{"id":305841,"date":"2020-03-16T08:03:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith\/"},"modified":"2020-03-16T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T12:03:04","slug":"the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"The Coronavirus: Responding to Fear with Wisdom and Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: David Robbins | When a pandemic strikes, what should Christians do? Perhaps just as importantly, what should we not do. On this special edition of FamilyLife Today, we&#8217;ll hear from FamilyLife President David Robbins, along with Dave and Ann Wilson and Bob Lepine, as we discuss a Christian response to COVID-19.<br \/>\nShow Notes and Resources<\/p>\n<p> \tDownload our scripture guide for followers of Christ for responding to fear.\u00a0 http:\/\/flt-com-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/resources\/Downloads\/Coronavirus-Response-March-16-2020.pdf<br \/>\n \tDave Wilson and the other Pastors at Kensington Community Church provide counsel from Psalm 46: https:\/\/kensingtonchurch.org\/orion-livestream\/#livestream<br \/>\n \tBob Lepine: Responding to Fear with Wisdom and Faith. https:\/\/redeemerlr.org\/livestream\/<br \/>\n \tMary Kassian&#8217;s regularly scheduled program for 3\/16\/2020.\u00a0 https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-hidden-strength-of-a-woman\/<br \/>\n \tHave the FamilyLife Today\u00ae podcast and resources helped you?\u00a0 Consider becoming a Legacy Partner, a monthly supporter of FamilyLife.\u00a0https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/legacy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a pandemic strikes, what should Christians do? Perhaps just as importantly, what should we not do. On this special edition of FamilyLife Today, we&#8217;ll hear from FamilyLife President David Robbins, along with Dave and Ann Wilson and Bob Lepine, as we discuss a Christian response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":294104,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/mp3.familylife.com\/fl2020-03-16-repl.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:24:55","filesize":"22.81M","filesize_raw":"23923182","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":""},"categories":[2848,2860,2806],"tags":[6838],"podcast_series":[],"cwp_profile":[3498],"series":[2101],"class_list":["post-305841","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultural-issues","category-hardship-and-suffering","category-spiritual-development","tag-coronavirus","cwp_profile-david-robbins","series-familylife-today"],"acf":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2024\/09\/FLT-Podcast-Cover-2-508x508-3.jpg?w=508","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1001\/2023\/02\/image-scaled.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-download\/305841\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith","player_link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast-player\/305841\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/familylife-today\/id212174303?mt=2&app=podcast","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0j5UaKdQOHQCuo1bt0ebEm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"youtube":{"key":"youtube","url":"","label":"YouTube","class":"youtube","icon":"youtube.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/feed\/podcast\/familylife-today","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JG4UgBMaPt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith\/\">The Coronavirus: Responding to Fear with Wisdom and Faith<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-coronavirus-responding-to-fear-with-wisdom-and-faith\/embed\/#?secret=JG4UgBMaPt\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;The Coronavirus: Responding to Fear with Wisdom and Faith&#8221; &#8212; FamilyLife\u00ae - A Cru Ministry\" data-secret=\"JG4UgBMaPt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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What we had originally planned to air today was an interview that we\u2019ve done recently with our friend, Mary Kassian, talking about strong womanhood and what the Bible defines as the right kind of strong. I want to encourage you\u2014that interview is available, online, at FamilyLifeToday.com; and we\u2019ll be hearing more from Mary this week.\n\nBut today, we are preempting our regularly-scheduled program so that we can talk together about what everyone is talking about right now; and that is, the coronavirus\u2014COVID-19. How do we respond to what is going on in our world with wisdom and with faith? That\u2019s our theme today.\n\nI\u2018ve got the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, here with us. David, we\u2019ve made decisions in recent days to respond to what\u2019s going on. Some of the events that FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> holds regularly\u2014we\u2019ve decided to suspend for now.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, it was not a decision we took lightly because we <em>love<\/em> investing in marriages and in families; but a necessary one because we want to be good neighbors and good citizens and do everything we can to help the community and help our nation respond.\n\nWe did cancel <em>Weekend<\/em>s<em> to Remember<\/em> through the end of March. We will be evaluating, this week, how to continue to respond. Really, we\u2019re looking at a few things: we\u2019re looking at local authorities and what they are saying in each state; we\u2019re looking at local churches and how they\u2019re responding; and communicating with, obviously, venues that we\u2019re at.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> At this point, the concern is that healthcare providers can become overloaded if this takes off; so we want to minimize the exposure opportunities.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Any event we do, we have people who travel from out of state to those locations. We want to play our part in helping hospitals not have the spread happen so fast that they have to intake too many at once.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You shared something with staff last week that I thought was significant about what God may be doing in our midst and how we need to stay alert to these things.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, we gathered our staff on Friday morning. God had been speaking to me throughout [that] week of: \u201cListen to Me; seek My face; get on your knees\/get on your knees for our nation,\u201d\u2014what He might be doing as, obviously, all of our lives are having to adjust.\n\nTwo things He put on my heart that I\u2019ve been praying for\u2014that I invited all of our staff to pray for and I invite <em>you<\/em> to pray for\u2014one is that, over the next few weeks, there\u2019s an opportunity to reclaim the home as the core operating unit in our society. In many communities, schools are being cancelled; that\u2019s happened here in Little Rock. Travel restrictions are obviously abundant; and people will be around their table more often as kids sporting events, etcetera, are canceled. I think there's a great possibility of what God may want to do inside of a home.