Monday, September 13, 2010

Survival Kit

Last post was about my sermon for that coming Sunday. I am exceedingly grateful for all the comments I received for that week. There were some great ideas, most of which did get worked into the sermon one way or another. One idea that I am starting to flesh out for upcoming week is built around an idea from the last post.

One friend gave me a great sugestion for a sermon and I am working it into a whole series. Currently on the Discovery Channel (one of my favorite channels to watch) is a whole mess of survival shows. There are shows demonstrating how an individual can survive, a married couple, two friends, and how to learn from other cultures how to survive. In all these shows, the goal is entertainment and a little education. They want to show some techniques you can use to survive if you are lost in the wilderness. I find it a little more of an entertainment on most of the shows. But he little nuggets we can take away are helpful and may just save lives.

These shows do demonstrate on the basic level that people need certain knowledge and skills to survive. They also show that you need certian equipment no matter what the situation. Some of the skills they need to know are what types of wild vegetation is edible (not all is safe to eat). Also, there are basic skills need to secure a shelter to protect you from the rain and the sun. The equipment you carry can be just as important as anything else. These are demonstration in the shows and in many real life situations we see on the news.

All of this comes to where I would love to have you help and thoughts. What are some skills, knowledge and tools we as Christians need to have for a survival kit? It is fairly easy to look in the internet or a couple of good books to find what type of items one needs for a wilderness survival. But II will admit that it is not as easy for the Christian kit. Take some time, think about what is essential to the faith and would be need in any situation. You can also make some parallels between what is in your own emergency survival kit ans what it might be for a follower of Jesus. Feel free to be creative. I am looking forward to the conversation.

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