C. S. Lewis was so wise and practical. Thank God for creating and equipping him to write wonderful stories and essays. His talks on the BBC radio during WWII were a blessing.

This article link about Rees Howell (intercessor in Wales during World War II) is inspiring about building our faith and how our prayers can make a powerful difference during a global crisis.
https://www.jhopdc.com/rees-howells-part-1

Amen, so true. We, the body of Christ, are to be doing as Christ did; busy about our Father’s business.

This morning, Sunday morning, just like many of you, I’m usually busy getting prepared for church.

But today’s different. Haven’t turned on the lights, queued the mic, set out the signs or prepared a message…haven’t even gotten dressed.

They said, church was canceled due to corona.

I’d probably be sad. I could easily be discouraged.

But last night, my daughter called.

We talked. We prayed. We shared scared…an hour and twenty-one minutes later, we hung up.

I stared at the phone and smiled with watery eyes as it occurred to me…we had church.

In all my life, in all my years, thousands of services, this was one of the best church services I ever had.

Church isn’t canceled. No. It’s not dead.

She’s stumbled in the past

Most recently, in America, she’s slumbered.

But, she’s not dead.

No not by a long shot.

These times. These trials. These stirrings. This fear, has only shaken to awaken the most powerful family on the planet, the Church.

The Church isn’t dead, nor ever will she be.

Because God’s not dead and through His church He lives and moves and breathes.

The Church is alive and well and all of a sudden, she’s multiplied her ministers. They’re not just standing behind pulpits, but smiling across checkout counters and over steering wheel of truck and trailer. They’re reaching for trembling hands in nursing homes and health care centers. They’re tossing a roll of toilet paper across the fence to a neighbor. Their words are echoing through open air from the beds of pickup trucks and flatbed trailers. Their smiling faces are beaming through facetime and snapchat and closing the gap of social distancing by every form of social media…and personally, right now, my most favorite thing, they’re picking up the phone and calling dad.

Dear world, let’s have church.

I very much appreciate this article. It puts the Coronavirus crisis in perspective. We can walk through this with God, asking His Spirit to guide us and then obey-one day at a time. We need to keep our focus on Him and on pleasing Him every day of our lives-regardless of the circumstances and the time/epoch we live in. We also need to ask God what He is doing, right now, in our lives and in the lives of others- remembering that His thoughts and ways are not ours. He is in total control. This did not catch him by surprise and He is not wringing His hands over all of this. His word for us is to be anxious for nothing but instead to pray to Him and He promises to give us His supernatural peace that passes out understanding!