20 Ways to Be the Church During Coronavirus Quarantine

In a time when the world desperately needs the Church of Jesus Christ, churches all across the globe are closed.

This is an unprecedented time in history. Schools and churches have shut down. Millions have lost their jobs, and millions more are quarantined.

I, personally, am sick and tired of hearing about COVID-19. But there are millions of people right now living in fear and panic. And in the natural, they have no reason not to.

Without God, what protection is there against COVID-19?

When you buy all the masks and all the toilet paper and clean all the doorknobs and stay away from all the people, Who is doing things you hadn’t thought of?

Who is protecting you from the germs on the last cart you pushed? From the last doorknob you touched? From the last breath you breathed? And God forbid, if you caught the virus for which there is no medical treatment, Who is sustaining you?

Without God, it’s easy to see why the world is in upheaval.

It’s a scary time for people who don’t know God and don’t know the Prince of Peace.

In a time when they need God now more than ever, churches across the globe are closed.

But one thing the world can’t quarantine is faith.

Anyone with a brain can clearly see that the antichrist spirit is in the world today. The devil is doing everything he can to turn people away from God and to deny God’s existence. He is using the tools of abortion, sexual perversion, family structure destructions, and censorship, to name just a few.

But now is not the time for the Church of Jesus Christ to curl up in a little ball and die. The antichrist spirit can only win if the Church stays quiet. If Jesus tarries another 40 years, what kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren?

Better yet, what kind of world are we living in right now, and how does this relate to COVID-19?

It’s time for the Church to be the Church.

People desperately need God. People are hungry, desperate, and broken.

You are the only Bible most people will ever read. Who can you tell about Jesus and His peace today? Who can you call, text, or email to check up on? How many of your friends are saved? How can you introduce them to the only true Hope we have during this outbreak of COVID-19?

That’s why today, I put aside my health issues. I put aside my personal problems. I rendered it irrelevant to the message I share with you today: reach out and be the Church.

20 Ways to Be the Church During Coronavirus Quarantine

1. Text a friend and ask them if anyone has ever told them that God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their life.

2. Request a $75 giftcard on the behalf of families who have lost their job.

3. Offer to get groceries or other necessities for eldery neighbors.

4. Share the broadcast services of your church. Due to algorithms, Christian posts generally only get seen by other obvious Christians. If you create and link to the post yourself, it will have a better chance of being seen by more people.

5. Even if you’re not a minister, you have a testimony. You have Jesus in you to share. Get on Instagram live and talk about what Jesus has done for you and what He can do for others.

6. Repost the daily verse images from YouVersion on social media.

7. Send a letter to someone offering encouraging verses and prayers.

8. Sell your old clothes using a service like ThredUp or something similar and send the money to hurting families.

9. Support your local businesses by ordering takeout and let them know you’re praying for their success.

10. Reach out to the hurting and lonely. Being isolated is hard on people—young and old. Make it a part of your day to reach out and encourage someone.

11. Ask people for specific prayer requests. With more free time, we have more time to focus on praying for others. God doesn’t just hear our prayers… He answers so we can help people see breakthroughs in every area.

12. Speak positively. We’re going through chaotic times; no one needs another dose of negativity to bring them down. Make it a point to speak life, hope, healing, and the love of God to everyone you talk with.

13. Forward this encouraging email containing a prayer about COVID-19 to your friends.

14. Mail a gift of encouragement to a friend.

15. Show love and prefer your family if you are quarantined with your family. Prefer them for the sake of peace. Everyone’s a little cranky, but the love of God can cover it all.

16. Offer to video chat with someone lonely.

17. Start a group chat just for sharing encouraging verses or resources to brighten everyone’s day.

18. Use some of your emergency savings to bless hurting families.

19. Give unused gift cards (to places like grocery stores and restaurants) to hurting families.

20. Be bold. Don’t be afraid to share Jesus with others during this time. Don’t let your fear of others get in the way of sharing what the world so desperately needs to hear right now.

In summary, now is the hour of the Church of Jesus Christ.

If we have any hope of reaching a lost and dying world, we need to push past the fear of others and show them Jesus.

I encourage you to pick just one thing from this list and do it right now. If every Christian just won one person to Jesus a day, and those people each won one person a day, the entire globe would be saved in a very short time. The world would be transformed almost overnight. 

All that has to happen for evil to prevail is for the good guys to stay silent.

So don’t be silent. COVID-19 might have quarantined you to your house, but it can’t silence your voice.

What one thing from this list can you do today? Do you have an idea to add to the list?

By |2020-04-07T12:34:40-04:00April 6th, 2020|Encouragement, Life Undefeated, Ministry|44 Comments

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I'm Madi: blogger, writer, doll collector, and minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Learn more about me here and this blog here.

44 Comments

  1. Olive April 6, 2020 at 12:16 pm - Reply

    Fabulous points! ?

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 12:17 pm - Reply

      Yeah, first comment! Fist bump!

  2. Germaine Han April 6, 2020 at 12:24 pm - Reply

    Loved this! You rock, Madi <3

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 12:27 pm - Reply

      You’re such an encouragement to me, Germaine! ?

