Coronavirus Church Services and Christian Blogposts for Getting Us Through COVID-19

To help stop the spread of COVID-19, many churches, including mine (Lorilyn Roberts), have developed church services online to serve church members during this crisis. One of our John 3:16 authors, Martin Roth, who lives in Australia, shared his vision of helping those without online church services to be able to connect with other Christians without leaving their homes and risking exposure.

So, I sent out a call to our John 3:16 authors, and many responded, sending me links to church services at their home church. Our members are all over the world, and it’s another example of how we can connect with one another spiritually during this time of crisis.

Please check out the links and enjoy worshipping at home. I want to encourage you to post any prayer requests you have in the comments below, and we will be praying for you.

I’m also including links to blog posts you might find helpful written by our John 3:16 authors.

                                                                                                                    

As Christians, we have the Prince of Peace who lives in our hearts, and the Holy Spirit who dwells within us. Despite not being able to meet as a Church Body, we are the vessel God has chosen to spread His Word of salvation to the world, so let us be mindful that we've been set apart to carry out God's mission. I truly believe God can use COVID-19 to open the hearts of the unreached and the unsaved. Jesus Christ can bring comfort to those who are hurting and those who are sick with the Coronavirus.

Stay safe wherever you are by staying away from crowds and preferably staying at home. Let us pray for our leaders—Australia, Canada, Cuba, Israel, England, India, and everywhere—for a special anointing from God to come over those in positions of power. Let’s lift them up and pray for revival. 

And let's pray for our healthcare workers who are on the front lines fighting this pestilence to keep us safe. As I write this, I wonder, could COVID-19 be one of the signs of the Lord’s imminent return?

Jesus said:  “…and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.” (Luke 21:11)

 

Coronavirus Online Church Services From Around the World

Pastor Steve Gregg, Creekside Community Church, Gainesville, FL

*Creekside Community Church, Gainesville, Florida (Lorilyn Roberts)

bit.ly/CreeksideCommunityChurch

  

*Bethel Church, Redding, California (Jim Edwards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gn4XSEn15I

*Centennial Road Church, Ontario, Canada (Kimberley Payne) https://www.centennialroad.com/home

*Cornerstone Assembly of God, North Chesterfield, Virginia (Larry Fox) 

https://cornerstone.ag/sermons/

*Franklin Road Baptist Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Amanda Stephen)  

https://franklinroadbaptist.org

*Glory of Zion International, Dallas, Texas (Jim Edwards) 

https://tv.gloryofzion.org/available-replays/videos/celebration-service-3-29-9-30am https://tv.gloryofzion.org/available-replays/videos/celebration-service-3-29-9-30am

*Grace Baptist Church, Bowie, Maryland (Pearl Nsiah-Kumi) https://gbcbowie.org

*Journey Church, Liberty, Missouri (Terri Nighswonger)  https://www.journeykc.com/podcast/

*Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship International, India (John Cyrus) https://vimeo.com/399646294?ref=tw-share

*Neuma Church, Melbourne, Australia (Martin Roth) https://neuma.online.church (service starts at 9 minutes 40 seconds)

*New Creation Church, Singapore (Emma Tcheau) bit.ly/NewCreationChurch

*Templestowe Baptist Church, Melbourne, Australia (Martin Roth) https://www.tbc.org.au/sermons

*Valton Friends Church, Wonewoc, Wisconsin (Lisa Lickel)  bit.ly/ValtonFriendsChurch

*Steve Cioccolanti and Discover Ministries, Melbourne, Australia (Lorilyn Roberts) https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscoverMinistries

COVID-19 Helpful Blog Posts Written by Christian Authors 

Jesus and Social Distancing by John 3:16 author Jim Baton

A Message to the Hoarders by Preacher Brother Bob, shared by John 3:16 author John Cyrus

Are You Staying Home During the Coronavirus Crisis? by John 3:16 author Lorilyn Roberts

How My Neighbors Stepped Up by John 3:16 author Kimberley Payne

What Resurrection Sunday Showed Me During the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic by John 3:16 Lorilyn Roberts

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Prophetic Video with Sid Roth 

Interview of Award-Winning Author Jim Baton by John3:16 Marketing Network Founder Lorilyn Roberts

Author Interview with Jim Baton

Lorilyn:  How did you get into writing books, and did you know you wanted to be an author?

Jim:  My two children loved my goodnight stories, even into junior high. I let each of them pick a character, so one night I’d tell how Mickey Mouse and Hello Kitty solved a mystery, the next night Winnie the Pooh and Scooby-Doo learned about forgiveness. I even tried to imitate all their voices.

One day in the House of Prayer, the Lord told me, “I gave your father a writing gift, but he passed away before it could bear fruit. It’s part of your inheritance if you want it.”

“I want it!” I replied.

“Will you submit it to me?”

“Yes.” And that began my writing journey. The partnership I feel with God when I write, sometimes feeling His revelation flowing through me, is one of the great pleasures of my life.

Lorilyn:  Do you have any favorite authors that have influenced your writing?

