Download or read book POWER PASSION AND PRAYERS DURING THE PANDEMIC written by Vannette Hill and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world, as we know it, has drastically changed since mid-March 2020 when the coronavirus was declared a public health emergency and was spreading around the world. Like so many schools, businesses, and sports associations, millions of churches and houses of worship were temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the virus. What was the church to do? They were used to gathering in person, with faces and feet; however, with the present climate and to protect human life, the church moved to a virtual setting. The well-respected leadership of this church took the seriousness of the pandemic from the very beginning, and as of March 17, they were forced to close and shut the doors. “The church doors may be closed, but the church is still open,” stated the pastor as he started the Glad Tidings International Church of God in Christ Zoom prayer line. As online attendance grew by leaps and bounds, the saints began calling it a lifeline—because of the lives that were being sustained during the pandemic in prayer. Power, Passion, and Prayers during the Pandemic reveals what a local church did to survive the first year of this global crisis. The auspicious leaders, Bishop J.W. Macklin and Lady Vanessa Macklin, declared confidently that “we still believe God,” which became the theme of GTI as everyone endeavored to cope with the uncertainty and anxiety of the pandemic. Praying daily gave us the strength we needed to trust that God is with us at every moment and is beside us every step of the way. The author was inspired to write this book based on the faithfulness, commitment, and testimonies of those who were fighting to replace their pain with prayer and power. She witnessed God’s people take the church out into the community, feed the hungry, love the unchurched, offer health services, and make disciples as the church continued to advance the Kingdom of God. COVID-19 didn’t stop them, not at all. The members of Glad Tidings International and other believers around the world experienced some gain and some losses, but they kept on going. The pandemic empowered them, impassioned them, and encouraged both the young and old to forge ahead for Christ. “The church may have been shut down, but we will not shut up.”

Download or read book Praying Our Experiences written by Joseph Schmidt and published by The Word Among Us Press. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God wants us to share our lives and our hearts with him. In this updated and expanded edition of a spiritual classic, Christian Brother Joseph Schmidt gently leads us to recognize that honest reflection before God on the ordinary experiences of our lives is the very means of our spiritual growth. As we speak to God about our personal story, we can explore the significance of our unrest, our joys, our fears, and our hopes. Then the Holy Spirit will lead us to self-knowledge and the freedom to accept and appreciate ourselves and our lives as they are. This book goes beyond any specific way of praying to the very heart of prayer: intimacy with God. - Valuable for any Christian, no matter where they are in their faith journey. - Helps readers view distractions in prayer as opportunities to draw closer to God. - Makes a thoughtful gift.

Download or read book Pandemic Prayers written by Beth Felker Jones and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short book of devotional reflections and prayers, from Wheaton College theologian Beth Felker Jones, was written in March and April of 2020, in the face of the pandemic crisis. These twenty-five short readings share the love of God and the hope we have in Jesus Christ as we face a time of fear, anxiety, isolation, and suffering. The devotions include material from Psalms of Lament, Julian of Norwich, and reflection on the meaning of Christ’s death and resurrection. These reflections are a companion for anyone walking through suffering and crisis.

Download or read book Wash and Pray African Theological Discourse on COVID 19 written by Harvey Kwiyani and published by Missio Africanus. This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Africa faced a unique set of challenges that sparked a profound spiritual response among its people. Wash and Pray: African Theological Discourse on COVID-19 delves into the heart of this response, exploring the intersections of faith, culture, history, and the pandemic that gripped the world from 2019 to 2022. The book demonstrates that for many Africans, the pandemic was not just a medical crisis but also a spiritual battle. As such, the book invites the reader to witness the historicising of the pandemic in Africa through this landmark resource for current and future generations, ensuring that the narratives of African Christianity in the face of COVID-19 and other pandemics are not lost. The chapter contributions offer diverse perspectives from Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, and the UK, each contextualising the African Christian response to the pandemic. In essence, this monograph paints a rich tapestry of African theological discourse during a global crisis, ultimately affirming that faith and science, when harmonised, can lead to a resilient and thriving community.

