Posts by Jerry Chee (Page 3)

Dear LifeSpring, On my recent mission trip to Thailand and Singapore, I had a coffee meeting with a friend. He was excited to share with me the book he recently wrote. The book was about his life and how God played a central role in his life. In his book, he also shared a letter that his wife wrote to him. In her letter, among other things, she blessed him with the scripture found in Psalm 128, encouraging him with the…

Dear LifeSpring Family, Allow me to share an encouragement that I shared recently on my mission trip to Thailand. I was given the opportunity to share with my fellow sisters and brothers from Thailand Campus Crusade For Christ in Bangkok. The Lord led me to share from Nahum 1:7:  “The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.” I felt that the Lord wanted to remind them and us that “He knows those (us) who take refuge in him.” I don’t know about you, but sometimes as…

Dear LifeSpring Family, One of the several verses that we memorized as a church family is the Jewish prayer called The Shema from Deuteronomy 6:4-9: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. It reminds and challenges us to teach and pass down our faith in Christ to our children. What are you modeling in your faith in Christ to your children? 1. Model a faith in Christ that fears the Lord. 2. Model a faith in Christ…

Dear LifeSpring Family, This past Sunday, Dorothy and I were blessed to be a part of our LifeSpring family in Mississauga. While worshipping with our sisters and brothers, the Holy Spirit led me to read Psalms 92:13-15 aloud to them.  “13  They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God. 14  They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, 15  to declare that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.” From the multi-generational worship team to the ladies who put on an unbelievable dinner spread, the whole body of Christ was on display. I was even surprised to hear that Pastor Eric added to his long…

Dear LifeSpring Family As another school year starts, it is also the start of another Bible Study Fellowship year. This year we will be studying the book of John in the bible. Recently I received a welcome email from our Men’s BSF leader, reminding me of the BSF 4-fold method of studying God’s word as shown below.  “The BSF 4-fold method of studying God’s word.  First, through the daily teaching from the Holy Spirit as you complete the daily questions on your questions…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I was listening to Timothy Keller’s podcast where he was teaching about the four truths about Jesus in John 11. This is the chapter that retells the story of Jesus raising His friend, Lazarus from the dead. Shalom and grace upon grace.Jerry

Dear LifeSpring Family, I have been reading, thinking, memorizing and meditating on Psalm 121: A Song of Ascents.I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? 2 My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is your…

Dear LifeSpring Family, Recently, I have been working at my dining room table instead of at my standing desk in my office. There are two pictures (attached) on the wall by the dining table. The two pictures are of the words “believe and hope” in Chinese characters. The Holy Spirit was speaking to me as I gazed upon the two pictures. Do I really believe what I say I believe? This was connected to the verse that I was reading…

Dear LifeSpring Family, In the past several months, I have been mulling over this question of, “Am I a Christian who prays or am I a praying Christian?” I think I heard this question/challenge in one of P2C’s weekly staff chapel time. It got me thinking about my approach to my prayer life. After much thought and listening to God, I have come to see that I am neither. I have come to see myself on the continuum between a Christian who…

Dear LifeSpring Family, As we just celebrated Father’s Day, I would like to take the opportunity to honor and appreciate all the fathers in LifeSpring while reflecting on the ultimate Father—the one who is the source of all love and goodness, our Heavenly Father. In the embrace of a father’s love, we catch a glimpse of God’s unwavering care and protection. Let us celebrate the fathers who have walked alongside us, and remember the Father in heaven who loves us…

Dear LifeSpring Family, Recently, as I was doing my scripture memory verses, Ephesians 2:10 spoke to me. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. After reminding us that we are all saved by grace and not of our own doing, Paul tells us in verse 10 that we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus. And we all know that God and our Lord Jesus…

Dear LifeSpring Family A few weeks ago, I finished a course that was offered to us missionaries in Power To Change. Soul Care taught and reminded me to look deeply and care for my soul. In doing this, it brought to the surface the pride in my life that I still default to when hard pressed.  Below is the devotion from Soul Care that challenged the way I sometimes think and operate – Pretend, Presume and Push.  How about you? …