This lesson was taught by asking two questions to the sisters. Basically, we taught teach other about how to follow the words of the prophet.
President Benson said, "Learn to keep your eye on the prophet. He is the Lord’s mouthpiece and the only man who can speak for the Lord today. Let his inspired counsel take precedence. Let his inspired words be a basis
1. How do you keep "an eye" on the prophet? What does this mean to you?
* help to be comforted and how there are many great things in the world.
* seek the Ensign from cover to cover for inspiration
* watch or listen to conferences
* use handheld devices that have church websites on it.
* read books that members of the presidency have written
* youtube videos
* visit LDS.org
* Mormon channel
* facebook memes
* DVD, tapes, or CDs of the conferences.
2. How do we follow the words of the prophets?
* one sister was inspired to buy food storage instead of having a honeymoon.
* one sister heard a talk by Boyd K. Packer who said to not ask for callings or turn down callings
In his talk, he said, " We do not aspire to calls in the Church, nor do we ask to be released. We are called to positions in the Church by inspiration. Even if the call is presented in a clumsy way, it is not wise for us to refuse the call. We must presuppose that the call comes from the Lord. The fifth article of faith tells us that we “must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.”
If some circumstance makes it difficult for you to continue to serve, you are free to consult with the leader who called you. We do not call ourselves and we do not release ourselves. Sometimes a leader or a teacher enjoys the prominence of a presiding position so much that, even after serving for a long time, they do not want to be released. That is a sign that a release is timely. We should do as we are called. We should accept the calls and accept a release by the same authority.
When President J. Reuben Clark was called as second counselor in the First Presidency after having served for many years as first counselor, he responded at the Solemn Assembly where the sustaining of the new First Presidency took place: “In the service of the Lord, it is not where you serve but how. In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one takes the place to which one is duly called, which place one neither seeks nor declines” (CR, Apr. 1951, p. 154). The Church had been taught a very valuable lesson in the unwritten order of things.
I learned years ago that we do not choose where we serve—we just answer the call. Soon after our marriage, I was called as an assistant stake clerk. My bishop did not want to release me as Gospel Doctrine teacher. He told me that I had much more to offer as a teacher than in the very obscure assignment as assistant stake clerk. But he knew that, under the unwritten order of things, the stake president presided and that his call took precedence.?
* read the scriptures* learn to listen to counsel and act upon it.
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