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Hey! I'm all in .. Give me a pole!! Start saving beer bottles they are part of the insulation for the stove !
Check out on you tube how to build them I believe I have it memorized now I've watched it so much .. Lol
teach a man to fish dont just hand him a pole..
show me how to do something I can do it .. I had to prove this to my step dad who didn't think I could drive a tractor or shoot a gun or hunt .. I think a persons skill only developes when given room to bring them to life ..
Tell me I can't do something .. my nature kicks in of "OH yes I can!"
I learned to weld because someone told me I didn't have the skill or the know how to do it .. You can bet I went and signed myself up for a welding class.. Made a straight A in it .. we can only do what we believe we can.. I believe I can snowboard even though I've never tried it .. I believe everyone has the ability if given the tools and room to make mistakes doing whatever they see as a possible interest ... don't tell me you can't do something . I'll give you every tool I have to prove that you can !!
Check out on you tube how to build them I believe I have it memorized now I've watched it so much .. Lol
teach a man to fish dont just hand him a pole..
show me how to do something I can do it .. I had to prove this to my step dad who didn't think I could drive a tractor or shoot a gun or hunt .. I think a persons skill only developes when given room to bring them to life ..
Tell me I can't do something .. my nature kicks in of "OH yes I can!"
I learned to weld because someone told me I didn't have the skill or the know how to do it .. You can bet I went and signed myself up for a welding class.. Made a straight A in it .. we can only do what we believe we can.. I believe I can snowboard even though I've never tried it .. I believe everyone has the ability if given the tools and room to make mistakes doing whatever they see as a possible interest ... don't tell me you can't do something . I'll give you every tool I have to prove that you can !!
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I tried to give you rep points for this thread but the system says I've already given you too many
What an interesting topic!! I wish I had something meaningful to contribute, but all I can say is that, while I'm not a prepper, I do struggle sometimes with a battle between stockpiling things when they're on sale because I'm worried I "won't have enough" or will miss out on another sale.
Just wanted to tell you, reading this thread has been pretty intriguing.
I tried to give you rep points for this thread but the system says I've already given you too many
What an interesting topic!! I wish I had something meaningful to contribute, but all I can say is that, while I'm not a prepper, I do struggle sometimes with a battle between stockpiling things when they're on sale because I'm worried I "won't have enough" or will miss out on another sale.
Just wanted to tell you, reading this thread has been pretty intriguing.
Oh, no doubt at all that he was possessed by a demon. He was also on a drug called Bath Salts (google it). Drugs are one of the means by which many occultists open the door to lowering their willpower to allow evil spirits to enter in; not that the guy in Miami was an occultist though.
I have heard a lot of people argue about whether something is drug induced or demon-possession. There is no argument between the two. It is both.
I have heard a lot of people argue about whether something is drug induced or demon-possession. There is no argument between the two. It is both.
That would be the key, brother. Preparation according to what God instructs us; like Noah, Joseph, and many others.
To many it may look like crazy acts of fear.
I am sure that is what many people thought about Noah building a ship in the woods making the claims that he was.
I'm sure that it was many thought about Egypt when they started stockpiling food even though there was plenty to go around.
Yet the ones that thought they were crazy, were the ones that were fearful and therefore just wanted to be in denial of the things to come instead of being prepared.
Like John the Baptist said, "Who has warned you to fear the wrath to come?"
John was NOT warning to fear, he was warning to repent and put their full trust in God. He told those that came to him out of fear to go away and come back when they had evidence of being repentant.
To many it may look like crazy acts of fear.
I am sure that is what many people thought about Noah building a ship in the woods making the claims that he was.
I'm sure that it was many thought about Egypt when they started stockpiling food even though there was plenty to go around.
Yet the ones that thought they were crazy, were the ones that were fearful and therefore just wanted to be in denial of the things to come instead of being prepared.
Like John the Baptist said, "Who has warned you to fear the wrath to come?"
John was NOT warning to fear, he was warning to repent and put their full trust in God. He told those that came to him out of fear to go away and come back when they had evidence of being repentant.
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Exactly my brother! Exactly,.. But I'm thinking: "what do you mean by metaphorically?". Isn't the alive in Christ walkin among the dead concept actually Literal? Because the "alive" and "dead" being spoken of here is that of Spurirual death and life, which is in fact Literal, am I right?
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Although I was never a Boy Scout, I'm a firm believer in their motto "Be Prepared". Would I consider myself to be a "Prepper" in the more common use? No. However I do believe in being prepared for the unexpected. I do keep a bit of extra food stored in a closet just in case. Just in case I'm short of grocery money sometime, just in case a natural disaster happens and the grocery store shelves end up empty, just in case.............
In most major natural disasters the huge need for food and water in the disaster zone is because people are just accustomed to there being food on the shelves of the grocery store. They don't realize that the stores get a truck load of food every day to restock their shelves and in the event of a natural disaster those shelves run empty quick.
It doesn't cost a lot to become minimally prepared. Just buy an extra can (a couple of dollars) of something every time you go shopping and store it outside the kitchen so that it doesn't accidentally get used. Depending on how often you go shopping, within a few months you'll have several days to a week worth of worth of food stored.
In most major natural disasters the huge need for food and water in the disaster zone is because people are just accustomed to there being food on the shelves of the grocery store. They don't realize that the stores get a truck load of food every day to restock their shelves and in the event of a natural disaster those shelves run empty quick.
It doesn't cost a lot to become minimally prepared. Just buy an extra can (a couple of dollars) of something every time you go shopping and store it outside the kitchen so that it doesn't accidentally get used. Depending on how often you go shopping, within a few months you'll have several days to a week worth of worth of food stored.
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Your saying "just in case", means to be (from my understanding of God by His word), "just in case God fails me". In a situation of nation desaster in America, the only way we can endure is by Faith. As the condition of the Nation would be in utter lawlessness. People will go crazy and either kill for food, or be dependent on the government totally for everything, ooorr if you're one of God's Elect, you will be provided what is necessary to sustain your life if you have the faith and trust that God will do it, just as He as promised. As it is now, He is providing you and your family (if any?), what is necessary to sustain life. We as Believers must believe that God can and will sustain at least the lives of us and whomever else He's chosen through a time like that.
I'm convinced the fact that the government is getting more and more people completely dependent on it is severely serious for us to be discerned about. It is an attempt by Satan to take away God's sovereign control of your life, which we know is guaranteed Salvation by God's sovereign decree. We should not worry about things like that so much. Look at what the Israelites went through because they began to doubt God's sovereign grace to sustain their lives in the desert, even though they experienced His divine impartation of food from heaven, they still began to doubt, and look what happened to them because of that,.. We must not be caught in a state of spiritual weakness like that, like they were. We must be strong and faithful[:
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You might also consider the story of Joseph. He interpreted the dreams the Pharaoh had and thus saved them all from disaster, 7 years of it. Had they not prepared, they would have all starved. Would that have meant God failed them? Good thing Joseph was given charge of the food storage problem because no one else was interested in preparing.
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Absolutely we have to be spiritually prepared. I agree with you on that. But you made it sound like her preparation meant that oncefallen was not spiritually prepared when that has nothing to do with saving cans. Just because we begin to prepare for disasters doesn't mean we are not spiritually prepared. We need to be spiritually prepared, but be otherwise prepared also. In Acts 11:27,28 we see a severe famine coming. The disciples began to provide help. We have been warned that disasters will and are happening.