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                                                   EMERGENCY!

         When in sorrow……………………………………………….call John 14

         When men fail you………………………………………….call Psalm 27

         When you have sinned…………………………………….call Psalm 51

         When you worry………………………………….call Matthew 6:19-34

         When you are in danger……………………………………call Psalm 91

         When God seems far away………………………………call Psalm 139

         When your faith needs stirring………………………call Hebrews 11

         When you are lonely and fearful………………………..call Psalm 23

         When you grow bitter and critical……………call 1 Corinthians 13

         When you feel down and out………………………..call Romans 8:31

         When you want peace and rest…………….call Matthew 11:25-30

         When the world seems bigger than God………………call Psalm 90

         When you want Christian assurance…………..call Romans 8:1-30

         When you leave home for labor or travel……………call Psalm 121

         When your prayers grow narrow or selfish…………..call Psalm 67

         When you want courage for a task………………………call Joshua 1

         When you think of investments and returns…………..call Mark 10

          If you are depressed…………………………………………call Psalm 27

          If your pocketbook is empty………………………………call Psalm 37

          If you are losing confidence in people………call 1 Corinthians 13

          If people seem unkind………………………………………..call John 15

          If discouraged about your work……………………….call Psalm 126

          If self pride/greatness takes hold………………………call Psalm 19

          If you want to be fruitful……………………………………..call John 15

          For understanding of Christianity……call 11 Corinthians 5:15-19

          For a great invention/opportunity………………………call Isaiah 55

          For how to get along with fellow men……………….call Romans 12

          For Paul’s secret to happiness………………call Colossians 3:12-17

                                     ALTERNATE NUMBERS:

                         For dealing with fear…………..call Psalm 347

                         For security…………………….call Psalm 121:3

                         For assurance……………………..call Mark 8:35

                         For reassurance…………….call Psalm 145:18

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How the Virus Stole Easter

By Kristi Bothur
(With a nod to Dr. Seuss)

Twas late in ‘19 when the virus began
Bringing chaos and fear to all people, each land.

People were sick, hospitals full,
Doctors overwhelmed, no one in school.

As winter gave way to the promise of spring,
The virus raged on, touching peasant and king.

People hid in their homes from the enemy unseen.
They YouTubed and Zoomed, social-distanced, and cleaned.

April approached and churches were closed.
“There won’t be an Easter,” the world supposed.

“There won’t be church services, and egg hunts are out.
No reason for new dresses when we can’t go about.”

Holy Week started, as bleak as the rest.
The world was focused on masks and on tests.

“Easter can’t happen this year,” it proclaimed.
“Online and at home, it just won’t be the same.”

Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, the days came and went.
The virus pressed on; it just would not relent.

The world woke Sunday and nothing had changed.
The virus still menaced, the people, estranged.

“Pooh pooh to the saints,” the world was grumbling.
“They’re finding out now that no Easter is coming.

“They’re just waking up! We know just what they’ll do!
Their mouths will hang open a minute or two,
And then all the saints will all cry boo-hoo.

“That noise,” said the world, “will be something to hear.”
So it paused and the world put a hand to its ear.

And it did hear a sound coming through all the skies.
It started down low, then it started to rise.

But the sound wasn’t depressed.
Why, this sound was triumphant!
It couldn’t be so!
But it grew with abundance!

The world stared around, popping its eyes.
Then it shook! What it saw was a shocking surprise!

Every saint in every nation, the tall and the small,
Was celebrating Jesus in spite of it all!

It hadn’t stopped Easter from coming! It came!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!

And the world with its life quite stuck in quarantine
Stood puzzling and puzzling.
“Just how can it be?”

“It came without bonnets, it came without bunnies,
It came without egg hunts, cantatas, or money.”

Then the world thought of something it hadn’t before.
“Maybe Easter,” it thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Easter, perhaps, means a little bit more.”

And what happened then?

Well....the story’s not done.
What will YOU do?
Will you share with that one
Or two or more people needing hope in this night?
Will you share the source of your life in this fight?

The churches are empty - but so is the tomb,
And Jesus is victor over death, doom, and gloom.

So this year at Easter, let this be our prayer,
As the virus still rages all around, everywhere.

May the world see hope when it looks at God’s people.
May the world see the church is not a building or steeple.
May the world find Faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection,
May the world find Joy in a time of dejection.
May 2020 be known as the year of survival,
But not only that -
Let it start a revival.