Seven Ways to Prepare Your Family for What’s Coming | Doug Wilson

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[@AdamsTaiwan]

Fighting a losing battle and then not lose. Dan. 3:16-18. To God be the glory.

[@masterdaveedwards]

That maybe a year old but that was priceless…”men are better than gates” thanks Uncle Douglas

[@johnallen5999]

1. Deal with personal sin @ 2:20: - Confess/acknowledge your sins to God. 2. Minimize encumbrances @ 3:24: - Free up mental & physical bandwidth to prepare; - This may mean putting off side projects to focus on protecting your family; - Sometimes protection is greater than provision. 3. Stock up on the Word @ 4:32: - Store the Word in your heart and mind; - Sing the Psalms & hymns with others. 4. Meet regularly with God's unmasked people to worship Him @ 5:30: - I forgot to take notes for this one. But make sure that you're surrounding your families and yourselves with people who cherish God over Ceasar or the government. 5. Do nothing that feeds your fears @ 8:04: - Do not prepare for trouble in any way that paralyzes you with fear; - Prepare for victory; - Incorporate offense into your preparedness strategy, not just defense. 6. Assume a posture of victors @ 8:36: - Prepare for the time of glory when we'll plant our flag after the battle is won.

[@n.a.garciafamily]

Thank you Russell.

[@governormoses5504]

thank you

[@mrs.garcia6978]

❤️

[@bjones5791]

God Guns Groceries.Don’t be stupid.

[@masterdaveedwards]

The part about preparing for Victory is the best… thanks for the overview

[@caven930]

I appreciate the glimpse of hope. I'll be 26 at the end of this month and it's been an uphill struggle to find ways to understand what's going on in the world and how I'm going to deal with it. My wife was able to help me see the importance of Christ' prevalence in life. I hope others hear the call, and answer.

[@MansterBear]

26 and married with a Christ-loving wife? You’re in a better position than most brother. Stay in the world and give God thanks for the blessings. And ask Him to bring other blessings to your mind that you don’t even realize you have yet. Happens to me from time to time. Happiness in the Lord is the key to contentment, I believe.

[@DeplorableNeanderthal]

What a blessing a wife like that is. I speak from experience. Mine keeps me level and looking to the Lord as I'm facing a possible job loss due to authoritarian mandates, and a move across the country to a new town with our two younglings. We're fighting a losing battle that we're not going to lose!

[@topaciot]

@@DeplorableNeanderthal We fled Europe with three small children. It’s been a year already. We’ve been in four different countries so far. Not an easy task, but you’ll survive. God bless you and your family!

[@billyhurst4319]

Well said Matt , God bless!

[@Laflamablanca76]

The ONLY hope this dying world has is Christ. Lay your hope in His hands and nothing else

[@ladyhumblebee2784]

Before I came to Christ last year, before HE redeemed me, I used to always say that I hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Now with Christ I truly have the Living Hope and no matter what happens I am victorious in Him

[@argentorangeok6224]

Being honest with God about your sin is a great thing and He will bless you for it. Two years ago, I was laid off from a high paying job. I had to take a job I didn't like for half the pay. I constantly thanked Him for this job... but it wasn't true. One day, I told Him "I'm not grateful to you for this job. I know I should truly be, but I'm not. I haven't been honest with you about it and I'm sorry. Please give me patience and make me a grateful person." Not long after, I was offered a different opportunity at the same company. I loved the new job, and not long after that, I was made head of that department. I love it more than any job I've had and don't even miss my previous job or the high pay.

[@op4rlb348]

Thank you so much! (You ARE your father’s son!) This was so edifying and encouraging!!

[@rosemaryrojahn584]

Wonderful counsel. I stand alone in my church by agreeing with this. Fear is contagious much more than any virus.

[@josephvanda2172]

Thank. You Jesus. For. Bringing pastor. Doug. Into my life Joseph. Vanda Spooner.

[@MB-uy6ei]

Doug, Your humility and even temperament is reassuring and remarkable. Thank you and God bless.

[@aaamarco3]

Glad to hear you call out pastors who are obeying MEN rather than God. Sadly, here in the Netherlands, many Reformed churches gave up on worship: No Lord's Supper or Baptism, no singing, face masks, no fellowship, guests not welcome... We need to repent and turn to GOD.

[@caseyverser1369]

Peace to you from Oklahoma. May God bless you and keep you.

[@RD-yj9zj]

Same here in British Columbia, Canada. The Lord is waking His sleeping church.

[@melissaabbey]

It makes me loopy!! It’s so messed up!!

[@paulmcwhorter]

Such an edifying and encouraging message, and one I needed to hear. A voice of stability, founded on the word, presenting discerning instruction for perilous times. I am blessed by Douglas's teachings, and hope for more messages like this in coming months. What are true believers to do to properly navigate the insane world we find ourselves in. God bless.

[@ringforthrev]

So glad I watched this again(one year later). What a difference being in the Word daily has made, undoubtedly the catalyst/motivation for the other tasks on this list.

[@CogginsChurch]

Thank you so much! We appreciate your ministry greatly.

[@johnlocke6800]

Many terrible things are coming. Most of which are not going to happen. SO GOOD

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

When he said “get rid of the porn stash or you are siding with Biden” I felt that. We all know that in our heart but hearing it audibly spoken is a breath of fresh air.

[@DefensoresdelaVerdad]

That quote you mention is a bit senseless. It's okay to be pithy with the ideas to be communicated but Pr. Doug mixed metaphors, I think. He who has a stash of porn is siding with the Devil.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

@@DefensoresdelaVerdad I got his point. He’s saying you can’t really fight against evil regimes and policies, when in your heart you are allies with them in some areas of your life.

[@reginaldhalstead6186]

@@DefensoresdelaVerdad I think what Doug Wilson and his cronies are doing is establishing in the hearts and minds of his followers is that simply - "the democrats, the left, Blacks, LGBTQ, are the enemy and all are in league with Satan."

[@Elvirth24]

You know, that makes so much more sense than Trump actually being accused of raping a 14 year old (with court documents and testimonies) and admitting to sexually groping women, or hanging out with known pedo Jeffrey Epstein.

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

@@Elvirth24 what are you talking about? We were talking about how private sin corrupts your moral high ground and here you come in rambling about Trump for no reason. Get over him, he can’t hurt you now.

[@randomname2366]

I absolutely love this and have on my own begin to make such changes in the last few days. The immediate effect of just 48 hours of reorganizing my life around what is healthy and Christ centered is massive.

[@skipsmominhouston]

I’m thankful for Pastor Doug and his much needed bold voice of truth, and always exalting God’s word! His advice for this time is spot on, and I am premil. Come Lord Jesus!,

[@barbaraz5251]

“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me." John 14:1

[@psalm1197]

I recommend Rev William Hughes sermon Trust in Him at all Times, on sermon audio…

[@dreamitdesignitbuildit]

How I wish I was in your weekly congregation. Great video, absolutely great video!!!

[@jonathanowen9917]

Grounded wisdom and instruction. This needs to be shared everywhere.

[@harrycobbler9806]

Thanks Doug. I needed to hear the encouragement about preparing to be victorious instead of letting my physical preparations be a manifestation of my fears.

[@Lingle-h1g]

WOW! THANK YOU, AMEN!

[@henrybowman5473]

Thank you for your messages. I listen to them with my son.

[@K1LLER_YAK]

Pastor Doug’s seven ways to prepare: repent, repent, repent, repent, repent and repent.

[@shenanigansofmannanan]

See....this bipedal carbon based humanoid gets it....

[@JAREDKIRCH]

Missed one

[@inlonging]

@@JAREDKIRCH 8:59 😘

[@dadstablet6156]

2 kinds of people in society, . . . Think I catch ur drift

[@jamesrobinette2580]

Don't forget repent.

[@dylanmilks]

Doug, you've been such a gift to the body of Christ! Thank you!

[@jamestrotter3162]

Not only do those " evangelicals" who criticized Mac Arthur not want to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, they refuse to give to God what is God's.

