THIS IS NOT A GAME ANYMORE

I need people to hear me, and I need you to hear me without panic, without politics clouding your judgment, and without assuming that because your grocery store was stocked yesterday it will automatically be stocked tomorrow.

Prepare your household. Now.

I have been warning people about preparedness for a long time. Some listened. Some laughed. Some said I was being dramatic. Some said they could not afford to prepare. But we have reached a point where the numbers themselves should be getting people’s attention.

The national average price of diesel has already crossed $6 per gallon for the first time, according to reporting based on GasBuddy data. U.S. distillate inventories, which include diesel and heating oil, recently stood roughly 14% below their five-year average, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Regular gasoline was already averaging around $4.07 nationally before Labor Day, with some regions substantially higher. These aren’t predictions. Those are numbers that have already happened.

And diesel is not just what somebody puts in a pickup truck.

Diesel moves America.

Diesel moves the tractor that works the field. Diesel moves the truck that carries the food. Diesel moves construction equipment. Diesel moves agricultural equipment. Diesel moves freight. Diesel is tied into manufacturing, warehousing and transportation throughout this country.

So understand the chain reaction.

When diesel becomes drastically more expensive, the trucking company does not magically absorb that forever. The farmer cannot absorb it forever. The distributor cannot absorb it forever. The grocery store cannot absorb it forever.

Eventually that cost lands on you.

It lands in the price of bread.

It lands in meat.

It lands in milk.

It lands in produce.

It lands in toilet paper.

It lands in building materials.

It lands in everything that had to be grown, manufactured, refrigerated, packaged, transported or delivered before it reached your hands.

We are also dealing with extraordinary disruption in global energy markets. Ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, historically one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints, has fallen dramatically. On Tuesday, preliminary tracking data showed only four vessels crossing the Strait, with no very large crude carrier or LNG tanker among those recorded. Some vessels may travel without normal tracking signals, so that count does not capture everything, but the deterioration in normal commercial traffic is undeniable.

At the same time, refinery disruptions elsewhere in the world are tightening diesel supplies further. Half of Russia’s largest diesel-producing refineries have reportedly reduced output following attacks, while disruptions throughout the Middle East have removed additional fuel from global markets. American diesel inventories were already strained before all of these pressures finished working their way through the system.

And before somebody says, “Well, Coco, I can’t afford to prepare,” listen to me.

Preparedness does not mean you need $10,000 and a bunker.

If you qualify for a food pantry, use the food pantry.

Buy two extra cans instead of none.

Buy rice.

Buy beans.

Buy pasta.

Buy canned meat.

Buy peanut butter.

Buy powdered or shelf-stable milk.

Buy oatmeal.

Buy canned vegetables.

Buy canned fruit.

Buy flour.

Buy sugar.

Buy salt.

Buy cooking oil.

Every time you go to the grocery store, put something back.

If you drink something from a food-safe container that can appropriately be reused, clean and sanitize it properly and begin building an emergency water supply. Do not assume the faucet will always work merely because it worked this morning.

Get toilet paper.

Get paper towels.

Get feminine products.

Get diapers if you have babies.

Get children’s medicine.

Get your normal over-the-counter medicines.

Get pet food.

Get batteries.

Get flashlights and lanterns.

Get blankets.

Get candles, but understand the fire risk and never use them carelessly.

Get a manual can opener.

Keep basic first aid supplies.

Keep sanitation supplies.

Keep some cash available if you can.

Keep your vehicles maintained.

And something I didn’t mention before: consider a locking fuel cap or another appropriate anti-siphoning measure for your vehicle. When something becomes scarce and expensive, theft becomes more attractive. Don’t become paranoid. Become harder to victimize.

And please use common sense with gasoline. Do not fill random containers with fuel and do not store gasoline inside your house. If you store fuel, use approved containers and follow fire-code and manufacturer safety requirements.

What concerns me most isn’t any single headline.

It is the convergence.

Energy pressure.

War.

Transportation costs.

Refinery disruptions.

Natural disasters.

Flooding.

Fires.

Severe storms.

Grid vulnerabilities.

Economic pressure on families that were already stretched thin.