  3. mime52 April 6, 2020 at 12:51 pm - Reply

    I love this! Though I would add sidewalk chalk outside nursing homes or maybe some other way to encourage people in nursing homes from a distance for they need a lot of love right now.

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 12:58 pm - Reply

      I love that idea. My friend writes letters to nursing homes and I think it’s an amazing thing.

  4. Tryphena April 6, 2020 at 1:16 pm - Reply

    Love this post! My family has been writing encouraging verses with chalk on the sidewalk outside our house 🙂

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 1:18 pm - Reply

      That is so beautiful, Tryphena ?

  5. Maya Joelle April 6, 2020 at 1:45 pm - Reply

    Great post, Madi! I particularly love the letter-writing point. A lot of nursing homes in my area are asking for locals to send letters, since no one is allowed in or out. I’m hoping to do that this week; it sounds like an amazing way to make a friend and share Jesus’ love.

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 1:46 pm - Reply

      Thanks for reading, Maya! I love that idea—my friend does that same thing and honestly it’s amazing.

  6. Diamond April 6, 2020 at 1:52 pm - Reply

    My church just had a weekend conference(virtual, of course!), and it was great. One thing that my church wants to invite people to do is to fast on Friday, April 10th, for the pandemic to end soon and not take so many lives. We’re trying to get people(regardless of religion) to join us. You also don’t have to fast from food, you can just go 24 hrs without your phone or something(that’s what I’m doing!). It just has to be a sacrifice that you make.

    You had some really great points! Thank you for sharing this post.

    • Madi April 7, 2020 at 9:02 am - Reply

      What an amazing idea! I’ll try to fast that day, too. Prayer is so important. Thank you for commenting and sharing about your church’s great idea, Diamond!

      • Diamond April 7, 2020 at 9:39 am - Reply

        That would be awesome if you could join in!

  7. Elle April 6, 2020 at 8:17 pm - Reply

    Beautiful! It is time for the Bride to arise!

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 8:19 pm - Reply

      You took the words right outta my mouth, Elle!

    • Madi April 6, 2020 at 8:22 pm - Reply

      (I tried to comment on your latest post but I’m not sure if it went through. WordPress likes to mark me as spam, I think!)

      • Elle April 6, 2020 at 8:31 pm - Reply

        You’re all clear this time! ?

        • Madi April 6, 2020 at 8:32 pm - Reply

          Well what do you know! It must’ve just been in moderation and I didn’t see it. LOL, sorry!

          • Elle April 6, 2020 at 8:35 pm - Reply

            XD you’re fine, let’s hope my blog doesn’t censor your fuego out ? (fuego is Spanish for fire and my family’s term for Holy Spirit fire ?)

            • Madi April 6, 2020 at 8:35 pm - Reply

              Oh my goodness, that is beautiful, can I go around saying that too? ???

              • Elle April 6, 2020 at 8:38 pm - Reply

                Yes, of course! ???

  8. Olivia Bell April 7, 2020 at 2:14 am - Reply

    This is such an important message and your points were right on! I’m doing several of them most days.? If I can get my dad to buy me some chalk I’m going to start putting encouraging messages in front of our house on the sidewalk!?

    • Madi April 7, 2020 at 9:03 am - Reply

      Thank you so much, Livy! Oh, that is beautiful — I wish I had sidewalk so I could do that! Maybe on the curb… haha!

  9. Hannah April 7, 2020 at 8:17 am - Reply

    Great ideas Madi! I’ve been FaceTiming friends, family and grandparents (thank you Jesus for modern technology!!) and I love the idea of writing letters to people in nursing homes! Great post! 🙂

    • Madi April 7, 2020 at 9:04 am - Reply

      Oh Hannah, that’s an amazing idea. I hadn’t thought to FaceTime my grandparents before! Thanks for commenting — always so exciting to see something from you.

  10. Laura April 7, 2020 at 9:35 am - Reply

    I love love love those ideas!! <3 I shall definitely try some of these!! Thank you so much for sharing them!! <3 And how are you doing? 😀

    -Laura <3 🙂

    • Madi April 7, 2020 at 9:35 am - Reply

      Aww Laura! Thank you so much, and if you try any of them I hope you have a great time! I’m doing good, how are you? ☺️?

      • Laura April 8, 2020 at 10:23 am - Reply

        You’re very welcome! <3 That's good to hear! <3 I'm doing fine! 😀

  11. Kirstyn Todd April 7, 2020 at 12:19 pm - Reply

    “You mean the way Majestia does it. She says all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.” –Alya Césaire, Miraculous Ladybug
    That’s always been my favorite Miraculous quote. 🙂 (Majestia is a comic book hero in the Miraculous Ladybug world.)

    • Madi April 7, 2020 at 12:30 pm - Reply

      My friend loves Miraculous Ladybug!

  12. Victoria April 8, 2020 at 3:14 pm - Reply

    Awesome post! Just wish that I had a phone!

    • Madi April 13, 2020 at 3:12 pm - Reply

      Thank you! Haha!

  13. lololololodjdhhrhr May 13, 2021 at 2:46 pm - Reply

    Good posts Madi

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