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GRESHAM, Ore., Sept. 10, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- September is National Preparedness Month, but many believers in God, especially in America, are indifferent to the need to prepare for the unexpected.

An article by Mimi Hall in USA TODAY said it all: "Most Americans haven't taken steps to prepare for a natural disaster, terrorist attack or other emergency, according to a new study on preparedness, and only about a third have made plans with family members about how they would communicate with each other during a crisis."

Part of the reason many people of faith neglect preparedness has to do with an odd defeatism that says, "If current events are prophesied to happen, then there's nothing we can do about it anyway."

The notion that calamity is unavoidable if it is divinely predicted is even sanctioned by some expositors who miss the pattern for preparedness in the Bible. While it is true that famine was prophesied for Egypt, it is also a fact that God led Joseph to prepare for it, and, as a result, he saved his family and the nations around about.

Proverbs 22:3 says a prudent person foresees difficulties and prepares for them, while a simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. This is good advice not only for religious folks, but people of any persuasion.

Another and perhaps greater reason why some people, including religious people never plan for disaster, is that they view the need to prepare for the unexpected as too complicated and costly. They imagine the back yard being dug up for construction of a massive bomb shelter and the basement crammed with row after row of dry grains and large containers filled with backup water.

The truth is, survival preparation is modestly affordable…

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