Ardeth G. Kapp wrote:
Being faithful does not necessarily develop faith. The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. To have faith in him is to know him, to know his doctrine, and to know that the course of our life is in harmony with and acceptable to Him. It is relatively easy to be faithful, but faith is born out of study, fasting, prayer, meditation, sacrifice, and, finally, personal revelation. Glimpses of understanding come line upon line, precept upon precept. Our Father is anxious to feed us just as fast as we can handle it, but we regulate the richness and the volume of our spiritual diet. And we do this by the same method used by the sons of Mosiah: “They had waxed strong in the knowledge of the truth; . . . they had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the will of God. But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught they taught with the power and authority of God.” (Alma 17:2-3)
Faithfulness without faith, practices without principles, will leave our families seriously wanting as we move close to that time spoken of by Heber C. Kimball when he said, “The time is coming when no man or woman will be able to endure on borrowed light. Each will have to be guided by the light within himself and if you do not have it, you will not stand.” (Quoted by Harold B. Lee, Conference Report, October 1955, p.56.) Ardeth G. Kapp, A Year of Powerful Prayer (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013), 98
