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podcasts or by visiting speeches dot BYU.edu. This devotional address entitled Becoming a Disciple Leader was given on July 30th of

2024 by Kim B Clark, then a professor in the Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University.

My dear brothers and sisters, I'm grateful for this opportunity to speak to you today about becoming disciples of Jesus Christ and leaders in your families in the church, in your professions, and in your communities. In other words I speak to you today about becoming

disciple leaders, about becoming Christ-like leaders.

We live in a remarkable time. It's a time with much darkness in the world,

but also a time of great light.

It's a time in which the Lord Jesus Christ,

through his living prophets, has called us to rise up and do better and become better

than we have ever done or been.

Listen to the blessing President Nelson gave to the young adults of the church

just a few years ago.

I bless you to learn God's laws and live by them. I bless you to be a

good example in word and deed of a true disciple of Jesus Christ. I bless you to be

free from sin to radiate goodness and light in a way that will attract others to want to know and feel the source of your light.

And I bless you each to be a righteous leader in your family, community, country, and in the church.

This blessing is a charge that applies to all of us, be true disciples of Jesus Christ, radiate

goodness and light, and be righteous leaders wherever we are at home, work at church. In the last few years we've seen an increased

emphasis on the connection between discipleship and leadership within the church and

here at BYU. We see it in the mission of the church education system

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