Posts by Abigail Soon

Come to me [Jesus], all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28-30 As someone who is currently feeling weary and burdened, this passage is very relevant to me. In this season of life, I’ve found it hard to…

Recently, I came across a Bible study, and at first glance, it was uninteresting. I had done similar studies on the topic before, and I wasn’t sure if I’d get anything out of it. However, upon trying it out, there were quite a few points raised that opened it up for discussion, and it did deepen my understanding of the topic. Upon reflecting on the experience, I felt God remind me to not fall into the trap of familiarity or…

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…

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…

I’ve been catching up on our Family Weekend recordings, and one of the main things that stood out for me from Stephen Hawkins’ sessions was when he spoke on the walls that we put up around our hearts. He said that out of our hurt, we put up a wall around our hearts because we don’t want to get hurt again, and when we do, we “lock out” the Holy Spirit from ministering to us. This also hinders our faith…

One of the quotes I’ve heard a lot around LifeSpring is “The longest foot is the distance it takes from something to get from your head to your heart [paraphrased].” Lately, I’ve found that to be true as I’ve been experiencing a lot of what I intellectually know, but haven’t internalized. Let’s take a common phrase: “the Grace of God” – which can be translated to “God’s gift and favor to us that we didn’t and couldn’t earn.” It has…

While we were at last weekend’s Wildfire Retreat, we learned about Father’s Heart as told in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 (you can see Andrew’s recap of it here). I really liked that even though I was a leader, I still learnt a lot from the sessions and youth. My big learning moment was when we focused on the older and younger brother. When the younger son returned home after spending all of his share of…

A few weeks ago, I was struggling to put together a songlist for a worship event I was doing. For those who don’t know, the songlist is the song and order of songs for a worship set. I was having a pretty bad week and was not feeling like I wanted to worship at all, which wasn’t helping with creating the songlist. At around the one-hour mark of wrangling (or strangling) my songlist, I felt the Lord say “[Bring a]…

Trivia Question: What do the movies K-Pop Demon Hunters and Thunderbolts* have in common? Answer: They’re both centered around the concept of shame. (I was also late to the trend and watched both of those movies for the first time last month.) In the movie Thunderbolts*, two of the characters, Yelena and Bob, end up in another dimension comprised out of “rooms” of their most shameful memories. With the help of their teammates, they were able to face their demons…

I’ve been thinking of Hagar lately. For those who don’t know, Hagar was Abraham’s wife Sarah’s slave, with whom Abraham had a son named Ishmael. Hagar and Sarah had a contentious relationship because of that, which led a pregnant Hagar to run away from Sarah. Then, the angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring in the desert, and the angel told Hagar to go back to Sarah and submit to her. The angel also declared that they would…

Lately, I’ve been listening to a song called “Every Morning” by the band Lost & Found. It’s about how God’s mercies are new every morning, and the chorus is based off Lamentations 3:22 – 23: “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.” This is a very well known verse in the church that inspired numerous hymns and worship music. However, the context of this…

“Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw…