Prepper Recon

“I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. I will not fear the tens of thousands drawn up against me on every side. ” Psalms 3:5-6

Does worry ever keep you up at night? Maybe it doesn’t right now, but did you have money in the market back when it was crashing in 2008 and 2009? Maybe it was that time you had to wait for the results from the doctor. What ever it was, we can all relate to not being able to sleep well because of worry.

I regularly cover issues that are likely to trigger another serious economic downturn, not in hopes that people will worry, but that they will hedge themselves and not have to worry. However, it is impossible to completely hedge yourself from all the disasters in life.

The best thing we can do to hedge ourselves from worry is to stay in a close relationship with God through prayer and reading His Word. This instills faith which is the opposite of worry. It will give you the ability to lie down in the midst of the storm and say, “I lie down and sleep… because the Lord sustains me.”

If you are new to prepping or would like to learn more about how to prepare for tomorrow, please read our 7 Step Preparedness Plan. Come back every Sunday for a new Prepper Bible Study! The most important prep of all is knowing GOD. Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die.” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day. Click here to learn more about knowing GOD.

Have a blessed day and happy prepping!

MDG

Complacency- Sunday Prepper Bible Study

Proverbs 1:32  “For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them”

Complacency is defined as a  feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy. After reading this definition, we can see how deadly complacency can be. We live in a culture that is steeped in complacency and God’s Word has already predicted how that will turn out.

As preppers, we must guard against complacency. We must ever be vigilant and on the watch. After several years of prepping, it is tempting to begin to doubt the necessity of continuing to build your preps. Sometimes we can think that the masses might be right. Maybe nothing will happen and everything will go on as it has. This thought actually has a more technical name. It is called Normalcy Bias. Normalcy Bias is what causes people to believe that something won’t happen to them, because it hasn’t happened to them before.  It is a fancy word for complacency. Even though our government is running trillion dollar deficits every year, people believe that the dollar is solid because they have never witnessed a currency collapse before. There are swarms of professionals sounding the alarm about the impending crisis but the general public chooses to stick their heads in the sand.

Many people, myself included, have been astonished by the ability of the Treasury and the Fed to keep up the current level of borrowing and spending without serious economic consequences. The BLS has co-conspired to keep us believing, against all common sense, that inflation rates are low. Despite their manipulation of the numbers, we can see how much more we are paying at the grocery store. Even products that have not risen in price have lost volume, thereby raising the cost per unit.

Continue to be watchful and prayerful. Keep prepping. Do what you can when you can to keep building a better foundation of readiness. Pray that God will help you make the right decisions to best position yourself for what ever the future may bring.  If you are new to prepping, check out our 7 Step Preparedness Plan. It focuses on preparing on a budget and being ready for every possibility.

The most important prep of all is knowing GOD. In the Bible, Jesus said “what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world yet loses his own soul?” Prepper translation: “What good will it do you to survive the coming economic collapse, nuclear war or even a zombie apocalypse if you don’t know you will go to heaven when you die?” A recent study found that 10 out of 10 people die! On that day we will meet our Maker. It only makes sense to be prepared for that day. Click here to learn more about knowing GOD.

Happy Prepping!

MDG