Posts by Andrew Pubalasingam

When we pray for God to “Increase Our Faith”, we often focus on the word increase. But God wanted me to look at the word OUR. There is a massive difference between a borrowed faith and a personal faith. A borrowed faith is when you believe because your parents do or because you grew up in a certain church. But a personal faith is forged when you start asking the hard questions, trying new things, and sharing what you believe.…

In March I had the opportunity to assist in the Kingdom Kids Nissi class. For those of you who don’t know, Nissi is Grades 1-2 class in Kingdom Kids. On this particular day, I got to assist Wes alongside Ben as he taught the class. If you ever want to see a man in his element or as Gabe might say “a fish in water” you should see Wes teach that class. It was like watching curling in the 2026…

In February, I had a chance to speak at our West-End Campus: Mississauga LifeSpring Christian Fellowship (MLCF). It is always refreshing to get a chance to experience a Sunday Service at MLCF. Before I got up to preach my message, I heard 2-3 testimonies of God’s goodness and what He had been doing in the lives of the people at MLCF. When I heard these testimonies from the pulpit, I couldn’t help but think about how encouraging it is to…

For most people, refinement is not a practice one chooses to participate in willfully. However, it is necessary for our spiritual development, especially in this season of “Increasing Our Faith.” The idea of increasing our faith suggests that our previous levels of faith will not suffice in this season. It infers a change in our beliefs and trust in God needs to happen. Refinement is one of the means in which we can change our beliefs and learn to trust…

In this season of life, I’ve been thinking more and more about children. Particularly, my daughter. What will her personality be like? Who will she look like? What will she enjoy doing?  I remember reading a quote that says, “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” ― Angela Schwindt Perhaps I will soon experience this quote in a tangible way and know what it really means. Until then,…

On Sunday we got a chance to hear Abby speak about “Increasing Our Doubt.” Abby has always been unconventional when it comes to the status quo, but that’s why she sees what other people don’t and for that reason she brings a completely different perspective to our pastoral team. In this particular case, Abby talked about increasing our faith through the means of doubt. She shared that it actually takes more faith to believe in God when you have doubts…

When Ryan shared on Sunday that he and Theresa are considering fostering babies under the age of 1 years old from the hours of 5pm to 9am to provide temporary care, I thought two things: I have an infant under the age of 1 years old and she is at her peak fussiness after 5pm. They are typically cranky and want to sleep but don’t know how yet or at least that has been my experience. So, when Ryan and…

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…

As I was reflecting on my Greece trip, one of the things that God brought to my mind was the importance of creating a safe space.  Near the end of the trip, as we were going through the airport, I was stopped a couple times before we had gotten to the security point where I was stopped again and asked, “Where are you from?” This was unusual as normally I just get stopped at security. To be honest with you,…

This past Sunday we got to hear a message from Jon & Gabby (Leaders of Peace House in Greece) and a testimony from Steven & Amanda (members of the LifeSpring family). One of the themes I picked up from both the message and the testimony was the theme of Grace. Jon & Gabby shared their personal testimonies of how God met them in their darkness and brought them out into His wonderful light. They shared about how the grace of…

On Sunday we got to celebrate the baptisms of Abby & Elise. After hearing their public declaration of faith and their confession and commitment to following Jesus Christ, I realized that they had encountered a true and living God. Their testimonies were filled with stories of encounters with the unfailing love of God. Whether it was in the mundane or the hard times, the love of God had impacted them to the point of making a public declaration of faith.…

I had recently flown on a plane and was reminded of the importance of putting your mask on yourself first before assisting others, in case of an emergency. If you’ve ever flown before you know that the context of the above statement is around an emergency situation where the airplane is about to crash. In an event where the airplane is about to crash, oxygen masks are deployed from a compartment above your head and you are asked to put…