Self-Sufficiency Breaks Faith
Conference Report, October 1947, Afternoon Session, “Faith in Christ”, pg 52; “Skepticism, self‑sufficiency, atheism, a denial of the divinity of Jesus the Christ, have supplanted belief, and lapses from the moral standards are but the natural result of the breaking down of that faith.” – Elder Albert E. Bowen
Liahona, “Self-Reliance”, September 2013; “Self-reliance is the ability, commitment, and effort to provide for the spiritual and temporal well-being of ourselves and of our families…Speaking of spiritual self-reliance and our dependence on Heavenly Father, Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles has taught; “We become converted and spiritually self-reliant as we prayerfully live our covenants – through worthily partaking of the sacrament, being worthy of a temple recommend, and sacrificing to serve others”.
