Hello, my friends. Welcome to another Follow Him Favorites. My name is Hank Smith. I'm here with the wonderful John, by the way. Hi, John.

Hi, Hank.

John, let's have a good day today. You know the drill. We take a single question from this week's lesson, which is in first and second Timothy Philemon and Titus.

John, we're going to take our question from first Timothy for 12. Let no man despise their youth, but be thou an example.

John, how can I be a better example? I want to be a better example, but I, what if I don't know how? What do I do?

I've heard somebody say once that integrity is when your actions come up to the level of your understanding.

This is what we know. This is how we live. We're trying to be an example of what we say we believe.

So that's a good question. How do you do that?

The fruits of the gospel really help us because when you do better, you just feel better.

Right. I'm reminded of an Alma 17 when the four sons of Mosaic are going out of a mission.

The Lord says it's verse 11, go forth among the Lamanites, establish my word, be patient in long suffering and afflictions that you may show forth good examples unto them in me.

So part of being a good example is being patient in trials and afflictions.

And the Lord says that's a good example to people in me and you'll be the instrument, he says, unto the salvation of many souls.

When we're in very difficult, dark times, if we can, we can show our faith and respond with faith.

And the Lord says that's a good example to others in me.

As a teenager, I can't remember who won the World Series during those years, who won the Super Bowl, who won the NBA championship.

I can tell you the names of every one of my young men's leaders and every one of my bishops.

Those were men that I thought I would be like that someday. None of them ever said to me, you need to be like me, but I watched them.

And that was the power of their example. I thought I want to be that way.

There's an old saying, I can't hear what you say because what you are shout so loudly in my ears.

Yeah. And maybe that's what the Lord was saying. If you show forth good examples in me to the sons of Mosaic, people will say, what is it about those guys?

I never thought about that, John, with being an example is also being a builder, someone who builds other people.

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