The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.~~ President Ezra Taft Benson

Friday, July 1, 2011

Building your Ark * Lesson 2: When God Speaks… LISTEN

Lesson 2: When God Speaks… LISTEN
Presented by Debbie Kent
 
 
Get your spiritual houses in order. You know the drill on this: daily prayer, family prayer, scripture study, following commandments, and attending the temple. I believe one reason there has been such an emphasis on doing these things is that they prepare you for personal revelation. This gift of revelation will not only give you guidance for you and your family, but bring you peace and joy even when things get REALLY HARD. Have you read the scriptures lately about what is to come and then applied that to what life will be like…it is humbling indeed. It will truly take a combination of spiritual and physical preparedness to help us survive and endure these Last Days.

“For many years the leaders of the Mormon Church have recommended … that every family have on hand at least a year’s supply of basic food, clothing, fuel (where possible), and provisions for shelter…it can and will be useful in many circumstances in the days ahead.” (Ezra Taft Benson, “God, Family, Country” p.331)
I am sure Noah thought, “How am I ever going to build a boat THAT BIG??? The Answer: one board at a time; one nail at a time, with direction from God and a little help from his family.

The same is true with your preparedness program. It is an overwhelming task if you try to do it all at once and all by yourself. BUT if you just take just one item at a time; one level at a time, pretty soon your whole ark will be complete. Just like Noah, the Lord is there to give direction and encouragement, to show us what to do next.

Also like Noah we find ourselves needing to be prepared in all things. We are going to look at all these areas needed to build our arks combined with the idea that like Noah we can’t build our arks all at once but rather need to build it up in levels. Things like: clothes, shelter, food, water, sanitation, cooking, medical, communication, tools, lighting, fuel, protection and skills you or others might need.

These are guidelines only. Please use prayer and the promptings of the Spirit to
further guide you as to what your family needs and when.

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