Posts from 2026 (Page 9)

Dear LifeSpring Family, Dorothy and I recently finished studying the Book of Esther in our Bible Study Fellowship program. Most of us are familiar with Esther’s declaration, “If I perish, I perish.” However, before making this heroic statement, she took practical steps found in Esther 4:15–16 (ESV): “Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, ‘Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three…

LifeSpring’s purpose for 2026 is Increase Our Faith. A good example of this is in Esther 4, when Queen Esther is asked to plead for the lives of her people. Just before this chapter, an official order had been issued so that–on a certain day–enemies of the Jews could attack and destroy them, taking everything that they owned. Esther had kept her Jewish identity a secret so far, but when she learned about this plot from her cousin, Mordecai, she…

My family and I had the privilege of going to Singapore & Malaysia with the grandparents, and we were able to see our family’s history and how they lived. I saw Nancy’s (my mother-in-law’s) family home and the treacherous journey she would take everyday to get to school. It was a little town, which meant that 50 years ago it was a little village. I asked one of the uncles what they did for fun as kids, and he told…

I was recently updating my resume and was struck by now much I’ve changed and grown in the last few years. My resume was a snapshot and a great reminder of where I was 3-4 years ago while in the process of graduating highschool and being very uncertain about my direction in life. There are days where I don’t feel like I’m growing at all, and sometimes it helps me to take a look back in hindsight to remember how…

As we enter into the first weeks of January, I hope this new year has been off to a good start for you. For many people, the new year feels like a natural time to start things fresh and maybe try something new. Of course, that’s partly because December is a great time to let ourselves go and enjoy, and I hope you had a chance to do that as well over the Christmas season! But this is the time…

As we enter into this new season of Increasing Our Faith, the Lord highlighted two things for us this year. One was what we don’t need and the other was what we do need this year. What we don’t need for this year is more information. Everything that we need to increase our faith this year will come from the Lord. Our job is not to gather more information but rather to step out in faith on what the Lord…

Dear LifeSpring Family, Wishing you all a happy, healthy, and hopeful 2026! Dorothy and I recently finished our One Year Chronological Bible reading plan. As we searched for a new plan, we came across “The Bible with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel, Classic Version 2026.” On the first day, Nicky Gumbel discusses the common New Year’s resolutions many of us make and often struggle to maintain. As children of our heavenly Father, we are reminded that through our Lord Jesus Christ,…