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FIRST RESPONDERS – Emergency Preparedness
Hello to whoever is reading this! Are you prepared? Well, you should be. If you are, keep prepping. There are spiritual emergencies everywhere.
First
Responders are the first people to respond and take action after an
emergency
First
Responders have to be prepared
Today
we are going to be talking about
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
Really,
we should all be prepared for emergencies
This
week Hurricane Dorian did a lot of destruction up the east
coast
Hopefully the people in its path were prepared
I
grew up in Florida and I remember preparing for hurricanes: shutters,
water, gas…
I’m
also especially qualified to talk to you about preparedness because I
was in
Boy Scouts
Sept.
is national preparedness month. www.ready.gov
What
are you preparing for? What will you be ready for?
SPIRITUAL
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
What
is a spiritual emergency?
When
you or someone around you is in danger of falling out of faith.
When
you find out that someone does not have faith in Jesus Christ.
You
could look at it this way: What emergency isn’t a spiritual
emergency?
When
someone openly challenges your faith.
1
PETER 3:15 (NIV)
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give
an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope
that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
What
about Jesus’ return? It will be an emergency if you haven’t
prepared.
MATTHEW
24:36 (NIV) “But
about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father.
MATTHEW
24:37 (NIV)As
it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of
Man.
MATTHEW
24:38 (NIV) For in
the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
MATTHEW
24:39 (NIV) and
they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and
took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son
of Man.
They
could have been prepared if they had listened to Noah and to God.
MATTHEW
24:42 (NIV)
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your
Lord will come.
MATTHEW
24:43 (NIV) But
understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of
night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not
have let his house be broken into.
MATTHEW
24:44 (NIV) So you
also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when
you do not expect him.
But
didn’t Jesus also say “Don’t worry about tomorrow…”? –
Yes. Matthew 6:34
He doesn’t want us to be anxious about our
daily needs, but He does want us to be spiritually prepared
GALATIANS
6:8 (NIV) Whoever
sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal
life.
3
P’s OF PREPARATION
Alliteration
makes things more memorable
Prayer,
Penitence, Perspicacity, Polyhedron, Pensacola, Pepperoni, Prius,
Pre-pressed Plumber Pants – none of these
I
apologize for popping P’s in the microphone
The
three P’s of Preparation are Priorities, Pack, Perseverance
PRIORITIES
In
order to prepare, it has to be a priority
Your
actions demonstrate your priorities
Doomsday
Preppers
Jesus tells us: Seek first God’s Kingdom and God’s righteousness and all the rest will be given unto you. Matthew 6:33
Is
our spiritual preparedness, and our relationship with God a priority?
Make
Spiritual Preparedness a priority by acting like it is a priority.
Live it out.
PACK
Doomsday
Preppers have their equipment. Some people have an emergency kit.
When
preparing for a hurricane you have to get your supplies together
What is in your spiritual emergency kit?
Bible
– do you read it or just own it.
In
an emergency you want to have the most critical items close to you at
all times.
They need to be easy to access and easy to use.
Do
you carry the Word of God in you? Can you cite or quote a few verses?
What
else?
Prayer
is a powerful tool in a Spiritual Emergency. We have to be ready to
use it.
We need to practice it frequently.
They
say, when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail.
We
need to get to a place where we see every situation as one that could
benefit from prayer. And we are willing to pray.
What
else? How about the armor of God.
EPHESIANS 6:13 (NIV) Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
EPHESIANS 6:14 (NIV) Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
EPHESIANS 6:15 (NIV) and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
EPHESIANS 6:16 (NIV) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
EPHESIANS 6:17 (NIV) Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Our
Spiritual Emergency Kits should be full of supplies, and we need to
have lots of experience using all of them.
PERSISTENCE
We
have to stick with it. We’re never finished getting prepared.
Doomsday
preppers don’t stop prepping.
We
need to keep working every day. It needs to remain a priority. And
every day we need to work like it is our top priority.
GALATIANS 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
We
need to be encouraged to persevere and not give up because being
prepared is
PAINFUL
We
have to give up certain things to focus on what is most important.
Not
only that, but being prepared to be a first responder can have
painful moments
Imagine
all the unpleasant things that cops, firefighters, and paramedics
have to see and deal with.
Villagio
can be painful. But we grow through pain.
Keep it up. Persevere. Run the
race with endurance.
Being prepared, even with its painful
moments, is better than being caught unprepared
HOLY SPIRIT
POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
LUKE 12 11-12 (NIV) “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
That’s
not to say that we don’t need the three P’s of preparation, but
the best way to get prepared is to get in contact with the Holy
Spirit of God.
The
Holy Spirit is like a dispatcher: go over there, talk to that man…
The
Holy Spirit helps remind us of what is the top priority.
The
Holy Spirit dispenses the tools in our Spiritual Emergency Pack.
The
Holy Spirit can help us to persevere when we would otherwise quit.
Now
the question is: How prepared are you?
Sometimes
safety and emergency preparedness presentations make me feel a little
uneasy because I realize how unprepared I am.
The
point is that they should motivate me to get prepared.
If
this message made you feel a little uneasy, that’s alright.
Let
it be motivation to get spiritually prepared.
If you realize
that you’ve been asleep in your faith, then wake up! Get prepared.
ROMANS 13:11 (NIV) And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
You
will face spiritual emergencies in your life, and they are coming
like a thief in the night. Will you be prepared, or will you have to
rely on someone else to be your spiritual first responder?
If
you’re feeling a little under-prepared there is something you can
do about it right now. At the end of service every week we open the
altar and invite everyone to spend some time in prayer.