[@shenanigansofmannanan]

They also don't realize that "We the People" are actually "Caesar" and not Congress.....

[@dale5497]

@@shenanigansofmannanan astute observation

[@ericthehalfmexican9187]

Unfortunately, JMs kind of Christianity is what led to the issues he had to face. He has been preaching for decades that Christians should not be involved in politics and live quiet lives. Then one day he wakes up to see that the California government is full of godless pagans trying to persecute his church.

[@jamestrotter3162]

@@ericthehalfmexican9187 He always knew that, but he also knew that the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is that good men(saved) do nothing. " So whoever knows the right thing to do, and fails to do it, for him it is sin."-James 4:17

[@clrgray]

I attended an evangelical church for seven years (over 14 years ago). I and many others left these places and landed at reformed and baptist churches. Now we are too evangelical for the reformed and too reformed for the evangelical. It is a happy challenge, but sometimes the vitriol is concerning. The Church ought not to turn on each other. We may need to love one another before this is over.

[@FirstnameLastname-vy2dg]

The scriptures shall be fulfilled

[@chrish5791]

Thank you Pastor Doug, I always walk away wiser after listening to your biblical counsel. May it always be so.

[@IVespidI]

Never heard of you before but this was great. Thanks for posting. Subbed

[@jonathanfoutz8931]

Thanks for this. Needed it today.

[@doorkeeperjesse]

Assuming a winning posture is like even in the face of death lifting your head up rather than cowering to an enemy who has already been defeated.

[@kirstinBioethics555]

My old church’s preacher is an excellent expositor of the word, but I won’t call him a pastor. He shut the church, masked his members, and told all of us under the liberty of our God and savior that we had a disobedient spirit. I have been through so much with this church, but this broke me. I go to a church now where I do not leave with the same ‘sermon glow,’ but they let me and my sons through the door to sit, pray, and worship in community.

[@christophercunningham5434]

I pastor a church and it’s verse by verse, chapter by chapter, book by book, exposition of Gods Word every Sunday. I never closed the church, never will, it’s nonnegotiable. Find a new church. Because harder days are ahead, and if he closed the doors then, he certainly will when it gets really hard and you need a real pastor during that time

[@chuckcribbs3398]

Been there, done that. It’s disheartening but reality. Hang in there!

[@aallen5256]

A look at the interwoven history of measles outbreaks and church congregations would support your old preacher.. mixing infectious disease, vaccine refusal and large indoor gatherings isn't historically beneficial to communities! Sorry to hear you've lost that post-sermon afterglow

[@raymondhiebert9723]

I so appreciate this! I have saved this and will listen again. Your sense of humour and scriptural teaching are so encouraging. Thank-you, Pastor Wilson.

[@raYrefiedAire]

Always a fresh wind... A crisp refreshing breath... Thank You Doug.

[@kylecorrales9962]

I've been preparing as best I can for my family. Every corner is being blocked along the way. I am being specifically targeted as a Christian, and I am placing all my faith where it belongs, in Him. He will provide a way for me, but I put this comment to ask for prayers for family if anyone sees this can offer them. We thank you all in advance and God bless you all. I pray everyone who needs Him finds Him and have His light in their life.

[@roberttoomey1755]

Great advice thank you 👍

[@kvelez]

This video was really shocking. Thank you.

[@GaryThomsonJoinery]

Beautiful

[@BrokTheLoneWolf]

The veiling was the great unveiling. 😂 profound. 👏

[@brendaprice6976]

Thanks, Doug. Godspeed.

[@frankc-k3q]

Postmil consistently continuity’s optimistic victorious Gospel!

[@seanthomas5361]

Joy and gladness is what I hear

[@peruseperusing5027]

Thank you for peaching the same message I've been preaching for OVER A YEAR NOW!!!!! I will sleep well tonight. :) :) :)

[@MrsPPNC]

Thank you Pastor

[@lisamitchell390]

Yes, yes, yes! Thank you!

[@riders.oregon4474]

I really like this guy

[@walterrusty65]

Thank You Pastor Wilson

[@puberis]

Six things Doug has said, Seven I have heard...

