Devotions (Page 31)

It’s great to be back at Lifespring! As many of you know, I took a leave of absence from my duties on staff at the church from May to August in order to work on finishing my dissertation (read about that here: https://www.life-spring.org/making-every-effort/). I can gladly say that I now have just over 175 pages of my dissertation written, out of a total of around 225 pages. I’ll be sending a more detailed update and thank-you to the church family…

In a year that we have specifically focused on “For His Name’s Sake”, the Lord has been bringing Lifespring into a much deeper understanding of who He is and what “His Name’s Sake” even means! It has shifted our collective perspective from being focused on our current situations and to considering life from a heavenly one. It has led us to re-examine our motivations when we serve others and to challenge if we are doing things for our own name’s…

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…

Sometimes I can get a little caught up in the details… For example, if I have a major project ahead of me, sometimes I find myself focused on small things like the font or formatting rather than sorting out what the substance of the project will be. Or if I have a big event coming up, rather than figuring out how I will get to the event or how I will get back home, I’ll spend hours figuring out what…

The word “Father” (Abba) in Hebrew is derived from the words source and sustainer. God is referred to as Father over 150 times in the Bible! When God created Adam & Eve, God became the source of Adam & Eve. He built them and gave them life. In order to sustain them he created an atmosphere or environment in which His creation could flourish and thrive. He created and placed both Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden – the garden…

As you may or may not have heard, I, Laura Puiras, have finally obtained my G1 driver’s license!! Whilst that fact has the potential to lead all of us into different forms of prayer and devotion (praise and thanksgiving, fear and trembling, etc.) we’re just going to use it today as a launching pad… The G1 driver’s test is simply a written test that ensures a person knows about the rules of the road, can use critical thinking and simple…

This past Sunday as the mother & son combination shared (Lena & Andrew), it was such a joy to hear and see faith in the family. As Lena shared her journey of faith that God is good in the midst of great challenges – it takes great faith to hang on to God. Lena shared that she has a prodigal son (that many of us know and love) that is far from God – but a son that is still…

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…

Faith and Grace always go together “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:1-2) Grace in Christianity can be generally defined as “God’s unmerited favour towards the unworthy” or “God’s benevolence on the undeserving”. One of Merriam Webster dictionary list defined it…

I won’t lie, this devo was inspired by a song. So if you’re thinking of an Elevation song called, “Same God”… you’re very right to do so! The first time I heard it I was actually a little annoyed by it … it was too wordy and hard to follow and why is it so long?! But, as the Lord often does, the Spirit of God began to shift around and soften my perspective; showing me instead how this song…

We had another privilege of hearing from Pastor Perry yesterday. As Perry was sharing, I couldn’t help but notice 2 important details: As a grandfather, he is amazingly FIT! As a grandfather, he continues to wholeheartedly love God and pursues Him Perry & Catherine have 2 sons and somewhere around 13 grandchildren… They know and love Jesus and continue to be in love with God and with one another. They are a couple that we respect greatly. They are a…

Dear LifeSpring Family By the time you are reading this devotional, we will have landed in Abbotsford International Airport, God willing.  Dorothy and I are on our way to Power To Change’s Staff Conference. This will be the first time in about 4 years since we are together as staff of Power To Change. We are looking forward to reconnecting to over 500 fellow missionaries from all over Canada and some from around the world.  I have included a picture of the…