Devotions (Page 48)

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.Live in…

Dear LifeSpring Family, What a timely and truthful reminder from Mr. Eric Wee this past Sunday. His sermon entitled “MEE2MEE” challenged me on what my “eyes” are choosing to focus on. Immediately after Eric finished preaching God’s word, I thanked him for his focus on our Lord Jesus Christ in his message. That the vertical is always longer than the horizontal at the cross our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified. That my investment into my relationship with Jesus should require…

For me the cross of Jesus always reminds me of the greatest commandment in Matthew 22:37-39. The vertical represents our relationship with GOD and the horizontal represents our relationship with others. This is also in line with our call as a Kingdom Family: Genuine Love for God and Genuine Love for Others. But first the message of the Cross is JESUS. He was crucified and now the empty Cross shows us that HE is Risen. 18 For the message of the…

A couple of weeks ago, while Gabe was speaking he said something that caught my attention and got me thinking. Gabe was talking about how he wants to make sure that he’s hearing God as well as he can, and being obedient to God as quickly as he can. This week at intercession, pastor Alvin was also sharing about the city-wide prayer meeting he’s organizing. He mentioned that a word that was given to him was, “listen well, obey quickly.”…

Leviticus 26:3-5 (NLT) Blessings for Obedience3 “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. 5 Your threshing season will overlap with the grape harvest, and your grape harvest will overlap with the season of planting grain. You will eat your fill and live securely in your own land. As I was…

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…