[@QKVCS]

GOD BLESS DOUG , HE IS THE MAN

[@johnknox4293]

thanks Doug, keep encouraging us

[@ryancampbell3513]

Good one, Pastor. Amen.

[@jesussaves8533]

All I can say is Amen!! Brilliantly presented. God bless you.

[@CarpentersMinistry1]

Thank you brother, best advice for a Christian family navigating through the darkness.

[@johnnybagofdoughnuts4193]

Can’t wait to hear about the further development on the last point. Those Chesterton and Aragorn quotes were inspired.

[@EternalDiet]

Thanks be to God.

[@LTD-7]

*I just love the name of this channel! It cracks me up, but the content is thought provoking, relevant and so right now! I dig it.....*

[@FrankenJhingx]

I think Pastor Doug just might be the physical manifestation of the word "cheeky". Great stuff!

[@ericrichards3523]

Old enough to appreciate you Elder God cloak you in his garment of peace

[@galatians1105]

Excellent exhortation!

[@Solemn_Kaizoku]

Thank you for this. I don't have a post-mil view, and I think things are pointing scriptural indications of Christ's soon return. But, I also think there were good points to glean from this. Also, the point about wanting to abdicate everything to Caesar was great!

[@richardfrerks8712]

Thanks

[@MikeJewell]

Those who can count... Haha. Thank you sir for the amazing post! We are more than conquerers!

[@deltacharliethree]

Based

[@holysmokes4493]

Indubitably.

[@irenecooper7235]

Excellent Message! Thank you, and keep speaking Truth! God bless you.

[@srv1704]

Those that him for their pastor are blessed.

[@camthejock]

We need preppers who are preparing for victory.

[@jackuber7358]

Here's another geek joke for you: "There are only 10 kinds of people in the world, those that understand binary and those who don't." Maranatha!

[@kevinbrackett101]

And my favorite: There are two types of people: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data,

[@topaciot]

These comments made my day. God bless your souls!

[@shenanigansofmannanan]

I really need to visit Moscow for a Sunday Service

[@PrentissYeates]

I’d much rather listen to a 285 pound bearded canary in this world wide coal mine , than to any presidential decree or cdc directive that might order my family to turn in our Bibles, firearms and wait for the knock at our door for “help”.

[@aallen5256]

subtitle: 'I prefer listening to things I like on youtube more than following fictional directives I have made up'

[@peternyznyk1072]

Love it Brother 👍👍

[@chalesgolding5314]

Really really Good Doug … thank you!

[@Michael_Chandler_Keaton]

As excellent as ever!

[@theholyhispanic]

I just put out a video on Jude 1 & 2. I feel like the Lord has put it on it heart for the times to come.

[@interworld75]

Thank you most excellent lover of God... reminds me of Romans 12:2.

[@seanmoran6510]

To paraphrase Gandalf the Grey The enemies strength is very great But not as great as fear makes it

[@mimimi4297]

Hello Mr. Wilson, I am a joyful reader of the canon press corpus and listener to the various Christ Church’s Authors on KZbin. While striving to be reformed and reform my family and church community I stumbled upon the fact that at Christ Church the whole family seems to attend the Sunday service. This practice is very foreign to the church I live in, but a beautiful sight and practice. Are there any resources on the principles behind this practice and advice for practice application? Greetings from Germany Micha Kress

[@TheRealJimW]

#PoorBishopHooper ...a great way to sing the Psalms

[@hanichay1163]

Very few want to do the most important work, that is, personal spiritual work.

[@jackuber7358]

By the way, I'm a civil servant that has not gotten the jab. So you know what is coming for me. How about publishing a Biblical statement that may be included in an official request for religious exemption. One that invokes the spirit of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and makes an appeal to the Gospel of Christ Jesus and finishes up with an empationed call to repentance. Coming from your pen, I think it would go a long way towards making an impact for Christ...even if I still lose my job. Maranatha!

