Posts by Andrea Soon

Auntie Mae-Tuin recently shared about her journey of increasing her faith as she served in her calling to missions close to home (an amazing message, you can listen to it here). Her message was so nostalgic for me because much of what she shared about were huge parts of my childhood; whether it was choosing to serve in and run our children’s ministry at the beginning (before it was called Kingdom Kids) or opening her and Uncle Dave’s home once…

So you’ve spent some time with the Lord and what you sensed God calling you towards is something you have no skill or experience in. Like at all. Congratulations! You wouldn’t be the first. Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” Exodus 4:10 Moses was standing in front of a burning-not-burning-up bush, which God…

We had a Kingdom Kids themed Intercession a few Sundays ago, and as we were praying together a phrase that came up was this: “Effort is not wasted”. There is a lot of effort invested in Kingdom Kids; our shepherds put a lot of time, energy, and love into our kids! Though they play an enormous part in planting seeds in the next generation, it doesn’t always feel that way every Sunday. Somedays (and depending on the classroom, most days)…

When my family and I were travelling in Asia last month, one of the places we stayed at smelled faintly of cigarette smoke. The smell was stronger in some places than others and seemed to come out of the vents, but we ignored it as we started to organize our things and settle into the room. The longer we stayed in the room the less noticeable the smell was, but in one spot it was so strong that we ended…

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…