Devotions (Page 53)

“…and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:5 In Finland during the winters, people will create something called a ‘lumilyhty’ which directly translates into English as a ‘snow lantern’. You make a whole bunch of snowballs, all the same size, and then pile them up to build what looks like a mini fort or tower. Once you have built…

Hi LifeSpring Family, As I was spending time with the Lord today and thinking about 2020. We all can agree that it has been challenging for all of us and very challenging for some of us. Dealing with the feelings of isolation. And trying to do a good job at work under pandemic circumstances can tire me out emotionally. I thank God for today’s Bible Study Fellowship lesson on Noah and the flood. Noah and his family spent 1 year…

Romans 5:1-5 NIVTherefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured…

Scripture: Hebrews 11 (NIV)  As I spent my time reading Hebrews 11, titled “Faith in Action,” I was inspired by the many acts of faith and with the help of the Holy Spirit I was able to extract some “gems” of faith. I’d like to share these “gems” that stood out to me and hopefully they will help you in your faith journey. Let’s start with what faith is: In Hebrews 11:1 it says, “Now faith is confidence in what…

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s…

The topic of suffering is not one that we talk about often in the church. Part of the reason for this might be because there are some assumptions that the more pious or righteous we are, the less we suffer. This simply isn’t true! The story of Job illustrates this well. Job is a righteous man (Job 1:1) who goes through some tremendous suffering. He loses all his wealth, children, and health in a short time, and is so broken…

Spend some time reading and reflecting on this poem by Hanna Glover: OUR JOURNEYBy Hanna Glover We meet again,in the stillness of my soul.I hear a door openand footsteps come toward me. Here we are again,here I have come again,waiting for you. In beds of flowers and leaves,I rest.I am choosing to remember thatI was made to be lovedand I was made to just be. I followed you across fields,mountains and lakes.I have never tasted anythinglike this valley I have…

Dear LifeSpring Family, This past Sunday we were blessed to have Fern Chapman preaching to us. She reminded us to be obedient Christians. She also encouraged us to hear the voice of God. This reminded me of the words of our Lord Jesus Christ in the book of John Chapter 10 – I Am the Good Shepherd. 1“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that…

Having grown up with memory verses in Sunday School, as well as in my Bible classes at school-school (shout out to NTCS!), meant that there are certain phrases that have made themselves at home in my memory banks… Every now and then they pop into the forefront of my mind and it happened again the other day! I was in the backyard enjoying some fresh air and realized that the flowers I’d been caring for way back in August were…

Psalm 50:23“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honours Me; And to him who orders his way arightI shall show the salvation of God.”    – NASB The life that pleases Me is a life lived in the gratitude of grace,always choosing to walk with Me in what is right.This is the sacrifice I desire from you.If you do this, more of my salvationwill unfold for you.”       – The Passion Translation The theme for today’s devotion “Sacrifice of Thanksgiving” is adapted…

I hope you all had a wonderful time with your family during the Thanksgiving weekend. If you missed Sunday’s message you can find it on youtube:  October 11 – https://youtu.be/XXdHmTs1k-4 After hearing the message about thanksgiving, I hope you would include these in your thoughts of Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving is a sign of Maturity Read Job 1 – Pay attention to his response to God  Thanksgiving is a weapon Read 2 Chronicles 20:15-22 – Notice how the battle was won, not…

2 Peter 1:5-8: “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” At Life-Spring, we’re now on our third memory verse for the year.…