In many situations through life, your foundation and identity will help determine your outcome. If your foundation is built on the Faith in Jesus, then you will be able to withstand any storm. When your identity is in God, you will be able to step into what He has for you with confidence. You can never be fully prepared for EVERY situation that life might throw at you, but you can set your heart and mind on the Word and things of God to help you prepare, and succeed through them.

Matthew 7: 24-27 "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them  ...