Have sufficient food, clothing,
Have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Ezra Taft Benson
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Have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Ezra Taft Benson
The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah. Ezra Taft Benson
For over forty years, in a spirit of love, members of the Church have been counseled to be thrifty and self-reliant; to avoid debt; pay tithes and a generous fast offering; be industrious; and have sufficient food, clothing, and fuel on hand to last at least one year. Today there are compelling reasons to reemphasize … Read more
The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His Servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel? Ezra Taft Benson
More than ever before, we need to learn and apply the principles of economic self-reliance. We do not know when the crisis involving sickness or unemployment may affect our own circumstances. We do know that the Lord has decreed global calamities for the future and has warned and forewarned us to be prepared. For this … Read more
Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earth quake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they … Read more
Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity. Brigham Young
The time will come that gold will hold no comparison in value to a bushel of wheat. Brigham Young
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin
Citizens are not prepared for attacks because there is a bias against the public by nearly every expert and government official. In emergency preparedness, there is this belief that public will panic, that the public is not to be trusted, that there will be looting. Amanda Ripley