\n\nI would just ask you to consider what God may be up to in your home and in the neighbors around you. We still can gather around a table with our neighbors; we can invite people over. I think it\u2019s a moment and a season where, yes, we may not be able to gather in our church services and in events like a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>, but the body of Christ and the scattered nature of the body of Christ could show out for the glory of God. I\u2019m praying that will be true.\n\nThe second thing is just I\u2019m praying for a renewal in our country and around the world. In times of personal crisis and cultural crisis, there\u2019s a spiritual sensitivity that is often birthed, and there are opportunities for the gospel. People come face to face with their finiteness, and I am praying that Jesus would make Himself known to many people. I think we have a <em>great<\/em> opportunity to, not only pray for that, but share the gospel in this moment, where there is both personal crisis <em>and<\/em> cultural crisis happening.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Revival does not typically happen in times of comfort and ease.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is not a comfort and ease. Maybe this is the revival many of us have been praying for; maybe this is the opportunity for us to see God do a great spiritual work in our nation and in our world. Thank you for that David.\n\nThis past weekend, as you mentioned, a lot of our listeners, who normally gather together in their churches for worship services, weren\u2019t able to do that because services were cancelled. We cancelled our services at our church yesterday. Dave and Ann Wilson are in Detroit where, Dave, you canceled services at your church at Kensington yesterday.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; we made the decision\u2014as all of the churches in Michigan were mandated by our governor to\u2014if you had a church over 250 people, you had to [cancel]. We did a livestream to about 10, to 12, to 13 thousand people. Actually, we were able to gather as one big family and really meet with God in the middle of this time.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s important for us to stay spiritually connected with one another as we walk through what are anxious times for us.\n\n<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes, I think it\u2019s critical. You know, the passage that hit me was Psalm 46\u2014which, boy, if anything speaks directly to our time\u2014the Psalmist writes: \u201cGod is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble; therefore, we will not fear though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.\u201d\n\nIt sort of feels like every couple of minutes you get a notification that feels like the mountains are falling into the sea. All the sports leagues are cancelling their seasons; it just feels like the world\u2019s chaotic and spinning out of control. Yet, in the middle of all that, there is a God, who is our ever present help in this trouble. It was a reminder for us\u2014and for all of us in one big family\u2014really, for the world to say: \u201cThere is a God; He can be trusted. He\u2019s our refuge. He\u2019s our strength. He\u2019s our help.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Ann, is this something that you find is personally fearful and you\u2019re having to quiet your own heart?\u2014or do you naturally respond with faith in moments like this?\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I was spending time with God this morning, just praying and praying about this whole thing. It\u2019s interesting\u2014I\u2019m kind of a glass-half-full kind of girl. As I was praying, I was asking God, \u201cGod, what\u2019s Your perspective?\u201d If we believe Romans 8:28\u2014that \u201cYou work all things together for good,\u201d\u2014\u201cWell, how can I make this good?\u201d This is going to be this crazy idea. [Laughter] But I was thinking, \u201cWhat if we flipped this?\u201d Because we\u2019re the light of the world, as believers, I thought: \u201cWhat if we had the Corona Love Challenge?\u201d [Laughter]\n\nBecause we have our kids home\/many of us have our kids home from school, and moms are fearful. They\u2019re feeling like they may go crazy themselves with their kids home. I thought: \u201cThis is an opportune time for us to be together, as families, to worship God together\/to really Sabbath together.\u201d I thought: \u201cOh my goodness! If my kids were home, I\u2019d be reading <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> together.\u201d\n\nThen I thought: \u201cWhat if we did a Love Challenge that we, once a day, we thought, \u2018Who could we love today?\u2019\u2014maybe it\u2019s someone in our home\u2014maybe it\u2019s a neighbor\u2014maybe it\u2019s an elderly couple that needs some help. What if we wrote notes to our neighbors or took cookies? Instead of being fearful, we\u2019re trusting God; and we\u2019re loving the people around us.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, what you\u2019re saying is <em>so good<\/em>. I was reading recently from a book called <em>The Rise Of Christianity<\/em>, written by Rodney Stark, who is a sociologist\u2014who, at first, was not a believer\u2014but the more he studied sociology, he came to faith. The subtitle of his book was <em>How the Obscure Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominate Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries<\/em>.\n\nHere\u2019s what he said\u2014he said, \u201cThere was a time of chaos in 165 AD, and another one about 100 years later, where there were diseases that sprang up in the Roman world; and between a quarter and a third of the Roman Empire died from these diseases.\u201d\n\nBut he said: \u201cIn response to these epidemics, Christians willingly helped those, who were sick, more often than their pagan neighbors. There was a Bishop Dionysius, who in 260 wrote this\/he said: \u2018Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing themselves, thinking only of one another. Heedless of danger, they took charge of the sick, attending to their every need and ministering to them in Christ; and with them, departed this life serenely happy. Many, in nursing and curing others, transferred their death to themselves and died in their stead.\u2019\u201d\n\nI mean, you stop and think, \u201cWhy did Christianity flourish?\u201d\u2014because we have no fear in death; and we said, \u201cWe\u2019re here to love and care for others.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh that\u2019s so good; <em>see, Bob<\/em>, it\u2019s the Corona Love Challenge.