Posts by Andrea Soon

This past Sunday, we got to see Wildfire, our youth group, run our Sunday service, doing everything from leading worship to Holy Communion to sharing announcements and running media and ushering. They put in effort to practice and prepare, and they did an amazing job! In particular, it was really incredible to see how far the worship team has come since the beginning, when Andrew first started leading Wildfire with Sam Lai. Back then, Andrew encouraged that generation of Wildfire…

Recently, I was reminded that the characteristics we attribute to God hold true in all seasons, comfortable ones and challenging ones. With so many things happening in our world today, globally and personally, God remains unchanged and is still worthy of our worship. It’s easy to forget the nature of who God is or think He is far, but challenge does not mean the absence of God. Part of the process of Increasing Our Faith is trusting that God is…

It was encouraging to see LifeSpring surround and pray for a member of the church family during our Sunday service who was going through a difficult time in their life, because it directly reflects who we are as a church. LifeSpring is blessed to be a blessing and seeks to have genuine love for God and genuine care for others in the good and the bad. Though it wasn’t a normal occurrence in our service, how the church family chose…

One thing Pastor Anita spoke on earlier in February was that in increasing our faith, there will be tests and challenges because God is looking for someone He can trust. God has certain assignments for us to do, and He gives us grace to do them, but there are criteria; and thus, testing for it. You can watch her full message here. You might have felt it already; this year is starting to feel less like an increase in faith…

I had slowly stopped reading my Bible. What started out as occasional, sporadic missed days turned into bigger gaps in my week until it flatlined completely. I hadn’t even noticed. I also hadn’t been listening to worship music as often as I had before. Something else I hadn’t noticed. What I did notice was that something was different, though for a while I couldn’t figure out what. When I realized what had changed in my routine, I realized that it…

During Intercession this past Sunday, Andrew led us to seek the Lord and practice listening prayer. As he was detailing the outline of listening prayer, step 2 of this process stood out to me. How to practice listening prayer: Step 1: Ask God to give you direction in “_________ – anything you want” Step 2: Tell Him that you are willing to do whatever He tells you – and mean it! … (Steps 3-5 have been cut for concision, but…

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to listen to Andrew’s sermon: Increase Our Faith. One of the things he mentioned was that we do not need more information to step out in our faith. There are many examples of this in the bible (Andrew mentioned Abram’s travels); I came across one in 1 Samuel 3; when the Lord called Samuel. Samuel was a boy who assisted Eli the priest in the temple of the Lord, given into this service…

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…

It’s getting to everyone’s favorite time of the year again, January; the month where we revisit everything that happened over the past year and set new goals while recovering from Christmas and New Year festivities. This is also the time that our church does a month-long fast to pray for guidance and direction for the next year. As I was thinking about this coming period of fasting, I realized that no matter what I end up choosing to fast, big…

Earlier last week, I felt prompted to pause and read my bible. My gut response was to reluctantly put down what I was holding and pick up my bible, which was close by. There’s a corner in my home with bean bags, pillows, and a blanket where I usually read my bible and do listening prayer, but today I avoided it because sometimes I’m there for an hour. I didn’t have an hour. Today was a flip-to-some-random-page-skim-it-and-pray-something-relevant sort of day.…

Something I was reminded of was that, while we see the outside, God sees and cares about the inside. … The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7b An example of this comes from John 4, when Jesus meets a Samaritan woman by a well: Now he [Jesus] had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot…

It was so special to hear Abby and Elise’s testimonies and see them get baptized this past Sunday! I had grown up with both of them in the church and, in the years leading up to their baptisms, had gotten to see different parts of their journey and how they led up to that moment. One of the things that stood out from what they shared was how they found safe space in the church. You can hear their testimonies…