Jim:  Some readers will notice shades of Frank Peretti or Ted Dekker in my books. I love reading the novels of David Baldacci and Gregg Hurwitz for their adrenaline-rush plots, and Dick Francis and Jonathan Kellerman for their brilliant characters.

Lorilyn:  Do you draw on personal experiences in your books, or is your imagination what drives your plots?

Jim:  It’s really a combination of personal experiences, research, and imagination. Most of my characters are loosely based on real people. 

CLICK TO TWEET:  Many of the supernatural phenomena I write about are also based on real experiences—whether angelic or demonic, miracles or dreams. In fact, several of the supernatural dreams my characters experience are based on real dreams that my wife, my friends, or myself have had. And we’ve been blessed to see God do many, many extraordinary miracles, far more than we could ever include in my books.

Some of them have been so extraordinary that the phrase “truth is stranger than fiction” applies.

All that to say, writing about terrorists or angels or dreams or revival has required very little of my imagination. Because of this, I think my readers catch the authenticity of the stories.

Lorilyn:  Your books have won several awards. Can you tell us about those?

Jim:  It’s encouraging when others recognize the quality of my craft, but honestly, the most rewarding aspect of writing to me is when my readers share that my novel completely changed their perspective on _____. Every book I write begins with a message I feel God has given me for this moment. I fully embrace the power of the storyteller to change paradigms.

Lorilyn:  You have lived in some very faraway places. Where is your favorite “home away from home”?

Jim:  We’ve been blessed to live over 20 years in the Muslim world and blessed to travel and share about our work in many different nations. As a result, the concept of “home” is somewhat fluid for me. I guess I feel most at home wherever my family is gathered, or on a soccer field, or in a House of Prayer.✙✙✙✙✙

Lorilyn:  Where can readers find your books?

Jim:  All my novels are available on all the online platforms: Amazon (for paperback), Kindle, iBooks, Nook, etc.

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Enjoy a Preview of Jim's latest book from the Hope Trilogy Series

NEW RELEASE by Award-Winning Author JIM BATON

In the HOPE Trilogy, teenagers Kelsey and Harmonie solve mysteries, fight for justice, experience the supernatural, and find their place in God’s destiny for their town of Hope, Colorado.

Purchase at Amazon: Hope is a Dangerous Place

For iBooks: click here and Nook: click here

Also available on Kobo, Scribd, 24 Symbols, etc. here

From the back cover of the book:

Seventy-five years ago, fifteen-year-old Hope McCormick disappeared. To remember her, the newly incorporated town was named “Hope.” 

When high school friends Kelsey and Harmonie begin looking into this unsolved mystery, they discover that someone will do anything to make sure the town’s secrets never come to light. 

Which neighbors are allies, and which face masks a violent enemy? And what will it take for their struggling town to fulfill its original destiny of hope?

The Hope Trilogy is written for those who are hungry for God’s revival and transformation of their communities. Learn more at www.jimbaton.com.

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“All over the world, radical lovers of God are rising up to reform their communities. We’re about to see entire cities and nations experience supernatural kingdom transformation. Jim Baton’s HOPE Trilogy captures in riveting narrative what it could look like.”

-Johnny Enlow, founder of RISE, author of The Seven Mountain Renaissance: Vision and Strategy through 2050 and Rainbow God: The Seven Colors of Love 

Visit Author Jim Baton's Amazon page by clicking here. 

Praise and Worship with Val Edwards

Heavenly Vitamins by Val Edwards

Edwards Family Publishing, September 2019

75 pp

$5.99 Ebook

$12.00 paperback

Buy on Amazon  US

Amazon UK 

About the Book

Jesus is our Living Word encouraging us by His Holy Spirit with His Words of LIFE. So here are new songs of affirmation and declaration for equipping us all to be saints in Light. Restorative Spiritual Songs are direct from the Word. They will be tonic with good medicine for the spirit, body, mind and soul that give voice to our Heavenly Father’s Love and Care for us all. An alphabet of simple songs will help us meditate on and remember Our Heavenly Father’s Word with Flowing Grace. Singing them out will cause these truths to positively dwell deep in our hearts and spirits. Offerings of Praise and Thanks to God can be heartily sung round. We may swim, march, dance, prayer walk or simply be, as we sing them heartily. They will do us good and build us up as we sing out and give voice to these Heavenly Vitamins, and share them with each other too.

Lisa's review:

This precious book is an intimate look at a relationship among soulmates; between heaven and earth. Filled with loving photographs taken by the author and songs of devotion, Heavenly Vitamins is an alphabet of interactive praise meant to fortify and build up the reader. For the musically inclined, songs are set up in formatted notes, accompanied by Scripture and lovely images. Simple tunes, such as “Praise shall continually be in my mouth, Psalm thirty-four verse one” both offer our adoration and help us memorize verses. Images of creation in seasons, fruit, blossom, wildlife, sunsets, all meld into hallelujah.

Those who enjoy music and photos in a peanut-size coffee table book will love Heavenly Vitamins.

About the Author:

The late Val Edwards of Britain’s South Coast had a degree in molecular sciences. She and her husband Jim have four children and a grandchild.