Posts by Andrea Soon

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…

I was listening to a few of our Family Weekend recordings this week, which you can access through the links below: Stephen Hawkins – Session 1: Where is Your Faith Stephen Hawkins – Session 2: Fighting for Your Faith Stephen Hawkins – Session 3: Live by Faith Stephen Hawkins – Session 4: From Fear to Faith Stephen Hawkins – Session 5: People of Faith As I was listening to Session 1: Where is Your Faith? the thing that stood out…

This year’s theme for our family weekend’s children’s program was the Armor of God from Ephesians 6. Throughout five sessions, our kids learned about the belt of truth, the shoes of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit. I led the younger class (ages 4-7) and as it turns out, the fundamentals of truth, faith, and salvation are a little too deep for that group. As the weekend went on, the priority…

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…