This week's lesson

This week we had a wonderful lesson given by Carol from a talk given by David A. Bednar called The Powers of Heaven.

The Priesthood is something that sets our church apart from all the others.  We are the only church that had been given the ability to act in God's name directly from God Himself through his messengers.  Every worthy male in the church is given the authority of the priesthood, it is not reserved for people with a certain education or amount of experience. The priesthood is something that can never be used selfishly, it is for serving others.  It is a service that needs to be active, not passive and it can be just as harmful to do nothing as it is to do the wrong thing. 

Elder Bednar states "Tonight I reiterate the teachings of President Thomas S. Monson, who has invited us as priesthood holders to be “examples of righteousness.” He has reminded us repeatedly that we are on the Lord’s errand and are entitled to His help predicated upon our worthiness (see “Examples of Righteousness,” Liahona and Ensign, May 2008, 65–68). You and I hold priesthood authority that has been returned to the earth in this dispensation by heavenly messengers, even John the Baptist and Peter, James, and John. And therefore every man who receives the Melchizedek Priesthood can trace his personal line of authority directly to the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope we are grateful for this marvelous blessing. I pray we will be clean and worthy to represent the Lord as we exercise His sacred authority. May each of us qualify for priesthood power."

As a sister, I will not actually hold the priesthood but I have enjoyed the blessings of the priesthood at various times through my father, my home teachers and through my husband. I have felt it's power in my life and have seen how it can be a great influence for good.  I hope that we can all strive to have those blessings in our homes and that we can encourage priesthood holders to be active in it's use.