[@aallen5256]

The unvaccinated account for 98.8% of Covid deaths in the UK this year... so yah, we know what's coming for you.. you gonna be hearing the gospel first hand lol

[@jackuber7358]

@@aallen5256 What a terribly evil thing to say. Is your heart really that blackened by hate for your fellow man? Repent, man, you don't want to meet Christ with that kind of malice filling your heart. And as for "hearing the Gospel first hand," I have no fear of dying. Ask youself that same question. Maranatha!

[@aallen5256]

@@jackuber7358 Um as discussed, you and your unvaccinated cohort are the ones taking active steps towards meeting Christ.. say hi to Bob Enyart for me! Also Marc Bernier, Phil Valentine and Dick Farrell! You may have no fear of dying, but please take some responsibility for the incredible strain on hospital staff and health services which you will sooner or later provide on your way out. Think of the ICU beds! Pure selfishness.

[@seanmoran6510]

@@aallen5256 Well done you caved into Government distilled fear A round of applause 👏 to you 🙄 Or even worse your peddling government distilled fear! 👏 Thank you for ignoring all those going to die from all be untreated conditions that have backed up over the last 18months Well done for promoting propaganda let alone very dodgy stats,having a narrow little mind does that I guest. And well done for politicising a virus that leaves the vast majority of people very very much alive Well done for crashing the economy that pays for your overblown bureaucratic monster And especially well done for being a complete and utter little troll. Enjoy your Nihilism My 8th Army Veteran Grandfather told me that he didn’t know why he bothered fighting for 6 years due to the state of the Country Lord knows what he’d think of pathetic little weasels like you who aren’t fit to lick that generations boots!

[@aallen5256]

@@seanmoran6510 right now those with untreated conditions are waiting for icu beds and health services that are being taken up by the unvaccinated.. Sorry that sharing stats suggests a narrow mind to you. Well done for undermining the millions of lives lost worldwide. Sure it leaves people alive, it also puts people on ventilators. It also killed many many grandparents, and it’s those vulnerable people who you are putting at risk P.S It’s not healthy to lick boots. Particularly if unvaccinated.

[@christopherpolson9829]

I'm not sure how this ended up in my recommended videos, but sir, you have my attention. I've watched this video many, many times. I purchased Rules for Reformers and am anxiously awaiting its arrival. Until then, perhaps a part dos? How does a "post-mill" prepper differ from a typical rapture prepper?

[@jmf796]

Hallelujah!

[@ryanmckenzie3627]

Media focus on people prepping for the apocalypse, which is a bit irrational, but it seems to me that generally, trying to be ready for hard times shouldn't be conflated with surrender. Of the Church as a whole is ready and capable to deal with emergency, then it seems to me it is much easier to advance in the emergency.

[@stephanscheepers8441]

Amen

[@daviddean4618]

'The Gate is destroyed,' said Imrahil, 'and where now is the skill to rebuild it and set it up anew?' 'In Erebor in the Kingdom of Dáin there is such skill,' said Aragorn; 'and if all our hopes do not perish, then in time I will send Gimli Glóin’s son to ask for wrights of the Mountain. But men are better than gates, and no gate will endure against our Enemy if men desert it.' Yes if all our hopes for this Republic do not perish, then in time we may set new gates, brought forth not from wrights of the Mountain, rather from the Wisdom inked on parchment by the Founders of the Republic, under the Fifth Article of their visionary, government forming, exposition, submitted to the states 234 years ago (less three days). May any such wright of this day be filled with Wisdom from on high, and perhaps a revenant from those who occupied Independence Hall those many years ago.

[@heisholy-org]

Nice snag from R.C.

[@everettlunday8855]

There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count and Those who cannot. 😅🤣

[@thetroof5525]

Great message, was wondering where the video of you saying it is. This video has you saying different words on the video than what the audio has.

[@davidcrutchfield138]

You are funny. Thank you for helping me to laugh. I heard Johnny Mac quote you the other day. Are you two friends? Can a dispensationalist and a post meal Christian be friends? Now that takes a level of maturity that I found refreshing and watching he and RC Sproul labor together for the Gospel. God bless you Brother!