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s a hashtag about to happen here. [Laughter]\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Listen to Proverbs 3:25, that Dave just pulled up: \u201cHave no fear of sudden disaster for the Lord will be at your side. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to act.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s so good.\n\nI\u2019m grateful; I know you guys have got your hands full, trying to care for a congregation there in Detroit; but thanks for taking a few minutes here and diving in as we\u2019re trying to help listeners know how to navigate this in their own family.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What a day. Obviously, it\u2019s a dark time; but it\u2019s also a time for the community of God\/the church. I always say this: \u201cLet\u2019s show up and serve. Let\u2019s show up\u2014let\u2019s be the first ones at our neighbor\u2019s door, saying, \u2018How can we help?\u2019 and then finding out what their needs are and let\u2019s serve.\u201d That\u2019s what Jesus would do, and He wants to use us. What a day to extend the gospel in this time.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, there are really three things we ought <em>not<\/em> do in the midst of all of this\u2014these are actually commands from Scripture. The first thing we\u2019re <em>not<\/em> to do is\u2014we\u2019re <em>not<\/em> to fear: \u201cGod has not given us a spirit of fear. He\u2019s given us a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s 2 Timothy 1. We are <em>not<\/em> to be fearful people.\n\nThere\u2019s a pastor in Wheaton, [Illinois], Mitch Kim, who says: \u201cWe\u2019re used to having our lives under control in North America; but here, a small bug is humbling the most powerful nations in the world. COVID-19 has exposed our illusion of control, and the loss of control is what\u2019s sparking fear.\u201d I think he\u2019s right.\n\nBut the Bible tells us [Philippians 4: 6-7]: \u201cDo not be anxious about anything\u201d\u2014this is a command of Scripture\u2014\u201c\u2026in every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.\u201d The promise is, when we do that: \u201cThe peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u2019\u201d\n\nIf you\u2019re thinking to yourself, \u201cI\u2019m not feeling that peace,\u201d well then, keep praying, and keep trusting, and keep hoping in God. Don\u2019t be anxious about anything. As we\u2019ve already said, we are the people who do not fear death. We sing this in our hymns on Sunday morning\u2014we sing, \u201cNo guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me.\u201d We don\u2019t fear death because death has been swallowed up in victory; death has no sting for us anymore. \u201cThe sting of death is sin. The power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d\n\n[1 Corinthians 15:56,57]. So we ought <em>not<\/em> be people who fear.\n\nWe should <em>not<\/em> be people who forsake one another. Hebrews 10 says, \u201cDo not forsake the assembling of yourselves together.\u201d I know, in a lot of situations, we\u2019re not able to gather together in our local churches; but that doesn\u2019t mean we should be forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. We can still be connected to one another as members of the body of Christ. We can still be calling one another and saying: \u201cWhat do you need?\u201d \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d We can be praying for one another; and to stay focused on: \u201cHow can we respond to this in a way that honors God?\u201d\n\n\u201cDo not fear\u201d; \u201cDo not forsake one another\u201d; and then: \u201cForget not the benefits.\u201d\n\nPsalm 103:1: \u201cBless the Lord o my soul; forget not all His benefits.\u201d We should be remembering and rehearsing the goodness of God and the benefits of God in the midst of this situation. Even though things appear dire, here\u2019s how the Bible helps us recalibrate trials and adversity\u2014the Bible tells us that these things are \u201clight and momentary afflictions that are producing in us an eternal weight of glory [2 Corinthians 4:17].\u201d \u201cThe sufferings of this present age\u201d\u2014the Bible says\u2014\u201care not worth comparing to the glory that\u2019s going to be revealed to us [Romans 8:18].\u201d And we need to remember that\u2014in our difficulties\/in our trials and our sufferings\u2014God is at work, producing perseverance, and character, and hope.\n\n\u201cDo not fear\u201d; \u201cDo not forsake coming together\u201d; and \u201cDon\u2019t forget the goodness of God in the midst of all we\u2019re going through.\u201d\n\nKeep in mind that God is sovereign; He\u2019s in control. We are to worship the God who is at work in our world. Colossians 1 [verse 16] says, \u201cAll things are created by Him, in heaven and on earth\u2026\u201d\u2014now think about that\u2014that means this virus is something God created. I know that seems like, \u201cWhy would God create something that brings illness?\u2014that seems wicked and evil?\u201d R.C. Sproul used to say this\u2014I love this\u2014he said: \u201cThere is no maverick molecule if God is sovereign. If God is, indeed, sovereign over the whole world,\u201d\u2014he said\u2014\u201cthere is not one single molecule in the universe that is running around loose, totally free of God\u2019s sovereignty. If there is, then we have no guarantee that any single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.\u201d\n\nThe sovereignty of God reminds us: \u201c\u2026all things were created by Him and all things were created through Him\u2026He is before all things; in Him all things hold together\u201d Colossians 1:16,17]. Even when there are viruses on the loose, God is still in control. He is in sovereign control over the events of our world; and we need to turn to Him, and cry out to Him, and find our hope in Him.\n\nWe also need to be suffering together. We\u2019ve talked about the importance of staying connected with one another; Galatians 6 says, \u201cBear one another\u2019s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.\u201d We have a responsibility\u2014when there are people in need: when there are people around us who are suffering, whether it\u2019s family members; kids who are anxious or afraid; people in our church, who may contract the virus\u2014we\u2019re to bear one another burdens. If one member suffers, all suffer together.\n\nThe Apostle Paul, when he was giving his farewell address to the people in Ephesus, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve shown you in every way by laboring like this that you must support the weak; remember the words of Lord Jesus, \u2018It\u2019s more blessed to give than to receive\u2019\n\n[Acts 20:35].\u201d In this time of suffering, we need to be focused on <em>serving<\/em> and how we can bear one another's burdens together.