. 13 For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” And in just one verse, the Holy Spirit was teaching, reminding, and encouraging me of the truth, God’s truth. For starters, it is non-other than “the LORD” Himself that holds my right hand. And not only “He…

Dear LifeSpring Family As Pastor Gabe shared with us the prayer requests this past Sunday, it reminded me of what I read in my BSF notes on prayer. Allow me to share excerpts from my BSF noted on the Doctrine of Prayer. “The Doctrine of Prayer” When we draw near to Him, He draws near to us (James 4:8). We cannot overestimate the amazing privilege and responsibility of prayer. Prayer is equally simple and complex. Most simply, prayer is talking…

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,…

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…

York Region is now in lockdown. It seems that we are trending the wrong way in our fight with Covid-19. As I wake up this Monday morning to the positive news of the arrival of the vaccine. Our country leaders remind us that it is only the beginning of a long journey in what has been already too long of a “journey”. In fact, our leaders are saying that it will be around the fall of 2021 before we can…