MAGNIFYING CALLINGS
To do your best in accepting and carrying out all your priesthood duties to enlarge the Lord's kingdom on Earth.
What does it mean to "magnify your calling" in the priesthood?
An agreement between two or more people, or a contract, usually involving promises form both sides.
What is a covenant?
Who makes the oath in the oath and covenant of the priesthood?
The Father (God).
Learning one's duty and executing it fully, giving one's best effort, consecrating one's time, talents, and means to the Lord's work.
Name 3 ways to magnify one's calling in the Priesthood.
They will be "sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of their bodies."
According to D & C 84:33-44, what is the Lord's promise to those who faithfully keep the oath and covenant of the priesthood?
That they will inherit, receive, and possess all things in his everlasting kingdom, and be joint-heirs with his only begotten son.
What does the Lord swear with an oath regarding faithful priesthood holders?
Persuasion, long-suffering, gentleness, meekness, unfeigned love, kindness, and pure knowledge, which greatly enlarge the soul without hypocrisy and guile.
According to D & C 121:41-42, what qualities are essential for those who hold the priesthood and wish to exercise it righteously?
To be strengthened in body and spirit as you fulfill your callings.
What does it mean to be "sanctified by the Spirit unto the renewing of your bodies?"
It suggests action and that priesthood power is to be exercised in behalf of other people, not something to sit upon or glory in.
What does magnifying a calling in the priesthood suggest about the exercise of priesthood power?
Becoming "the sons of Moses and of Aaron and becoming "the seed of Abraham."
What are some additional blessings promised by the Lord to faithful priesthood holders in D&C 84:34?