\n\nWe also need to be <em>reflecting<\/em> on what God is up to\u2014spending time, like Ann was talking about\u2014in prayer with the Lord, saying, \u201cGod what are You up to in the midst of this?\u201d Ecclesiastes says: \u201cIt\u2019s better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting, for it\u2019s the end of all men and the living take it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter.\u201d These are reminders that, in these kinds of times, we should be pondering\/we should be saying: \u201cWhat\u2019s God up to? \u2018There\u2019s a season for everything. A time to be born and a time to die; a time for laughter and a time for sorrow.\u2019 Where do we find God in the midst of this?\u201d This should be a time of reflection.\n\nThe good news is we don\u2019t have sporting events to distract us; right? There\u2019s a lot that would normally amuse us, and some of our amusements have been taken away. Maybe, instead of amusing ourselves, we should turn our attention back to the Scriptures and back to God and His purposes in this world.\n\nWe\u2019ve been told to maintain social distancing. We're supposed to keep three to six feet so that we\u2019re not exposing one another to this virus or to risk; but God says, \u201cDraw near to Me and I will draw near to you.\u201d It\u2019s interesting\u2014in James 4:8, where it says, \u201cDraw near to Me and I\u2019ll draw near to you,\u201d the next thing it says is, \u201cCleanse your hands.\u201d I don\u2019t think that\u2019s telling you to put Purell<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> on before you draw near to God. Cleansing your hands is a symbolic way of cleansing your life and making sure your life is clean and holy before the Lord. \u201cPurify your hearts\u201d\u2014it goes on to say\u2014\u201cyou who are double-minded.\u201d We ought to be drawing near to God, and we ought to be cleansing our hearts and our hands before the Lord.\n\nKeep in mind, there\u2019s an open door here for the gospel. First Peter 3:15 says, \u201cWe should be ready at all times to give a reason for the hope that is within you.\u201d My first question is: \u201cDo people see <em>hope<\/em> in you?\u201d \u201cAre you reflecting that you\u2019re hopeful in the midst of these dire times, or are you anxious and fearful and troubled?\u201d We should be people, who are hopeful in the midst of this trial. If you find your heart being overwhelmed by fear and anxiety, do what David says to do in the Psalms\u2014he said: \u201cWhy so anxious, oh my soul? Why so downcast? Put your hope in God.\u201d\n\nStrengthen yourself with hope; and when others see the hope in you, be ready to give an answer: \u201cHere\u2019s why I have hope in me, because I have no fear in death\u2014because God is in control; because Jesus is on the throne\u2014and I can trust in Him.\u201d As Dave said, \u201cEven when the mountains are falling into the sea, my hope is in God,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s what Psalm 46 says.\n\nWhen Paul was in prison, he said: \u201cPray for us that God might open a door for our message that we could proclaim the mystery of Christ. Pray that I might proclaim it clearly as I should [Colossians 4:3].\u201d Pray that God would give you open doors for the gospel with your neighbors, with your kids, with people who need encouragement and hope.\n\nThis virus could cause people, who are not spiritually-minded among us, to, all of a sudden, begin to ponder mortality\/to ponder whether there is a God, who is in control. When people start to feel out of control, they start to look around and go, \u201cWhere do I find hope and security?\u201d We can be people, who are proclaiming the mysteries of Christ in the midst of this season.\n\nI got an email from a friend recently. He\u2019s written to his neighbors, so they\u2019ve got an online\u2014I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a GroupMe, or Neighborly, or something\u2014but he\u2019s got all of his neighbors\u2019 email addresses. He wrote to them and said: \u201cHey Neighbors\u2014this Corona thing\u2014it\u2019s getting crazy; right? I\u2019ve been thinking about how some of you, here in the neighborhood, are elderly or maybe fearful of getting out of the house right now, even to go shopping for groceries. If that\u2019s you\u2014if you\u2019re trying to avoid human contact\u2014we\u2019d like to help. You provide the credit card or the cash and a grocery list and my wife and I will run to the store and pick things up for you and drop it off on your porch. Seriously, we\u2019re commanded to love one another; so it\u2019d be a privilege to help you during a time of need. If we can do that, just email me.\u201d Reaching out like that to our neighbors\u2014it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> way to connect. It\u2019s a great way to give evidence of the hope that\u2019s in you.\n\nC.S. Lewis, 70 years ago, was writing on the subject of how to live in the atomic age, when people were concerned about the atomic bomb. He said, \u201cI\u2019m tempted to reply, \u2018Well, you live the same way you would live in the 16th century, when the plague was visiting London almost every year; or as you would\u2019ve lived in Viking times, when raiders from Scandinavia might cut your throat at night.\u2019\u201d\n\nHe said, \u201cIf we\u2019re all going to be destroyed by the atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things: praying, and working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting with our friends over a pint and a game of darts\u2014not huddled together like frightened sheep, thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies; a microbe can do that,\u201d\u2014interesting that he would add that\u2014\u201cbut they need not dominate our minds.\u201d\n\nHere's the last thing I\u2019ll say: \u201cWe should be people who exude joy.\u201d Joy is not an option for Christians; it\u2019s a command\u2014Philippians 4 [verse 4]: \u201cRejoice in the Lord\u201d\u2014what?\u2014\u201calways; again, I say rejoice.\u201d First Thessalonians 5 [verses 16-18]: \u201cRejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d Romans 12 [verse 12] says, \u201c\u2026rejoice in hope; be patient in tribulation; be constant in prayer.\u201d\n\nI saw a tweet yesterday, where somebody said earlier: \u201cI witnessed a woman yelling at a grocery store employee, because there weren\u2019t carts available. Being mean to people in situations like that\u2014who are exhausted, overwhelmed, and overworked\u2014that's a cardinal sin.\u201d We should be people, who are kind, who are joyful, who are patient. Don\u2019t hide the joy of the Lord under a bushel; be prayed up and then connect with people in our world with confidence, with joy, with patience, with hope.