🔥 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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