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Hello to whoever is reading this! Are you prepared? Well, you should be. If you are, keep prepping. There are spiritual emergencies everywhere.
First
Responders are the first people to respond and take action after an
emergency
First
Responders have to be prepared
Today
we are going to be talking about
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
Really,
we should all be prepared for emergencies
This
week Hurricane Dorian did a lot of destruction up the east
coast
Hopefully the people in its path were prepared
I
grew up in Florida and I remember preparing for hurricanes: shutters,
water, gas…
I’m
also especially qualified to talk to you about preparedness because I
was in
Boy Scouts
Sept.
is national preparedness month. www.ready.gov
What
are you preparing for? What will you be ready for?
SPIRITUAL
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
What
is a spiritual emergency?
When
you or someone around you is in danger of falling out of faith.
When
you find out that someone does not have faith in Jesus Christ.
You
could look at it this way: What emergency isn’t a spiritual
emergency?
When
someone openly challenges your faith.
1
PETER 3:15 (NIV)
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give
an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope
that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect,
What
about Jesus’ return? It will be an emergency if you haven’t
prepared.
MATTHEW
24:36 (NIV) “But
about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,
nor the Son, but only the Father.
MATTHEW
24:37 (NIV)As
it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of
Man.
MATTHEW
24:38 (NIV) For in
the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying
and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
MATTHEW
24:39 (NIV) and
they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and
took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son
of Man.
They
could have been prepared if they had listened to Noah and to God.
MATTHEW
24:42 (NIV)
“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your
Lord will come.
MATTHEW
24:43 (NIV) But
understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of
night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not
have let his house be broken into.
MATTHEW
24:44 (NIV) So you
also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when
you do not expect him.
But
didn’t Jesus also say “Don’t worry about tomorrow…”? –
Yes. Matthew 6:34
He doesn’t want us to be anxious about our
daily needs, but He does want us to be spiritually prepared
GALATIANS
6:8 (NIV) Whoever
sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction;
whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal
life.
3
P’s OF PREPARATION
Alliteration
makes things more memorable
Prayer,
Penitence, Perspicacity, Polyhedron, Pensacola, Pepperoni, Prius,
Pre-pressed Plumber Pants – none of these
I
apologize for popping P’s in the microphone
The
three P’s of Preparation are Priorities, Pack, Perseverance
PRIORITIES
In
order to prepare, it has to be a priority
Your
actions demonstrate your priorities
Doomsday
Preppers
Jesus tells us: Seek first God’s Kingdom and God’s righteousness and all the rest will be given unto you. Matthew 6:33
Is
our spiritual preparedness, and our relationship with God a priority?
Make
Spiritual Preparedness a priority by acting like it is a priority.
Live it out.
PACK
Doomsday
Preppers have their equipment. Some people have an emergency kit.
When
preparing for a hurricane you have to get your supplies together
What is in your spiritual emergency kit?
Bible
– do you read it or just own it.
In
an emergency you want to have the most critical items close to you at
all times.
They need to be easy to access and easy to use.
Do
you carry the Word of God in you? Can you cite or quote a few verses?
What
else?
Prayer
is a powerful tool in a Spiritual Emergency. We have to be ready to
use it.
We need to practice it frequently.
They
say, when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail.
We
need to get to a place where we see every situation as one that could
benefit from prayer. And we are willing to pray.
What
else? How about the armor of God.
EPHESIANS 6:13 (NIV) Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
EPHESIANS 6:14 (NIV) Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
EPHESIANS 6:15 (NIV) and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
EPHESIANS 6:16 (NIV) In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
EPHESIANS 6:17 (NIV) Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Our
Spiritual Emergency Kits should be full of supplies, and we need to
have lots of experience using all of them.
PERSISTENCE
We
have to stick with it. We’re never finished getting prepared.
Doomsday
preppers don’t stop prepping.
We
need to keep working every day. It needs to remain a priority. And
every day we need to work like it is our top priority.
GALATIANS 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
We
need to be encouraged to persevere and not give up because being
prepared is
PAINFUL
We
have to give up certain things to focus on what is most important.
Not
only that, but being prepared to be a first responder can have
painful moments
Imagine
all the unpleasant things that cops, firefighters, and paramedics
have to see and deal with.
Villagio
can be painful. But we grow through pain.
Keep it up. Persevere. Run the
race with endurance.
Being prepared, even with its painful
moments, is better than being caught unprepared
HOLY SPIRIT
POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
LUKE 12 11-12 (NIV) “When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, 12 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
That’s
not to say that we don’t need the three P’s of preparation, but
the best way to get prepared is to get in contact with the Holy
Spirit of God.
The
Holy Spirit is like a dispatcher: go over there, talk to that man…
The
Holy Spirit helps remind us of what is the top priority.
The
Holy Spirit dispenses the tools in our Spiritual Emergency Pack.
The
Holy Spirit can help us to persevere when we would otherwise quit.
Now
the question is: How prepared are you?
Sometimes
safety and emergency preparedness presentations make me feel a little
uneasy because I realize how unprepared I am.
The
point is that they should motivate me to get prepared.
If
this message made you feel a little uneasy, that’s alright.
Let
it be motivation to get spiritually prepared.
If you realize
that you’ve been asleep in your faith, then wake up! Get prepared.
ROMANS 13:11 (NIV) And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
You
will face spiritual emergencies in your life, and they are coming
like a thief in the night. Will you be prepared, or will you have to
rely on someone else to be your spiritual first responder?
If
you’re feeling a little under-prepared there is something you can
do about it right now. At the end of service every week we open the
altar and invite everyone to spend some time in prayer.