Genesis 12:1-4 I stayed home yesterday, honoring the state’s request for nonessential workers to stay home. I still have work to do, but the normal landscape has changed. Familiar routines and faces are gone. This is uncharted territory. When we enter uncharted territory, we have some important decisions to make. Do we keep going? Do we turn and run? Do…
This isn’t the first time.. Pandemics, plagues and viruses have hit before. It might be new to us, but followers of Jesus have walked through this trial ahead of us. How did they respond? What did their faith in God look like in these circumstances? Around 500 years ago, Martin Luther experience the plague called, “The Black…
God is clear about worrying and panic: DON’T DO IT! Instead, He gives us something else to do. “Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” (Phi 4:6 CSB) The clear antidote to worry is prayer. This is for every situation. Take…