Any one of those things can be managed.

When several begin colliding at the same time, systems have less room to absorb another shock.

That is what people need to understand.

I personally believe we have entered a period of global conflict far more dangerous than the language governments are comfortable using publicly. That is my assessment, not an official declaration of “World War III.” But you do not need to agree with my terminology to look at what is happening around the world and understand that this is not a normal season.

And whatever your politics are, whatever administration you support, whatever party you vote for, your children still have to eat.

Preparedness should not be Republican.

Preparedness should not be Democrat.

Preparedness should not be left or right.

Preparedness is a mother looking at her children and saying:

If something happens, I intend to be ready to take care of you.

I also believe this nation should have spent far more attention and resources strengthening critical infrastructure and increasing resilience at home. People can debate foreign policy all day long. I am telling you what matters at my kitchen table: food, water, electricity, fuel, medicine, transportation and whether ordinary families can withstand a prolonged disruption.

And then there is Salvation Revolution.

I was doing inventory today.

I will tell you plainly:

We are not where we need to be.

We are preparing the Storehouse because our intention has never been merely to take care of ourselves.

We help people.

We have helped people with rent.

We have helped people through emergencies.

We have helped people when nobody else knew their name.

And when people are hungry, frightened and desperate, I believe our assignment is going to become much larger.

I believe Yeshua has been preparing this ministry to feed people.

But I cannot feed multitudes with an empty Storehouse.

So I am asking the Remnant to help.

Those who are able to financially support the Storehouse, this is the time.

Those who would rather purchase supplies can send shelf-stable food and preparedness supplies to the Salvation Revolution mailing address listed at SalvationRevolution.com.

Rice. Beans. Canned meat. Canned vegetables. Canned fruit. Shelf-stable food. Hygiene products. Paper products. First-aid supplies. Emergency necessities.

We need people who have been blessed to understand that there may come a day when what you put into that Storehouse becomes the meal sitting in front of somebody else’s child.

I am not asking anybody to neglect their own family.

Prepare your household first.

Then, if God has given you abundance, help us prepare to take care of somebody who doesn’t have abundance.

And for those with limited income, stop believing preparedness belongs only to wealthy people.

Five dollars matters.

Ten cans matter.

An extra bag of rice matters.

An extra case of water matters.

Starting matters.

Quit waiting for somebody on television to stand behind a podium and tell you that it is officially time to prepare.

By the time everybody agrees there is a shortage, you are already standing in the shortage.

By the time everybody decides they need the same case of water, the shelf is already empty.

By the time everybody decides they need the same generator, the generators are gone.

By the time everybody decides they need the same medicine, somebody is going home without it.

That is why preparedness happens before desperation.

And hear me carefully: I am not telling you to panic-buy a year’s worth of groceries tomorrow morning and leave nothing for your neighbor.

That is not preparedness. That is panic.

Build steadily.

Build intelligently.

Buy what your family actually uses.

Rotate your food.

Learn how to cook from staples.

Know where your flashlights are.

Know how much water you really use.

Know what medications your household depends upon.

Know what you would do if electricity disappeared for 72 hours.

Know what you would do if gasoline became difficult to find for a week.

Know how you would feed your children if grocery deliveries stopped temporarily.

Those are conversations families should be having before the emergency.

Tomorrow I am going to publish the actual Storehouse list—the staple foods and emergency necessities I believe households should begin accumulating, starting with the most important things first.

But tonight I am telling you this:

WAKE UP.

Do not live terrified.

Do not become hysterical.

Do not empty the grocery store.

Do not start spreading rumors.

But stop sleeping through warning signs because acknowledging them makes you uncomfortable.

Faith does not mean standing in front of an approaching storm pretending the clouds aren’t there.

Noah believed God and then he built.

Joseph was warned that famine was coming and then he stored grain.

Wisdom hears the warning and moves accordingly.

So pray.

Prepare.

Protect your household.

Help your neighbor when you can.

Support the Storehouse if God has given you the ability.

And understand something very clearly:

The time to prepare for the emergency is not when the emergency finally reaches your front door.

This is not a game anymore.

Prepare while you still have the privilege of preparing calmly.

General 🫡