Devotions (Page 39)

Have you ever asked yourself, Why Obedience? Why would God ask the most intellectual beings He’s ever created to just simply follow Him and Obey His commands? Aren’t human beings more capable than simply obeying? I mean we have the ability to advance technology far beyond what we can even imagine. We have the ability to come up with ideas like the lightbulb that can change the world forever.  So why simply obedience? Is it a tool to combat our…

Jesus Made Every EffortFor You!!! The Temptation of Jesus4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” 4 But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word…

This week in our Discipleship Group, we were talking about obedience. We’ve made it all the way through Level 1 and I found it so interesting that the final lesson would be on something that almost felt like a loose end? Why end with a lesson that can be so tough and then not have another one lined up for the following week? I think a big part of it is that the lessons leading up to it were filled…

Genesis 12:1-3: “Get yourself up and go…and be a blessing.” December is upon us again! For me, December seems to come around faster and faster every year. I think I notice how quickly time is passing when I browse through photos over the past years. Looking at photos of myself from two years ago, I barely see any change. It feels like the last few years have flown by and I’m more or less the same. On the other hand,…

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…

Anybody else out there feeling a little bit restless lately? Often restlessness happens when you’re in the middle of waiting for something… I’ve heard that, although maybe you’re not feeling quite so sick, the final weeks of pregnancy can be the worst! Women feeling tired of carrying around so much extra weight and discomfort for nearly nine months would do that! But I think one of the things that makes restlessness so frustrating for us, is that even though we’re…

There was a quote that I wrote down from Jon Koh last Sunday that said “We need to make a decision before the temptation, not in the middle of it…” Jon mentioned that making a decision before the temptation keeps you from getting swayed by the circumstances and feelings in the midst of temptations. In my life right now, there are exams and papers that need to be written, requiring a lot of time management and discipline. One thing that…

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…

2 Corinthians 12:9, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” Earlier this month, I had a chance to share at Life-Spring about what God has been teaching me over the past few weeks. Much of what I’ve been learning is around a new opportunity that I’ve taken up this fall. I had a chance to teach a course at Tyndale Seminary this fall semester for the first time.…

Dear LifeSpring Family, The speaker at Power To Change chapel last week spoke on Luke 17:11-19. Most of us are familiar with this passage of our Lord Jesus Christ healing the ten lepers.  Jesus Cleanses Ten Lepers11 On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,[a] who stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to…

When I was a young Christian in the 80’s, the wise words of a church elder in our small group (Danny Chia) made an indelible mark on my heart which has served as a safeguard for my soul to this day: “As soon as you think you will never fall into a particular sin or temptation, you are already vulnerable.” (Probably not verbatim, but that was the essence of what he said.) It served to help me embrace my fragile…

Jireh by Elevation & Maverick City has been looping through my brain for the last few weeks. Every time I listen to it, I feel like the Lord reveals new layers throughout! It’s filled with references to Scripture that bring comfort and build up faith; God reveals areas in my life where I need to be growing in trust as I release “control” of them; my true identity in Christ is called out; layers upon layers of God’s love and…