DEATH (3 of 5)
Series: PREPPERS
Steve Jones
Scripture: Philippians 1:21
MESSAGE SUMMARY: "To die is gain" because we: 1) Die once. 2) Live Twice. 3) Know for a fact.
INTRODUCTION: In January 1982, Steven Callahan set out to cross the Atlantic alone in his boat, Napoleon Solo. He started out in the Canary Islands and estimated his arrival in the Caribbean by February 24. With a video camera running to document the voyage, he roared into the teeth of a gale on February 4th. Callahan had designed the boat well, though, and he wasn't concerned. Just before midnight, he ate some chocolate, did an inspection, and went to bed. It wasn't the weather that got him. His was a "not your day" kind of accident. He believes that he may have been struck by a whale. Whatever the cause, he shot out of bed at the sound of a loud noise and a rush of water exploding into the cabin. Callahan barely got out with his life. Awash in water on deck, he managed to get his life raft out and into the heaving waves. He put the knife in his teeth before abandoning ship. Already, Callahan was formulating a plan for action. He knew he should stay attached to the boat as long as it was floating. He dove back into the flooded boat to retrieve his survival bag before it sank. He made it out and returned to the raft. When he eventually let go of Solo, he was very well equipped, considering the circumstances.
Compare Debbie Kiley's experience just three months earlier, when her two-masted sailboat was sinking on the opposite side of the Atlantic. She and a small crew had set out on a routine yacht delivery when they encountered a hurricane. Mark Adams, the first mate, was screaming, "We're all going to die! We're all going to die!" In his panic, he inflated the life raft before attaching it to the boat. The wind immediately picked it up. It blew through the rigging, skimmed the top of a wave, and vanished.
In his book, "Survival Psychology," author John Leach puts it this ...
Series: PREPPERS
Steve Jones
Scripture: Philippians 1:21
MESSAGE SUMMARY: "To die is gain" because we: 1) Die once. 2) Live Twice. 3) Know for a fact.
INTRODUCTION: In January 1982, Steven Callahan set out to cross the Atlantic alone in his boat, Napoleon Solo. He started out in the Canary Islands and estimated his arrival in the Caribbean by February 24. With a video camera running to document the voyage, he roared into the teeth of a gale on February 4th. Callahan had designed the boat well, though, and he wasn't concerned. Just before midnight, he ate some chocolate, did an inspection, and went to bed. It wasn't the weather that got him. His was a "not your day" kind of accident. He believes that he may have been struck by a whale. Whatever the cause, he shot out of bed at the sound of a loud noise and a rush of water exploding into the cabin. Callahan barely got out with his life. Awash in water on deck, he managed to get his life raft out and into the heaving waves. He put the knife in his teeth before abandoning ship. Already, Callahan was formulating a plan for action. He knew he should stay attached to the boat as long as it was floating. He dove back into the flooded boat to retrieve his survival bag before it sank. He made it out and returned to the raft. When he eventually let go of Solo, he was very well equipped, considering the circumstances.
Compare Debbie Kiley's experience just three months earlier, when her two-masted sailboat was sinking on the opposite side of the Atlantic. She and a small crew had set out on a routine yacht delivery when they encountered a hurricane. Mark Adams, the first mate, was screaming, "We're all going to die! We're all going to die!" In his panic, he inflated the life raft before attaching it to the boat. The wind immediately picked it up. It blew through the rigging, skimmed the top of a wave, and vanished.
In his book, "Survival Psychology," author John Leach puts it this ...
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