🔥 Episode Summary:

In SERE training, the Rule of Threes helps you determine what matters most when everything falls apart:

• 3 minutes without air
• 3 hours without shelter
• 3 days without water
• 3 weeks without food

In this episode, Dave explores how these survival priorities mirror spiritual survival. Just like in the wilderness, your soul needs the right priorities in the right order.

This episode challenges Christians to examine what truly sustains their spirit, focuses their energy, and anchors their faith when life hits hard.

🏕️ Key Segments:

1. Why Priorities Matter in Survival & Faith

When crisis hits, you default to training and priorities. Spiritual resilience works the same way. (Matthew 6:33)

2. Three Minutes Without Air → Worship & Prayer

In survival, oxygen keeps the body alive. In faith, worship and prayer keep the soul breathing. (Psalm 150:6; 1 Thess. 5:17)

3. Three Hours Without Shelter → God as Your Refuge

Shelter protects from exposure — spiritually, God is your covering in chaos. (Psalm 46:1; Psalm 91:1–2)

4. Three Days Without Water → The Living Water

Physical dehydration leads to confusion; spiritual dehydration leads to despair.
 Christ offers water that revives the soul. (John 7:37–38)

5. Three Weeks Without Food → Feeding on God’s Word

Sustained nourishment comes from Scripture, especially when life gets tough. (Matthew 4:4; Psalm 119:105)

6. Applying the Rule of Threes to Your Daily Walk

Field Mission for the Week:

• Oxygen (Prayer): 3 mins of intentional breathing + prayer each morning
• Shelter (God’s Presence): Memorize Psalm 46:1
• Water (Spiritual Hydration): Identify one area where you feel dry
• Food (God’s Word): Read one Psalm daily

7. Leadership Tie-In

Leaders set the spiritual climate where ever they are. When your priorities are aligned, your leadership becomes stable and life-giving.

8. Closing Reflection:

You survive what matters most by prioritizing what matters most. And God always comes first.

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The Berlin Wall fell 36 years ago - November 9, 1989.

In this episode, I look back at one of history’s defining moments—the fall of the Berlin Wall—and draw spiritual parallels to the walls Christians build in their hearts and communities. Just as the wall in Berlin once separated families and nations, unseen spiritual walls still divide us from others and keep the Gospel from spreading freely.

In this episode I challenge listeners to tear down those barriers with humility, forgiveness, and the boldness of Christ, who broke down every wall that stood between God and humanity.

Ephesians 2:14 – Christ breaks down the dividing wall of hostility

John 4:7–26 – Jesus and the Samaritan woman

Luke 19:1–10 – Jesus reaches out to Zacchaeus

2 Corinthians 5:18–20 – The ministry of reconciliation

Philippians 2:3 – Humility over pride

2 Corinthians 3:17 – “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

🔥 Episode Summary:

Fear is one of the most dangerous forces in both the wilderness and the soul. In this debut episode, we explore how biblical faith equips people to overcome fear — on deployment, in leadership, in family life, and in spiritual warfare.

Drawing from USAF SERE principles (Survive, Evade, Resist, Escape), this episode challenges people to build a “spiritual survival mindset” rooted in God’s Word rather than emotion. Because when crisis hits, your body reverts to training — and your soul reverts to faith.

🏕️ Key Segments:

Segment 1 – The Survival Mindset:
Panic kills. Faith focuses. Learn how fear clouds judgment and how Scripture clears your vision.
(Joshua 1:9)

Segment 2 – The Mind Game:
True peace is a perimeter guard for your heart and mind.
(Philippians 4:6–7)

Segment 3 – A Field Example:
Even in isolation or spiritual fatigue, the presence of God breaks fear’s grip.
(Psalm 23:4)

Segment 4 – Field Application:
Your Field Mission for the Week:

• Start each day declaring: “God is with me wherever I go.”
• Write down your biggest fear.
• Pair it with Scripture:
  • Fear of failure → Philippians 1:6
  • Fear of danger → Psalm 91:2
  • Fear of rejection → Romans 8:38–39
• Replace reaction with prayer.

Segment 5 – Leadership and Brotherhood:
Fear spreads fast — but courage spreads faster. Lead from faith, not fear.
(Proverbs 28:1)

Segment 6 – Closing Reflection:
Faith isn’t a feeling; it’s obedience in motion. Trust what God said over what fear screams.

✝️ Takeaway Quote:

🪖 About the Podcast:

The Resilient Fire Podcast equips Christians and warriors of faith to live by biblical resilience and SERE-inspired discipline — learning to survive, endure, and return with honor and faith intact.

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When it comes to having faith as a Christian, there are times when we will face the "wilderness." It's a place where the enemy wants us to feel alone, isolated, and without any sort of help. But that's not necessarily the truth of the matter. Listen in as Dave talks through having faith in the wilderness as he kicks off this 10-part series on faith and survival!

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In this episode, Dave talks about tents - the places that we live in temporarily. Interestingly enough, the bible talks about tents too but in a different form. Listen in and see if there is anything you need to do to get the focus off of your tent and onto something that is eternally more important!

Christians are promised persecution, but that doesn't mean we can't prepare ourselves to be better-equipped to handle even the most extreme forms of persecution. In this episode, I talk through some training that I was involved with to help equip missionaries who are called to dark and distant places. Listen in to hear about the reality of Christian persecution, and click the link below to learn more about getting trained yourself!

Find your training here:
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Poon Lim wasn't trained or prepared for what he experienced. But throughout his ordeal, he had hope that he would be rescued. In this episode, I talk through Poon's story, and then dive into where we can find living hope. Here's the answer: by believing in the truth of the resurrection of Jesus and having faith in him. Listen in to hear about the power of living hope, and feel free to reach out on Instagram (@resilient_fire_dave) to let me know your thoughts!

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"The Lord God said "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.'" (Genesis 2:18, NIV). In this episode we build upon our kingdom identity so that we can live in true Christian community. When God created man, He knew that we were never meant to be without community. And when communities have a mission or a task to pursue, that is when kingdom-building happens. Listen in as Dave talks about the value of community, but also about the critical element that allows us to experience true community with one another. Then...go and make disciples!!

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Happy new year! Are you making a resolution? Not to be a downer, but statistics show that most resolutions don't last beyond a few weeks. We lose the motivation and focus, and the resolution falls off our scope. In this episode, I talk about one reason why: because we are living in a false identity. If our identity is based off of anything other than what God has given us, then anything we are looking to change may never take hold. We must get our kingdom identity in line first...then we'll see the fruit of that identity take hold in our life. Listen in for some biblical wisdom from the book of Judges, and hear how you are viewed as a child of God!

Knowing how to build a shelter when you're out in the wilderness is a critical skill to survival. Everything around you is trying to take you away from your 98.6 degree optimum operating temperature. Whether it's the terrain, or animals, or weather making an impact, a shelter serves the function of protecting you from the hostile environment around you.

God is often called the "refuge" or "shelter" throughout the Bible. Scripture encourages us to seek Him and rest in the shelter and protection that He provides because He created us and loves us that much. Psalm 91 verses 1 and 2 say "Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust."

Where ever you find yourself in your walk (with God or without), there is comfort when we rest in the shadow of the Almighty. Listen in to hear some principles about shelters in the woods, but more importantly, about the importance of seeking the Father as the ultimate shelter.

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