\n\nRemind yourself\u2014we\u2019ve got, online at FamilyLifeToday.com, many of these Scriptures that we\u2019ve shared here on the program today\u2014you can go and download it. Some of the quotes we\u2019ve shared here today are available\u2014things you can share with your neighbors or with people in your family. We\u2019ve also got a link to the message that Dave Wilson gave yesterday at Kensington Church from Psalm 46. If you\u2019d like to listen to Bible teaching on this, you can go and there\u2019s a link available there. There\u2019s a link available to the message I gave to our church, here in Little Rock, yesterday.\n\nWe need to be renewing our minds with the truth of God\u2019s Word in the midst of this situation. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; there are links to articles and resources that we\u2019ve made available for you there. We want to help you during this time.\n\nWe\u2019re going to continue with regular programing throughout the week. Again, online, there\u2019s a link to what we had originally scheduled for today, an interview with Mary Kassian\u2014a <em>great<\/em> interview on what it looks like to be a strong woman\u2014the right kind of strength. We will continue that conversation with her throughout the week.\n\nThanks for connecting with us today; it\u2019s good to be able to visit like this. I hope this has been helpful for you. Let me just pray as we close.\n\nFather, would You comfort the hearts of those, who are anxious\/who are fearful? Would You help all of us to have a renewed confidence and strength in Your power, and in Your protection, and in Your provision for us? Help us not to be fearful, not to forsake one another, and not to forget Your goodness and Your benefits.\n\nWe trust You and we love You; and we find our hope, and our strength, and our joy in You. We pray these things in the powerful name of Your Son, our Lord Jesus. Amen.\n\nI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, for his help with this special broadcast. Also, a special thanks to Jim Mitchell, who helped us with today\u2019s program; our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, and our president, David Robbins, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\n<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. 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How do we respond to what is going on in our world with wisdom and with faith? That\u2019s our theme today.\n\nI\u2018ve got the president of FamilyLife, David Robbins, here with us. David, we\u2019ve made decisions in recent days to respond to what\u2019s going on. Some of the events that FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> holds regularly\u2014we\u2019ve decided to suspend for now.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, it was not a decision we took lightly because we <em>love<\/em> investing in marriages and in families; but a necessary one because we want to be good neighbors and good citizens and do everything we can to help the community and help our nation respond.\n\nWe did cancel <em>Weekend<\/em>s<em> to Remember<\/em> through the end of March. We will be evaluating, this week, how to continue to respond. Really, we\u2019re looking at a few things: we\u2019re looking at local authorities and what they are saying in each state; we\u2019re looking at local churches and how they\u2019re responding; and communicating with, obviously, venues that we\u2019re at.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> At this point, the concern is that healthcare providers can become overloaded if this takes off; so we want to minimize the exposure opportunities.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> That\u2019s right. Any event we do, we have people who travel from out of state to those locations. We want to play our part in helping hospitals not have the spread happen so fast that they have to intake too many at once.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You shared something with staff last week that I thought was significant about what God may be doing in our midst and how we need to stay alert to these things.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes, we gathered our staff on Friday morning. God had been speaking to me throughout [that] week of: \u201cListen to Me; seek My face; get on your knees\/get on your knees for our nation,\u201d\u2014what He might be doing as, obviously, all of our lives are having to adjust.\n\nTwo things He put on my heart that I\u2019ve been praying for\u2014that I invited all of our staff to pray for and I invite <em>you<\/em> to pray for\u2014one is that, over the next few weeks, there\u2019s an opportunity to reclaim the home as the core operating unit in our society. In many communities, schools are being cancelled; that\u2019s happened here in Little Rock. Travel restrictions are obviously abundant; and people will be around their table more often as kids sporting events, etcetera, are canceled. I think there's a great possibility of what God may want to do inside of a home.\n\nI would just ask you to consider what God may be up to in your home and in the neighbors around you. We still can gather around a table with our neighbors; we can invite people over. I think it\u2019s a moment and a season where, yes, we may not be able to gather in our church services and in events like a <em>Weekend to Remember<\/em>, but the body of Christ and the scattered nature of the body of Christ could show out for the glory of God. I\u2019m praying that will be true.\n\nThe second thing is just I\u2019m praying for a renewal in our country and around the world. In times of personal crisis and cultural crisis, there\u2019s a spiritual sensitivity that is often birthed, and there are opportunities for the gospel. People come face to face with their finiteness, and I am praying that Jesus would make Himself known to many people. I think we have a <em>great<\/em> opportunity to, not only pray for that, but share the gospel in this moment, where there is both personal crisis <em>and<\/em> cultural crisis happening.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Revival does not typically happen in times of comfort and ease.\n\n<strong>David:<\/strong> Yes.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is not a comfort and ease. Maybe this is the revival many of us have been praying for; maybe this is the opportunity for us to see God do a great spiritual work in our nation and in our world. Thank you for that David.\n\nThis past weekend, as you mentioned, a lot of our listeners, who normally gather together in their churches for worship services, weren\u2019t able to do that because services were cancelled. We cancelled our services at our church yesterday. Dave and Ann Wilson are in Detroit where, Dave, you canceled services at your church at Kensington yesterday.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; we made the decision\u2014as all of the churches in Michigan were mandated by our governor to\u2014if you had a church over 250 people, you had to [cancel]. We did a livestream to about 10, to 12, to 13 thousand people. Actually, we were able to gather as one big family and really meet with God in the middle of this time.