The name that Christians should say more than any other name is the name of Jesus! The names people shout out today will be forgotten in a few years, but the name of Jesus is forever! Jesus is the best emergency preparedness plan!

The Humble Place of Pure Dependence on God

Good times or bad,
Rely on God.
Happy or sad,
Be still and know
That He is good.
Jesus is the way.
Everyday
Train yourself
To trust and obey
His presence.
No matter the test
Let your faith
Continually rest
In nothing less
Than the reality
Of Jesus’ blood
And righteousness.
Always cultivate
The humble
Inner confidence
Of pure dependence
On “Christ in you,
The hope of glory.”

If you’re oblivious to how Jesus is working and communicating inside you, you’re overlooking life’s most amazing experiences. If the risen Jesus has become real to you, it’s important that you open your heart and use words to tell people how that happened. The word of our testimony is a mighty spiritual weapon that Jesus has given to all of His followers. We need to use that awe-inspiring weapon much more often than we do. It is time that Christ-followers stop criticizing others and instead begin to witness to the glorious things that the risen Jesus has done (and is doing) in our individual life.

I was an agnostic, and a Christian kept inviting me to an informal gathering of believers on my college campus. I finally went and I heard two different guys each give a short (2 or 3 minute) version of his salvation testimony. As they opened their heart and shared, something amazing happened deep within me. Like switching a switch, the Jesus I didn’t believe in became real to me, more real than my physical environment. Ever since that moment, through all my ups and downs, I’ve been continually aware of and blessed by His presence, His love, and His reality.

I’ve discovered that true confidence flows from a heart that stays open and surrendered to God. A heart that doesn’t stay open to God become callous. It hardens and shuts out God’s deep inner probing, prompting, and testing. It refuses to fully hear, obey, and be led by the inner witness of God’s Spirit. Like the heart of Saul of Tarsus, it kicks against the pricks.

When an emergency occurs the time to get prepared has already passed. Cultivate an intimate relationship with the living Jesus long before the rough waters hit your shore. If you fail to prepare the way of the Lord in your heart, you’re preparing your heart to fail when the ways of this world crush it. Make your heart a never-ending hospitality zone for the risen Lord Jesus and all of His followers.

Christ is ready to be your friend if your heart and mind be so. When the risen Jesus prompts you to say or do something be ready to promptly obey. The prepared heart frequently encounters the risen Jesus.

How desperately this world needs to see and hear from Christ-followers who go beyond routine religion and daily demonstrate the reality of being led by the Spirit! Western culture greatly needs an eternal emergency preparedness plan. When a culture considers the killing of prenatal infants to be a right, something is dreadfully wrong. Prenatal or postnatal, the killing of infants is infanticide. The risen Jesus is the only essential emergency preparedness plan.