Welcome to follow him favorites. This is where John and I are sharing a single story to go with

each week's lesson. John, Doctor in Covenants 84. It's the entire lesson this week. You have a story for us.

Yeah, 84 is a big priesthood section. In verse 30, it talks about our young friends, you've got a house

full of these young men. And again, the offices of teacher and deacon are necessary appendages

belonging to the lesser priesthood, which priesthood was confirmed upon Aaron and his sons.

Then if I skip a few, who so is faithful unto the obtaining of these two priesthoods, of

which I have spoken, and the magnifying their calling, are sanctified by the spirit unto

the renewing of their bodies.

So, Hank, there was a story in General Conference recently.

If you've heard it, good for you. You heard general

conference. It's one of those, wow, what an amazing bunch of young men that magnified their calling.

It's not just about, well, I sit here with a white shirt and pass the sacrament around.

What does it look like to magnify your calling?

Here's the story from President Stephen J. Lund in April 2025. One bishop taught his new

deacon's quorum presidency these duties. So the young presidency began to talk about what that

might look like in their quorum in their ward. They decided they should start visiting elderly ward members

to see what they needed and then do that.

Among those they served was Alan, a rough, often profane,

sometimes hostile neighbor.

Yeah, this is a good choice.

Alan's wife Wanda became a member of the church,

but Alan was, as we say, a piece of work.

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