quotes tagged with 'preparedness' 
We live in a most exciting and challenging period in human history. As technology sweeps through every facet of our lives, changes are occurring so rapidly that it can be difficult for us to keep our lives in balance. To maintain some semblance of stability in our lives, it is essential that we plan for our future. I believe it is time, and perhaps with some urgency, to review the counsel we have received in dealing with our personal and family preparedness. We want to be found with oil in our lamps sufficient to endure to the end. President Spencer W. Kimball admonished us:
"In reviewing the Lord’s counsel to us on the importance of preparedness, I am impressed with the plainness of the message. The Savior made it clear that we cannot place sufficient oil in our preparedness lamps by simply avoiding evil. We must also be anxiously engaged in a positive program of preparation."
He also said: "The Lord will not translate one’s good hopes and desires and intentions into works. Each of us must do that for himself." (The Miracle of Forgiveness, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1969, p. 8).
The time is coming when those who do not obey the Lord will be separated from those who do. Our safest insurance is to continue to be worthy of admission to His holy house. How blessed we are to have temples available. The greatest gift you could give to the Lord at this or any other time of year is to keep yourself unspotted from the world, worthy to attend His holy house. His gift to you will be the peace and security of knowing that you are worthy to meet Him, whenever that time shall come.
We speak of literacy and education in terms of being prepared for a better occupation, but we cannot underestimate the present pleasure of our reading in the scriptures, Church magazines, and good books of every kind. We teach of emotional strength in terms of family prayer, kind words, and full communication, but we quickly learn how pleasant life can be when it is lived in a courteous and reinforcing atmosphere.
In like manner we could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward.
Author: President Spencer W. Kimball, Source: ‘And the Lord Called His People Zion’,” Tambuli, Dec 1984. htt...Saved by mlsscaress in education scriptures communication preparedness literacy family home cultivate atmosphere familyprayer daytoday kindwords pleasant courteous reinforcing goodbooks 10 months ago[save this] [permalink]The giant earthquake, and the tsunami it sent crashing into the coasts around the Indian Ocean, is just the beginning and a part of what is to come, terrible as it was.
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Fear shall come upon all people. But you and I know that the Lord has prepared places of safety to which He is eager to guide us…. It will be our choice whether or not to move up or stay where we are. But the Lord will invite and guide us upward by the direction of the Holy Ghost...
I did not plan to speak to you about the hard times that are ahead and they are real, and they are coming...
Author: Henry B. Eyring, Source: http://www.byui.edu/speeches/eyring_jan2005.htmSaved by cboyack in safety fear destruction preparedness protection callout gathering 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]He has lovingly commanded us to "prepare every needful thing" (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors and support bishops as they care for others.
Author: First Presidency, Source: http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e1fa5f74db46c0...Saved by cboyack in welfare foodstorage preparedness yearsupply consecration 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]Our emphasis on this subject is not grounds for crisis thinking or panic. Quite the contrary, personal and family preparedness should be a way of provident living, an orderly approach to using the resources, gifts, and talents the Lord shares with us. So the first step is to teach our people to be self-reliant and independent through proper preparation for daily life.
Author: Victor L. Brown, Source: Essentials of Home Production and Storage, 1978Saved by cboyack in selfreliance foodstorage preparedness yearsupply independence 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]The very fame of our strength and readiness would be a means of discouraging our enemies; for 'tis a wise and true saying, that "One sword often keeps another in the scabbard." The way to secure peace is to be prepared for war. They that are on their guard, and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure, and negligent.
Author: Benjamin Franklin, Source: Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 2:352Saved by cboyack in defense war peace preparedness 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Author: George Washington, Source: Writings of George Washington, 30:491Saved by cboyack in defense war peace preparedness 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]It has been asked, and well it might be, how many of us would have jeered, or at least been privately amused, by the sight of Noah building his ark: Presumably, the laughter and heedlessness continued until it began to rain—and kept raining! How wet some people must have been before Noah's ark suddenly seemed the only sane act in an insane, bewildering situation! To ponder signs without becoming paranoid, to be aware without frantically matching current events with expectations, using energy that should be spent in other ways, these are our tasks.
Author: Neal A. Maxwell, Source: For the Power is in Them, p. 20Saved by cboyack in preparation preparedness noah ark prophet prophecy 12 months ago[save this] [permalink]Obviously, it does not take a prophet to comment on what should have been done after the opportunity for preparation has passed. Therefore, would not wisdom dictate that the warning to prepare should come at a time and season conducive to preparation? Yet, because there would seem, at that moment, no discernible need to make preparation, a natural response would be to put the matter off.
A true test of one's testimony of a prophet is whether or not he will follow his counsel, even if there seems at that moment no logical reason to do so. The only way is to live obediently, every day of our lives, so that we stay ready to meet our Lord and Savior.
Author: Neil H. Leash, Source: Prophetic Statements on Food Storage for Latter-day Saints, p. 31Saved by cboyack in preparation obedience warning preparedness prophet guidance 12 months ago[save this] [permalink]Can't find a good quote on preparedness? Try searching ScriptureTag!