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From lds.org: Serving in the Church
President Henry B. Eyring told Church leaders worldwide Feb. 12 that the Lord will help them give service and leadership for Him beyond their own powers.
“He will do it as you work and pray to understand and follow the words of life He gives you for those He loves and you love. Councils where you serve will become places of revelation and unity. Those you assign will know by the Spirit what to do, what to avoid doing and will find joy in even difficult service.”
Speaking during the February 2011 Worldwide Leadership Training Broadcast, President Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, began his remarks by quoting President Thomas S. Monson's closing statement in a similar leadership training meeting three months ago.
“My brothers and sisters whatever your current leadership calling is, the new handbooks will be a treasure to you. They will be a blessing to you and to those you serve as you read them, understand them, and follow them,” said President Monson in the November 2010 Worldwide Leadership Training Broadcast.
President Eyring told the worldwide congregation that the handbooks would become a treasure. “When you see the joy which the gospel brings to those you serve and feel the loving appreciation from the Savior, you will come to love the handbook for what it helped you feel and do. And you will find yourself drawn back to it for the light you feel as you read, understand and follow what you learn from it.”
President Eyring said those words — read, understand and follow — are what President Monson used to teach Church leaders about how to use a Church Leadership Handbook. Most Church leaders, President Eyring said, have probably already tried to do those things.
“My simple suggestion is this: listen today for ideas about how you and those you lead could improve in their capacity to receive and recognize revelation,” President Eyring said. “Only with the help of the Spirit will you read with an understanding of what the Lord intends. Only by the Spirit will you know how to apply what you read in the handbook. Only with the help of the Spirit will those to whom you delegate understand their assignments and know how to accomplish them. Only through the Spirit will those in a ward council come to unity on what the Lord would have done.”
President Eyring said the flood of ideas and words from the handbooks may overwhelm some. “You may well worry that you won't be able to remember something important that you will need in some vital moment,” he said. “The Lord made you a promise of revelation that can reassure and guide your listening,” he said.
Leaders can more easily treasure up what they hear or read if it touches their heart, he continued.
“That could guide you as you listen, or whenever you seek to learn from the handbooks, or train others to use them well. You might read and listen with this question in your mind. 'How might these words or that idea bless someone I love?' When you feel an answer to that question, you have added to the treasury from which the Lord will draw in the very hour when you need it to serve and to lead for Him.”
President Eyring said it might seem impractical for Church leaders to expect or even hope for the stream of revelation they will need in their daily service. “It will not come without faith and hard work, but it is possible.”
He then assured the leaders that all they are taught in the leadership training is possible for them. “It is beyond your personal powers but not beyond the Lord you serve, who will inspire and lead you.”
