Jim Bakker Show - Be Prepared | Michael Snyder
Aired: 2023-09-05
Duration: 02:26


=== Government Rescue Failures (02:22) ===

[00:00:00]  What happened during these fires and the devastation that followed was such a tragedy?
[00:00:06]  Why does this show the importance of being prepared?
[00:00:13]  Well, it shows the importance of being prepared.
[00:00:14]  Number one, if you expect the government to save you when something bad happens, which a lot of people think, oh, if there's something really, really bad that happens, the government's going to come in and rescue us.
[00:00:24]  First of all, everything that government did in Hawaii turned out badly, made things even worse.
[00:00:30]  I mean, utter incompetence or the alternative, if it wasn't incompetence, the alternative is far, far worse.
[00:00:37]  So, but everything the government did in Hawaii was wrong, was bad, was a bad decision.
[00:00:42]  So, that's people need to understand that.
[00:00:43]  Number one, number two, once the government comes in, well, the federal government's just giving them a one-time payment of $700.
[00:00:51]  What is that going to do?
[00:00:52]  These days, that's like two trips to the grocery store.
[00:00:56]  But then the government came in.
[00:00:57]  Now, Pastor Jim, originally the government came in and they surrounded the community and they kept out a lot of the private help.
[00:01:05]  A lot of private people, local residents, wanted to come in with food and supplies and whatever, generators.
[00:01:11]  They were trying to bring that stuff in to help the people.
[00:01:14]  They were kept out.
[00:01:15]  They're saying, keep away.
[00:01:16]  You're not allowed in.
[00:01:17]  Okay.
[00:01:18]  So the government comes in with food and water and whatever.
[00:01:21]  But then there were multiple reports of people getting sick from the water the government was getting them.
[00:01:27]  Not just sick, but violently ill from the water that the government brought in.
[00:01:32]  So that was real sketchy too.
[00:01:35]  So, you know, but that was government coming in.
[00:01:38]  So what this shows is that, number one, when something bad happens, use your common sense.
[00:01:43]  Number one, those that use common sense and didn't wait behind the barricade saved their lives.
[00:01:48]  Number two, don't believe that the government's going to save you because the government's not going to save you.
[00:01:53]  Number three, you want to be prepared ahead of time for any type of disasters or emergencies.
[00:02:00]  And then beyond that, even if you're prepared where you are, at some point where you are, you may not be able to stay there.

=== Be Ready to Go (00:19) ===

[00:02:08]  It may become untenable for you to stay.
[00:02:10]  So you've got to be ready to go at a moment's notice, as the people in Lahaina found out.
[00:02:15]  You've got to be able to have your go bag.
[00:02:17]  You've got to be ready to go, get out and leave and have your important papers ready.
[00:02:22]  Have your go bag ready to go, ready to get in a vehicle, get out of there.