[@oracleoftroy]

Of course! I've found MacArthur to be helpful on many issues even though I disagree with his dispensationalism and his take on baptism. MacArthur and Sproul appeared together at many events and seemed to have a great relationship despite their differences. Mature Christians ought to be able to heatedly and passionately debate their differences and still at the end of the day embrace each other as brothers in Christ. Unfortunately these days, there is a wicked belief that we ought to completely reject anyone who doesn't agree with us on every minute detail. It was funny when it was leftists eating their own, but that belief crept into the church and is now causing division at a time when we especially need unity. That has never been the Biblical way.

[@CornerTalker]

This is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees. When he sees chariots with teams of horses, riders on donkeys or riders on camels, let him be alert, fully alert.” Isaiah 21

[@KENTEKELLER]

7:56 "…they don’t want to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, which would be Biblical, but rather, they want to abdicate to Caesar which flatly isn’t.

[@MrPruijssen]

I am dutch, but not your 'dutch uncle'. Very good exhortation. '...we may be moving in a time that protection takes priority over to provide over your family...'

[@Laflamablanca76]

Sludge layers 😂😂 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@roberttoomey1755]

👍👍👍

[@chriszablocki2460]

Their priorities are very different than mine.

[@Bolagh]

🔥🔥🔥

[@dontrushtohate]

Somewhat disturb at the comments that idealize Doug this much… he’s just a man that puts his pants one leg at a time. I love Doug dearly, but he’s just a guy who hasn’t died yet, so there’s a potential to screw up. Doug, stay strong in the Lord and keep preaching the truth faithfully.

[@nicholasgee9127]

I sit down to put pants on, I do it 2 legs at a time. 😎

[@chuckcribbs3398]

There are fewer and fewer Dougs in the pulpit. I’ll gratefully thank him for standing on the Word.

[@lesterchua2677]

God called Joseph and Mary out to Egypt to escape Herod. Sometime it is good to leave, like your forefathers left Europe, and bless a new land by going there.

[@Churchofhell]

To hate someone is worse than a murderer, so until you can learn what true love actually is you'll never be right with God no matter how hard you try!

[@FBCTrona]

Love John MacArthur but he was a late comer to the stand against the closing of the church. There were hundreds of churches that never once closed their door and took the same stand based on the same principles. At first Grace community church closed and the Elders communicated their disagreement with those churches that stayed open. Now to GCC and MacArthurs credit, once they made it right they became a great leader in resisting for other churches

[@oracleoftroy]

I was actually surprised when MacArthur stood up. He has always held Romans 13 in a way that gives way too broad authority to the state, so his earlier position was consistent with that. MacArthur has always struck me as willing to listen to people that he disagrees with. I wonder if these changing times have given him a new perspective on what Paul and Peter really meant and why the apostles that wrote about submitting to the government did things that got them arrested.

[@FBCTrona]

@@oracleoftroy Good observation: I would say that Pastor Mac. is more balanced today about Romans 13 then he was in his former teaching of it.

[@skipsmominhouston]

Brother Larry, are you saying hundreds of churches stayed open in LA area in California? I believe that it matters some and I give JMac lots of leeway in this for that reason, especially when it was a brief time of closing to assess the truth of the “pandemic”.

[@FBCTrona]

@@skipsmominhouston yes sir. First of all I highly respect John MacArthur. Let me just say this if you look at his reasons for staying open as stated by the elder board of the church, those very reasons would Have kept them from closing even if the situation was dire. He said it was not the authority of those in the church to close down the assembly of God’s people. As for churches in Southern California and the LA basin, yes there were many churches that stayed open, including mine. I am an IFB church and as far as I know only one IFB Church closed down. I know of 12 churches in Simi Valley alone that never closed their doors, 16 of them in the inland empire and the list goes on. As for John MacArthur once he got on the bandwagon he truly did become a leader to help many other pastors continue the fight as well as other pastors to make a correction in their direction

[@FBCTrona]

@@skipsmominhouston By the way brother skip one more thing. You can access what the elder board wrote on why they were keeping their doors open at their church website