PRODUCTIVITY DURING COVID-19

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I wonder how many people have managed to remain productive during this crisis?

For the first couple of months of this lock-down, I was very unproductive. At least that is how I felt. I had nothing to show at the end of each new day of what I had accomplished. Here I was, not going out, supposedly with more time on my hands than ever before. Where did that time go?

But was it so unproductive? I was spending much more time reading the Bible and in prayer, sometimes many hours in a day. That must have produced something worthwhile. And I know it did. I just had nothing to actually hold in my hand to show my accomplishments. But this is not about me, is it? It is about keeping myself busy doing God’s work.

But things have changed over the past few weeks. I now have something to show for the hours I have spent in my apartment. I have been once again inspired to write, draw, revise some of my old manuscripts to ready them for publishing. Read more…

NORMALCY IN THIS UNUSUAL TIME OF COVID-19

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Have you been able to find any kind of normalcy through this

COVID-19 lock-down? I was beginning to wonder if anything

would be normal again until a few weeks ago.

I suddenly heard a familiar sound, but could not believe it could be what I thought it was. We were still under a stricter lock-down than we are now. I went to the window to look out, and sure enough, it was what I thought it was, and entirely unexpected. Read more…

PRAYING THROUGH THIS CRISIS OF COVID-19

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Prayer changes things.

Anytime is a time for prayer.

Now is the time for intense prayer.

Today is the time for prayer on a higher level.

This hour is the time to pray like a true warrior by the Holy Spirit.

This day is the time to pray the prayer that changes our circumstances.

Anytime is a time for personal prayer.

Anytime is a time for corporate prayer in the church.

But now is the time for national prayer in unity with the Body of Christ.

Now is the time to pray without ceasing.

We have seen so many changes over the past several months because of COVID-19, changes which make us wonder if we will ever again be able to live as we once lived. The lock-down has curtailed our movement in society, in employment, in family life and in church life as we have known it.    Read more…