Editor’s Note: A shorter version of this article originally appeared on lifewayvoices.com and is reprinted here with permission
In an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus in our city, on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 6:33 p.m., the mayor of Austin issued an order prohibiting all private or public gatherings effective as of 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 15, though May 1, 2020. The looming question for us was how to shepherd our congregation for the next weeks if we weren’t able to gather? Much to our surprise and encouragement, we learned that the Lord had already been preparing us for this global pandemic through the ordinary means of pastoral ministry. Let me explain.
EXPOSITIONAL PREACHING
Through the regular, consecutive, book by book, Christ-centered preaching of God’s word, the Lord allowed us to lay a foundation for our people in his word. Immediately before we were no longer able to gather, we completed our study of Ruth. One of the main points driven home each sermon was that the Lord sustains his people and governs all things, even operating through human actions, to guide everything to his appointed ends. The doctrine of divine providence taught and applied for
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