Devotions (Page 34)

What a great privilege it was to have Leona Lee, our Chair of the Board of Directors, share with the church family. Her testimony, journey, and continued story is a testimony of loving God and making every effort to live it out daily. In our journey of maturity we begin to see the things that are not aligned to God (Psalm 139:23-24), we begin to be sensitive to His voice and his convictions of where we need to align with…

Dear LifeSpring Family, A few months ago, I was at the autobody shop to get the side mirror on my car fixed. The shop came highly recommended. And it did not disappoint as I had a very good conversation with the owner, Jack. Jack like myself is an immigrant to Canada but unlike myself, he is not from Singapore but immigrated from Armenia. Soon our conversation turned into spiritual matters and how he believes that God has guided and continues…

After hearing Peggy’s message last Sunday and her sharing about learning how to rest, I was reminded of the importance of resting in the presence of the Lord. One of things I’ve noticed about myself is that I tend to get burnt out really easily. As I was praying to God for strength for another day, He began to speak to me about how I use my time and energy. It’s important to rest but it’s just as important to…

We had the privilege of hearing from Peggy Leung share her testimony and how God has been working in her family’s life. As Peggy was sharing, she showed a picture of the lifecycle of a butterfly and the different seasons of life (Caterpillar – Cocoon – Butterfly). And she said something that I felt the Lord wanted to highlight: “The caterpillar does not try to be the butterfly and the butterfly does not try to be the caterpillar”. How strange…

I was struck this week by the importance of going to God with more than questions… Asking questions and generally choosing curiosity over certainty is something I really value and think is an important shift for Christians to make. Especially those of us who have been Christians for many years! Our tendency can often be to rehearse certainty and to remind ourselves of what we know to be true. Which can be really great and faith-building in a lot of…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I wanted to share with you my latest memory verse in today’s devotions. It is a verse if not all, most of you have heard it before and some of you have even memorized it. The verse is 1 Chronicles 4:10 Wait for it…………… “Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from…

In 2018, our Hope Deacon – Joshua Wee – brought up the idea of giving winter & summer care packages. It was birthed when Josh saw a man asking for help at a routine red light. God gave him an idea that the church has adopted and will continue to adopt – to always have something to give, to simply care. As a confession, whenever I would see a person at a red light in need, my immediate reaction was…

Today I’d like to offer you a concept that you may or may not be familiar with. It goes like this: “Fear is a feeling just like every other feeling.” My agenda today is to strip down all power and authority we have consciously or unconsciously given to the idea, the feeling, the reason and even the spirit of fear. The world has used fear to control many narratives of the people and ideas of the world and we have…

Growing up, we always had pancakes on Saturdays. But not just any pancakes – Finnish pancakes! Instead of being thick and fluffy, like Canadian ones, Finnish pancakes are more like crepes. They’re much larger and thinner and even more delicious… in my opinion at least. All of this was my dad’s doing. He would mix the batter and fry up our pancake feast for us and even as we got older and started to try making them ourselves, it was…

My recent experience of a broken wrist has taught me some valuable lessons about brokenness. Most of all, God wanted me to remember His loving desire to heal and restore what’s broken and wounded. He proactively provided for that by creating our bodies with an amazing ability to heal! The more I learn about how broken bones heal, the more amazed I am by the way our Creator God designed our bodies to form new bone tissue to bridge the…

Dear LifeSpring Family, As I was reading today’s Daily Bread (July 18th) devotions, I was reminded and challenged. Reminded of our practice of doing Holy Communion every Sunday. And challenged my reasons for celebrating Holy Communion together every Sunday. The scripture reading for today’s Daily Bread devotions was from John 6:25-35. 25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly,  truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate  your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that  perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son  of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”  28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of  God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you  believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then  what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?  31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is  written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said  to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the  bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from  heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven  and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this  bread always.” 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me  shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. As you read the holy scriptures, please do some listening prayer…

One of the things that God brought to my attention was the way we treat others. I think it is safe to say that most of us, if not all, treat people well when everything is copacetic. When we’re all on the same page, when we’re all in agreement, when we’re all getting along but what God was challenging me on multiple fronts was to not punish people for their pain.  When God was speaking to me about this He…