The Lord works from the inside out.
Notes from Wikiquote
The world would take people out of the slums. | Christ takes the slums out of people | and then they take themselves out of the slums. | The world would mold men by changing their environment. | Christ changes men, who then change their environment. | The world would shape human behavior | but Christ can change human nature. | Born of God, October 1985 lds.org