Devotions (Page 14)

A seed can only become fruitful when it is placed in the right environment. The seed carries the purpose, potential, and fruit within – but it is the environment that activates that seed to be all that it is called to be. When we look at the creation of the world and man, we see that God was very intentional about creating the environment before creating the product (Genesis 1). Before God created the fish of the seas, He created…

Dear LifeSpring Family, In preparation for my upcoming mission trip to Thailand, I am preparing a sermon to preach at our friend Suwit’s church.  Fun fact: Several of our church members have been to Suwit’s church, Mahapawn Rangsit Church (MRC), and Pastor Alvin and our Chair of our Board, Leona, both have preached in this church.  A couple of months ago, I was at an event hosted by the Canadian Bible Society. At this event, Andrew Ollerton from the UK Bible Society shared the passage…

Rather than give you a synopsis of my message on Sunday, I’d like to invite you into the process that brought about the conception of this message. On May 4th, 2025 Gabe spoke on Seeds. He mentioned that some of the keys to bearing fruit are:  For more context, watch the sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/e6TICp9m06U?si=IQsWHQ0mgf2kZZ4_ Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you about which one of these “needs of a seed” sticks out to you. If one or more catches your…

We get tested many times in our lives. Whether you have had good or bad experiences with them in school, tests are helpful in gauging your understanding of various subjects throughout life. God tests us too. Unlike the hypothetical situation where a guy buys 100 watermelons and you have to figure out how many seats there are in the car, God doesn’t just ask us if we think we would do something. Instead, he puts us in situations where we…

In asking the Lord what to write for this devo, I got this verse: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.  – Galatians 1:10 I thought, “But what will people think of this?”, immediately proving His point. I very often fall into people pleasing and seeking others’ approval because it…

To all the moms and women in Lifespring who serve others so generously and in countless ways – we want to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day. I think for many of us, as we think back on our own spiritual journey, we can name women and spiritual mothers in our lives who made an impact on us, prayed for us, and nurtured our faith. So for all the ways that mothers care and serve and love, we want to…

In the world of mental health, self-care is vital to the wellbeing of an individual. Self-care can be defined as the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health. Self-care involves exploring one’s mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and social dimensions in order to find out where adjustments and improvements need to be made in their life.  Some self-care practices for mental health include regular exercise, eating healthy, prioritizing sleep and relaxing activities, practicing gratitude and staying connected…

Dear LifeSpring Family, Please read Acts Chapter 8 and ask the Holy Spirit to speak what He needs you to hear to you.  That is my devotion for today.  Just kidding. Allow me to share what the Holy Spirit is impressing on me.  Fruitfulness may require you stepping away from fruitful ministry.  You see, in Acts 8, Philip and the disciples were having a tremendously fruitful ministry sharing the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ in Samaria. Philip was rocking it and…

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. – Genesis 1:11-12 These words are found in the formation and foundation of the earth. God spoke these words not as random…

I was helping a kid play keyboard on the worship team. He had taken piano lessons for a while, but never tried this kind of piano playing in worship, so this was his first time playing with the worship team. He was struggling to follow the worship leader, and at one point, he was apologizing for his “bad playing.” This brought me back to when I first starting playing keyboard for worship. I was pretty young with some piano lessons…

This past Sunday we got to witness the second youth-led Wildfire Sunday in LifeSpring history. From worship to ushering, Holy Communion to announcements, and testimony sharing to speaking the message, we are so proud of what Wildfire has been able to accomplish and how they have been growing individually and as a group. It’s hard to believe that 5-10 years ago, some of those same kids were running around, terrorizing what we now call our Jireh and Rapha classes (Gr.…

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. – 2 Corinthians 12:9 When we offer our obedience out of love for God, we allow his grace to perfect our weakness. It is from this place of weakness that we share in his strength, and it is from his strength that we are fruitful. The…