Posts from 2026 (Page 2)

It’s so cool to see the next generation of our youth start to join Wildfire. As they begin to learn and grow in their faith, they are given opportunities to stretch themselves and serve alongside others. Last Sunday, there was a Kingdom Kids shepherds meeting after service to gather, pray, and encourage one another. Six of our Wildfires joined us and at the end of the meeting, we did a listening prayer exercise together. As the shepherds and Wildfires grouped…

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the TESTING of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4 One of the deceptions that the enemy has convinced us of is that trials is the result of sin. When things are not going the way we think they should be going, we automatically think that…

As I read through Job 28, I began to have a better understanding of the scripture in Proverbs 9:10 NIV: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the holy one is understanding. In Job 28, Job talks about how wisdom cannot be found by humanity. No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living. Job‬ ‭28‬:‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬. It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the…

Happy fall season! It’s hard to believe how quickly summer passed this year. At TLCF, it felt like July and August were pretty packed, with something happening almost every weekend. Between retreats, food hub barbeques, missionary visits, the summer Kingdom Kids program, and events like visiting the Cummer Lodge seniors home, the summer flew by week after week. For some of us, the fall may bring some relief knowing that we can return to our normal routines. But for many…

Dear LifeSpring Family, We all experience fear in our lives, and in fact, we should. Healthy fear is what keeps us out of danger and alive. However, there is a profound difference between healthy and unhealthy fear—between good fear and bad fear. In Romans 8:15–17 (ESV), scripture reminds us: For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The…

Happy back to school. For parents, that likely means busier schedules and lots of driving to school and extracurricular activities. For students, it means classes and (hopefully not) endless stacks of homework. And for everyone else, it’s a very noticeable increase in traffic and commute time. It’s the start of an exciting and increasingly busy time for a lot of us, myself included. In the middle of the busyness of going back to school and preparing for our Kingdom Kids…

A lot of times in our faith, we ask God for more; more presence, more favor, more funds. We might be feeling impatient because what we have been praying for has not been given. What we might have is the faith to ask for more, but not the capacity we need to receive or sustain it. I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. But I will not drive…

For everyone who was able to participate last Sunday for our end of summer BBQ, we’re glad you could join us! If you brought along a dish, thank you for sharing your delicious food and making our meal special. It was a great time of connecting with friends old and new, to do one of the things that we do best as a Kingdom family–eat together! Over the past season, the leadership team at LifeSpring has been revisiting our vision for…

Have you ever wondered how great songs are made? One of the things I’ve noticed with music is that great music seems to capture the raw emotions of the writer and stimulate them in others. In a book I’ve been reading, the author shared a conversation he had with a worship song writer Cody Carnes. You might know him as the guy on “The Blessings Song” from 2020, or perhaps you may know his song, “Nothing Else”, one of my…

Keeping one’s faith can be difficult. Believing in the unseen, believing in goodness in the midst of darkness. It is hard to keep your faith. It is especially difficult when we don’t see things happen the way we expect things to happen. Faith dwindles because it seems our prayers are unanswered. Strong faith becomes questionable faith, small becomes little faith, and if we are not careful, we can even lose our faith. How then do we hold onto faith? How…

Often when we think of worship, we think about songs of praise. However, worship can be anything that honors and shows reverence to God. Worship can look like seeing God’s hand in creation and responding with awe and gratitude, spending time with God in prayer, or trusting God with an uncertain circumstance. Worship plays a significant role in spiritual warfare. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of…

This past week, I tuned in to this global church conference livestream, and one of the things that stood out was this short video that was played near the end. It’s a song written by the Indonesian attendees for the Japanese church. One of their lyrics was “We kept the shape but lost the heart.” I think it resonated with me because sometimes we try to “keep the shape” in the sense of conforming to norms of society or what…