Download or read book Coronavirus the Pandemic of the Century and the Wrath of God written by Ramsis F. Ghaly MD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards the end of 2019, I started to feel that the Lord, our God, had had enough of the stubborn and stiff necked people as their wickedness, rebellion, and disobedience continued against him and his son. These actions were a resemblance of the days of Noah, Sodom, Gomorrah, and Nineveh. I felt that Jesus, the son of God, no longer had a home here on Earth. There was no place for him in homes, playgrounds, workplaces, and sadly, no home in the churches that worshipped his holy name. I witnessed the wrath of God against Satan, beginning with the apocalyptic fires in Australia that killed millions of animals and destroyed the beautiful land. I began to warn the world through my posts starting on January 5, 2020. I knew his wrath would continue, this time by way of an apocalyptic pandemic that would kill thousands of people. I began to dream about the looming crisis and started to share with the world through my social media. I decided to write my first post on January 30, 2020 relating to the pandemic, calling for a worldwide chain of prayer. I knew the Coronavirus pandemic could not be treated and that many casualties could be expected. I could feel that God was angry while Satan was elated at the state of our world. Following my posts in January of 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began evolving. I continued to cry out to the world, but was attacked, mocked, and threatened as people accused me of spreading rumors. I was told to stop, as people said, “This virus is nothing. It’s just another flu.” Others said, “You’re supposed to be a scientist and should know that the seasonal flu takes the lives of thousands every year. This Coronavirus is no threat.” I wished that they all would see what I see and hear what I hear, but few did. I decided to record all of my thoughts, dreams, nightmares, prayers, reflections, and predictions about this dangerous and lethal pandemic that the world was trying to dismiss. This book consists of 73 chapters across under ten sections, contain all of my posts in the order that they were written as well as my notes regarding what I have seen beginning in January 2020 until now, including my thoughts on the post-pandemic era. Some of my predictions have already occurred while others have yet to be seen. I believe that the message we should receive from all of this is that the world must look to our God, the almighty, and his son, Jesus, our Savior. The son shall return and God will lift his wrath as we all go through our journey of repentance here on earth for our salvation lies with the blood of Jesus. Only recently I have started to receive calls in which the people that doubted me have apologized that they did not listen sooner. They have seen that I knew what was coming and tried to warn them. While the Coronavirus pandemic continues, I pray that the Lord will have mercy upon our people and upon the face of the earth.

Download or read book Reading through My Bible written by Jennifer Fichter-Tulipano and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During quarantine, reading became a means of escape and reignited a deep passion for Bible study in Jennifer Fichter-Tulipano's life. It was during this time that her blog, AppleofHisEye2020.com, was founded. The purpose of that blog, to document her experience of reading the Bible every day for one year, has evolved into this book. Jennifer prays that by sharing this experience with you, she will create a ripple effect in spreading the message to others, aiding God's plan for His people and continuing Christ's mission to reach others in every single city, in every single nation, every single day. In Reading through My Bible: Year 1; Pandemic Prayers, you will learn about the ways in which the power of prayer, developed through daily Bible reading, helped Jennifer through both the global health pandemic and personal crisis. Through Jennifer's experience, you will be given opportunities for self-reflection on your individual walk with God as well as practical applications for reading through your Bible and studying specific scriptures in today's demanding world.

Download or read book God s Strategy for the Bird Flu Pandemic written by Glen Talbott and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's protection, for those who found it in 1918 during the Spanish Flu Pandemic, is still available to Christians today. This book's message has the potential for preparing readers for the coming Bird Flu Pandemic invasion both offensively and defensively. (Social Issues)

Download or read book Trophy of Grace written by Anita Johnson Merchant and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trophy of Grace will leave you knowing why the author, Anita Johnson Merchant, is sold out to prayer. The journey is written from what was experienced and how prayer played a major role in healing. The experience took place at the height of the pandemic while living in New Orleans, Louisiana. Not only did the experience challenge her prayer life, but it also gave her the revelation that God will test your belief in prayer.Anita reminds us that we have to totally trust God no matter what the suffering feels like or looks like. The journey she shares will challenge your thoughts:Understand the value of a personal prayer lifeSuffering is a process. No one is exempt. Pray your way through.Finding strength, comfort, peace in the midst of sufferingKnow that no matter what-God has the final say

Download or read book Risk and Crisis Communication During the COVID 19 Pandemic written by Martin N. Ndlela and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the challenges of communicating risk and crisis messages during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide recommendations for managing future global health crises. Given that outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics are global crises that require global solutions, the book suggests that the world community needs to build resilient crisis management institutions and message management systems. Through international case studies, in-depth interviews, textual, content, narrative and document analysis, the book provides comprehensive accounts of how normative risk communication strategies were invoked, applied, disrupted, questioned, and changed during the COVID- 19 pandemic. It explores themes including crisis preparedness, outbreak communication, lockdown messages, communication uncertainty, risk message strategies and the challenges of information disorders to show that trust in supranational and national institutions is crucial for the effective management of future global public health crises. A thorough assessment of the multiple challenges faced by public health authorities and audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners, and students in the field of Risk, Crisis and Health Communication and Public Health and Disaster Management.

Download or read book Avoiding Harm written by A. Rashied Omar and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-16 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research scholars have lamented the fact that most of the extant studies on religious responses to the COVID-19 pandemic focus on a particular religious group, typically Christian. This book fills this lacuna by providing some useful insights into how one Muslim religious institution responded to the pandemic. It portrays the sermons, advice, and guidance provided to the Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) congregation in Cape Town, South Africa, by its Imams and elected board of governors during the course of the pandemic. The book carries a concluding chapter by Professor R. Scott Appleby, an expert in the study of lived religion, who critically reflects on this collection of sermons and the response of the mosque by providing some independent ruminations on the themes of religion, science, and the human person.

