Are you a shut-in, or can't make it to Church because of Coronavirus closures? Great news: make plans to join Crossroads Community Church ONLINE on Sunday, March 22, at 10:00 a.m. PST for a special live stream event with Pastor Joel Defries, live from CMC in Davis Bay (normally services are held at Ravens Cry Theatre in Sechelt, B.C.): Faith over Fear. Go to www.crossroadssechelt.com on the main page, scroll down to the live video and you should be all set.
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During this time with the coronavirus, fear is gripping the hearts of people around the world. There is a mountain of anxiety and alarm, and it is still building. It is as real as the virus itself - but it is treatable. There are people in need that we can reach out to help. Like a fireman runs to the fire, the church needs to respond to crises around us. We who are the church need to stand up and be the hands and feet of the Lord Jesus Christ. - Franklin Graham
Anyone can rejoice when things are going reasonably well. But when we're facing adversity or sickness or hardship or death and then we rejoice, we are obeying God. God is on his throne. He loves you and is watching out for you. So rejoice in the Lord. - Greg Laurie
One of my great puzzles when I first became a Christian is that verse, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, because My strength is made perfect in your weakness.’ That was so completely upside down for me. Weakness? And now I embrace that with the fullness of everything around me when I'm realizing that my strength is inadequate, whether it's coronavirus or some family crisis, God's strength is always sufficient. - Francis Collins
In the midst of this crisis, we must not only pray-though we must most fervently pray - we must also work. There are many things to be done and it’s going to be up to us to do them. - Albert Mohler
How do you have peace in the middle of a pandemic? How do you have faith over fear and an unknown future? Here is how - you trust Jesus with your life. - David Platt
We find out at times like these how fragile all our man-made shelters are. Our steel is seen for what it is: candle wax kept from a flame all along only by God's grace. We are as those who huddle beneath palm branches, bracing for a squall. But the Lord regards our humble estate. - Beth Moore
As our world is confronting their mortality, for some of them the first time, we have the choice to either place our faith in the hope of Christ or to mirror their fear born of a perishable hope. - Ed Stetzer
We should all hope for the best-case scenario, even as we prepare for the worst case. Prudence and precaution is not a sign of panic or fearfulness, but as the Bible commands us, of bearing on another's burdens (Gal. 6:2) and thinking more highly of others than ourselves (Phil. 2:3). - Russell Moore
It is such a blessing to have been called, however unworthy, to be the handmaid of the Lord. - Florence Nightingale
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom
Prayer is a long rope with a strong hold. - Harriet Beecher Stowe
QuotaBillsJust praise is only a debt. - G Berkeley
My true religion is Kindness. - Dalai Lama
Conscience is God present in man. - Victor Hugo
I find your lack of faith disturbing. - Darth Vader
Religions change; beer and wine remain. - Hervey Allen
God created man, but I could do better. - Erma Bombeck
Praise the ripe field, not the green corn. - Unknown
God help those who do not help themselves. - Addison Mizner
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
Faith is believing what you know ain't so. - Mark Twain
Without a doubt, it is the land God gave to Cain. - Mordecai Richler
Jesus was a hiker. The wilderness was His retreat. - Toni Sorenson
My reason nourishes my faith and my faith my reason. - Norman Cousins
When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead! - John G Whittier
If God is the author of life, there must be a script. - Ravi Zacharias
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
When it is a matter of money, all men are of the same religion. - Voltaire
Praise adds nothing to beauty - makes it neither better nor worse. - Marcus Aurelius
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. - Benjamin Franklin
Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it. - Ivan Panin
The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. - Thomas Paine
If God doesn't destroy Hollywood Boulevard, he owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology. - Jay Leno
There is forgiveness for those who seek God. And I believe in the power of redemption. - Rick Perry
The less Holy Spirit we have, the more cake and coffee we need to keep the church going. - Reinhard Bonnke
I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this. - Louisa May Alcott
Hope is like peace. It is not a gift from God. It is a gift only we can give one another. - Elie Wiesel
may I be I is the only prayer - not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong. - e e cummings
It is not your business to succeed, but to do right; when you have done so, the rest lies with God. - C S Lewis
The chicken probably came before the egg because it is hard to imagine God wanting to sit on an egg. - Unknown
In order to have faith in his own path, he does not need to prove that someone else's path is wrong. - Paulo Coelho
Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. - H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Sometimes a man just can't satisfy all of a woman's desires. Which is why God invented dental floss. - Unknown
The Irish Catholic side was married to the life of an actor and I found out acting could be a form of prayer. - Liam Neeson
Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ. - Josh McDowell
Some preachers think only of their sermon; others think only of themselves: the man who wins the soul is the man who aims at it. - Dean Hook
The Muslim Prophet Mohammed was a big believer in charity and firmly established helping those in need as a basis of the religion. - Richard Engel
All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired. - Martin Luther
Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines. - Bertrand Russell
God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. - Jonathan Sacks