COVID-19

Devotionals

Yes, you can still claim Psalm 91 (Just not like the devil did!)

I love Psalm 91. I memorised it when I was a youth and quoted it often as a prayer then. In this psalm, the psalmist declares God to be his refuge and fortress, and he looks to God as: the one who...

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“There were times when I felt like giving up, but COVID-19 taught me to press on,” says ER doctor

As a doctor in one of our local hospital’s emergency department, my greatest fear is being an asymptomatic carrier who will unknowingly spread the virus to my aged loved ones whose immunity...

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“I am so amazed at what God has done among us”: Grace AOG’s pastor on surviving COVID-19

The past couple of weeks have been remarkable for my church, Grace Assembly of God. It all started when two members of our staff contracted COVID-19 and had to be warded in the National Centre for...

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COVID-19 and the threshing floor: The Church in a moment of reckoning

“Do you see all these things?” he asked. A line that could describe any of us reacting to the events of the past few weeks. Just over a month ago, the first case of COVID-19 surfaced in...

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If God is real, then how come Christians aren’t protected from COVID-19?

The other day, my son overheard a conversation in the barber shop that went like this: Customer: You heard about the spread of the virus happening in the churches? Barber: Oh yes! Customer: Did...

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We feared our boss had COVID-19, but I had to act in faith and care for him

On February 3, 2020, my boss who was posted from China to Singapore for a work stint, began to display COVID-19 symptoms – chest pain, flu and cough. In fear of the coronavirus, none of my...

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The darker the night, the brighter the light: 3 stories of radical love from China

In the face of COVID-19, we have seen and heard of many moving stories of radical love, especially within the Christian community in China. Some have fasted and prayed for days, others have taken the...

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What’s going on in Wuhan? Life in the lockdown, 1 month on

Since January 23, 2020, Wuhan has been under a city-wide lockdown. As residents are not allowed to leave the city without permission, all forms of public transportation including buses, railways and...

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“You are not alone”: Case 74 encourages fellow patients with letter and sunflower

A 29-year-old linked to the cluster at Grace Assembly of God decided that he would use his time in hospital to send messages of hope to fellow patients afflicted by the virus. Starting his three-page...