Our world is in serious turmoil. Nuclear war is being threatened and is as real a possibility as it’s been since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Food shortages are threatening millions of people with starvation. Energy shortages and costs are threatening a miserable and possibly deadly winter in Europe and elsewhere. Social and political issues are tearing the United States and other countries apart. We are possibly on the brink of an economic collapse of massive scale. Opposition toward Christianity broadly and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints specifically is increasing. What recent counsel have church leaders given about being physically and spiritually prepared?
