Devotions (Page 30)

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…

It is always a joy to hear Pastor Alvin speak. Alvin & Patricia continue to serve the Lord through MissionGTA and through the many relationships they have across churches, denominations, and countries. As Pastor Alvin was sharing yesterday about change, I felt the Lord wanted to highlight to the church family the main line: Do you want to be BITTER or BETTER? The only difference between the two is the “I”. Change is unavoidable. In fact, the only guarantee in…

Dear LifeSpring Family, As I was reading the Daily Bread (Wednesday, September 20th), a portion of the devotion was really challenging my spirit. “When Jesus asked a Samaritan woman for a drink of water—implying He’d drink from what she fetched from the well—He changed her life. She was surprised by His request. Jews looked down on Samaritans. But Jesus said, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have…

The seasons they are a-changin’ once more! Somehow, today is the final day of summer. I promise I’m not just trying to be cruel by reminding all of you about that… and, thankfully, the beginning of a Toronto autumn can still feel quite a bit like summer! I was in a meeting last week and the lady who was facilitating it was talking about change. She chuckled as she asked how many of us like change and feel we do…

This past spring, the church family memorized 1 John 3:16-18 for our quarterly memory verse. During the month of September, the pastoral team has also been fasting together as we do listening prayer to prepare for the new year in January. As I spent some time thinking about the new year, the memory verse above from 1 John 3 came to mind. I think this verse gives us some clues about what God is up to in the Lifespring family,…

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”…

If you have ever had back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, leg pain, basically any bodily pain you know that there is much discomfort in your body. As I embarked on a journey to discover why my back/neck/shoulders were consistently a discomfort I found myself at a chiropractor. After some x-rays, tests, and general ‘cracking’ – he told me that my neck and spine were slightly off and that an adjustment plan was needed. To be honest, I was a…

Dear LifeSpring Family, What a blessing to be a part of yesterday’s baby dedication of four beautiful babies. I love baby dedications because they bring so much hope for all of us in LifeSpring. Thank you for the opportunity to share what God is doing in Thailand and Singapore. And thank you for partnering with God through us for what he was to do in Thailand and Singapore. As I shared with many of you yesterday, for the past several…

This morning I saw an amazing video clip of an elderly Italian woman discovering the mystery and wonder of Google Home for the first time (you can watch it here below). Her younger family members were coaching her on how to activate it and then giving her ideas of what to ask… her shock when the little speaker in front of her told her the weather in her hometown was hilarious! The captions that went along with it were comparing…

It was wonderful to be with Ray, Kevin, and Andrea last Sunday as they took the step to be baptized and publicly declare their faith and commitment to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It was great to see so many faces old and new as we celebrated this major step in their lives and gathered with friends and family. One of my favorite parts of the baptism were the testimonies that Ray, Kevin, and Andrea shared. There was so…

Baptism is a public declaration that the one being baptized fully submits and agrees to the teaching and ways of the name in which you are baptized under. In this case – the act of baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is declaring to the world that you believe and will obey the ways of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.  Baptism also has a significant spiritual impact. As one comes…

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…