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> It\u2019s important for us to stay spiritually connected with one another as we walk through what are anxious times for us.\n\n<strong>Dave: <\/strong>Yes, I think it\u2019s critical. You know, the passage that hit me was Psalm 46\u2014which, boy, if anything speaks directly to our time\u2014the Psalmist writes: \u201cGod is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble; therefore, we will not fear though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea.\u201d\n\nIt sort of feels like every couple of minutes you get a notification that feels like the mountains are falling into the sea. All the sports leagues are cancelling their seasons; it just feels like the world\u2019s chaotic and spinning out of control. Yet, in the middle of all that, there is a God, who is our ever present help in this trouble. It was a reminder for us\u2014and for all of us in one big family\u2014really, for the world to say: \u201cThere is a God; He can be trusted. He\u2019s our refuge. He\u2019s our strength. He\u2019s our help.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Ann, is this something that you find is personally fearful and you\u2019re having to quiet your own heart?\u2014or do you naturally respond with faith in moments like this?\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I was spending time with God this morning, just praying and praying about this whole thing. It\u2019s interesting\u2014I\u2019m kind of a glass-half-full kind of girl. As I was praying, I was asking God, \u201cGod, what\u2019s Your perspective?\u201d If we believe Romans 8:28\u2014that \u201cYou work all things together for good,\u201d\u2014\u201cWell, how can I make this good?\u201d This is going to be this crazy idea. [Laughter] But I was thinking, \u201cWhat if we flipped this?\u201d Because we\u2019re the light of the world, as believers, I thought: \u201cWhat if we had the Corona Love Challenge?\u201d [Laughter]\n\nBecause we have our kids home\/many of us have our kids home from school, and moms are fearful. They\u2019re feeling like they may go crazy themselves with their kids home. I thought: \u201cThis is an opportune time for us to be together, as families, to worship God together\/to really Sabbath together.\u201d I thought: \u201cOh my goodness! If my kids were home, I\u2019d be reading <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> together.\u201d\n\nThen I thought: \u201cWhat if we did a Love Challenge that we, once a day, we thought, \u2018Who could we love today?\u2019\u2014maybe it\u2019s someone in our home\u2014maybe it\u2019s a neighbor\u2014maybe it\u2019s an elderly couple that needs some help. What if we wrote notes to our neighbors or took cookies? Instead of being fearful, we\u2019re trusting God; and we\u2019re loving the people around us.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You know, what you\u2019re saying is <em>so good<\/em>. I was reading recently from a book called <em>The Rise Of Christianity<\/em>, written by Rodney Stark, who is a sociologist\u2014who, at first, was not a believer\u2014but the more he studied sociology, he came to faith. The subtitle of his book was <em>How the Obscure Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominate Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries<\/em>.\n\nHere\u2019s what he said\u2014he said, \u201cThere was a time of chaos in 165 AD, and another one about 100 years later, where there were diseases that sprang up in the Roman world; and between a quarter and a third of the Roman Empire died from these diseases.\u201d\n\nBut he said: \u201cIn response to these epidemics, Christians willingly helped those, who were sick, more often than their pagan neighbors. There was a Bishop Dionysius, who in 260 wrote this\/he said: \u2018Most of our brother Christians showed unbounded love and loyalty, never sparing themselves, thinking only of one another. Heedless of danger, they took charge of the sick, attending to their every need and ministering to them in Christ; and with them, departed this life serenely happy. Many, in nursing and curing others, transferred their death to themselves and died in their stead.\u2019\u201d\n\nI mean, you stop and think, \u201cWhy did Christianity flourish?\u201d\u2014because we have no fear in death; and we said, \u201cWe\u2019re here to love and care for others.\u201d\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Oh that\u2019s so good; <em>see, Bob<\/em>, it\u2019s the Corona Love Challenge.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I think that\u2019s a hashtag about to happen here. [Laughter]\n\n<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Listen to Proverbs 3:25, that Dave just pulled up: \u201cHave no fear of sudden disaster for the Lord will be at your side. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to act.\u201d\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> That\u2019s so good.\n\nI\u2019m grateful; I know you guys have got your hands full, trying to care for a congregation there in Detroit; but thanks for taking a few minutes here and diving in as we\u2019re trying to help listeners know how to navigate this in their own family.\n\n<strong>Dave:<\/strong> What a day. Obviously, it\u2019s a dark time; but it\u2019s also a time for the community of God\/the church. I always say this: \u201cLet\u2019s show up and serve. Let\u2019s show up\u2014let\u2019s be the first ones at our neighbor\u2019s door, saying, \u2018How can we help?\u2019 and then finding out what their needs are and let\u2019s serve.\u201d That\u2019s what Jesus would do, and He wants to use us. What a day to extend the gospel in this time.\n\n<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, there are really three things we ought <em>not<\/em> do in the midst of all of this\u2014these are actually commands from Scripture. The first thing we\u2019re <em>not<\/em> to do is\u2014we\u2019re <em>not<\/em> to fear: \u201cGod has not given us a spirit of fear. He\u2019s given us a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s 2 Timothy 1. We are <em>not<\/em> to be fearful people.\n\nThere\u2019s a pastor in Wheaton, [Illinois], Mitch Kim, who says: \u201cWe\u2019re used to having our lives under control in North America; but here, a small bug is humbling the most powerful nations in the world. COVID-19 has exposed our illusion of control, and the loss of control is what\u2019s sparking fear.\u201d I think he\u2019s right.\n\nBut the Bible tells us [Philippians 4: 6-7]: \u201cDo not be anxious about anything\u201d\u2014this is a command of Scripture\u2014\u201c\u2026in every situation, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.\u201d The promise is, when we do that: \u201cThe peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.\u2019\u201d\n\nIf you\u2019re thinking to yourself, \u201cI\u2019m not feeling that peace,\u201d well then, keep praying, and keep trusting, and keep hoping in God. Don\u2019t be anxious about anything. As we\u2019ve already said, we are the people who do not fear death. We sing this in our hymns on Sunday morning\u2014we sing, \u201cNo guilt in life, no fear in death, this is the power of Christ in me.\u201d We don\u2019t fear death because death has been swallowed up in victory; death has no sting for us anymore. \u201cThe sting of death is sin. The power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ\u201d\n\n[1 Corinthians 15:56,57]. So we ought <em>not<\/em> be people who fear.\n\nWe should <em>not<\/em> be people who forsake one another. Hebrews 10 says, \u201cDo not forsake the assembling of yourselves together.\u201d I know, in a lot of situations, we\u2019re not able to gather together in our local churches; but that doesn\u2019t mean we should be forsaking the assembling of ourselves together. We can still be connected to one another as members of the body of Christ. We can still be calling one another and saying: \u201cWhat do you need?\u201d \u201cHow can I help you?\u201d \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d We can be praying for one another; and to stay focused on: \u201cHow can we respond to this in a way that honors God?\u201d\n\n\u201cDo not fear\u201d; \u201cDo not forsake one another\u201d; and then: \u201cForget not the benefits.\u201d\n\nPsalm 103:1: \u201cBless the Lord o my soul; forget not all His benefits.\u201d We should be remembering and rehearsing the goodness of God and the benefits of God in the midst of this situation. Even though things appear dire, here\u2019s how the Bible helps us recalibrate trials and adversity\u2014the Bible tells us that these things are \u201clight and momentary afflictions that are producing in us an eternal weight of glory [2 Corinthians 4:17].\u201d \u201cThe sufferings of this present age\u201d\u2014the Bible says\u2014\u201care not worth comparing to the glory that\u2019s going to be revealed to us [Romans 8:18].\u201d And we need to remember that\u2014in our difficulties\/in our trials and our sufferings\u2014God is at work, producing perseverance, and character, and hope.\n\n\u201cDo not fear\u201d; \u201cDo not forsake coming together\u201d; and \u201cDon\u2019t forget the goodness of God in the midst of all we\u2019re going through.\u201d\n\nKeep in mind that God is sovereign; He\u2019s in control. We are to worship the God who is at work in our world. Colossians 1 [verse 16] says, \u201cAll things are created by Him, in heaven and on earth\u2026\u201d\u2014now think about that\u2014that means this virus is something God created. I know that seems like, \u201cWhy would God create something that brings illness?\u2014that seems wicked and evil?\u201d R.C. Sproul used to say this\u2014I love this\u2014he said: \u201cThere is no maverick molecule if God is sovereign. If God is, indeed, sovereign over the whole world,\u201d\u2014he said\u2014\u201cthere is not one single molecule in the universe that is running around loose, totally free of God\u2019s sovereignty. If there is, then we have no guarantee that any single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.\u201d\n\nThe sovereignty of God reminds us: \u201c\u2026all things were created by Him and all things were created through Him\u2026He is before all things; in Him all things hold together\u201d Colossians 1:16,17]. Even when there are viruses on the loose, God is still in control. He is in sovereign control over the events of our world; and we need to turn to Him, and cry out to Him, and find our hope in Him.\n\nWe also need to be suffering together. We\u2019ve talked about the importance of staying connected with one another; Galatians 6 says, \u201cBear one another\u2019s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.\u201d We have a responsibility\u2014when there are people in need: when there are people around us who are suffering, whether it\u2019s family members; kids who are anxious or afraid; people in our church, who may contract the virus\u2014we\u2019re to bear one another burdens. If one member suffers, all suffer together.\n\nThe Apostle Paul, when he was giving his farewell address to the people in Ephesus, he said, \u201cI\u2019ve shown you in every way by laboring like this that you must support the weak; remember the words of Lord Jesus, \u2018It\u2019s more blessed to give than to receive\u2019\n\n[Acts 20:35].\u201d In this time of suffering, we need to be focused on <em>serving<\/em> and how we can bear one another's burdens together.\n\nWe also need to be <em>reflecting<\/em> on what God is up to\u2014spending time, like Ann was talking about\u2014in prayer with the Lord, saying, \u201cGod what are You up to in the midst of this?\u201d Ecclesiastes says: \u201cIt\u2019s better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting, for it\u2019s the end of all men and the living take it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter.\u201d These are reminders that, in these kinds of times, we should be pondering\/we should be saying: \u201cWhat\u2019s God up to? \u2018There\u2019s a season for everything. A time to be born and a time to die; a time for laughter and a time for sorrow.\u2019 Where do we find God in the midst of this?\u201d This should be a time of reflection.\n\nThe good news is we don\u2019t have sporting events to distract us; right? There\u2019s a lot that would normally amuse us, and some of our amusements have been taken away. Maybe, instead of amusing ourselves, we should turn our attention back to the Scriptures and back to God and His purposes in this world.\n\nWe\u2019ve been told to maintain social distancing. We're supposed to keep three to six feet so that we\u2019re not exposing one another to this virus or to risk; but God says, \u201cDraw near to Me and I will draw near to you.\u201d It\u2019s interesting\u2014in James 4:8, where it says, \u201cDraw near to Me and I\u2019ll draw near to you,\u201d the next thing it says is, \u201cCleanse your hands.\u201d I don\u2019t think that\u2019s telling you to put Purell<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> on before you draw near to God. Cleansing your hands is a symbolic way of cleansing your life and making sure your life is clean and holy before the Lord. \u201cPurify your hearts\u201d\u2014it goes on to say\u2014\u201cyou who are double-minded.\u201d We ought to be drawing near to God, and we ought to be cleansing our hearts and our hands before the Lord.\n\nKeep in mind, there\u2019s an open door here for the gospel. First Peter 3:15 says, \u201cWe should be ready at all times to give a reason for the hope that is within you.\u201d My first question is: \u201cDo people see <em>hope<\/em> in you?\u201d \u201cAre you reflecting that you\u2019re hopeful in the midst of these dire times, or are you anxious and fearful and troubled?\u201d We should be people, who are hopeful in the midst of this trial. If you find your heart being overwhelmed by fear and anxiety, do what David says to do in the Psalms\u2014he said: \u201cWhy so anxious, oh my soul? Why so downcast? Put your hope in God.\u201d\n\nStrengthen yourself with hope; and when others see the hope in you, be ready to give an answer: \u201cHere\u2019s why I have hope in me, because I have no fear in death\u2014because God is in control; because Jesus is on the throne\u2014and I can trust in Him.\u201d As Dave said, \u201cEven when the mountains are falling into the sea, my hope is in God,\u201d\u2014that\u2019s what Psalm 46 says.\n\nWhen Paul was in prison, he said: \u201cPray for us that God might open a door for our message that we could proclaim the mystery of Christ. Pray that I might proclaim it clearly as I should [Colossians 4:3].\u201d Pray that God would give you open doors for the gospel with your neighbors, with your kids, with people who need encouragement and hope.\n\nThis virus could cause people, who are not spiritually-minded among us, to, all of a sudden, begin to ponder mortality\/to ponder whether there is a God, who is in control. When people start to feel out of control, they start to look around and go, \u201cWhere do I find hope and security?\u201d We can be people, who are proclaiming the mysteries of Christ in the midst of this season.\n\nI got an email from a friend recently. He\u2019s written to his neighbors, so they\u2019ve got an online\u2014I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a GroupMe, or Neighborly, or something\u2014but he\u2019s got all of his neighbors\u2019 email addresses. He wrote to them and said: \u201cHey Neighbors\u2014this Corona thing\u2014it\u2019s getting crazy; right? I\u2019ve been thinking about how some of you, here in the neighborhood, are elderly or maybe fearful of getting out of the house right now, even to go shopping for groceries. If that\u2019s you\u2014if you\u2019re trying to avoid human contact\u2014we\u2019d like to help. You provide the credit card or the cash and a grocery list and my wife and I will run to the store and pick things up for you and drop it off on your porch. Seriously, we\u2019re commanded to love one another; so it\u2019d be a privilege to help you during a time of need. If we can do that, just email me.\u201d Reaching out like that to our neighbors\u2014it\u2019s a <em>great<\/em> way to connect. It\u2019s a great way to give evidence of the hope that\u2019s in you.\n\nC.S. Lewis, 70 years ago, was writing on the subject of how to live in the atomic age, when people were concerned about the atomic bomb. He said, \u201cI\u2019m tempted to reply, \u2018Well, you live the same way you would live in the 16th century, when the plague was visiting London almost every year; or as you would\u2019ve lived in Viking times, when raiders from Scandinavia might cut your throat at night.\u2019\u201d\n\nHe said, \u201cIf we\u2019re all going to be destroyed by the atomic bomb, let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things: praying, and working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting with our friends over a pint and a game of darts\u2014not huddled together like frightened sheep, thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies; a microbe can do that,\u201d\u2014interesting that he would add that\u2014\u201cbut they need not dominate our minds.\u201d\n\nHere's the last thing I\u2019ll say: \u201cWe should be people who exude joy.\u201d Joy is not an option for Christians; it\u2019s a command\u2014Philippians 4 [verse 4]: \u201cRejoice in the Lord\u201d\u2014what?\u2014\u201calways; again, I say rejoice.\u201d First Thessalonians 5 [verses 16-18]: \u201cRejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.\u201d Romans 12 [verse 12] says, \u201c\u2026rejoice in hope; be patient in tribulation; be constant in prayer.\u201d\n\nI saw a tweet yesterday, where somebody said earlier: \u201cI witnessed a woman yelling at a grocery store employee, because there weren\u2019t carts available. Being mean to people in situations like that\u2014who are exhausted, overwhelmed, and overworked\u2014that's a cardinal sin.\u201d We should be people, who are kind, who are joyful, who are patient. Don\u2019t hide the joy of the Lord under a bushel; be prayed up and then connect with people in our world with confidence, with joy, with patience, with hope.\n\nRemind yourself\u2014we\u2019ve got, online at FamilyLifeToday.com, many of these Scriptures that we\u2019ve shared here on the program today\u2014you can go and download it. Some of the quotes we\u2019ve shared here today are available\u2014things you can share with your neighbors or with people in your family. We\u2019ve also got a link to the message that Dave Wilson gave yesterday at Kensington Church from Psalm 46. If you\u2019d like to listen to Bible teaching on this, you can go and there\u2019s a link available there. There\u2019s a link available to the message I gave to our church, here in Little Rock, yesterday.\n\nWe need to be renewing our minds with the truth of God\u2019s Word in the midst of this situation. Again, go to FamilyLifeToday.com; there are links to articles and resources that we\u2019ve made available for you there. We want to help you during this time.\n\nWe\u2019re going to continue with regular programing throughout the week. Again, online, there\u2019s a link to what we had originally scheduled for today, an interview with Mary Kassian\u2014a <em>great<\/em> interview on what it looks like to be a strong woman\u2014the right kind of strength. We will continue that conversation with her throughout the week.\n\nThanks for connecting with us today; it\u2019s good to be able to visit like this. I hope this has been helpful for you. Let me just pray as we close.\n\nFather, would You comfort the hearts of those, who are anxious\/who are fearful? Would You help all of us to have a renewed confidence and strength in Your power, and in Your protection, and in Your provision for us? Help us not to be fearful, not to forsake one another, and not to forget Your goodness and Your benefits.\n\nWe trust You and we love You; and we find our hope, and our strength, and our joy in You. We pray these things in the powerful name of Your Son, our Lord Jesus. Amen.\n\nI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, for his help with this special broadcast. Also, a special thanks to Jim Mitchell, who helped us with today\u2019s program; our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, and our president, David Robbins, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019ll see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\n<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas; a Cru<sup>\u00ae <\/sup>Ministry. Help for today. 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