God of Every Moment

God is ever-present

God was at the beginning of time

God will be at the very end of time

God is the Alpha and the Omega

The Beginning and the End

The Author and Finisher of our lives

From ever lasting to ever lasting He is God

God is in this moment in time

With us

Emmanuel

Immanuel

God of the present

This very moment

God has been

Will be

IS

For He is YHWH

The “I AM”

The always existed

Ever-present

Always will be

GOD

Who is

Loving

Kind

Slow to anger

Quick to forgive

Holy

Righteous

True

Faithful

Gentle

Strong

All powerful

All knowing

Ever present with us


The God Who is

Near to the broken in heart

Near to the lonely and sequestered

Near to the faithful and the doubting


The God Who

Reigns from heaven above

and lives inside those who have accepted Christ

Whom shall we fear

This Ever Present

God

Who is with us

He was

He is

He shall forever be

THIS VERY GOD

Is holding the universe together

And has us in the palms of His hands

If God is for us

Who can be against us

Can trouble

Or hardship

Or “Pause”

Or Shelter in Place

Or COVID-19

Or the Pandemic

Separate us

From the love of God

From the Presence of God

The God of every moment

The God of this moment

YHWH

The ever-present

Ever-existing

GOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6wgF12smE ~ “Every Moment” by forever Jones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbbCGqK6uNc ~ “I Am Not Alone” by Kari Jobe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoqbKyeKOBI ~ “Praise You in This Storm” by Casting Crowns

When God’s People Repent and Pray

“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,  if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7: 13, 14).

God is Sovereign

He is In Charge

God knows the end from the beginning

For He is the

Author and Finisher of our

Faith

Calling

Life

As we face COVID-19

We can face it with panic and fear

We can face it with prudence and caution

We can face it with wisdom from above

Which is first of all

Pure

then Peace-loving

Considerate

Submissive

Full of mercy and good fruit

Impartial

Sincere

As King Solomon dedicated God’s temple

God gave him a promise

That in times of plagues and pestilences

IF

God’s people would

HUMBLE themselves

PRAY and SEEK God’s face

TURN FROM their wicked ways

THEN

God will

HEAR from heaven

FORGIVE their sin

HEAL their land

While God has not caused this pandemic

We know that

In all things God works for the good

of those who love Him

Who have been called according to His purpose

In addition to tackling this pandemic with practical precautions

Let us also tackle it spiritually

Let us humble ourselves

Turn our face toward God

Place our hope in God

Seek His Will and Kingdom

Let us repent

From our self-reliance

From our love of mammon

Let us repent

From having neglected the widows and orphans

From not having attended to the poor and needy

From not having spoken up in face of injustices

Let us repent

From our self-involvement and selfishness

From turning a blind eye to the fragile members of our society

For

God hates our independence from Him

He calls it SIN

God’s heart is grieved when He sees us neglect the poor and the needy

God calls us to undo injustices in our society

Over 2,000 Bible verses address these two things

For the neglect to help the poor and to undo injustice

Break His heart

Let us repent

From our sins of commission

From our sins of omission

Let us turn back to God

Seek First

His Kingdom

And His Righteousness

By being God’s

Hands and

Feet

To look beyond ourselves

And to attend to the needs of others

Especially in the midst of this pandemic

For God has placed us here

For such a time as this

For such a place as this

God is in control

Even in the midst of this pandemic

Let us

Boldly approach His Throne of Grace

With confidence

To receive mercy

And find grace

In our time of need


"Hope & Glory" by Tim Hughes

Godly Leadership

What are God’s mandates when He places us in leadership

The organization has its mandates and expectations

on how we are to lead

It gives us its

Vision

Mission

Core values

Objectives

The Board pushes us from behind

Oversees us from above

To do its bidding

Afterall our job is to carry out its dictates

Even though we might be the head of the organization

God calls us to be cunning as a serpent and gentle as a dove

Jesus calls us to follow His lead in being the “Master”

Whoever wants to be great must be a servant

Just as Jesus came not to be served

But to serve

God calls the leaders to serve those whom they are called to lead

Like Jesus did

When He sent the disciples ahead to give them a break

while He dismissed the crowd after feeding the 5,000

When Jesus washed the disciples’ feet at the last supper

before He was going to be arrested and crucified

Servant leadership

Leading with vision

Leading with purpose

Leading strongly

Leading humbly

Leading with compassion

Leading self-sacrificially

Leading by example