"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."
(Elder Robert D. Hales, "Coming to Ourselves: The Sacrament, the Temple, and Sacrifice in Service", April 2012 General Conference)
"The Lord has said, 'It must needs be done in mine own way,' He is not only interested in our immediate needs; He is also concerned about our eternal progression. For this reason, the Lord's way has always included self-reliance and service to our neighbor in addition to caring for the poor."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)
"The lesson we learn generation after generation is that rich and poor are all under the same sacred obligation to help their neighbor. It will take all of us working together to successfully apply the principles of welfare and self-reliance."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)
"Learn how the principles of care for the needy, service to neighbor, and self-reliance complement each other. The Lord's way of self-reliance involves in a balanced way many facets of life, including education, health, employment, family finances, and spiritual strength."
(President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Providing in the Lord's Way", General Conference October 2011)
"When we live providently, we can provide for ourselves and our families and also follow the Savior’s example to serve and bless others."
(Elder Robert D. Hales; "Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually", April 2009 General Conference)
"All of us are responsible to provide for ourselves and our families in both temporal and spiritual ways. To provide providently, we must practice the principles of provident living: joyfully living within our means, being content with what we have, avoiding excessive debt, and diligently saving and preparing for rainy-day emergencies. When we live providently, we can provide for ourselves and our families and also follow the Savior’s example to serve and bless others."
(Elder Robert D. Hales; "Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually", April 2009 General Conference)
"It is in the home where fathers and mothers can teach provident living to their children. Sharing of tasks and helping one another set a pattern for future families as children grow, marry, and leave home. The lessons learned in the home are those that last the longest. President Gordon B. Hinckley continues to stress the avoidance of unnecessary debt, the fallacy of living beyond one’s means, and the temptation to let our wants become our necessities."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Your Personal Influence", April 2004 General Conference)
"Where there is widespread poverty among our people, we must do all we can to help them to lift themselves, to establish their lives upon a foundation of self-reliance that can come of training. Education is the key to opportunity."
(President Gordon B. Hinckley, "The Perpetual Education Fund", April 2001 General Conference)
"We teach members to be self-reliant, to do everything possible to sustain themselves"
(Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, "Inspired Church Welfare", April 1999 General Conference)
"Since the beginning of time man has been counseled to earn his own way, thereby becoming self-reliant. It is easy to understand the reason why the Lord places so much emphasis on this principle when we come to understand that it is tied very closely to freedom itself."
(President Marion G. Romney, "The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance", October 1982 General Conference)
"We cannot afford to become wards of the government, even if we have a legal right to do so. It requires too great a sacrifice of self-respect and in political, temporal, and spiritual independence.
"In some countries it is extremely difficult to separate earned from unearned benefits. However, the principle is the same in all countries: We should strive to become self-reliant and not depend on others for our existence."
(President Marion G. Romney, "The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance", October 1982 General Conference)
"Self-reliance is not the end, but a means to an end. It is very possible for a person to be completely independent and lack every other desirable attribute. One may become wealthy and never have to ask anyone for anything, but unless there is some spiritual goal attached to this independence, it can canker his soul."
(President Marion G. Romney, "The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance", October 1982 General Conference)
"The principle of self-reliance or personal independence is fundamental to the happy life. In too many places, in too many ways, we are getting away from it.
"The substance of what I want to say is this: The same principle self-reliance—has application to the spiritual and to the emotional."
(President Boyd K. Packer, "Solving Emotional Problems in the Lord's Own Way", April 1978 General Conference)
Position Statement
There is a need to have a provident life and being self-reliant. I feel that there are too many people looking for hand outs and having a feeling of entitlement. We have been told over and over again that we need to be debt free and that we need to have a food storage, that we need to live below our means. The world we live in right now doesn't encourage this but try to get people to almost believe that it is perfectly okay for them to have debt and that in this world that is what is to be expected in this day and age. I do not believe that it is alright for us to be massively in debt being in debt is a feeling that I do not wish on anyone. I am currently in debt because of my previous schooling to become a massage therapist and although it is not a huge debt compared to many others it still puts a weight on my shoulders and makes me feel limited in what I can do until it is repaid which is why I am striving to get it paid off in the next year being in debt is not a pleasant feeling and I want more freedom in my income. I know that when we are free from the weight of debt we can feel the Spirit more as well as feeling lighter.
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