Download or read book Essential Healing Prayers written by Mary Leonora Wilson and published by Pauline Books and Media. This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gospels tell us that Jesus healed everyone who had faith. It’s easy to think of the healing accounts in Scripture as something long ago and far away. But Jesus wants to bring healing to all those who approach him in prayer, including you and your loved ones! Written in a spirit of deep faith, this inspiring collection of prayers will help you ask for Jesus’ healing graces and experience his saving power.

Download or read book Love That Lasts written by Jefferson Bethke and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Love That Lasts, New York Times bestselling author of Jesus > Religion Jefferson Bethke and his wife, Alyssa, expose the distorted views of love that permeate our culture and damage our hearts, minds, and souls. Drawing from Jeff’s “prodigal son” personal history and from Alyssa’s “True Love Waits” experience, the Bethkes point to a third and better way. Blending personal storytelling with biblical teaching, they offer readers an inspiring, realistic vision of love, dating, marriage, and sex. Young people today enter adulthood with expectations of blissful dating followed by a romantic, fulfilling marriage only to discover they’ve been duped. They learned about love and sexuality from social media, their friends, Disney fairy tales, pornography, or even their own rocky past, and they have no idea what healthy, lifelong love is supposed to be like. The results are often disastrous, with this generation becoming one of the most relationally sick, sexually addicted, and divorce ridden in history. Looking to God’s design while drawing lessons from their own successes and failures, the Bethkes explode the fictions and falsehoods of our current moment. One by one, they peel back lies such as, the belief that every person has only one soul mate, that marriage will complete you, and that pornography and hook-ups are harmless.

Download or read book Somebody Prayed for Me written by Dr Sabrina McQueen Johnson and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2023-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Sabrina McQueen Johnson details her lengthy hospital stay and journey toward recovery in her first published work, Somebody Prayed for Me. She was led by the Holy Spirit to start writing while sick in the hospital. Her book gives a vivid and raw account of how she fought the deadly Covid-19 virus for over two months in the hospital and rehab facility. As Dr. Johnson battled this deadly disease, her weapon of choice was prayer. Her testimony provides hope and encouragement to all. She speaks from the heart in a familiar voice that resonates with anyone who has needed prayer and called out to God. Dr. Johnson wants to inspire individuals to not give up on God and know there is Power in Prayer. Dr. Sabrina McQueen Johnson is a wife, mother, and retired school principal with over twenty-six years of experience as an educator. Dr. Johnson's educational studies include Journalism and Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law. However, it is her personal relationship with God she values most. Dr. Johnson is a Christian woman who believes in the power of prayer. Her faith was challenged and as a result, she became more intentional about her prayer life. Dr. Johnson is passionate about prayer and want others to pray on purpose. She believes there is nothing too hard for God if we just trust Him. Dr. Johnson enjoys writing, reading, traveling, and sharing the word of God.

Download or read book Carmina Gadelica written by Alexander Carmichael and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Threshold Dwellers in the Age of Global Pandemic written by Eleazar S. Fernandez and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many lives have been lost now and the death toll still continues to rise because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The poor and the marginalized, not surprisingly, have been disproportionately affected. The pandemic has exposed the fault lines not only in our healthcare but also in our political and economic system, a system driven by the pursuit of the bottom line--profits. If we are not only to survive but also thrive as a global society, the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic must lead us to explore ways of thinking, being, and dwelling that promote our shared flourishing. It is time to take personal stock about ourselves: who we are, where we have been, and where we are heading. What can the pandemic teach us about ourselves? What is it revealing about us and our situation? How shall we dwell together? Do we want to wake up to a new and better tomorrow after this nighttime of pandemic? That will largely depend on the way we respond now. Who are we becoming in this time of pandemic? What daily practices are we doing as embodiments of the new world we are anticipating?

Download or read book The Chapters of Life written by Dennis Ufot Ph. D and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is rather enlightening us of what could potentially obtain in each chapters of life to stimulate readers thought and inspirations as it relates to their own chapters of life. It will draw you back to think or re-think about what your life’s script is all about and help you to determine your purpose driven life. Everything operates around a cycle. Time, Life, Day and night, career, you name it. It is important that everyone come to terms with this knowledge because this will surely have a positive influence in our thoughts, attitude to things, our behavior towards one another and most especially it will help to shape our belief, streamline our character and determine our destiny. This cycle of events is natural and cannot be stopped. Stopping or removing a battery from a clock can only stop the particular clock from functioning and cannot stop the movement of time universally, neither can it slow it down. There is this popular rhyme we used to sing at pre-nursery which got stuck in my memory till date and so it goes ‘tick says the clock tick tick, what you have to do, do quick’. It simply implies that having the knowledge that the time cannot be stopped for any reason, and I have grown to see that it has never stopped not even for a second, one should know that anything worth doing is worth doing right and on time according to the chapter of his life.

Download or read book A Stranger in the House of God written by John Koessler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith