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Thoughts, Talks and Quotes

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Temporally and Spiritually Prepared
How are we to deal with both the somber prophecies and the glorious pronouncements about our day? The Lord told us how with simple, but stunning, reassurance: “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”
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If preparation is our key to embracing this dispensation and our future with faith, how can we best prepare?
For decades, the Lord’s prophets have urged us to store food, water, and financial reserves for a time of need. The current pandemic has reinforced the wisdom of that counsel. I urge you to take steps to be temporally prepared. But I am even more concerned about your spiritual and emotional preparation.
In that regard, we can learn a lot from Captain Moroni. As commander of the Nephite armies, he faced opposing forces that were stronger, greater in number, and meaner. So, Moroni prepared his people in three essential ways.
First, he helped them create areas where they would be safe—“places of security” he called them.
Second, he prepared “the minds of the people to be faithful unto the Lord.”
And third, he never stopped preparing his people—physically or spiritually.
—President Russell M. Nelson, Oct. 2020 General Conference (emphasis added)
President Ezra Taft Benson said, "The scriptural parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins is a reminder that one can wait too long before he attempts to get his spiritual and temporal house in order. Are we prepared? A man should not only be prepared to protect himself physically, but he should also have on hand sufficient supplies to sustain himself and his family in an emergency."
Conference Report, April 1967, p.61
“When people are able but unwilling to take care of themselves, we are responsible to employ the dictum of the Lord that the idler shall not eat the bread of the laborer. D&C 42:42: Thou shalt not be idle; for he that is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer.
April 1978 conference, Boyd K. Packer
Food Storage
"We continue to encourage members to store sufficient food, clothing, and, where possible, fuel for at least one year. ... We encourage you to follow this counsel with the assurance that a people prepared through obedience to the commandments of God need not fear."
See First presidency letter, June 24, 1988
"As long as I can remember, we have been taught to prepare for the future and to obtain a year’s supply of necessities. I would guess that the years of plenty have almost universally caused us to set aside this counsel. I believe the time to disregard this counsel is over. With events in the world today, it must be considered with all seriousness."
-Elder L. Tom Perry, Oct. 1995​​​​​​​
 "After [church members] have a year’s supply of the basics, they may then add other foods they are accustomed to eating regularly."
See First Presidency letter, Jan. 20, 2002
Curated Talks on the subject of PReparedness over the years
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