Devotions

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…

We had a wonderful privilege of hearing from Mae-Tuin Seto. Mae-Tuin shared that in her time of serving the LifeSpring family, God has been faithful. From little steps of obedience, to breakthrough moments, God has been doing more than she could have ever asked or imagined. As Mae-Tuin was sharing, the Lord impressed upon my heart her real, raw, and transparent feelings. Mae-Tuin shared pictures and moments of tremendous victories. We see young people while they were just toddlers, becoming…

While we were at last weekend’s Wildfire Retreat, we learned about Father’s Heart as told in the Parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 (you can see Andrew’s recap of it here). I really liked that even though I was a leader, I still learnt a lot from the sessions and youth. My big learning moment was when we focused on the older and younger brother. When the younger son returned home after spending all of his share of…

Dear LifeSpring Family, I am writing this letter to you from our Wildfire Retreat. If you are reading this we have either arrived safely from our Wildfire retreat or something has gone terribly wrong and these are my last words. Tell Jen and Maya I love them!  Just kidding, we arrived safely and things went as God had intended. We had a great time! We learned together, played together and cooked/cleaned together. It was a family affair! Our theme for…

We had a wonderful privilege of hearing from the Amecet team this past Sunday. As the LifeSpring family we count it a privilege to partner with Amecet and to be a part of what God is doing in and through them. The message contains sensitive material, so the recording is not posted publicly. If you would like to get a recording of the message, please contact a member of the pastoral team directly. As the team was speaking the Lord…

Dear LifeSpring Family, The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Luke 17:5–6(ESV) The disciples’ request, “Increase our faith,” came after Jesus taught them about forgiveness. He told them that if a brother sins against them and repents—even seven times in one day—they were to forgive…

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…

Last Sunday, we had the pleasure of hearing from Mari Muthu, a missionary from India that LifeSpring supports. I had a chance to spend some time with Muthu and hear more about YWAM’s ministry (Youth With a Mission), which is so needed in a place like Mumbai, where Muthu ministers. Mumbai is the commercial and financial center of India. It is also the home of Bollywood, which is the massive Indian film industry that is well-known globally. However, approximately half of Mumbai’s…

A few weeks ago, I was struggling to put together a songlist for a worship event I was doing. For those who don’t know, the songlist is the song and order of songs for a worship set. I was having a pretty bad week and was not feeling like I wanted to worship at all, which wasn’t helping with creating the songlist. At around the one-hour mark of wrangling (or strangling) my songlist, I felt the Lord say “[Bring a]…

Back when I was in university, one of the first jobs I had was working as an admin assistant at Power to Change (used to be called Campus Crusade for Christ Canada). I worked in the President’s Office there, which is the part of Power to Change that dealt with the overall vision for P2C. At the time, P2C was going through a process called “retooling and strategic planning.” My boss was working with a consulting company that was helping…

Every year we are required by law to have an Annual General Meeting (AGM). It is a necessary gathering to inform the church of the numbers, budgets, metrics, and overall analysis of the church. And although it may seem like nuisance at times, it has become a forced reminder for the church family to review God’s faithfulness! We can even see the growth and evolution of the church family. This was Josh Siu’s first time presenting the data as the…

The other day I was meditating on one of our previous memory verses. It said: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:9-10 (NIV) The mention…