Nephi’s breaking of the bands with which his brothers had bound him is another example of faith as a principle of power. They intended to leave him “in the wilderness to be devoured by wild beasts” (v. 16). Nephi prayed for strength “according to [his] faith.” The natural man would ask the Lord to break the bands, or send an angel or someone to loose him. Nephi, the spiritual giant that he was, sought the power through his faith. What a great example this younger brother was to his siblings and to us.