Devotions (Page 47)

This world is in need of Kindness. Simple acts in the hands of a powerful God can make great and lasting impact. Last year, Lifespring sowed $20,000 into the Greece refugee camps through Operation Mobilization. Please take time to read the fruit of this act of kindness. If you are strong at this time – carry another. If you are weak at this time – its ok – ask for help. But in everything, be kind.

If you’ve been keeping up with our Devotions, you might have noticed some themes beginning to emerge. (If you’re like a certain father-to-be, LifeGroup leader who hates reading, I’ll fill you in, don’t worry :P)  The Pastoral Team, without even planning to, keep encouraging us to be praying more and to be seeking new perspectives on our current situations – to set our minds on things above. There seems to be a new sense of urgency rising for each of…

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…

2020 & 2021 FinancesGod is so good. In the midst of a pandemic year our tithes increased! We felt the Lord leading us to GIVE, before the pandemic. In being obedient no matter the circumstance, Lifespring gave a record ~40% of all spending was through our Missions & Hope ministries. We continue to focus on being a blessing in 2021. If you would like detailed documents of the 2020 & 2021 financial statements, please feel free to email gabe@life-spring.org and…

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NIV)13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. As I reflect on my journey of Making Every Effort to Grow in Maturity, I am reminded that testing is part of the process. I cannot know if I’ve grown, if…

John 7:37-38: On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted,“All who are thirsty should come to me!     All who believe in me should drink! As the scriptures said concerning me,        Rivers of living water will flow out from within him.” I always love when Donna comes to speak to us! I’ve personally been blessed from all the words she shared with the Life-Spring family over the years, and last Sunday was…

Having Donna come speak to the Lifespring family is always such a blessing. There are so many “nuggets” of gold (words of wisdom) as she speaks and in doing so we will all be encouraged and challenged in some way. As Donna was sharing yesterday, I felt the Holy Spirit focus my attention on what I believe God wants to build up in the house of Lifespring. In 2019 – Wanda Foss helped to put words into what we already…

This week during intercession, I had a vision that resonated deep in my spirit, something that I believe is a correction from the Lord and something I believe we as a family need to take heed. Months back, I felt like God had put a bubble of protection around the Lifespring family. Like in the days of Egypt, though the plagues ravaged the land and Egyptians, the people of Israel were protected. By the grace of God, Lifespring has been…

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…

With the Easter weekend still fresh in our hearts and minds (some of us still enjoying that final day off) let’s pause for a moment to reflect on what all of it means for us. On Good Friday, as we read through the accounts of Jesus’ final days & hours before his crucifixion, we considered the cost of love. We picture Jesus hunched over in a secluded garden, travailing in prayer while his disciples sleep nearby. We see Jesus passed…

Exodus 40 – Setting Up the Tabernacle, as the title states, is on the setting up of the Tabernacle and upon completion the glory of the Lord falling upon it. It gives us a detailed account of how the Lord wanted Moses to set up the Tabernacle and what exact he needed to do. Moses was setting up all the pieces that were required from the Lord for the Tabernacle. He was diligent in his setting up of the Tabernacle,…

Proverbs 9:7-107 Whoever instructs the cynic gets insulted;whoever corrects the wicked gets hurt.8 Don’t correct the impudent, or they will hate you;correct the wise, and they will love you.9 Teach the wise, and they will become wiser;inform the righteous, and their learning will increase.10 The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord;the knowledge of the holy one is understanding. Last year around this time, Ontario went into lockdown and all schools shut down. Our older daughter Sophia was…