Ten Warning Signs that Show You're Leaving the Lord

The following may help you to know when you are slipping into to personal apostasy leaving the church.

1. An inability to see things of a spiritual nature, clearly.
2. An ever-increasing callousness to things of God.
3. Attention to spiritual needs move from daily to weekly, then weekly to monthly, then monthly to occasionally, then to not at all.
4. An increasing dependence upon a growing army of psychiatric specialists instead of the priesthood.
5. An increasing independence from spiritual things.
6. An increasing number of friends with lower moral standards.
7. Can quote from talk shows better than from the scriptures.
8. Raised voices in place of subdued tones.
9. Verbal, and/or physical abuse replaces love.
10. Gradual acceptance and/or participation in evil things.

1. Have daily individual and family prayer.
2. Keep the commandments. Pray for help in doing so.
3. Schedule and read the scriptures regularly.
4. Ponder the scriptures and pray to understand their meaning for you.
5. Attend church regularly.
6. Pay your tithes and offerings.
7. Have Family Home Evening weekly.
8. Follow the prophets.

A Strategy for War - Elder Durrel A. Woolsey - November 1995 Ensign

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