“9: My Foundation: Become One, Serve Together,” Finding Strength in the Lord: Emotional Resilience (2020)
“9: My Foundation: Become One, Serve Together,” Finding Strength in the Lord: Emotional Resilience
My Foundation: Become One, Serve Together—Maximum Time: 20 Minutes
Discuss:
How can serving others open the windows of heaven in your life?
Read:
Some feel that they deserve what others already have, which can cause resentment. Others feel entitled to things they have not earned. These two traps blind people from seeing an essential truth: all things belong to God. Resentment and entitlement can be overcome by focusing on the needs of others.
Read:
The following related scripture passages and statement by President Hinckley:
“When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God” (Mosiah 2:17).
“And now, for the sake of … retaining a remission of your sins from day to day, … I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants” (Mosiah 4:26).
“When you are united, your power is limitless. You can accomplish anything you wish to accomplish” (Gordon B. Hinckley, “Your Greatest Challenge, Mother,” Ensign, Nov. 2000, 97).
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The following statements by Church leaders:
“The purpose of both temporal and spiritual self-reliance is to get ourselves on higher ground so that we can lift others in need” (Robert D. Hales, “Coming to Ourselves: The Sacrament, the Temple, and Sacrifice in Service,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2012, 36).
“When we work together cooperatively, … we can accomplish anything. When we do so, we eliminate the weakness of one person standing alone and substitute the strength of many serving together” (Thomas S. Monson, “Church Leaders Speak Out on Gospel Values,” Ensign, May 1999, 118).
Commit:
I will act on the plan I made to serve someone.