Prepare and Pray

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 Today, the world is in great turmoil. All is changing, and every country is going to be affected by it. Many are strapped for cash right now-- families are losing their homes, struggling to put food on the table, and fighting off debt. We should start preparing right now.  Food prices are rising, and will likely skyrocket. About a year ago, my Mom approached me and said something to the effect of "I'm pretty sure God has been telling me to prepare, and that I should store away food because hard times are coming." I was slightly skeptical at first, but as I was watching Glenn Beck about a week ago, he closed his show with something like "Be prepared. Hard times are coming. My family and I have been storing food since last year, and we purchased a year's worth of food." And a friend of mine, who has zero interest in politics, began to tell me five years ago (before we knew any of this was happening) that her school began a study on End Times. Among the things that were said to happen before Jesus returns is a global government with a global currency, much like what a man named George Soros is pushing today. We have the opportunity to reach for Jesus and make something great of our country again by restoring it to its roots, or we can abandom Him and crash much like Rome. But this time, the stakes are even higher-- this time, it's the world.

Many families have been stressing about meals and money, mine included. I have decided to promote an idea I've had: To sit down once a week with a provisional devotional. I am supposing it will look something like what is below here, and I hope you will consider using it:

Read: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. -- Matthew 6:26-34
Pray: "Thank You, God, for providing for us this last week. You have fulfilled your promises to us. We will put our trust in You again this week. We will give what You ask us to give and trust You to provide what we need. Please give us each day our daily bread, and show us how we may help others seek You as well. Help us to be responsible stewards of what You provide for us. We ask that You will help us learn to trust You as we should with all our needs and desires. We thank You and we love You. We pray this in Jesus' name, amen."
Read: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. -- Romans 8:28

Please pray for your country, and pray for the world around us. Pray for the love of Jesus to reach every person, and for each person to reach out to Him. Ask for a revival to spread like a wildfire, and an awakening to remind us that He exists and of who He is. The Bible says we will be "transformed by the renewing of (our) mind(s)." -- Romans 12:2. We need to be reminded of Jesus.

God bless!

Edit: Food Storage Guide